The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Prior to 20th century edit
- 1554 - Guanajuato founded.[1][2]
- 1558 - Mine shaft in operation, per Spaniards.[3]
- 1679 - Town charter granted.[4]
- 1732 - Hospice of the Holy Trinity founded.
- 1741 - Guanajuato attains city status.[2]
- 1760 - Flood.[5]
- 1765 - Compania church built.[4]
- 1785 - Chamber of Commerce built.[6]
- 1788 - Templo de San Cayetano (church) dedicated.[3]
- 1809 - Alhóndiga de Granaditas built.
- 1810 - Town besieged by forces of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.[6]
- 1812 - Mint established.[2]
- 1867 - National College of Guanajuato active.
- 1872 - El Pensamiento Público newspaper in publication (approximate date).[7]
- 1895 - Population: 39,404.[2]
- 1898 - Plaza de la Paz built.[3]
- 1900
20th century edit
- 1903 - Teatro Juarez (theatre) inaugurated.[3]
- 1911 - El Hearaldo Guanajuatense and El Triunfo de la Justicia newspapers begin publication.[7]
- 1960 - Population: 55,107.[9]
- 1972 - Festival Internacional Cervantino active.
- 1990 - Population: 73,100.[9]
- 1998 - Expresión en Corto International Film Festival begins.
21st century edit
- 2005 - Festival Medieval de Guanajuato begins.
- 2007 - MM Cinemas open.[10]
- 2009
- Abejas de Guanajuato basketball team formed.
- Nicéforo Guerrero Reynoso elected mayor.[11]
- 2010 - Population: metro 171,709.[12]
- 2021 - Location for Forza Horizon 5
See also edit
- Guanajuato history (city)
- Guanajuato history (state)
References edit
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 729, OL 6112221M
- ^ a b c d e Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d Walsh 1995.
- ^ a b Campbell 1909.
- ^ Endfield 2004.
- ^ a b Martin 1906.
- ^ a b "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ^ Rankine 1992.
- ^ a b Marley 2005.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Guanajuato, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ^ "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography edit
in English edit
- Published in the 19th century
- Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Guanaxuato". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. Vol. 3. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064802.
- Albert S. Evans (1870), "Guanajuato", Our Sister Republic: a Gala Trip through Tropical Mexico in 1869-70, Hartford, Connecticut: Columbian Book Co.
- Alfred Ronald Conkling (1893), "Guanajuato", Appletons' Guide to Mexico, New York: D. Appleton & Company
- Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Guanajuato", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
- "Guanajuato", Vamos á México, Chicago: Southern Pacific Company, 1896
- Vera Granville (1899), "The Ancient City of Guanajuato", Overland Monthly, 33, San Francisco, hdl:2027/inu.30000080737624
- Published in the 20th century
- Robert McF. Doble (1904), "The Guanajuato Mexico Power Transmission", Electrical World and Engineer, 44, New York
- Percy F. Martin (1906), Mexico's Treasure House (Guanajuato): an Illustrated and Descriptive Account of the Mines, New York: Cheltenham Press, OCLC 1159847, OL 6976885M
- Reau Campbell (1909), "Guanajuato", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 650.
- William English Carson (1914), "Silver City", Mexico, New York: Macmillan
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Guanajuato", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- Margaret E. Rankine (1992). "Mexican Mining Industry in the Nineteenth Century with Special Reference to Guanajuato". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 11 (1): 29–48. doi:10.2307/3338598. JSTOR 3338598.
- Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 236+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- Laurie L. Walsh (1995). "Guanajuato". In Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin (ed.). Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. pp. 272–274. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
- "North Central Highlands: Guanajuato", Mexico, Lonely Planet, 1998 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- John Fisher (1999), "The Bajio: Guajajuato", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 235+, OL 24935876M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Central Mexico: Guanajuato", Mexico, Let's Go, 1999 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- Published in the 21st century
- Georgina H. Endfield; et al. (2004). "Conflict and Cooperation: Water, Floods, and Social Response in Colonial Guanajuato, Mexico". Environmental History. 9 (2): 221–247. doi:10.2307/3986085. JSTOR 3986085. S2CID 144963832.
- David Marley (2005), "Guanajuato", Historic Cities of the Americas, vol. 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, p. 237+, ISBN 1576070271
in Spanish edit
- Antonio García Cubas [in Spanish] (1896). "Guanajuato". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 3. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924056282340.
- Féliz Ramos y Duarte (1899), "Ciudad de Guanajuato", Diccionario de curiosidades historicas, geograficas, hierograficas, cronologicas, etc., de la Republica Mejicana [Dictionary of historical curiosities, geographical, hierograficas, timelines, etc.., Of the Mexican Republic], Méjico: E. Dublán, OCLC 11673485
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