Timeline of Santiago de Chile

20th century

• 1902 - Population: 322,059. (estimated)
• 1905 – Parque Forestal inaugurated.
• 1908 – December: Pan-American Scientific Congress held.
• 1911 – Chilean National History Museum founded.
• 1925 – Chilean National Zoo opens.
• 1926 – Teatro Carrera opens.
• 1927 – Santiago Metropolitan Park laid out.
• 1935
• Teatro Oriente (theatre) built.
• Plaza de la Constitución (Santiago de Chile) laid out (approximate date).
• 1936 – Cine Metro (cinema) opens.
• 1945 – Chilean National Ballet founded.
• 1948 – headquartered in Santiago.
• 1950 – 3ra de la Hora newspaper begins publication.
• 1952 – Population: 664,575 city; 1,348,283 urban agglomeration.
• 1960 – Arboretum Frutillar founded.
• 1962 – 1962 FIFA World Cup held; Battle of Santiago occurs.
• 1967 – Pudahuel Airport commissioned.
• 1972
• Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral inaugurated.
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held.
• 1973 – 11 September: Chilean coup d'état.
• 1974 – Torre Entel built.
• 1975
• Santiago Metro begins operating.
• Population: 3,186,000 city; 3,262,990 urban agglomeration.
• 1976 - July: Lowest temperature of -6.8 recorded in Santiago
• 1978
• Santiago Metro Line 2 begins operating.
• Paseo Ahumada pedestrianized.
• 1980 – Santiago Metropolitan Region established.
• 1981 – Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino established.
• 1984 – La Cuarta newspaper begins publication.
• 1985 – 3 March: Earthquake.
• 1990
• Metrotrén begins operating (San Fernando-Santiago).
• Jaime Ravinet becomes mayor.
• National Congress of Chile relocated to Valparaíso from Santiago.
• 1991 – July 21: 1991 Copa América final football tournament held.
• 1995 – Population: 4,229,970 (estimate).
• 1997 – Santiago Metro Line 5 begins operating.
• 1998 – 2nd Summit of the Americas held.

21st century

• 2002
• Jardín Botánico Chagual (garden) established.
• Population of Santiago (commune): 200,792; population of metro area: 5,428,590.
• 2004 – Raúl Alcaíno Lihn becomes mayor.
• 2005
• Santiago Metro Line 4 begins operating.
• Plaza de la Ciudadanía inaugurated (approximate date).
• 2006
• Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda built.
• Gran Torre Santiago construction begins.
• 2007 – March: Protests.
• 2008
• Mall Plaza Alameda in business.
• Pablo Zalaquett Said becomes mayor.
• 2010
• 27 February: 2010 Chile earthquake.
• 28 September: Time capsule buried in the Plaza de Armas.
• 8 December: Fire in prison in San Miguel.
• Taller Bloc (art space) founded.
• 2012 – Carolina Tohá becomes mayor.
• 2014 – Homeless World Cup football contest held.
• 2016 – Population: 5,561,252.
• 2017
• July: Snowfall.
• Santiago Metro Line 6 begins operating.

See also

• Santiago history (article section)
• Political divisions of Santiago
• Timeline of Chilean history

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in Spanish

• v.1, v.2

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