Timeline of Camagüey

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Camagüey, Cuba.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1528 - Santa María del Puerto Príncipe established by settlers relocating from Caonao, and previously from Punta del Guincho.[1][2]
  • 1599 - Convento de San Francisco founded.[3]
  • 1616 - Fire.[4]
  • 1617 -
    Cathedral first built.[2]
  • 1668 - City raided by Welsh pirate Henry Morgan.[2]
  • 1720 - San Francisco de Paula monastery rebuilt.[1]
  • 1723 - Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje church built.[1]
  • 1728 - Hospital de Caridad de San Juan de Dios established.[5][1]
  • 1730 - Hospital de Nuestra Senora del Carmen founded.[5]
  • 1733 - City Hall construction begins.[2]
  • 1737 - San Lázaro hospital built.[1]
  • 1741 - Epidemic outbreak.[6]
  • 1779 - Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (church) built.[7]
  • 1800 -
    Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo (Spanish colonial supreme court) relocated to Puerto Principe from Santo Domingo.[2]
  • 1814 - Future poet Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda born in Puerto Principe.[8]
  • 1817 - Town becomes a city.[1]
  • 1842 - Filarmónica (music society) founded.[9]
  • 1850 - El Principal theatre opens.[4]
  • 1851 - Puerto Principe and Nuevitas Railroad begins operating.[10]
  • 1864
    • Benemérita Popular Santa Cecilia (music society) formed.[9]
    • Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral
      rebuilt.
  • 1872 - Casino Español (music society) formed.[9]
  • 1874 - March: Battle of Las Guasimas (1874) fought; Cuban rebels win.
  • 1886 - El Arrebol newspaper begins publication.[11]
  • 1898 -
  • 1899
    • El Eco Mercantil newspaper begins publication.[14]
    • Population: 25,102 city; 53,140 district; 88,234 province.[15][2]

20th century

1900s–1940s

1950s–1990s

  • 1956 - El Cubano Libre student newspaper begins publication.[23]
  • 1959 - Huber Matos becomes governor of province.[24]
  • 1961 - Coro de Camagüey (musical group) formed.[9]
  • 1963 - Biblioteca provincial de Camagüey Julio Antonio Mella (library) established.[25]
  • 1964 - Population: 153,100.[26]
  • 1965 - Estadio Cándido González (stadium) built.[citation needed]
  • 1966 - Population: 171,000.[27]
  • 1967
  • 1968 - Archivo Histórico provincial de Camagüey (archives) established.[25]
  • 1970 - Population: 197,720.[30]
  • 1976
    • Instituto Superior Pedagógico established.[31]
    • Museo Estudiantil "Jesús Suárez Gayol" opens.[18]
  • 1981 - Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey established.[31]
  • 1983 - Festival de Teatro de Camagüey (theatre festival) begins.[32]
  • 1988 -
    Sister city relationship established with Madison, Wisconsin
    , USA.
  • 1994 - Creole Choir of Cuba established.[9]
  • 1998
    • January: Catholic pope
      visits
      Camagüey.
    • Office of City Historian established.[33]
  • 1999 - Population: 306,049 city; 785,800 province.[34]

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Roberto Segre [in Spanish], "Camagüey", Oxford Art Online. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
  3. .
  4. ^ a b Bonavía 2003.
  5. ^ a b Armstrong 1900.
  6. ^ De La Torre 1845.
  7. ^ Camagüey, Cuba, Lonely Planet, retrieved September 25, 2016
  8. ISSN 0581-653X
    .
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Historiador de Camagüey 2014.
  10. International Bureau of the American Republics (1905). Cuba
    . Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  11. ^ "Del Camagüey, historia de sus letras y periódicos" (in Spanish). Camaguey: Biblioteca Provincial Julio Antonio Mella. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  12. ^ "General Lope Recio Loynaz". www.eduardozayas-bazan.com. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  13. .
  14. ^ "Cuba: Puerto Principe", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer & Son, 1902
  15. ^ War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  16. United States Bureau of the Census. p. 153
    .
  17. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Cultura Camaguey" (in Spanish). Cuba: Sectorial Municipal de Cultura. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  19. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Camaguey, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  20. .
  21. ^ a b "Near Panic at Camaguey City", New York Times, September 28, 1935
  22. ISSN 1024-9435
  23. ^ Nodal-Reyes 2014.
  24. ^ "Obituary: Huber Matos", The Economist, March 15, 2014
  25. ^
    ISSN 1626-0252
    .
  26. Statistical Office of the United Nations
    . 1966.
  27. .
  28. ^ "Actuará Ballet de Camagüey en el Teatro Mella de La Habana", Granma (in Spanish), September 1, 2015
  29. ^ Miguel Cabrera (2010). El ballet en Cuba: nacimiento de una escuela en el siglo XX (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Balletin Dance Ediciones.
  30. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  31. ^ .
  32. ^ "Portal Cultural Principe" (in Spanish). Camaguey. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  33. ^ Gómez Consuegra 2009.
  34. .
  35. ^ "Hurricane Ike forces mass evacuation in Cuba", The Guardian, September 9, 2008
  36. ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

Bibliography

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