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Timeline of Seville

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

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Prior to 18th century

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  • 491 – Cathedral of Seville is built
  • 600 – Isidore of Seville becomes bishop.
  • 630 – Isidore of Seville compiles encyclopedia Etymologiae (approximate date).
  • 713 – Musa bin Nusayr in power.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 829 – Mosque built.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
  • 844 – City raided by Vikings
  • 1023 – Abbadid Taifa of Seville established.
  • 1147 - Almohades take power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1181 – Alcázar (fort) construction begins.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1198 – Minaret built.
  • 1247 – Siege of Seville begins.
  • 1248 – Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile under Ferdinand III.
  • 1252 – Seville Shipyard built.
  • 1477 – 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&pg=PA158 |year= 1966 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-13118-6}}
  • 1503 – Casa de Contratación (trade agency) established.{{cite book|editor= Toyin Falola and Amanda Warnock |title=Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage |year= 2007|publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-33480-1 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UjRYKePKrB8C&pg=PR29 }}
  • 1505 - University of Seville founded as "Colegio Santa María de Jesús".{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1507 - Seville Cathedral consecrated.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1519 - Magellan embarks on circumnavigation expedition.
  • 1521 – Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo laid out.
  • 1543 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Consulado de Cargadores a Indias|es}} established.{{citation |author=Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. |chapter= Merchant Guilds |title= Encyclopedia of World Trade |editor= Cynthia Clark Northrup |publisher= Routledge |year= 2013 |orig-year=2005 |isbn=9780765682680 }}
  • 1563 – Court of Philip II relocated from Seville to Madrid.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1598 – Merchants exchange built.
  • 1627 – Flood.
  • 1630 – Artist Zurbarán settles in Seville.{{cite web |url= http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=09®ion=eusi#/Key-Events |title= Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events |work= Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |location=New York |access-date= 30 November 2014 }}
  • 1647 – Great Plague of Seville begins.
  • 1670 – Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (a chivalric order) established.
  • 1682 – University of Navigators building construction begins.
  • 1683 – Flood.

18th–19th centuries

20th century

21st century

  • 2003 – 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Celtic and Porto held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
  • 2004
  • Starbucks opens its first establishment in the city.
  • First {{Interlanguage link multi|Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla|es}} held.
  • 2004 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
  • 2007
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Avenida de la Constitución (Sevilla)|es}} pedestrianized.
  • Sevici bicycle service begins operating.
  • MetroCentro tram line begins operating.
  • 2009 – Seville Metro begins operating.
  • 2010 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Jardín Americano|es}} reopens.
  • 2011
  • Metropol Parasol erected.
  • Juan Ignacio Zoido becomes mayor.{{cite web |url= http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/spanish-mayors.html |title=Spanish mayors |location=London |work=City Mayors.com |publisher=City Mayors Foundation |access-date=30 November 2014 }}
  • 2011 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
  • Population: 703,021.
  • 2012
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Pabellón de la Navegación (Sevilla)|es}} reopens as a museum.
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Muelle de Nueva York (Sevilla)|es}} reopens as a public space.
  • 2014 – Alamillo Park expanded.
  • 2015
  • Torre Sevilla skyscraper erected.
  • Juan Espadas becomes mayor.
  • 2016 – Hard Rock Cafe opens its first restaurant in the city.
  • 2018 – Torre Sevilla shopping mall opens.

See also

References

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

Bibliography

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;Published in 19th century

  • {{cite book |title=Edinburgh Encyclopaedia |editor= David Brewster |location=Philadelphia |publisher= Joseph and Edward Parker |year= 1832 |chapter=Seville |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t82j6q872?urlappend=%3Bseq=96 |title-link= Edinburgh Encyclopaedia |hdl= 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t82j6q872?urlappend=%3Bseq=96 }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = J. Murray |location = London |title = A Handbook for Travellers in Spain |author=Richard Ford |author-link=Richard Ford (writer) |date = 1855 |edition=3rd |oclc = 2145740 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ahandbookfortra03fordgoog#page/n171/mode/2up |chapter=Seville |title-link = A Handbook for Travellers in Spain }}
  • {{cite book |series= {{Interlanguage link multi|Recuerdos y bellezas de España|es}} |language=es |location=Madrid |title=Sevilla y Cádiz |year=1856 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009269297 |publisher=Jose Repullés }}
  • {{cite book |title= Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |editor= William Smith |location=London |publisher= John Murray |orig-year=1854 |year= 1872

|chapter= Híspalis

|chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cuq?urlappend=%3Bseq=1094

