The following is a chronology of the
history
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of the city of
Granada,
Andalusia
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,
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
Before 16th century
* 64 CE -
Diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of Granada established (approximate date).
* 8th century - City wall construction begins.
* 713 CE - Muslims in power.
* 1066 - Massacred the Jewish population of the city
1066 Granada massacre
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* 1090 -
Almoravids in power.
* 1166 -
Almohads
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in power.
* 1238 - City becomes capital of the Nasrid
Emirate of Granada
)
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, capital = Granada
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,
Al-Andalus
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;
Muhammad ibn Nasr in power.
* 1248 -
Alhambra construction begins.
* 1309 -
Generalife
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built.
* 1319 -
Alcázar Genil built.
* 1330s -
Corral del Carbón
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built.
* 1349 - Yusufiyya Madrasa established.
* 1367 -
Maristan (hospital) built.
* 1370 - Alhambra's
Palace of the Myrtles built.
* 1391 - Alhambra's
Palace of the Lions built.
* 1410s - Antequeruela settlement developed.
* 1492
** City becomes capital of the
Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile)
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.
**
Edict of Expulsion
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of Jews issued.
* 1493 -
Hernando de Talavera
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becomes
archbishop.
* 1496 -
Printing press
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in use.
* 1499 -
Muslim rebellions in Granada province.
16th-19th centuries
* 1501 - City divided into 23 parishes.
* 1504 - founded.
* 1505 - established.
* 1516 - Carthusian monastery built outside city.
* 1521 -
Capilla Real built.
* 1525 - Burial of monarchs
Ferdinand and Isabella in the
Capilla Real.
* 1531 -
University of Granada
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founded.
* 1587 -
Chancillería (tribunal building) constructed.
* 1593 - Theatre built.
* 1614 -
Expulsion of the Moriscos
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.
* 1624 - April:
Philip IV visits city.
* 1703 -
Granada Cathedral
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built.
* 1764 - ''Gacetilla Curiosa'' begins publication.
* 1810 - Occupation of city by French forces begins.
* 1812 - Occupation of city by French forces ends.
* 1833 -
Province of Granada established.
* 1839 -
Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada
The Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada (''Museum of Fine Arts of Granada'' ) is a fine arts museum in Granada, Spain. Since the 1950s it has been housed in the Palace of Charles V which also houses the Museo de la Alhambra.
History
In common with ma ...
established.
* 1843 -
Alcaiceria (bazaar) burns down.
* 1879 -
Provincial Archaeological Museum of Granada established.
* 1892 - Caja General de Ahorros de Granada (bank) founded.
* 1900 - Population: 75,900.
20th century
* 1910 - Cafe Futbol in business.
* 1920 - Population: 103,368.
* 1929 - Casa de los Tiros Museum established.
* 1931 -
Granada Club de Fútbol formed.
* 1936
** March: Post-election unrest.
** 19 August: Death of poet
Lorca in
Alfacar.
* 1940 - Population: 155,405.
* 1961 - Cine Madrigal (cinema) opens.
* 1972 -
Airport
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opens.
* 1981 - Population: 262,182.
* 1984 -
Alhambra declared a UNESCO
World Heritage Site
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.
* 1986 - Huerta de San Vicente Museum (of
Lorca) active (approximate date).
* 1991
** becomes mayor.
** Population: 287,864.
* 1995
**
Parque de las Ciencias (science museum)
and
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes
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(stadium) open.
**
Gabriel Díaz Berbel becomes mayor.
* 1999 - becomes mayor.
21st century
* 2003
** Mosque built.
**
José Torres Hurtado becomes mayor.
* 2004
**
Granada Atlético Club de Fútbol formed.
** Kinepolis Granada (cinema) opens near city.
* 2007 -
Granada metro construction begins.
* 2008 -
Hay Festival
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of literature held.
* 2014 - established.
See also
*
Granada history
*
Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula
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Conquest (711–756)
* 711A Muslim force consisting of Arabs and Berbers of about 7,000 soldiers under ge ...
, circa 8th-15th century CE
*
Timelines of other
cities
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in the autonomous community of Andalusia:
Almería
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,
Cádiz
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Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...
,
Córdoba,
Jaén,
Jerez de la Frontera
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,
Málaga,
Seville
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*
List of municipalities in Andalusia
References
''This article incorporates information from the
Spanish Wikipedia
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.''
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* D Coleman. Creating Christian Granada: Society and Religious Culture in an Old-World Frontier City, 1492–1600. 2013
External links
Map of Granada 1943
* Europeana
various dates.
* Digital Public Library of America
Items related to Granada various dates
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