Timeline of Puebla (city)

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Puebla, Mexico.

Prior to 18th century

• 1531
• Puebla founded by Toribio Motolinia and Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal.
• First mass celebrated 16 April 1531 by Toribio Motolinia.
• 1533-1545 - Indios de Servicio provide labor to Puebla.
• 1537 – College of the Holy Ghost founded by Jesuits.
• 1541 – Textile mill in operation.
• 1542 – School established.
• 1543 – Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala headquartered in Puebla.
• 1551 – San Francisco Convent active.
• 1552 – Puebla Cathedral construction begins.
• 1555 – Fountain installed in Plaza Mayor.
• 1556 – Joseph designated city patron saint.
• 1578 - Colegio del Espíritu Santo founded
• 1580 – Casa del Deán built.
• 1592 – Hospital de San Roque founded.
• 1609 – Convent of Santa Monica founded.
• 1629 – Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla becomes Cathedral maestro de capilla.
• 1632 – Hospital de San Bernardo opens.
• 1639-1653 - Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Puebla
• 1640 – Printing press in operation (approximate date).
• 1646 – Biblioteca Palafoxiana founded.
• 1649 – Puebla Cathedral consecrated.
• 1653 – Potters' guild established.
• 1659 – Church of Santo Domingo built (approximate date).
• 1678 – Population: 68,800.
• 1688 - Death of Catarina de San Juan, "la China Poblana"
• 1690
• (chapel) built in the Church of Santo Domingo.
• Puebla Cathedral completed.

18th and 19th centuries

• 1728 – Museum of antiquities established.
• 1760 – Teatro Principal inaugurated.
• 1764 – Estaban Bravo de Rivero becomes mayor.
• 1767 – La Compania (Jesuit church) built.
• 1771 – Jose Merino Ceballos becomes mayor.
• 1793 – Population: 56,859.
• 1813 – Academia de Bellas Artes founded.
• 1827 – El Poblano newspaper begins publication.
• 1844 – Paseo Bravo (street) laid out.
• 1846 – El Patricio newspaper in publication.
• 1847 – Siege of Puebla by United States forces.
• 1862
• May 5: Battle of Puebla occurs near city.
• City renamed "Puebla de Zaragoza".
• 1863 – May 16–17: Siege of Puebla by French forces.
• 1867 - Seized by Mexicans under Porfirio Díaz.
• 1868 – Guerrero theatre opens.
• 1869 – Apizaco-Puebla Mexican Railway line built.
• 1879 – Population: 64,588.
• 1891 – Penitenciaria (prison) built.
• 1893 – Velodrome in use.
• 1895 – Population: 91,917.
• 1897 – Railway station built.
• 1898 – Rancho de la Magdalena becomes part of city.
• 1900 – Population: 93,521.

20th century

• 1901 – Franco-Mexican monument erected (approximate date).
• 1906 – built.
• 1910
• Victoria Market opens.
• Population: 101,214.
• 1911 – Gaceta de Puebla newspaper begins publication.
• 1924 – La Opinion newspaper in publication.
• 1926 – Mexico City-Puebla highway completed.
• 1931
• 400th anniversary of city founding.
• Population: 124,063.
• 1937 – University of Puebla founded.
• 1942 - Colegio Americano de Puebla founded.
• 1944
• Club de Fútbol Puebla formed.
• El Sol de Puebla newspaper begins publication.
• (museum) opens.
• 1950 – Population: 206,840.
• 1960 – Population: 297,257.
• 1962 – Area of city expanded.
• 1964 – Volkswagen automotive manufactory begins operating.
• 1968 – Estadio Cuauhtémoc (stadium) opens.
• 1973 – Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla and Museo de Arte Cultural Poblano established.
• 1979 – the third General Episcopal Conference of Latin America took place at the Palafox Major Seminary in Puebla, commencing on 28 January 1979.
• 1985 – Hermanos Serdán International Airport inaugurated.
• 1987
• Historic Downtown area designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• (garden) established.
• 1988 – Central de Autobuses Puebla (depot) inaugurated.
• 1991 – Amparo Museum inaugurated.

21st century

• 2002 – San Pedro Museum of Art active.
• 2005 – becomes mayor.
• 2008 – Blanca Alcalá becomes mayor.
• 2010
• Eduardo Rivera Pérez elected mayor.
• Population: 1,434,062; metro 2,668,437.
• 2014 – José Antonio Gali Fayad becomes mayor.
• 2017 - Puebla earthquake

See also

• Puebla history (city)
• List of mayors of Puebla (city)
• History of Puebla (state)
• List of governors in the Viceroyalty of New Spain: Province of Puebla
• List of governors of Puebla (state)

References

Bibliography

• Altman, Ida, Transatlantic Ties in the Spanish Empire: Brihuega, Spain and Puebla, Mexico 1560-1620. Stanford: Stanford University Press 2000.
• Ramos, Frances L. Identity, Ritual, and Power in Colonial Puebla. Tucson: University of Arizona Press

Guidebooks

• (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
• (fulltext via OpenLibrary)

Works in Spanish

• (includes directory)
• (Annotated list of titles published in Puebla, arranged chronologically)
• (fulltext via OpenLibrary)

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Puebla, Mexico, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Puebla, Mexico, various dates