Timeline of Lima

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lima, Peru.

Prior to 19th century

• 1535
• Ciudad de los Reyes founded by Francisco Pizarro.
• Cathedral of Lima construction begins.
• Plaza Mayor location designated.
• 1541
• 26 June: Francisco Pizarro assassinated.
• Catholic Diocese of Lima established.
• 1542 – Spanish Real Audiencia established.
• 1548 – Jerónimo de Loayza becomes Catholic Archbishop of Lima.
• 1549 – Municipal Palace of Lima built.
• 1551 – University of San Marcos founded.
• 1555 - Artisan guilds established (approximate date).
• 1565 – Casa de Moneda de Lima (mint) established.
• 1581 – Antonio Ricardo sets up printing press.
• 1586 – 1586 Lima–Callao earthquake.
• 1613 - Consulado (merchant guild) begins operating.
• 1625 – Cathedral Basilica of Lima consecrated.
• 1655 - 13 November: .
• 1671
• Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Lima) (church) built.
• Rose of Lima canonized as a religious saint.
• 1674 - Basilica and Convent of San Francisco completed.
• 1687
• 1687 Peru earthquake.
• Lima City Walls built.
• 1700 – Population: 37,234.
• 1746 – 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake.
• 1768 – Plaza de toros de Acho (bullring) constructed.
• 1791 – Population: 52,627.
• 1799 – Callao-Lima highway constructed.

19th century

• 1808 – Public cemetery established.
• 1812 – Population: 63,900.
• 1820 – Treasure of Lima reputedly removed from city.
• 1821 - Lima taken by forces of José de San Martín; Peruvian independence from Spanish Empire declared.
• 1822 - National Library of Peru founded.
• 1828 – Earthquake.
• 1838 – July: Political unrest.
• 1839 – El Comercio newspaper begins publication.
• 1854
• Medical Society founded.
• Yellow fever epidemic.
• 1856 – Saint Cecilia Philharmonic Society formed.
• 1860
• April: Earthquake.
• Lima Stock Exchange and Artisan Mutual Aid Society founded.
• 1861 – Peru National Archive established.
• 1865 - November: City taken by anti-Spanish forces during the Chincha Islands War.
• 1867 - Fabrica de Chocolate Cavenago y Cortazar established.
• 1868 – Club de la Union founded.
• 1870 – Lima City Walls dismantled.
• 1872 – Palacio de la Exposición built; Lima International Exhibition held.
• 1876
• established.
• Population: 101,488.
• 1881 – Occupation of Lima by Chilean forces begins.
• 1883 – Occupation of Lima by Chilean forces ends.
• 1886
• Ateneo de Lima established.
• Teatro Olimpo (theatre) inaugurated.
• 1888 – Sociedad Geográfica de Lima founded.
• 1897 – Estadio Guadalupe opens.
• 1898 – Instituto Tecnico e Industrial del Peru inaugurated.

20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1903 – Sociedad Empleados de Comercio organized.
• 1906
• Museo de Historia Nacional opens.
• Lima Cricket and Football Club active.
• 1907 – Lima Philharmonic Society founded.
• 1908 - Population: 140,884.
• 1914 – Teatro Colón (theatre) inaugurated.
• 1918 - Museum of Natural History, Lima established.
• 1923 – Museum of Italian Art inaugurated.
• 1924 – Archbishop's Palace of Lima built.
• 1928 - 21 July: Asociación Nacional de Periodistas del Perú founded in Lima.
• 1929 – Teatro Municipal established.
• 1933 - (garden) established.
• 1935 – Lima Municipal Library established.http://www.munlima.gob.pe/biblioteca-municipal
• 1936 – Cine Metro (cinema) opens.
• 1938
• Government Palace built.
• National Symphony Orchestra founded.
• 1939 – Legislative Palace built on Paseo Colón.
• 1940 – Avenida Abancay constructed.
• 1944 – Municipal Palace of Lima rebuilt.

1950s-1990s

• 1958 – Cine El Pacifico (cinema) in Miraflores built.
• 1959
• El Ángel Cemetery (cemetery) established.
• Pastelería San Antonio in business.
• 1961 - Population: 1,436,231 urban agglomeration.
• 1962 – University of Lima founded.
• 1964 - 24 May: Estadio Nacional disaster.
• 1966 – 17 October: 1966 Peru earthquake.
• 1969 - Perú Negro (musical group) formed.
• 1972 - Population: 2,833,609 city; 3,302,523 urban agglomeration.
• 1980 - founded.
• 1981 - City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.
• 1984 - Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement active.
• 1988 – Historic Centre of Lima designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 1990
• Lima Metro opens.
• Population: 6,414,500 (estimate).
• 1991 – 3 November: Barrios Altos massacre.
• 1992
• 16 July: Tarata bombing.
• La Cantuta massacre.
• 1996
• 17 December: Japanese embassy hostage crisis begins.
• Alberto Andrade Carmona becomes mayor.
• 1997 – Jockey Plaza shopping centre in Surco in business.
• 1998 - founded.
• 1999 – Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne becomes Catholic Archbishop of Lima.

21st century

• 2001 – Chocavento Tower built.
• 2002 – 21 March: Bombing near U.S. embassy.
• 2003 – Luis Castañeda Lossio becomes mayor.
• 2004
• 25 July: 2004 Copa América final football tournament held.
• Camisea Gas Project begins operating.
• 2005 - headquartered in Lima.
• 2007 – Population: 7,605,742; metro 8,472,935.
• 2010 – El Metropolitano bus transit system begins operating.
• 2011
• Lima Metro begins operating.
• Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología is founded.
• Susana Villarán becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Air pollution in Lima reaches annual mean of 48 PM2.5 and 88 PM10, more than recommended.
• 2015 - Luis Castañeda Lossio becomes mayor again.
• 2016 - Population: 10,039,455.

See also

• History of Lima
• List of mayors of Lima
• Years in Peru

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Published in the 18th-19th century

Published in the 20th century

• Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980.

Published in the 21st century

• Ramón, Gabriel. "The script of urban surgery: Lima, 1850–1940". In Arturo Almandoz (ed.), Planning Latin America's capital cities, 1850–1950. New York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 170–192.
• Walker, Charles. "The upper classes and their upper stories: architecture and the aftermath of the Lima earthquake of 1746". Hispanic American Historical Review 83 (1): 53–82 (February 2003).
• Higgins, James. Lima: a Cultural History. Oxford University Press, 2005.

in Spanish

• 1904-1907 (4 volumes of titles published in Lima, arranged chronologically)

External links

• Items related to Lima, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Lima, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)