Timeline of Burgos

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

Prior to 20th century

• 884 – Castle of Burgos founded by Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, the second Count of Castile.
• 1074 – El Cid marries Jimena Díaz.
• 1099 – Castilian military leader El Cid buried in Burgos Cathedral.
• 1187 – Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas founded.
• 1221 – Burgos Cathedral construction begins.
• 1224 – Convento de San Pablo (Burgos)[es] founded (approximate date).
• 1254 – Edward I of England marries Eleanor of Castile.
• 1301 – Cortes of Burgos (1301)[es].
• 1302 – Cortes of Burgos (1302)[es].
• 1308 – Cortes of Burgos (1308)[es].
• 1315 – Cortes of Burgos (1315)[es].
• 1350 – San Esteban church built.
• 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1408 – San Nicolás de Bari built.
• 1475 – Siege of Burgos (1475) at the Castle of Burgos, part of the War of the Castilian Succession.
• 1484 – Miraflores Charterhouse rebuilt near Burgos.
• 1485 – Printing press in use.(es)
• 1494 – Consulado established.
• 1505 – San Nicolás de Bari church built.
• 1522 – Rebellion against Charles V. crushed.
• 1545 – Casa de Miranda[es] built.
• 1560 – The Court removed to Madrid.
• 1562 – Arco de Santa María built.
• 1567 – Burgos Cathedral construction completed.
• 1574 – Roman Catholic diocese of Burgos established.
• 1808 – 10 November: Battle of Burgos; French win.
• 1812 – Siege of Burgos by Anglo-Portuguese Army during the Peninsular War.
• 1833 – City becomes seat of Province of Burgos.
• 1836 – Paseo de la Isla[es] promenade created.
• 1842 – Population: 15,924.
• 1857 – Population: 26,086.
• 1858 – Teatro Principal (Burgos)[es] (theatre) opens.
• 1871 – Biblioteca Pública del Estado (Burgos)[es] (library) opens.
• 1878 – Museo Arqueológico y de Bellas Artes[es] (museum) active.
• 1887 – Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1891 – Diario de Burgos newspaper begins publication.
• 1900 – Population: 30,167.

20th century

• 1902 – North train station built.(es)
• 1907 – Palacio de Capitanía General (Burgos)[es] built.
• 1930 Artificial silk factory begins operating. Population: 40,061.
• 1936 24 July: At the start of the Spanish Civil War, nationalists declare a government in the form of the National Defense Council, which meets for the first time in Burgos. 29 September: Nationalist junta in Burgos declares Franco Generalísimo. Burgos becomes capital of the Francoist Zona sublevada[es].(es)
• 1944 – Estación de autobuses de Burgos[es] (bus depot) opens.
• 1955 – Gamonal[es] becomes part of the city of Burgos.
• 1964 – Estadio El Plantío (stadium) opens.
• 1970 Burgos trials (Proceso de Burgos) held in Burgos. Population: 119,915.
• 1971 – Santa María de Garoña Nuclear Power Plant commissioned in region of city of Burgos.
• 1979 – José María Peña San Martín becomes mayor.
• 1981 – Population: 156,449.
• 1983 – City becomes part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
• 1985 – Burgos Municipal Archives moves into the Palacio de Castilfalé.
• 1994 Caso de la construcción[es] corruption scandal sentencing decided. Burgos CF (football club) formed. University of Burgos founded.

21st century

• 2007 – Transporte metropolitano de Burgos[es] begins operating.[citation needed]
• 2008 Burgos Airport terminal built. Bulevar del Ferrocarril[es] redesign begins. Burgos-Rosa de Lima railway station (train station) built.
• 2009 – 29 July: 2009 Burgos bombing by ETA.
• 2010 – Museum of Human Evolution opens.
• 2011 Javier Lacalle becomes mayor. Population: 178,864.
• 2012 – Burgos Convention Centre[es] built.
• 2014 – January: 2014 Gamonal protest[es].

See also

• Burgos history
• List of mayors of Burgos[es]
• List of bishops of Burgos
• History of Burgos province[es]
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Castile and León: Salamanca, Valladolid

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), , The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• Josiah Conder (1830), , The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
• Richard Ford (1890), "Burgos", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 12
• Herbermann, Charles George (1908). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Burgos (city)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 819.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), , Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:
• , Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl: – via HathiTrust
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Burgos". . International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 101–104. ISBN 1884964028.

in Spanish

• (in Spanish). Madrid: Aribau y C.a. 1876.
• Augusto Llacayo (1886). (in Spanish). Imprenta de Timoteo Arnáiz – via Biblioteca Digital de Castilla y León[es].
• D. Manuel Rubio y Borrás (1900). (in Spanish). Impr. sucesor de Arnaiz.
• Luis de Pablo Ibañez. (in Spanish). Hijos de Santiago Rodríguez. circa 1921
• [125 years of progress in Burgos (timeline)], Diario de Burgos (in Spanish), 6 March 2012

External links

• , various dates (via Europeana)
• , various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)