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Timeline of Lleida

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain.

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 216 BCE – Hanno II the Great was defeated by Scipio Africanus nearby.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 49 BCE – Battle of Ilerda fought during Caesar's Civil War.
  • 400-500 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida established.{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/spain |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo |location=Norway |access-date= 22 October 2016 }}
  • 546 – Religious council held.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{cite book|title= History of the Councils of the Church |author= Karl Josef von Hefele |editor=William Robinson Clark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LN5DAAAAYAAJ |volume=4 |year=1895|publisher=T. & T. Clark |location=Edinburgh |author-link= Karl Josef von Hefele }}
  • 793 – The Franks in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 797 – Re-taken by the Moors.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 832 – Old Cathedral of Lleida rebuilt to serve as a mosque.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1039 – Muslim Taifa of Lérida begins.
  • 1149 – Siege of Lleida puts Christian Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1278 – Cathedral of St. Mary of La Seu Vella consecrated.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1300 – University of Lleida established by James II of Aragon.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).{{cite book|author=Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum |title=History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders |year= 1996|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-15510-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9Za4jdBEVB4C |page=392 }}
  • 1445 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Arxiu Municipal de Lleida|ca}} (city archives) active (approximate date).{{cite web |url= http://censoarchivos.mcu.es/CensoGuia/archivodetail.htm?id=34758 |title= Archivo Municipal de Lleida |work=Censo-Guía de Archivos |publisher= Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte |language=es |access-date=22 October 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://arxiu.paeria.cat/historia/historia-de-larxiu/origen-de-larxiu |title=Història de l'Arxiu: L'Arxiu de la ciutat |language=ca |author=Arxiu Municipal de Lleida |publisher=La Paeria – Ajuntament de Lleida |access-date=22 October 2016 }}
  • 1479 – Printing press in use.{{cite book|author=F.J. Norton |title=Printing in Spain 1501-1520|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOY-btAmNokC |page=158 |year= 1966 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-13118-6}}
  • 1669 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Convento del Roser|es}} construction begins.
  • 1707 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Siege of Lleida (1707)|ca|3=Setge de Lleida (1707)}} by French forces.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1717
  • University of Lleida closed by order of Philip V of Spain.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • University of Cervera opened by order of Philip V of Spain.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1719 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Ayuntamiento de Lérida|es}} (government entity) established.
  • 1781 – New Cathedral of Lleida built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1810 – Lleida besieged by French forces.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1834 – Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Lerida established.{{cite book |title=Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica |editor=Braulio Antón Ramírez |location=Madrid |publisher=Manuel Rivadeneyra |year=1865 |chapter=Sociedades economicas del reino |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/ucm.5309027638?urlappend=%3Bseq=412|via=HathiTrust |language=es |pages= 390–409 |hdl=2027/ucm.5309027638?urlappend=%3Bseq=412 }}
  • 1835 – University of Cervera closed.
  • 1842 – Population: 12,236.
  • 1860 – Railway begins operating.
  • 1864 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Parque de Los Campos Elíseos de Lérida|es}} (park) opens.

20th century

  • 1900 – Population: 21,432.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1910 – Population: 24,531.
  • 1912 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Exposició d'Artistes Lleidatans|es}} (art exhibit) held.
  • 1915 – Cinema Vinyes built.(en)
  • 1917 – Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (museum) opens.
  • 1924 – Balaguer-Lleida railway begins operating.
  • 1938 – La Mañana newspaper begins publication.
  • 1942 – Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs established.
  • 1950 – Population: 52,849.
  • 1951 – Teatre Principal (theatre) active.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/spain/lleida?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Lleida, Spain |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles, USA |access-date=22 October 2016 }}
  • 1952 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lérida (archives) established.{{cite web |url= http://censoarchivos.mcu.es/CensoGuia/archivodetail.htm?id=51748 |title= Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lérida |work=Censo-Guía de Archivos |publisher= Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte |language=es |access-date=22 October 2016 }}
  • 1981 – Population: 109,573.{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.es/intercensal/ |access-date= 22 October 2016 |title=Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Lleida |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) }}
  • 1982 – Diari Segre newspaper begins publication.{{cite book|title=Western Europe |edition=5th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC|year=2003|publisher=Europa Publications |chapter=Spain |isbn=978-1-85743-152-0 |series=Regional Surveys of the World }}
  • 1985 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Autobuses de Lérida|es}} begin operating.
  • 1989 – CaixaForum Lleida established.
  • 1992 – University of Lleida established.{{cite book|editor=Walter Rüegg |series=History of the University in Europe |volume=4 |title= Universities Since 1945 |year=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49425-0 |chapter= Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VCKRv1GiFqEC |page=576+ }}
  • 1994 – Auditori Enric Granados (concert hall) built.
  • 1995 – Lleida Latin-American Film Festival begins.
  • 1998 – Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador opens.

21st century

See also

Other cities in the autonomous community of Catalonia:(ca)

References

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This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Catalan Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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  • {{Citation

|publisher = Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown

|date = 1819

|location = London

|title = The Cyclopaedia

|author= Abraham Rees

|chapter= Lerida

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rvH8ra5JriwC&pg=PT580

|title-link = Rees's Cyclopædia

}}

  • {{Citation

|publisher = J. Murray |location = London

|title = Handbook for Travellers in Spain

|author=Richard Ford |author-link=Richard Ford (writer)

|date = 1890 |edition=7th

|chapter=Lerida |page=506 |volume=2

|chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x001198108?urlappend=%3Bseq=232

|title-link = Handbook for Travellers in Spain

|hdl = 2027/uva.x001198108?urlappend=%3Bseq=232

}}

  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lérida (city) |volume= 16 | pages = 483–484 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{Citation

|publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig

|title = Spain and Portugal

|date = 1913 |edition = 4th

|chapter= Lerida |page=250

|hdl = 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29?urlappend=%3Bseq=410

|chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29?urlappend=%3Bseq=410

|via= HathiTrust

|ref = {{harvid|Baedeker|1913}}

}}

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External links

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