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. 1147 – Ibn Mardanish re-establishes Taifa of Valencia, uniting it with Murcia 1172 – Almohad Caliphate takes control 1229 – Taifa re-established by Zayyan Ibn Mardanish 1238 – City conquered by the Christians and 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). 1391 – Massacre of 1391 against the Jews of Valencia 1444 – Torres de Quart (gate) built. 1459 – Valencia Cathedral lengthened in its original Gothic style. 1473 – Printing press in use. 1474 – "Poetical contest" held. (see also index entry for Valencia) 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. 1859 – Plaza de Toros de Valencia officially opens. 1868 — Plaza de la Reina begins with a small triangular plaza. 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. 1970 - Plaza de la Reina completed. 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. 2022 - Plaza de la Reina renovation completed.
See also Valencia history History of Valencia List of mayors of Valencia
Other cities in the autonomous Valencian Community:(es) Timeline of Alicante
References
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
External links
Map of Valencia, 1943 Europeana. Items related to Valencia, various dates. Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Valencia, various dates