Timeline of Las Palmas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

1478 - Real de Las Palmas founded during the Castilian Conquest of Gran Canaria.^[1]
1485 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias established.^[2]
1494 - Castillo de la Luz [es] (fort) built.^{[citation needed]}
1554 - Torre de Santa Ana (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) [es] (fort) built.^{[citation needed]}
1570 - Las Palmas Cathedral built.^[3]
1578 - Torreón de San Pedro Mártir [es] (fort) built.^{[citation needed]}
1595 - Battle of Las Palmas.^[4]
1599 - Las Palmas attacked by Dutch forces.^[4]
1625 - Castillo de San Francisco (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) [es] (fort) built.^{[citation needed]}
1689 - Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) [es] (church) built.^[5]
1833 - Las Palmas no longer the capital of the Canary Islands.^[3]
1842
- Palacio Municipal (town hall) built.^[5]
- Population: 17,382.^[6]
1844 - Gabinete Literario [es] founded.
1845 - Teatro Cairasco [es] (theatre) built.
1854 - Miller & Co. in business.^[7]
1858 - Mercado de Vegueta [es] (market) built.
1879 - Museo Canario (museum) opens.^[8]
1883 - El Liberal newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1890
- Teatro Pérez Galdós [es] (theatre) opens.
- Hotel Santa Catalina [es] built.
1891
- Mercado del Puerto de La Luz [es] (market) built.
- Las Palmas Golf Club formed.^(es)
1892 - Christopher Columbus monument [es] erected.^[10]
1895
- Diario de las Palmas newspaper begins publication.^[11]
- Dog sculptures installed in the Plaza Mayor de Santa Ana [es].^[12]
1900 – Population: 44,517.^[3]^[13]

20th century

1902 - Santa Catalina mole built in harbor.^[3]
1909 - Real Club Victoria [es] (football club) formed.
1910
- Cine Sta. Catalina, Circo Cuyás, Pabellón Colon, and Pabellón Recreativo cinemas active.^[14]
- Population: 62,886.^[6]
1911 - La Provincia [es] newspaper begins publication.^[11]
1912 - Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria [es] headquartered in Las Palmas.
1914 - Club Deportivo Gran Canaria [es] (football club) formed.
1927 - La Voz newspaper begins publication.^[15]
1930 - Gran Canaria Airport opened.
1940 - Population: 119,595.^[6]
1941 - Casa Palacio built.^[16]
1945 - Estadio Insular (stadium) opens.
1948
- Archivo Histórico Provincial de Las Palmas (archives) established.^[17]
- Arsenal of Las Palmas formally established.
1949 - UD Las Palmas (football team) formed.
1952 - Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo (garden) founded.^[18]
1956 - Real Club de Golf de Las Palmas [es] course built.
1970 - Population: 287,038.^[6]
1981 - Population: 366,454.^[6]
1982 - Canarias7 newspaper begins publication.^[11]
1987 - CB Gran Canaria (basketball club) active.
1989 - University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria established.
1997 - Alfredo Kraus Auditorium built.

21st century

2003 - Estadio Gran Canaria (stadium) opens in Siete Palmas [es].
2007 - Jerónimo Saavedra becomes mayor.
2011 - Population: 381,271.^[6]
2014 - Gran Canaria Arena opens.
2015 - Augusto Hidalgo becomes mayor.

References

^ "Historia de la Ciudad" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b United Kingdom Foreign Office, Historical Section (1920), "Political History: Chronological Summary", Canary Islands, Handbooks, London: H.M. Stationery Office, hdl:2027/njp.32101058653880
^ ^a ^b Baedeker 1911.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ Francisco Quintana Navarro (1992). "Los intereses británicos en Canarias en los años treinta" [British Interests in the Canary Islands in the Thirties] (PDF). Vegueta (in Spanish). Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ISSN 2341-1112.
^ Carmen Ortiz García; Luis Ángel Sánchez Gómez, eds. (1994). Diccionario histórico de la antropología española (in Spanish). Madrid: Spanish National Research Council. ISBN 978-84-00-07443-2.
^ Luis Maffiotte (1905), "Los periódicos de las Islas Canarias: Apuntes para un catálogo" [Newspapers in the Canary Islands: Notes for a Catalog], Biblioteca Canaria (in Spanish), Madrid – via HathiTrust
^ Ana María Quesada Acosta (1996). La escultura conmemorativa en Gran Canaria (1820-1994) (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ISBN 8488979185.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
^ "Los perros de la plaza de Santa Ana", La Provincia (in Spanish), 18 June 2011
^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
^ Juan Carlos de la Madrid, ed. (1996). Primeros tiempos del cinematógrafo en España (in Spanish). Universidad de Oviedo. ISBN 84-605-6108-9.
^ "(Geographical Sphere: Las Palmas)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ "El Cabildo reabre la Casa Palacio", La Provincia (in Spanish), 18 March 2011
^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Las Palmas". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

"Las Palmas" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 235.
"Las Palmas", The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
"Guide to Grand Canary: Las Palmas". Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores: a Practical and Complete Guide (11th ed.). London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. 1913. hdl:2027/mdp.39015058338768.

in Spanish

Fernando Gabriel Martín Rodríguez (1978), La arquitectura del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas (in Spanish)
Saro Alemán Hernández (2008), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ciudad y Arquitectura (1879-1939) (in Spanish)

External links

"Voces y Ecos: Recuerdos de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria" [Voices and Echos: Memories of Las Palmas]. Memoria Digital de Canarias [es] (in Spanish). Biblioteca de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [es].

[1] "Historia de la Ciudad" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

[katolsk-2] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-3] Britannica 1910.

[UK1920-4] United Kingdom Foreign Office, Historical Section (1920), "Political History: Chronological Summary", Canary Islands, Handbooks, London: H.M. Stationery Office, hdl:2027/njp.32101058653880

[FOOTNOTEBaedeker1911-5] Baedeker 1911.

[INE-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[7] Francisco Quintana Navarro (1992). "Los intereses británicos en Canarias en los años treinta" [British Interests in the Canary Islands in the Thirties] (PDF). Vegueta (in Spanish). Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ISSN 2341-1112.

[Garcia1994-8] Carmen Ortiz García; Luis Ángel Sánchez Gómez, eds. (1994). Diccionario histórico de la antropología española (in Spanish). Madrid: Spanish National Research Council. ISBN 978-84-00-07443-2.

[Maffiotte1905-9] Luis Maffiotte (1905), "Los periódicos de las Islas Canarias: Apuntes para un catálogo" [Newspapers in the Canary Islands: Notes for a Catalog], Biblioteca Canaria (in Spanish), Madrid – via HathiTrust

[10] Ana María Quesada Acosta (1996). La escultura conmemorativa en Gran Canaria (1820-1994) (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ISBN 8488979185.

[europa2003-11] "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

[12] "Los perros de la plaza de Santa Ana", La Provincia (in Spanish), 18 June 2011

[13] "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.

[Madrid1996-14] Juan Carlos de la Madrid, ed. (1996). Primeros tiempos del cinematógrafo en España (in Spanish). Universidad de Oviedo. ISBN 84-605-6108-9.

[BNE-15] "(Geographical Sphere: Las Palmas)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

[16] "El Cabildo reabre la Casa Palacio", La Provincia (in Spanish), 18 March 2011

[17] "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Las Palmas". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[botanic-18] "Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

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Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

in English

in Spanish

External links