The following is a timeline of the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

of Aguascalientes City,

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Prior to 20th century

* 1575 – Aguascalientes founded. * 1604 –

San Marcos Fair The ''Feria Nacional de San Marcos'' (San Marcos Fair) is a national fair held in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Aguascalientes every year for three (or sometimes four) weeks. Most of the events related to the fair, however, occur ...

begins. * 1857 – Town becomes capital of

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

state. (fulltext via OpenLibrary) * 1867 – School of Agriculture established. * 1870 – ''El Despertador'' newspaper in publication. * 1883 – León-Aguascalientes railway established. * 1885 – Teatro Morelos opens. * 1899 –

Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes ( la, Dioecesis de Aguas Calientes) (erected 27 August 1899) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Bishops Ordinaries *José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1902 -191 ...

established.

20th century

* 1903 – State Teaching School built. * 1911 – Population: 44,800. * 1964 – Museo de la Insurgencia opens. * 1972 – Posada Museum opens. * 1973 –

Autonomous University of Aguascalientes , mottoeng = , established = 19 June 1973 , founder = C.P. Humberto Martínez de León , type = Public university , rector = Francisco Javier Avelar González ...

established. * 1975 –

Rieleros de Aguascalientes The Rieleros de Aguascalientes (English: Aguascalientes Railroaders) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Aguascalientes, Mexico. History Baseball arrived in Aguascalientes in hand with the railroad at the beginning o ...

baseball team formed. * 1982 – Aguascalientes State Historical Archive establishe

* 1987 – ''El Heraldo de Aguascalientes'' List of newspapers in Mexico, newspaper begins publication. * 1988 – Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes established. * 1989 – (garden) active. * 1991 –

Teatro Aguascalientes The Teatro Aguascalientes or Aguascalientes Opera House is a theatre, theater which functions as the main opera house of the city of Aguascalientes in Mexico. The modern-style building is the work of the architect Abraham Zabludovsky (architect ...

opens. * 2000 – Population: 594,092.

21st century

* 2003 **

Estadio Victoria Estadio Victoria is sports stadium in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. The stadium opened in 2003 and has a capacity of 23,000 seats. Although the stadium is capable of multi-use, its main use is for soccer games. It is th ...

(stadium) opens. **

Club Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Necaxa, is a Mexican professional football club in Liga MX based in the city of Aguascalientes. It plays in the Estadio Victoria. History Foundation (Light and Power Company ...

football team active. * 2010 – Population: 722,250; metro 932,369. * 2011 ** Lorena Martínez Rodríguez becomes mayor. ** Línea Verde project begins. ** Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes 2011 (beauty pageant) held in city. * 2013 – New Nissan Motor Company manufactory begins operating.

References

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External links

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