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|title-link= Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |hdl= 2027/hvd.ah5cuq?urlappend=%3Bseq=1094 }}

  • {{Citation |publisher = Adam & Charles Black |location = Edinburgh |editor=John Lomas |title = O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal |date = 1889 |edition=8th |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/osheasguidetospa00osherich#page/370/mode/2up |chapter=Seville}}

;Published in 20th century

  • {{cite book |title=Guide to the Western Mediterranean |year=1906 |publisher=Macmillan and Co. |location= London |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=btU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA22 |chapter=Seville }}
  • {{citation |title=Jewish Encyclopedia |location=New York |chapter= Seville |volume=11 |year= 1907 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435029752847?urlappend=%3Bseq=246 |title-link=Jewish Encyclopedia |hdl=2027/osu.32435029752847?urlappend=%3Bseq=246 }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipsic |title = Spain and Portugal |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/spainportugalhan00karlrich#page/n609/mode/2up |chapter=Seville |date = 1908 |oclc = 1581249 |edition=3rd }}
  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Seville (city) |volume= 24 | pages = 731–733 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{Citation |publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |location = London |title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |author = Benjamin Vincent |edition = 25th |date = 1910 |chapter= Seville |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/haydnsdictionary00hayd#page/1245/mode/1up

| ref = {{harvid|Haydn|1910}}

|title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates }}

  • {{Citation |publisher = Grant Richards |location = London |author = Nathaniel Newnham Davis |title = The Gourmet's Guide to Europe |date = 1911 |edition=3rd |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t06x01n78?urlappend=%3Bseq=312 |chapter=Seville |hdl = 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t06x01n78?urlappend=%3Bseq=312 }}
  • {{cite book |title=Catholic Encyclopedia |chapter=Seville |author=Ramon Ruiz Amado |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/catholicencyclop13herbuoft#page/744/mode/1up |location=New York |year=1913 |title-link=Catholic Encyclopedia |publisher=New York, The Encyclopedia Press }}
  • {{cite book |title=Land of the Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia |author= Somerset Maugham |location=New York |publisher= A.A. Knopf |year=1920 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081585832?urlappend=%3Bseq=69 |chapter= Seville |hdl= 2027/nyp.33433081585832?urlappend=%3Bseq=69 |author-link= Somerset Maugham }}
  • {{citation |title=Seville, More Spanish Than Spain |year=1929 |volume=55 |work=National Geographic Magazine |location=Washington DC }}
  • {{cite book|editor= Salma Khadra Jayyusi |title=The Legacy of Muslim Spain|year=1992|publisher=EJ Brill |isbn=90-04-09599-3 |chapter=Islamic Seville - its political, social and cultural history |author= R. Valencia |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbfORLWv1HkC&pg=PA136 }}
  • {{cite book |editor=Trudy Ring |title=Southern Europe |series=International Dictionary of Historic Places |volume=3 |year= 1996 |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |oclc=31045650 |chapter=Seville |page=639 |isbn=9781134259588 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qcr9AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA640

|ref= {{harvid|Ring|1996}}

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;Published in 21st century

  • {{cite book|editor=Josef W. Meri |title=Medieval Islamic Civilization |year=2006|publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-96691-7 |chapter= Seville }}
  • {{cite book |title=Historic Cities of the Islamic World |editor=C. Edmund Bosworth |year=2007 |publisher=Koninklijke Brill |location=Leiden |chapter=Seville |pages=472+ |isbn=978-9004153882 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UB4uSVt3ulUC&pg=PA472

|ref= {{harvid|Bosworth|2007}}

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  • {{cite book|author=Patrick O'Flanagan|title=Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900 |year= 2008|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=978-0-7546-6109-2 |chapter=Seville |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzJc8ii7OMsC&pg=PA39 }}
  • {{cite book|author= David Gilmour |title=Cities of Spain |year= 2012|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4481-3833-3 |chapter=Seville }}

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External links

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  • [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/spain_city_plans/ Map of Seville], 1943
  • {{cite web |publisher=Archnet |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080505025404/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=2099 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2008 |title=Spain: Seville |url= http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=2099 }}
  • Europeana. [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=seville+spain&rows=96 Items related to Seville], various dates.
  • Digital Public Library of America. [http://dp.la/search?page_size=100&q=seville+spain&utf8=✓ Items related to Seville], various dates

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