Timeline of Jaén, Spain

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

Before 20th century

1246 - Jaén becomes part of the Kingdom of Castile per the Treaty of Jaén.
1248 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaén established.^[2]
1712 - Earthquake.^[3]
1724 - Jaén Cathedral consecrated.
1727 - Iglesia de la Merced consecrated.
1786 - Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de la Ciudad y Reino de Jaén established.^[4]
1813 - Diputación Provincial de Jaén founded.^{[citation needed]}
1833 - City becomes part of the newly formed Province of Jaén.
1842 - Population: 17,387.^[5]
1895
- Jaén Public Library established.
- Palacio Provincial de Jaén built.
1900 - Population: 26,434.^[3]

1901 - Casa consistorial de Jaén [es] (city hall) built (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
1907 - Teatro Cervantes (Jaén) [es] (theatre) opens.
1922 - Real Jaén (football club) formed.
1927 - Teatro Darymelia [es] (theatre) built.
1937 - 1 April: Bombing of Jaén by German forces.
1940 - Population: 54,631.^[5]
1941 - Diario Jaén [es] newspaper begins publication.
1944 - Estadio de la Victoria (stadium) opens.
1949 - Estación de autobuses de Jaén [es] (bus depot) built.
1958 - Premio Jaén piano competition begins.
1960 - Plaza de Toros de Jaén (bullring) built.
1969 - Museo Provincial de Jaén [es] (museum) established.
1988 - Edificio del Banco de España (Jaén) [es] built.
1989 - Iglesia de Belén y San Roque [es] (church) built.
1990 - Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares de Jaén [es] (museum) opens.
1991
- Centro comercial La Loma [es] opens.
- Population: 107,413^[5]
1993 - University of Jaén established.^[6]

2001 - Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria (stadium) opens.
2002 - Línea de alta velocidad Madrid-Alcázar de San Juan-Jaén [es] (railway) construction begins.^{[citation needed]}
2005 - Jaén Subterránea [es] theatre festival begins.
2008 - Teatro Infanta Leonor (Jaén) [es] (theatre) opens.
2011
- Jaén Tram begins operating.
- Population: 116,469.^[5]
2015 - Francisco Javier Márquez Sánchez becomes mayor.

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^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b Britannica 1910.
^ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409. hdl:2027/ucm.5309027638 – via HathiTrust.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Jaén". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Richard Ford (1890), "Jaen", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 345
"Jaen (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 125.
"Jaen", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 365, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust