The following is a of the history of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
16thâÂÂ18th centuries
19th century
- 1806 â Gaceta de Puerto Rico newspaper begins publication.
- 1810 â Construction of a Camino Real between San Juan and RÃÂo Piedras (today the Ponce de León Avenue).
- 1813 â Sociedad Económica de Amigos del PaÃÂs en Puerto Rico founded.
- 1820 â Population: 7,658.
- 1822 â Board of charity established.
- 1823 â Sociedad Filarmónica (philharmonic society) formed.
- 1832
- Church of San Mateo de Cangrejos of Santurce built.
- established.
- Teatro Municipal (theatre) opens.
- 1840 â Colegio de Abogados founded.
- 1845 â Town divided into barrios San Francisco, San Juan, Santa Barbara, Santo Domingo, and Ballajá.
- 1846 â Castillo San Felipe del Morro lighthouse is built.
- 1847 â San Juan Waterworks established in RÃÂo Piedras.
- 1848 â Cafe de La Mallorquina in business.
- 1850 â Real Intendencia Building constructed.
- 1853
- Cataño-San Juan steamship begins operating.
- Marketplace built in Santa Barbara barrio.
- 1854 â Paseo de la Princesa established.
- 1858 â Telegraph service is established in San Juan and Santurce.
- 1859 â Barrios De la Marina and Puerta de Tierra become part of San Juan.
- 1863
- Santurce becomes part of San Juan.
- Santa MarÃÂa Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery established.
- 1864 â Ballajá Barracks built.
- 1865 â Colegio de Párvulos built.
- 1867 â November 18: a 7.5 earthquake heavily damages portions of the city wall, prompting the demolition of its southeastern portion afterwards.
- 1873 â March 22: Slavery officially abolished in Puerto Rico.
- 1876 â April 30: Ateneo Puertorriqueño (cultural entity) founded.
- 1877 â Cárcel de la Princesa (prison) built.
- 1878 â steam tramway service established between San Juan and RÃÂo Piedras.
- 1879 â José Ramón Becerra y de Gárate becomes mayor.
- 1882 â Ponce de León statue erected in the .
- 1883 â Auxilio Mutuo Hospital established.
- 1884 â October: González PadÃÂn, the first department store in Puerto Rico, opens its first store in San Juan.
- 1885 â Civil Hospital built.
- 1888 â La Carbonera barrio becomes part of San Juan.
- 1893
- October 5: Sociedad Anónima de EconomÃÂas y Préstamos (later Banco Popular de Puerto Rico) founded.
- Christopher Columbus statue erected in the Plaza Colón at the site of the former Puerta de Tierra city gate.
- Electric street lighting established.
- 1894 â Population: 23,414.
- 1897 â Phone infrastructure established.
- 1898
- May 12: Bombardment of San Juan by United States forces.
- June 22: Second Battle of San Juan.
- June 28: Third Battle of San Juan.
- August 12: End of hostilities between US and Spanish military forces. United States Military Government begins.
- October: Francisco del Valle becomes mayor.
- Carretera Central (Ponce-San Juan Road) built.
- San Juan News begins publication.
- Railway built (approximate date).
- 1899
- March 12: Mission of St. John the Baptist, the first Episcopal mission in Puerto Rico, is established.
- April 11: Town becomes part of United States-annexed Puerto Rico per Treaty of Paris.
- Chamber of commerce founded.
- Population: 32,048.
- 1900
- May 1: Foraker Act comes into force, civil government for Puerto Rico begins. United States Military Government ends.
- Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico Department of Education headquartered in San Juan.
- Insane asylum established.
- Modern La Perla settlement begins (approximate date).
20th century
1900sâÂÂ1950s
- 1901
- Trolley de San Juan begins operating.
- San Juan High School opens.
- 1902 â City government formed into legislative and executive branches.
- 1903
- March 12: University of Puerto Rico established in Rio Piedras as Escuela Normal.
- Barriada Miranda, the first official public residential area, is built in Puerta de Tierra.
- Roberto H. Todd Wells becomes mayor.
- 1904 â Camp Las Casas established by the US Army.
- 1907 â José Julián Acosta School, the first public elementary school, is built in Puerta de Tierra.
- 1909 â Harbor enlarged.
- 1910
- March 6: Puerto Rico Ilustrado begins publication.
- Dos Hermanos Bridge opens.
- First Lutheran and Methodist churches in San Juan open in Puerta de Tierra.
- Santurce marketplace is established.
- Tres Banderas Theater opens, the first of many theaters to be established in an area known as Broadway of Puerto Rico during the 1910s and 1920s.
- Population: 48,716.
- 1913 â Cine Luna opens.
