Timeline Of Santander, Spain
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of the city of Santander,
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Prior to 20th century

* 13th C. CE – Santander Cathedral construction begins. * 1552 – Charles V. landed here to take possession of the Spanish crown. * 1754 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Santander established. * 1755 – Made a city. * 1785 – Consulado (merchant guild) established. * 1808 – Town sacked by French forces. * 1839 – (lighthouse) commissioned. * 1842 – (market) built. * 1857 **
Banco Santander Banco Santander S.A. trading as Santander Group ( , , ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Santander, with operative offices in Madrid. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in most global financial centres ...
(bank) established. ** Population: 28,907. * 1868 – 's recreational "bathing establishment" created. * 1872 – ' newspaper begins publication. * 1875 – Tram begins operating. * 1893 – 3 November: ' explodes in harbour. * 1895 – ' newspaper begins publication. * 1900 – Population: 54,564.


20th century

* 1902 – ''
El Diario Montañés ''El Diario Montañés'' is a daily regional newspaper published in Santander, Spain. Founded in 1902, it is one of the oldest publications in Spain. It serves the Cantabria autonomous community. History and profile ''El Diario Montañés'' was ...
'' newspaper begins publication. * 1908 – Biblioteca Municipal de Santander (library) and open. * 1910 – Population: 65,046. * 1912 –
Palacio de la Magdalena The Palacio de la Magdalena (Spanish for Magdalena Palace) is a palace in Santander (Cantabria), Spain. Its construction was financed by popular subscription and given to the Spanish royal family for use as a summer residence. It was built by a ...
built. * 1913 **
Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...
football club formed. **
Estadio El Sardinero Campos de Sport de El Sardinero ("El Sardinero Sport Fields"), or simply El Sardinero, is a multi-purpose stadium in Santander, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches, serving as the home ground of the former La Liga side Racing ...
(stadium) opens. * 1916 – Gran Casino del Sardinero opens. * 1926 – (museum) established. * 1929 – Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital founded. * 1937 – August:
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in power. * 1940 – Population: 101,793. * 1941 –
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. * 1946 – becomes mayor. * 1952 –
Festival Internacional de Santander The Festival Internacional de Santander (FIS) is one of Spain's oldest music festivals. Each year, during the month of August it presents two to three operas as well as performances from visiting ballet and theatre Theatre or theater is a ...
active. * 1970 – Population: 149,704. * 1972 –
University of Santander The University of Santander (UDES) is a private research university, approved by the Colombian government through the Ministry of Education, according to legal status 810 1996; organized under the provisions of Act 30 of 1992. This university has ...
established. * 1975 –
CB Cantabria Club Balonmano Cantabria was a team of Team handball, handball based in Santander, Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria. CB Cantabria was not registered in any handball league after 2008. History Balonmano Cantabria was founded in 1975 when bought th ...
handball team formed. * 1981 – (museum) opens. * 1987 – becomes mayor. * 1988 –
Campos de Sport de El Sardinero Campos de Sport de El Sardinero ("El Sardinero Sport Fields"), or simply El Sardinero, is a multi-purpose stadium in Santander, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches, serving as the home ground of the former La Liga side Racing ...
(stadium) opens. * 1991 ** Palacio de Festivales built. ** Population: 196,218. * 1995 – becomes mayor. * 1997 – Hospital Virtual Valdecilla founded


21st century

* 2007 **
Íñigo de la Serna Íñigo Joaquín de la Serna Hernáiz (born 10 January 1971 in Bilbao) is a Spanish politician and civil engineer. He was the Santander, Spain, Mayor of Santander between 2007 and 2016 and served as Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Spain ...
becomes mayor. ** Las Llamas Atlantic Park opens.


See also

* Santander history * History of Santander (in Spanish) * List of mayors of Santander (in Spanish) *
History of Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and province in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east by the Basque autonomous co ...
* List of municipalities in Cantabria


References

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