Timeline of Valencia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Valencia, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

* 137 BCE – Foundation of Valentia Edetanorum ^es by the Romans.
* 413 – Taken by the Visigoths.
* 714 – Taken by Moors.
* 1010 CE – City becomes capital of the Taifa of Valencia.
* 1021 – Independent Moorish kingdom of Valencia was established
* 1064 CE – Al-Mamun of Toledo in power.
* 1094 – Castilian Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in power.
* 1109 – Almoravid Masdali in power.
* 1238 – City becomes capital of the Aragonese Kingdom of Valencia.
* 1261 – Furs of Valencia (law) promulgated.
* 1262 – Valencia Cathedral construction begins.
* 1283 – Consulate of the Sea established.
* 1349 – Torres de Serranos (gate) built.
* 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1444 – Torres de Cuarto ^es (gate) built.
* 1459 – Valencia Cathedral lengthened in its original Gothic style.
* 1473 – Printing press in use.
* 1474 – "Poetical contest" held. (see als
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* 1483 – Llotja de la Seda construction begins.
* 1499 – University of Valencia founded.
* 1568 – Juan de Ribera becomes Archbishop of Valencia.
* 1707 – Bourbons in power.
* 1776 – established.
* 1812 – 9 January: City taken by French forces ^es and the library robbed of its 60,000 volumes.
* 1840 – Domingo Mascarós ^es becomes mayor.
* 1858 – Plaza de Toros de Valencia opens.
* 1887 – Population: 170,763.
* 1897 – Population: 204,768.

20th century

* 1913 – Museu de Belles Arts de València established.
* 1915 – Teatro Olympia ^es opens.
* 1917 – Estació del Nord (railway station) opens.
* 1930 – Population: 320,195.
* 1933
** December: "Anarchist uprising ^es."
** Valencia Airport built.
* 1937 – The city becomes the capital of the Republican controlled Spain.
* 1940 – Population: 450,756.
* 1946 – Cine Majestic (cinema) opens.
* 1957 – October: 1957 Valencia flood.
* 1958 – Adolfo Rincón de Arellano Garcia becomes mayor.
* 1970 – Population: 653,690.
* 1984 – Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant commissioned in region of city of Valencia.
* 1988 – Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (railway) begins operating.
* 1989 – Institut Valencià d'Art Modern opens.
* 1991 – Rita Barberá Nolla becomes mayor.
* 1995
** Metrovalencia in operation.
** Eduardo Zaplana becomes president of the regional Generalitat Valenciana government.

21st century

* 2006 – 3 July: Valencia Metro derailment (43 dead)
* 2013 – Population: 792,303.
* 2015 – Valencia City Council election, 2015 held; Joan Ribó elected mayor.

See also

* Valencia history
* History of Valencia
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Other cities in the autonomous Valencian Community:^{( es)}
* Timeline of Alicante

References

''This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.''

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External links

Map of Valencia
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* Europeana

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* Digital Public Library of America
Items related to Valencia
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