- 1914 â Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse is built.
- 1915
- March 25: the first shot of World War I fired against the Central Powers by the regular armed forces of the United States is shot by Lieutenant Teófilo Marxuach in the San Juan Bay.
- December 8: Church, school and convent of San AgustÃÂn are officially opened.
- Carnegie Library, the first purpose-built library in Puerto Rico, is built.
- 1917 â July 24: Antiguo Casino de Puerto Rico is officially inaugurated.
- 1918 â October 11: 1918 San FermÃÂn earthquake.
- 1919
- October 16: Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in business.
- San Juan Asamblea Municipal (municipal assembly) and Concejo de Administración (administrative council) created.
- 1920 â Population: 70,707.
- 1921 â September 21: Academia del Perpetuo Socorro founded.
- 1922 â December 3: WKAQ radio begins broadcasting.
- 1923
- U.S. military Fort Buchanan established.
- Mansion Georgetti (residence) built.
- 1925
- Academia San Jorge founded.
- Loaiza Cordero Institute for Blind Children, the first of its kind in Puerto Rico, is founded.
- 1926 â School of Tropical Medicine established by Bailey Ashford.
- 1928
- September: San Felipe Segundo Hurricane occurs.
- Luis Muñoz Rivera Park laid out.
- Workers protest at Puerta de Tierra and its docks.
- 1929
- January 1: Women's suffrage begins in Puerto Rico.
- February 11: Capitol of Puerto Rico building constructed.
- 1930
- February: Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is built.
- Population: 114,715.
- 1931 â San Juan Custom House built.
- 1932 â SeptemberâÂÂOctober: San Ciprian hurricane.
- 1934 â Luis Muñoz Rivera Park opens to the public.
- 1935
- May 28: Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration headquartered in San Juan.
- November 12: Estadio Sixto Escobar opened.
- Universidad del Sagrado Corazón is established.
- 1937 â Puerta de Tierra Tenement Group Project A, today known as El Falansterio de Puerta de Tierra, is built.
- 1939 â MartÃÂn Peña Bridge built.
- 1940
- United States Naval Air Station Isla Grande (Isla Grande Airport) established.
- Population: 169,247.
- 1942 â October 10: Normandie Hotel opens.
- 1943
- March 3: Fort Brooke is established by the US Army.
- July 28: 1943 Puerto Rico earthquake.
- 1945 â January 2: Roberto Sánchez Vilella becomes Mayor of San Juan.
- 1946 â January 2: Felisa Rincón de Gautier becomes Mayor of San Juan.
- 1947 â WAPA, WIAC, WITA, and WRSJ radio begin broadcasting.
- 1948 â design adopted.
- 1949
- February 4: San Juan National Historic Site established by the National Park Service.
- December 9: Caribe Hilton Hotel built.
- 1950
- October 30: San Juan Nationalist revolt.
- Residencial Las Casas housing complex built.
- Population: 224,767.
- 1951
- July 1: RÃÂo Piedras becomes part of San Juan municipality.
- Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of the University of Puerto Rico, the first purpose-built museum in Puerto Rico, officially opens.
- 1952 â City officially becomes capital of newly created Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- 1953
- San Juan Cruise Port officially established.
- Sha'are Zedeck, the first synagogue in Puerto Rico, opens in Santurce.
- 1954
- May: WAPA-TV and WKAQ-TV (television) begin broadcasting.
- Ballets de San Juan founded.
- 1955
- June: Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and Archivo General de Puerto Rico headquartered in city.
- Luis Muñoz MarÃÂn International Airport opens.
- 1956 â Casals Festival of classical music begins.
- 1958
- December: La Concha Resort opens.
- Supreme Court Building officially inaugurated by U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Earl Warren.
- Casa del Libro established.
- 1959
- May 11: Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority established.
- June: U.S. National Governors Association meets in San Juan.
- The San Juan Star English-language newspaper begins publication.
1960sâÂÂ1990s
21st century
See also
References
Bibliography
Published in 17thâÂÂ19th centuries
in English
in Spanish
in other languages
Published in 20th century
in English
- (Includes bibliographic information relevant to San Juan, p. 53+ etc.)
- (Abstract)
in Spanish
Published in 21st century
in English
in Spanish
External links
- Items related to San Juan, various dates (via University of Puerto Rico's Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña)
- (Includes bibliographic information on San Juan history)
- , ca.1766âÂÂ2003
- Materials related to San Juan, Puerto Rico, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
- Works related to San Juan, PR, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
- Map of San Juan, 1982
- Map of San Juan, 1940
- Located in the Palacio Arzobispal on Calle San Sebastián
- Digitized materials related to San Juan in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles