Granada chronology

The following is a chronology of the history of the city of Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

Before 16th century

• 64 CE – Diocese 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
• 1090 – Almoravids in power.
• 1166 – Almohads in power.
• 1238 – City becomes capital of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, Al-Andalus; Muhammad ibn Nasr in power.
• 1248 – Alhambra construction begins.
• 1309 – Generalife built.
• 1319 – Alcázar Genil built.
• 1330s – Corral del Carbón 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).
• Edict of Expulsion of Jews issued.
• 1493 – Hernando de Talavera becomes archbishop.
• 1496 – Printing press 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 founded.
• 1587 – Chancillería (tribunal building) constructed.
• 1593 – Theatre built.
• 1600 – Population: 55,000
• 1614 – Expulsion of the Moriscos.
• 1624 – April: Philip IV visits city.
• 1703 – Granada Cathedral 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 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 opens.
• 1981 – Population: 262,182.
• 1984 – Alhambra declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 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 (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 of literature held.
• 2014 – established.

See also

• Granada history
• Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE
• of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Málaga, Seville
• List of municipalities in Andalusia

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• 1905 ed.

• J Dickie. Granada: A case study of Arab urbanism in Muslim Spain. 1992.

• (discusses Ganivet's writing about Granada)
• Teodoro Luque-Martínez and Francisco Muñoz-Leiva. "City benchmarking: a methodological proposal referring specifically to Granada." Cities 22.6 (2005): 411–423.
• 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. Items related to Granada, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Granada, various dates