The following is a timeline of the history of Aguascalientes City, Mexico.
Prior to 20th century edit
- 1575 – Aguascalientes founded.[1]
- 1604 – San Marcos Fair begins.[2]
- 1857 – Town becomes capital of Aguascalientes state.[2]
- 1867 – School of Agriculture established.[3]
- 1870 – El Despertador newspaper in publication.[4]
- 1883 – León-Aguascalientes railway established.[5]
- 1885 – Teatro Morelos opens.[5]
- 1899 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes established.[6]
20th century edit
- 1903 – State Teaching School built.
- 1911 – Population: 44,800.[7]
- 1964 – Museo de la Insurgencia opens.[8]
- 1972 – Posada Museum opens.
- 1973 – Autonomous University of Aguascalientes established.[3]
- 1975 – Rieleros de Aguascalientes baseball team formed.
- 1982 – Aguascalientes State Historical Archive established.[1]
- 1987 – El Heraldo de Aguascalientes newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1988 – Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes established.[8]
- 1989 – Jardín Botánico Rey Netzahualcoyotl (garden) active.[10]
- 1991 – Teatro Aguascalientes opens.
- 2000 – Population: 594,092.[11]
21st century edit
- 2003
- Estadio Victoria (stadium) opens.
- Club Necaxa football team active.
- 2010 – Population: 722,250; metro 932,369.[12][13]
- 2011
- Lorena Martínez Rodríguez becomes mayor.[14]
- Línea Verde project begins.[15]
- Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes 2011 (beauty pageant) held in city.
- 2013 – New Nissan Motor Company manufactory begins operating.[16]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 21, OL 6112221M
- ^ a b Baedeker's Mexico, Baedekers Guides, 1994, p. 134, OL 11077410M (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- ^ a b "Nuestra Universidad: Historia" (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ Miguel Angel Castro and Guadalupe Curiel, ed. (2003). Publicaciones periódicas mexicanas del siglo XIX, 1856-1876 (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 978-970-32-0330-7.
- ^ a b Gomez Serrano 2005.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia 1907.
- ^ Mexican Year Book. McCorquodale & Company. 1912.
- ^ a b "Museos". Vivaaguascalientes.com (in Spanish). Gobierno de Aguascalientes. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Publicaciones periódicas". Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Gobierno de Mexico. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
Datos SIC
- ^ "Garden Search: Mexico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
- ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Número de Habitantes, Aguascalientes" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ Ana Arana (January 20, 2014). "In Mexico, a city's scar becomes its most prized park, La Línea Verde". USA: Citiscope.
- ^ "Mexican city gears up as new Motor city". NBC News. November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
Bibliography edit
in English edit
- Published in the 19th century
- Charles W. Zaremba (1883). "State of Aguascalientes". Merchants' and Tourists' Guide to Mexico. Chicago: Althrop Publishing House.
- Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Aguascalientes", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
- "Aguas Calientes", Vamos á México, Chicago: Southern Pacific Company, 1896
- Cristobal Hidalgo (1900), "Important Cities: Aguas Calientes", Guide to Mexico, San Francisco, California: Whitaker & Ray Co.
- Published in the 20th century
- "Aguas Calientes". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1907.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Reau Campbell (1909), "Aguas Calientes", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 427.
- W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Aguascalientes", Anglo-South American Handbook, vol. 1, New York: Macmillan, hdl:2027/mdp.39015027978728
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Aguascalientes", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- "North Central Highlands: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Lonely Planet, 1998, OL 8314651M (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- John Fisher (1999), "The Bajio: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 231+, OL 24935876M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Northeast Mexico: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Let's Go, 1999, p. 267+, ISBN 9780312194901 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
in Spanish edit
- Antonio García Cubas [in Spanish] (1896). "Aguascalientes". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 1. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924020385047.
- J. Figueroa Doménech (1899). "Estado de Aguascalientes: Aguascalientes". Guía General Descriptiva de la República Mexicana (in Spanish). Vol. 2. R. de S. N. Araluce.
- Jesus Gomez Serrano (2005). "Una ciudad pujante: Aguascalientes durante el porfiriato". In Anne Staples (ed.). Bienes y vivencias, el siglo XIX [Goods and experiences, the nineteenth century]. Historia de la vida cotidiana en México (History of everyday life in Mexico) (in Spanish). El Colegio de México. pp. 253–286. ISBN 978-968-16-7762-6.
External links edit
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- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Aguascalientes, various dates