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 the city of

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

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Prior to 20th century

* 216 BCE – Hanno II the Great was defeated by

Scipio Africanus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (, , ; 236/235–183 BC) was a Roman general and statesman, most notable as one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Carthage in the Second Punic War. Often regarded as one of the best military com ...

nearby. * 49 BCE –

Battle of Ilerda The Battle of Ilerda took place in June 49 BC between the forces of Julius Caesar and the Spanish army of Pompey Magnus, led by his legates Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius. Unlike many of the other battles of the civil war, this was more a ...

fought during

Caesar's Civil War Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was one of the last politico-military conflicts of the Roman Republic before its reorganization into the Roman Empire. It began as a series of political and military confrontations between Gaius Julius Caesar and ...

. * 400-500 CE –

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida The Diocese of Lleida, known as the Diocese of Lerida in English, (Latin, ''Ilerdensis'') is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Lleida, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical p ...

established. * 546 – Religious council held. * 793 – The

Franks The Franks ( la, Franci or ) were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire.H. Schutz: Tools, ...

in power. * 797 – Re-taken by the

Moors The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinct or ...

. * 832 –

Old Cathedral of Lleida The Cathedral of St. Mary of la Seu Vella (Catalan and Spanish: ''Catedral de Santa Maria de la Seu Vella'', English: ''St. Mary of the Old —Bishop— Seat'') is the former cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida, in Lleida, ...

rebuilt to serve as a mosque. * 1039 – Muslim

Taifa of Lérida The Taifa of Lérida () was a factional kingdom (''ṭāʾifa'') in Muslim Iberia between 1039/1046 and 1102/1110. Based on the city of Lérida (Catalan ''Lleida'', Arabic ''Lārida''), the ''ṭāʾifa'' was not an independent state throughout t ...

begins. * 1149 – Christian

Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer IV (; c. 1114 – 6 August 1162, Anglicized Raymond Berengar IV), sometimes called ''the Saint'', was the count of Barcelona who brought about the union of the County of Barcelona with the Kingdom of Aragon to form the Crown of Ara ...

in power. * 1278 – Cathedral of St. Mary of La Seu Vella consecrated. * 1300 –

University of Lleida The University of Lleida (officially in Catalan: ''Universitat de Lleida'') is a university based in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It was the first university founded in Catalonia and in the ancient Crown of Aragon. It was founded in 1300, using the ...

established by James II of Aragon. * 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date). * 1445 – (city archives) active (approximate date). * 1479 –

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in use. * 1669 – construction begins. * 1707 – by French forces. * 1717 **

closed by order of

Philip V of Spain Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724, and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign of 45 years is the longest in the history of the Spanish mon ...

. **

University of Cervera The Royal and Pontifical University of Cervera ( es, Real y Pontificia Universidad de Cervera) was a Spanish university located in Cervera, Province of Lleida, Catalonia. The institution was founded in 1717 by Philip V of Spain, who sought to co ...

opened by order of

. * 1719 – (government entity) established. * 1781 –

New Cathedral of Lleida The New Cathedral of Lleida (Catalan ''Catedral Nova de Lleida'') or Seu Nova is the seat of the Bishop of Lleida, located in Lleida, Catalonia. History The current cathedral replaced the earlier cathedral, La Seu Vella, Lleida located in the ...

built. * 1810 – Lleida besieged by French forces. * 1834 – Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Lerida established. * 1835 –

closed. * 1842 – Population: 12,236. * 1860 – Railway begins operating. * 1864 – (park) opens.

20th century

* 1900 – Population: 21,432. * 1910 – Population: 24,531. * 1912 – (art exhibit) held. * 1915 – Cinema Vinyes built.^{( en)} * 1917 –

Museu d'Art Jaume Morera The Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (Jaume Morera Art Museum) is a museum in Lleida (Catalonia) created by the Diputació de Lleida and the Lleida City Council (''La Paeria'') with the collaboration of the painter Jaume Morera i Galícia. It is the museu ...

(museum) opens. * 1924 – Balaguer-Lleida railway begins operating. * 1938 – ''

La Mañana ''la Mañana'' also known as ''la Manyana'' is a newspaper of the province of Lleida in Spain. The paper was founded in 1938. The headquarters is in Lleida. It publishes in both Catalan and Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or relate ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1942 – Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs established. * 1950 – Population: 52,849. * 1951 – Teatre Principal (theatre) active. * 1952 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lérida (archives) established. * 1981 – Population: 109,573. * 1982 – ''

Diari Segre ''Diari Segre'' or simply ''Segre'' is a Spanish and Catalan language daily newspaper published in Lleida, Spain. History and profile ''Diari Segre'' was started in 1982. In the first issue the paper declared that it was an independent publicati ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1985 – begin operating. * 1989 –

CaixaForum Lleida CaixaForum is a cultural centre managed by Fundación “La Caixa” located in 3 Avinguda de Blondel, in the city of Lleida, cornering Avinguda de Madrid, in the building popularly known as ''Montepío'' after the former name of a bank located ...

established. * 1992 –

established. * 1994 –

Auditori Enric Granados Auditori Enric Granados is the main concert hall in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain) also hosting the city's music conservatory. It contains a symphonic hall with 803 seats and a chamber music hall with a capacity of 245. This music institution is named ...

(concert hall) built. * 1995 – Lleida Latin-American Film Festival begins. * 1998 –

Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador (Catalan for ''Slaughterhouse Theatre'') is a theatre on carrer de Lluís Companys, in the Templers-Instituts quarter of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It's remarkable for its striking '' modernista''-art nouveau archi ...

opens.

21st century

* 2004 – Àngel Ros becomes mayor. * 2005 –

Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida or ATM Àrea de Lleida (''Lleida Area Territorial Mobility Authority'') is one of the five transport authority corporations in Catalonia responsible for the coordination of public transpor ...

(regional transit entity) established. * 2010 –

La Llotja de Lleida La Llotja de Lleida is a theatre and congress centre in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain). It opened its doors in January 2010, and is owned by the city council. Giuseppe Verdi's ''Il Trovatore'' premiered there on 21 January that year. Its two congress ...

(convention centre) opens. * 2011 – Population: 137,283. * 2021 – Catalan rapper and poet

Pablo Hasél Pablo Rivadulla Duró (born 9 August 1988), known artistically as Pablo Hasél, is a Catalan rapper, writer, poet, and political activist. His songs and actions, often controversial and in support of far-left politics, have led to a number of c ...

is jailed for Lèse-majesté, mass protests condemning the arrest

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