Timeline of Valencia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Valencia, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

• 137 BCE – Foundation of Valentia Edetanorum by the Romans.
• 413 – Taken by the Visigoths.
• 714 – Taken by Moors.
• 1010 CE – City becomes capital of the Taifa of Valencia.
• 1021 – Independent Moorish kingdom of Valencia was established
• 1064 CE – Al-Mamun of Toledo in power.
• 1094 – Castilian Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in power.
• 1109 – Almoravid Masdali in power.
• 1147 – Ibn Mardanish re-establishes Taifa of Valencia, uniting it with Murcia
• 1172 – Almohad Caliphate takes control
• 1229 – Taifa re-established by Zayyan Ibn Mardanish
• 1238 – City conquered by the Christians and becomes capital of the Aragonese Kingdom of Valencia.
• 1261 – Furs of Valencia (law) promulgated.
• 1262 – Valencia Cathedral construction begins.
• 1283 – Consulate of the Sea established.
• 1349 – Torres de Serranos (gate) built.
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1391 – Massacre of 1391 against the Jews of Valencia
• 1444 – Torres de Quart (gate) built.
• 1459 – Valencia Cathedral lengthened in its original Gothic style.
• 1473 – Printing press in use.
• 1474 – "Poetical contest" held.
• 1483 – Llotja de la Seda construction begins.
• 1499 – University of Valencia founded.
• 1568 – Juan de Ribera becomes Archbishop of Valencia.
• 1707 – Bourbons in power.
• 1776 – established.
• 1812 – 9 January: City taken by French forces and the library robbed of its 60,000 volumes.
• 1840 – Domingo Mascarós becomes mayor.
• 1858 – Plaza de Toros de Valencia opens.
• 1868 — Plaza de la Reina begins with a small triangular plaza.
• 1887 – Population: 170,763.
• 1897 – Population: 204,768.

20th century

• 1913 – Museu de Belles Arts de València established.
• 1915 – Teatro Olympia opens.
• 1917 – Estació del Nord (railway station) opens.
• 1930 – Population: 320,195.
• 1933
• December: "Anarchist uprising ."
• Valencia Airport built.
• 1937 – The city becomes the capital of the Republican controlled Spain.
• 1940 – Population: 450,756.
• 1946 – Cine Majestic (cinema) opens.
• 1957 – October: 1957 Valencia flood.
• 1958 – Adolfo Rincón de Arellano Garcia becomes mayor.
• 1970 – Population: 653,690.
• 1970 - Plaza de la Reina completed.
• 1984 – Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant commissioned in region of city of Valencia.
• 1988 – Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (railway) begins operating.
• 1989 – Institut Valencià d'Art Modern opens.
• 1991 – Rita Barberá Nolla becomes mayor.
• 1995
• Metrovalencia in operation.
• Eduardo Zaplana becomes president of the regional Generalitat Valenciana government.

21st century

• 2006 – 3 July: Valencia Metro derailment (43 dead)
• 2013 – Population: 792,303.
• 2015 – Valencia City Council election, 2015 held; Joan Ribó elected mayor.
• 2022 - Plaza de la Reina renovation completed.

See also

• Valencia history
• History of Valencia

Other cities in the autonomous Valencian Community:⁽⁾

• Timeline of Alicante

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

External links

• Map of Valencia, 1943
• Europeana. Items related to Valencia, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Valencia, various dates