Granada chronology

The following is a chronology of the history of the city of Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

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## Before 16th century

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* Kingdom of the Suebi (409–585)
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* Muslim conquest (711–716)
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* Catholic Monarchs (1479–1516)
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* Bienio progresista (1854–1856)
* Glorious Revolution (1868)

Sexenio Democrático

* Provisional Government (1868–1871)
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* Third Carlist War (1872–1876)
* First Republic (1873–1874)

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* Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885)
* Regency of María Cristina (1885–1902)
* Reign of Alfonso XIII (1886–1931)
* Spanish–American War (1898)
* Spain during World War I (1914–1918)
* Rif War (–1927)
* Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923–1930)
* Dictablanda of Dámaso Berenguer (1930–1931)

Second Republic

* Provisional Government (1931)
* First Biennium (1931–1933)
* Second Biennium (1933–1936)
* Revolution and Asturian miners' strike (1934)
* 1936 general election (1936)
* 1936 coup d'état (1936)
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* Nationalist victory (1939)

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* Spain during World War II (1939–1945)
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* Basque conflict (1959–2011)

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* Transition to democracy (1975–1978)
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* 64 CE – Diocese of Granada established (approximate date).[1]
* 8th century – City wall construction begins.
* 713 CE – Muslims in power.[2]
* 1066 – Massacred the Jewish population of the city 1066 Granada massacre
* 1090 – Almoravids in power.[2]
* 1166 – Almohads in power.[2]
* 1238 – City becomes capital of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, Al-Andalus;[2] Muhammad ibn Nasr in power.[3]
* 1248 – Alhambra construction begins.[4]
* 1309 – Generalife built.[5]
* 1319 – Alcázar Genil built.[2]
* 1330s – Corral del Carbón built.[6]
* 1349 – Yusufiyya Madrasa established.[3]
* 1367 – Maristan (hospital) built.[2]
* 1370 – Alhambra's Palace of the Myrtles built.[5]
* 1391 – Alhambra's Palace of the Lions built.[5]
* 1410s – Antequeruela settlement developed.[3]
* 1492
* City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile).
* Edict of Expulsion of Jews issued.[1]
* 1493 – Hernando de Talavera becomes archbishop.
* 1496 – Printing press in use.[7]
* 1499 – Muslim rebellions in Granada province.[8]

## 16th-19th centuries

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* 1501 – City divided into 23 parishes.[2]
* 1504 – Hospital Real de Granada [es] founded.[2]
* 1505 – Real Chancillería de Granada [es] established.[2]
* 1516 – Carthusian monastery built outside city.[9]
* 1521 – Capilla Real built.[2]
* 1525 – Burial of monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella in the Capilla Real.[10]
* 1531 – University of Granada founded.[9]
* 1587 – Chancillería (tribunal building) constructed.[2]
* 1593 – Theatre built.[11]
* 1600 – Population: 55,000
* 1614 – Expulsion of the Moriscos.[12]
* 1624 – April: Philip IV visits city.[13]
* 1703 – Granada Cathedral built.[9]
* 1764 – Gacetilla Curiosa begins publication.[11]
* 1810 – Occupation of city by French forces begins.[10]
* 1812 – Occupation of city by French forces ends.[10]
* 1833 – Province of Granada established.[10]
* 1839 – Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada established.[14]
* 1843 – Alcaiceria (bazaar) burns down.[15]
* 1879 – Provincial Archaeological Museum of Granada established.[14]
* 1892 – Caja General de Ahorros de Granada (bank) founded.
* 1900 – Population: 75,900.[9]

## 20th century

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* 1910 – Cafe Futbol in business.[16]
* 1920 – Population: 103,368.[17]
* 1929 – Casa de los Tiros Museum established.[14]
* 1931 – Granada Club de Fútbol formed.
* 1936
* March: Post-election unrest.[18]
* 19 August: Death of poet Lorca in Alfacar.
* 1940 – Population: 155,405.[17]
* 1961 – Cine Madrigal (cinema) opens.[19]
* 1972 – Airport opens.[20]
* 1981 – Population: 262,182.[17]
* 1984 – Alhambra declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* 1986 – Huerta de San Vicente Museum (of Lorca) active (approximate date).[citation needed]
* 1991
* Jesús Quero Molina [es] becomes mayor.
* Population: 287,864.[17]
* 1995
* Parque de las Ciencias (science museum)[21] and Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes (stadium) open.
* Gabriel Díaz Berbel becomes mayor.[22]
* 1999 – José Enrique Moratalla [es] becomes mayor.

## 21st century

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* 2003
* Mosque built.[23][24]
* José Torres Hurtado becomes mayor.
* 2004
* Granada Atlético Club de Fútbol formed.
* Kinepolis Granada (cinema) opens near city.[19]
* 2007 – Granada metro construction begins.[25]
* 2008 – Hay Festival of literature held.[26]
* 2014 – CajaGranada Fundación [es] established.

