Timeline of Gijón
Prior to 20th century
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- 844 - Gijón successfully resisted a Norman raid.[1]
- 1395 - Gijón was burned down.[1]
- 1560 - Gijón city archives active (approximate date).[2][3]
- 1721 - Palacio de Revillagigedo built.
- 1797 - Real Instituto Jovellanos founded.[1]
- 1842 - Population: 16,558.[4]
- 1865 - Casa consistorial de Gijón built.[5]
- 1878 - El Comercio newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1888 - El Bibio bullring opens.
- 1884 - Establishment of railway communications.[1]
- 1892 - El Musel port opens.[7]
- 1900 – Population: 47,544.[8]
20th century
- 1905 - Sporting de Gijón is founded.
- 1930 - Population: 78,239.[4]
- 1940 - Population: 101,341.[4]
- 1955 - The construction of the Universidad Laboral finished.[9]
- 1981 - Population: 255,969.[4]
- 1982 - Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Gijón, including the controversial match between West Germany and Austria.
- 1987 - Vicente Álvarez Areces becomes mayor.
- 1992 - Palacio de Deportes opens.
- 1999 - Paz Fernández Felgueroso becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2003 - Jardín Botánico Atlántico (botanical garden) founded.[10]
- 2011
- Carmen Moriyón becomes mayor.
- Population: 276,969.[4]
- 2019: Ana González becomes mayor.[11]
Evolution of the Gijón map
19th century
- 1870
20th century
- 1910
- 1912
- 1932
- 1981 (West)
- 1981 (East)
- 1999 (West)
- 1999 (East)
21st century
- 2010 (Center)
- 2010 (West)
- 2010 (East)
- 2010 (South)
- 2011 (West)
- 2011 (East)
See also
- List of mayors of Gijon
References
- Britannica 1910.
- Archivo Municipal de Gijón. "Carta de servicios" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Gijón. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- "Archivo Municipal de Gijón". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Gijón". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- "La casa consistorial cumple 150 años", El Comercio (in Spanish), 15 August 2015
- "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- "La ciudá: Historia" (in Asturian). Ayuntamientu de Xixón. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
- "55 años como vigía de Gijón" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- "Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- Villar, Iván (2019-06-15). "Ana González, alcaldesa de Gijón: «Vamos a reinventar el Gijón que queremos para mejorar el presente y ganar el futuro»". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
This article incorporates information from the Asturian Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 6. .
- "Gijon", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Gijon". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 1884964028.
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