The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1478 - Real de Las Palmas founded during the Castilian Conquest of Gran Canaria.[1]
  • 1485 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias established.[2]
  • 1494 - Castillo de la Luz (fort) built.
  • 1554 - Torre de Santa Ana (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (fort) built.
  • 1570 - Las Palmas Cathedral built.[3]
  • 1578 - Torreón de San Pedro Mártir (fort) built.
  • 1595 - Battle of Las Palmas.[4]
  • 1599 - Las Palmas attacked by Dutch forces.[4]
  • 1625 - Castillo de San Francisco (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (fort) built.
  • 1689 - Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (church) built.[5]
  • 1833 - Las Palmas no longer the capital of the Canary Islands.[3]
  • 1842
    • Palacio Municipal (town hall) built.[5]
    • Population: 17,382.[6]
  • 1844 - Gabinete Literario founded.
  • 1845 - Teatro Cairasco (theatre) built.
  • 1854 - Miller & Co. in business.[7]
  • 1858 - Mercado de Vegueta (market) built.
  • 1879 - Museo Canario (museum) opens.[8]
  • 1883 - El Liberal newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1890
    • Teatro Pérez Galdós (theatre) opens.
    • Hotel Santa Catalina built.
  • 1891
    • Mercado del Puerto de La Luz (market) built.
    • Las Palmas Golf Club formed.(es)
  • 1892 - Christopher Columbus monument erected.[10]
  • 1895
    • Diario de las Palmas newspaper begins publication.[11]
    • Dog sculptures installed in the Plaza Mayor de Santa Ana.[12]
  • 1900 – Population: 44,517.[3][13]

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Historia de la Ciudad" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
  4. 1 2 United Kingdom Foreign Office, Historical Section (1920), "Political History: Chronological Summary", Canary Islands, Handbooks, London: H.M. Stationery Office, hdl:2027/njp.32101058653880
  5. 1 2 Baedeker 1911.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Francisco Quintana Navarro (1992). "Los intereses británicos en Canarias en los años treinta" [British Interests in the Canary Islands in the Thirties] (PDF). Vegueta (in Spanish). Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ISSN 2341-1112.
  8. ↑ Carmen Ortiz García; Luis Ángel Sánchez Gómez, eds. (1994). Diccionario histórico de la antropología española (in Spanish). Madrid: Spanish National Research Council. ISBN 978-84-00-07443-2.
  9. ↑ Luis Maffiotte (1905), "Los periódicos de las Islas Canarias: Apuntes para un catálogo" [Newspapers in the Canary Islands: Notes for a Catalog], Biblioteca Canaria (in Spanish), Madrid – via HathiTrust
  10. ↑ Ana María Quesada Acosta (1996). La escultura conmemorativa en Gran Canaria (1820-1994) (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ISBN 8488979185.
  11. 1 2 3 "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  12. ↑ "Los perros de la plaza de Santa Ana", La Provincia (in Spanish), 18 June 2011
  13. ↑ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
  14. ↑ Juan Carlos de la Madrid, ed. (1996). Primeros tiempos del cinematógrafo en España (in Spanish). Universidad de Oviedo. ISBN 84-605-6108-9.
  15. ↑ "(Geographical Sphere: Las Palmas)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "El Cabildo reabre la Casa Palacio", La Provincia (in Spanish), 18 March 2011
  17. ↑ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Las Palmas". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

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