## See also

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* Granada history
* Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE
* Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Málaga, Seville
* List of municipalities in Andalusia

## References

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1. ^ a b F. Fita (1913). "Granada". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Colum Hourihane (2012). "Granada". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
3. ^ a b c L. Patrick Harvey (2013). "Granada". In E. Michael Gerli (ed.). Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-77161-3.
4. ^ John Tavenor Perry (1893). Chronology of Mediæval and Renaissance Architecture. J. Murray.
5. ^ a b c "Archnet". `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help)
6. ^ "Granada's Top 10 Moorish Secrets", The Guardian, 3 April 2008
7. ^ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
8. ^ M. Ali Kattani (1997). "Muslims in Spain after the Fall of Granada". Islamic Studies. 36 (4): 613–631. JSTOR 23076032.
9. ^ a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Granada (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 335–336.
10. ^ a b c d Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Granada". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3\. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 296+. ISBN 9781884964022. OCLC 31045650.
11. ^ a b James Casey (2007). Family and Community in Early Modern Spain: The Citizens of Granada, 1570–1739. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-46237-2.
12. ^ Abraham Rees (1819), "Granada", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
13. ^ A. Katie Harris (2010). From Muslim to Christian Granada: Inventing a City's Past in Early Modern Spain. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9192-2.
14. ^ a b c "Our Museums: Granada". Portal de Museos de Andalucia. Regional Government of Andalusia. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
15. ^ C.F. Seybold (1927). "Granada". Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill. pp. 175+. ISBN 9004082654.
16. ^ "Spain: Granada". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
17. ^ a b c d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Granada". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
18. ^ Roberto Villa García (2009). "The Failure of Electoral Modernization: The Elections of May 1936 in Granada". Journal of Contemporary History. 44 (3): 401–429. doi:10.1177/0022009409104116. JSTOR 40543041. S2CID 220878908.
19. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Granada". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
20. ^ "48 Hours In: Granada, Spain", The Independent, UK, 1 October 2005, archived from the original on 28 April 2008
21. ^ Domingo Ródenas de Moya, ed. (2009). Más es más: sociedad y cultura en la España democrática, 1986-2008 (in Spanish). Iberoamericana Editorial. ISBN 978-84-8489-461-2.
22. ^ "Necrologica: Gabriel Díaz Berbel, el más singular alcalde de Granada", El País (in Spanish), Madrid, 18 June 2011
23. ^ "Granada Journal; Where the Moors Held Sway, Allah Is Praised Again", New York Times, 21 October 2003
24. ^ "Spanish mosque calms extremism fears", BBC News, 9 March 2004
25. ^ "Spain's town hall meltdown", The Independent, UK, 30 October 2011
26. ^ "Hay puts focus on Arabic literature as festival is exported to Granada", The Independent, UK, 12 March 2008

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

## Bibliography

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Published in the 19th century

* Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Granada", New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
* David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Granada". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
* Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831), "(Granada)", Sketches in Spain and Morocco, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, OCLC 13783280
* Richard Ford (1855), "Granada", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740
* John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Granada", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
* Manuel Gómez-Moreno (1892). Guía de Granada [Guide to Granada] (in Spanish). Indalecio Ventura.
* Ángel Ganivet (1896). Granada la bella [Granada the Beautiful] (in Spanish). 1905 ed.

Published in the 20th century

* "Granada", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 6, New York, 1907, hdl:2027/osu.32435078660974`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* "Granada", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
* Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Granada", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
* "Granada (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 335–336.
* "Granada (province)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 334–335.
* J. Bosque Maurel (1962), Geografía urbana de Granada (in Spanish)
* Gallego Burin (1982). Granada: Guia artistica e historica de la ciudad (in Spanish).
* "Granada", Spain, Portugal, & Morocco, Let's Go, St. Martin's Press, 1990, pp. 194+, OL 10384941M
* J Dickie. Granada: A case study of Arab urbanism in Muslim Spain. 1992.
* "Andalucia: Granada", Spain (8th ed.), Rough Guides, 1999, pp. 291+, OL 9003565M

Published in the 21st century

* Juan Carlos Rodriguez (2001). "(Granada)". In Joan Ramon Resina (ed.). Iberian Cities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-53463-8. (discusses Ganivet's writing about Granada)
* Teodoro Luque-Martínez and Francisco Muñoz-Leiva. "City benchmarking: a methodological proposal referring specifically to Granada." Cities 22.6 (2005): 411–423.
* Athena C. Syrakoy (2007). "Maristan and its role in Nasrid Granada". In Amira K. Bennison and Alison L. Gascoigne (ed.). Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-09650-3.
* D Coleman. Creating Christian Granada: Society and Religious Culture in an Old-World Frontier City, 1492–1600. 2013

## External links

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