The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toledo, Spain.
Prior to 20th century
edit- 193 CE – Settlement becomes part of the Roman Empire.[1]
- 250-300 – Roman Catholic diocese of Toledo established.[2] Population: 15,000
- 397-400 – Religious Council of Toledo held.[3]
- 554 – Toledo becomes capital of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo (approximate date).[4]
- 589 – Religious Council of Toledo held.[3] Population: 10,000
- 712 – Muslims in power; city renamed "Tolaitola."[5]
- 999 – Bib Mardum Mosque built.[6]
- 1085 – Christian Alfonso VI of León and Castile takes Toledo.[3]
- 1088 – Toledo archbishop becomes Primate of Spain.[4]
- 1102 – Puerta del Cambrón (gate) built.[3]
- 1180 – Santa María la Blanca synagogue built.[6]
- 1209 – Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada becomes archbishop.
- 1227 – Toledo Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1366 – Synagogue of El Transito built.[6]
- 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[7]
- 1390 – Puente de San Martín (bridge) rebuilt.[3]
- 1484 – Printing press in use.[8]
- 1493 – Toledo Cathedral construction completed.
- 1520 – Real Universidad de Toledo established.
- 1561 – Court of Philip II of Spain relocated from Toledo to Madrid.[9] Population: 60,000
- 1576 – Artist El Greco moves to Toledo.[10]
- 1703 – Casa consistorial de Toledo (town hall) built.[11]
- 1808 – Battalion of University Volunteers from the Royal University of Toledo formed.
- 1842 – Population: 13,580.[12]
- 1857 – Population: 17,275.[12]
- 1878 – Teatro Rojas (theatre) opens.[13]
- 1887 – Alcázar of Toledo burns down.[4]
- 1900 – Population: 23,317.[12]
20th century
edit- 1919 – Toledo railway station built.
- 1928 – CD Toledo (football club) formed.
- 1930 – Population: 27,443.[12]
- 1931 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Toledo (provincial archives) established.[14]
- 1936 – Siege of the Alcázar.[15]
- 1940 – Historic city area designated a Conjunto histórico (national heritage site).
- 1950 – Population: 40,243.[12]
- 1973 – Estadio Salto del Caballo (stadium) opens.
- 1979 – Juan Ignacio de Mesa becomes mayor.[16]
- 1981 – Population: 57,769.[12]
- 1986 – Historic city area designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.[6]
- 1987 – El Día de Toledo newspaper begins publication.[17]
- 1998 – Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha (library) opens.[18]
21st century
edit- 2001 – Population: 68,382.[12]
- 2009 – Gente Toledo newspaper begins publication.
- 2011 – Population:83,872.[12]
- 2015
- 24 May: Province of Toledo municipal election, 2015 and Castile-La Mancha parliamentary election, 2015 held.
- Milagros Tolón becomes mayor.[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tarver 2016.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c Haydn 1910.
- ^ Hourihane 2012.
- ^ a b c d International Council on Monuments and Sites (1986). "World Heritage List No. 379".
- ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ^ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
- ^ Levi 1995.
- ^ "Iberian Peninsula, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Documento BOE-A-1996-28416", Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish), Ministry of the Presidency, Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado, 1996
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Toledo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Conde de Cedillo 1890.
- ^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Toledo". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
- ^ a b Archivo Municipal de Toledo. "Galería de alcaldes de Toledo" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Toledo. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha. "Quienes somos" (in Spanish). Toledo: Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes de Castilla-La Mancha. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
editin English
edit- Josiah Conder (1830), "Toledo", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- "Spain: Toledo", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
- Hannah Lynch (1898), Toledo, Mediaeval Towns, London: J.M. Dent & Co., OCLC 150311124
- "Toledo". Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.). Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1908. OCLC 1581249.
- Chisholm, Hugh (1910), "Toledo", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)***Please note that a wikilink to the article on [Toledo, Spain] in [EB1911] is not available*** - Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Toledo", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- Francis Whiting Halsey, ed. (1914). "Toledo". Spain and Portugal. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors. Vol. 9. Funk & Wagnalls Company – via HathiTrust.
- Clarissa Levi (1995). "Toledo". In Trudy Ring (ed.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 716–719. ISBN 1884964028.
- David Gilmour (2012). "Toledo". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Toledo". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
- H. Micheal Tarver, ed. (2016). "Key Places: Toledo". Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610694223.
in Spanish
edit- Cristóbal Lozano [in Spanish] (1667). Reyes Nuevos de Toledo (in Spanish) – via Google Books.
- "Toledo". Castilla la Nueva. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Jose Repullés. 1853. hdl:2027/ucm.5325879622.
- Antonio Martín Gamero [in Spanish] (1862). Historia de la ciudad de Toledo (in Spanish). Toledo: Severiano Lopez Fando.
- Jerónimo López de Ayala conde de Cedillo [in Spanish] (1890). Toledo: guía artístico-práctica (in Spanish and French). Toledo: Libreria y Encuadernación de Menor Hermanos.
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