The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.
Prior to 20th century
edit- 1478 - Real de Las Palmas founded during the Castilian Conquest of Gran Canaria.[1]
- 1485 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias established.[2]
- 1494 - Castillo de la Luz (fort) built.[citation needed]
- 1554 - Torre de Santa Ana (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (fort) built.[citation needed]
- 1570 - Las Palmas Cathedral built.[3]
- 1578 - Torreón de San Pedro Mártir (fort) built.[citation needed]
- 1595 - Battle of Las Palmas.[4]
- 1599 - Las Palmas attacked by Dutch forces.[4]
- 1625 - Castillo de San Francisco (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (fort) built.[citation needed]
- 1689 - Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (church) built.[5]
- 1833 - Las Palmas no longer the capital of the Canary Islands.[3]
- 1842
- 1844 - Gabinete Literario founded.
- 1845 - Teatro Cairasco (theatre) built.
- 1854 - Miller & Co. in business.[7]
- 1858 - Mercado de Vegueta (market) built.
- 1879 - Museo Canario (museum) opens.[8]
- 1883 - El Liberal newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1890
- Teatro Pérez Galdós (theatre) opens.
- Hotel Santa Catalina built.
- 1891
- Mercado del Puerto de La Luz (market) built.
- Las Palmas Golf Club formed.(es)
- 1892 - Christopher Columbus monument erected.[10]
- 1895
- Diario de las Palmas newspaper begins publication.[11]
- Dog sculptures installed in the Plaza Mayor de Santa Ana.[12]
- 1900 – Population: 44,517.[3][13]
20th century
edit- 1902 - Santa Catalina mole built in harbor.[3]
- 1909 - Real Club Victoria (football club) formed.
- 1910
- 1911 - La Provincia newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1912 - Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria headquartered in Las Palmas.
- 1914 - Club Deportivo Gran Canaria (football club) formed.
- 1927 - La Voz newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1930 - Gran Canaria Airport opened.
- 1940 - Population: 119,595.[6]
- 1941 - Casa Palacio built.[16]
- 1945 - Estadio Insular (stadium) opens.
- 1948
- Archivo Histórico Provincial de Las Palmas (archives) established.[17]
- Arsenal of Las Palmas formally established.
- 1949 - UD Las Palmas (football team) formed.
- 1952 - Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo (garden) founded.[18]
- 1956 - Real Club de Golf de Las Palmas course built.
- 1970 - Population: 287,038.[6]
- 1981 - Population: 366,454.[6]
- 1982 - Canarias7 newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1987 - CB Gran Canaria (basketball club) active.
- 1989 - University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria established.
- 1997 - Alfredo Kraus Auditorium built.
21st century
edit- 2003 - Estadio Gran Canaria (stadium) opens in Siete Palmas.
- 2007 - Jerónimo Saavedra becomes mayor.
- 2011 - Population: 381,271.[6]
- 2014 - Gran Canaria Arena opens.
- 2015 - Augusto Hidalgo becomes mayor.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Historia de la Ciudad" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b United Kingdom Foreign Office, Historical Section (1920), "Political History: Chronological Summary", Canary Islands, Handbooks, London: H.M. Stationery Office, hdl:2027/njp.32101058653880
- ^ a b Baedeker 1911.
- ^ a b c d e f "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ Francisco Quintana Navarro (1992). "Los intereses británicos en Canarias en los años treinta" [British Interests in the Canary Islands in the Thirties] (PDF). Vegueta (in Spanish). Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ISSN 2341-1112.
- ^ Carmen Ortiz García; Luis Ángel Sánchez Gómez, eds. (1994). Diccionario histórico de la antropología española (in Spanish). Madrid: Spanish National Research Council. ISBN 978-84-00-07443-2.
- ^ Luis Maffiotte (1905), "Los periódicos de las Islas Canarias: Apuntes para un catálogo" [Newspapers in the Canary Islands: Notes for a Catalog], Biblioteca Canaria (in Spanish), Madrid – via HathiTrust
- ^ Ana María Quesada Acosta (1996). La escultura conmemorativa en Gran Canaria (1820-1994) (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ISBN 8488979185.
- ^ a b c "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "Los perros de la plaza de Santa Ana", La Provincia (in Spanish), 18 June 2011
- ^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Juan Carlos de la Madrid, ed. (1996). Primeros tiempos del cinematógrafo en España (in Spanish). Universidad de Oviedo. ISBN 84-605-6108-9.
- ^ "(Geographical Sphere: Las Palmas)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "El Cabildo reabre la Casa Palacio", La Provincia (in Spanish), 18 March 2011
- ^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Las Palmas". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
editin English
edit- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 235.
- "Las Palmas", The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
- "Guide to Grand Canary: Las Palmas". Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores: a Practical and Complete Guide (11th ed.). London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. 1913. hdl:2027/mdp.39015058338768.
in Spanish
edit- Fernando Gabriel Martín Rodríguez (1978), La arquitectura del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas (in Spanish)
- Saro Alemán Hernández (2008), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ciudad y Arquitectura (1879-1939) (in Spanish)
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
- "Voces y Ecos: Recuerdos de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria" [Voices and Echos: Memories of Las Palmas]. Memoria Digital de Canarias (in Spanish). Biblioteca de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.