Timeline of Murcia

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

Prior to 20th century

8th C. – Moors took possession of Medinat Mursiya.^[1]
1172 – Almohades in power.^[1]
1243 – Forces of Ferdinand III of Castile take Murcia.^[2]
1265 – Conquest of Murcia (1265–66).
1269 – Rising against King Alfonso the wise led to Murcia joining the Kingdom of Castile.^[1]
1272 – University of Murcia first established by King Alfonso the wise
1291 – Made an episcopal see.^[1]
1467 – Murcia Cathedral built.^[1]
1487 – Printing press in use.^[3]
1651 – Flood.^[1]
1736 – Paseo del Malecón [es] rebuilt.
1786 – Jardín de Floridablanca [es] (garden) established.
1810 – City besieged by French forces.^[1]
1812 – City besieged by French forces again.^[1]
1829 – March: 1829 Torrevieja earthquake.^[1]
1842 – Population: 82,517.^[4]
1862 – Teatro Romea (Murcia) [es] (theatre) opens.^[5]
1863 – Murcia del Carmen railway station opened.
1864 – Archaeological Museum of Murcia founded.^[6]
1879
- October: 1879 Segura flood [es].^[1]
- El Diario de Murcia [es] newspaper begins publication.^(es)
1887 – Population: 98,538.^[4]
1892 – Teatro Circo Murcia [es] (theatre) opens.^[7]
1900 – Population: 111,539.^[8]^[1]

1903 – La Verdad newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1907 – Flood.^[1]
1910
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia [es] (museum) built.
- Archaeological Museum of Murcia relocated.
- Population: 125,057.^[4]
1915 – University of Murcia established.
1917 – Murcia Conservatory of Music [es] founded.
1919 – Real Murcia founded.
1930 – Population: 158,724.^[4]
1931 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia (provincial archives) established.^[10]
1940 – Population: 193,731.^[4]
1960 – Population: 249,738.^[4]
1988 – La Opinión de Murcia [es] newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1991 – Population: 338,250.^[4]
1995 – Auditorio y Centro de Congresos Víctor Villegas [es] (convention centre) opens.
1996
- Biblioteca Regional de Murcia [es] (library) established.
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia founded.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

in English

Josiah Conder (1830), "Murcia", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
Richard Ford (1890), "Murcia", Handbook for Travellers in Spain (7th ed.), London: J. Murray
Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Murcia", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
"Murcia (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 33.
A.F. Calvert (1911). Valencia and Murcia, a Glance at African Spain. London: John Lane.
"Murcia", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

Rodrigo Amador de los Ríos y Villalta [in Spanish] (1889). Murcia y Albacete. España: sus monumentos y artes, su naturaleza e historia (in Spanish). Barcelona: Daniel Cortezo y ca.
Francisco Alemán Saínz (1984). Diccionario incompleto de la Región de Murcia (in Spanish). Editora Regional de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-7564-007-5.
Francisco Javier Díez de Revenga; Mariano de Paco (1989). Historia de la literatura murciana (in Spanish). Editora Regional de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-87408-04-5.
Carmen María Cremades Griñán (1996). Urbanismo en la edad moderna: la región de Murcia (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-7684-704-6.