Timeline of Alicante

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

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## Prior to 20th century

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* Ominous Decade (1823–1833)

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* Regency of María Cristina (1833–1840)
* First Carlist War (1833–1840)
* Regency of Espartero (1840–1843)
* Década moderada (1844–1854)
* Second Carlist War (1846–1849)
* Bienio progresista (1854–1856)
* Glorious Revolution (1868)

Sexenio Democrático

* Provisional Government (1868–1871)
* Reign of Amadeo I (1870–1873)
* Third Carlist War (1872–1876)
* First Republic (1873–1874)

Restoration Spain

* 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)
* 1936 Revolution (1936)
* Civil War (1936–1939)
* Nationalist victory (1939)

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* Spain during World War II (1939–1945)
* Blue Division (1941–1944)
* Spanish Maquis (1939–1965)
* Republican exile (1939–1977)
* Basque conflict (1959–2011)

Contemporary history

* Transition to democracy (1975–1978)
* Current constitution (1978)
* 1981 coup d'état attempt
* Madrid train bombings (2004)
* 2008–2014 financial crisis
* 2017 Barcelona attacks
* Catalan declaration of independence (2017)
* COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022)

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* 718 – Moors in power.[1]
* 1240 – Valencian moor Zayyan ibn Mardanix [ca] became governor (rais) of Laqant, until he departed to exile in 1247.
* 1247 – Castle of Alacant is defended by Valencian moor al-Azraq.
* 1252 – Owned by Alfonso X.[2]
* 1265 – Colonized mainly by Catalan population during an ongoing military campaign led by James I of Aragon. Catalan became traditional language in Alicante since then until nowadays.
* 1296/1304 – Alicante becomes part of the Kingdom of Valencia per Treaty of Torrellas.[1][2]
* 1331 – Attempted siege of Alicante by Moorish forces.[1]
* 1490 – Given the status of a town by Ferdinand II.[2]
* 1662 – San Nicolás de Bari church built.[3]
* 1709 – Siege of Alicante by French forces.[1]
* 1780 – Alicante City Hall [ca] built (approximate date).[citation needed]
* 1785 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.[4]
* 1797 – Population: 20,000.[2]
* 1822 – Diputación Provincial de Alicante [es] (governing body) established.
* 1834 – Alicante Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País established.[5]
* 1842 – Population: 19,021.[6]
* 1847 – Teatro Principal (Alicante) [es] (theatre) built.[7]
* 1855 – Public library established.[8]
* 1858 – Madrid-Alicante railway begins operating.[7]
* 1860 – Walls of Alicante [es] dismantling begins.
* 1873 – Siege of Alicante (1873) [es] by Federalists of Cartagena.[1]
* 1885 – Murcia-Alicante railway built.
* 1886 – Parque de Canalejas [es] (park) created.[9]
* 1888 – Plaza de toros de Alicante [es] (bullring) built.
* 1900
* Palacio de Justicia de Alicante [es] (courthouse) built.
* Population: 50,142.[10]

## 20th century

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* 1902 – Alicante anthem [es] composed by Juan Latorre Baeza [es].
* 1906 – Diario de Alicante [es] newspaper begins publication.
* 1913 – El Luchador (Alicante) [es] newspaper begins publication.[11]
* 1919 – Club Natación Alicante (football club) formed.
* 1921 – Mercado Central de Alicante [es] built on Avenida de Alfonso el Sabio [es].
* 1922 – Hércules CF (football club) active.
* 1924 – Cine Monumental (cinema) built.
* 1925
* Cementerio de Alicante [es] (cemetery) established.
* Florida Alta [es] barrio developed.
* 1930
* Fountain installed in the Plaza de los Luceros [es].
* Population: 73,071.[6]
* 1931
* 12 April: Municipal election held.(es)
* Palacio Provincial de Alicante [es] built.
* 1932 – Archaeological Museum of Alicante opens.
* 1938 – 25 May: Bombing of Alicante during the Spanish Civil War.[12]
* 1939
* Campo de concentración de Los Almendros [es] (detention camp) created.
* 30 March: Italian forces take city from the Republicans.[12]
* 1941 – Diario Información [es] newspaper begins publication.[13]
* 1947 – Banco de España building (Alicante) [es] constructed.
* 1950 – Population: 104,222.[6]
* 1956 – Hospital General Universitario de Alicante [es] built.
* 1959 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante active.[14]
* 1962 – Estudiotel Alicante high-rise built.
* 1963 – El Barco high-rise built in Albufereta [es] barrio.
* 1967 – El Altet Airport opens.
* 1968 – Alicante railway station rebuilt.
* 1971 – Gran Sol hi-rise built on the Rambla de Méndez Núñez [es].
* 1974
* Archivo Histórico Provincial de Alicante [es] (archives) established.[15]
* Estadio José Rico Pérez (stadium) opens.
* 1977 – Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art opens.
* 1979
* University of Alicante established.
* Estadio Alicante CF [es] (stadium) opens.
* 1981 – Population: 251,387.[6]
* 1982 – Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Alicante.
* 1983 – Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante (library) active.[8]
* 1985 – Festival de Música Contemporánea de Alicante [es] begins.
* 1993 – Muestra de Teatro Español de Autores Contemporáneos [es] (theatre festival) begins.
* 1999 – Alicante Tram begins operating.

## 21st century

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* 2001
* European Union Intellectual Property Office headquartered in Alicante.
* Gravina Museum of Fine Arts established.
* 2004 – Festival de Cine de Alicante [es] begins.
* 2005 – Film studio Ciudad de la Luz begins operating.
* 2009 – Alicante Innovation and Territory regional development plan published.
* 2011
* Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante [es] (concert hall) built.
* Population: 329,325.[6]
* 2014 – Population: 332,067 city; 757,085 metro [es].
* 2015 – Gabriel Echávarri [es] becomes mayor.

## See also

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* History of Alicante
* List of mayors of Alicante

Other cities in the autonomous Valencian Community:(es)

* Timeline of Valencia

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Britannica 1910.
2. ^ a b c d "La Ciudad de Alicante". Ayuntamiento de Alicante (in Spanish). 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
3. ^ Madoz 1845.
4. ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ a b c d e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Alicante/Alacant". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 25 October 2016.
7. ^ a b Moreno Sáez 1990.
8. ^ a b "Quiénes somos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
9. ^ Guia: Jardines Históricos de la Provincia de Alicante (in Spanish), Diputación de Alicante, 2015
10. ^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
11. ^ "(Localidad: Alicante)". Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica [es] (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.+[es]&rft.atitle=(Localidad:+Alicante)&rft_id=http://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/consulta/busqueda.cmd&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Alicante" class="Z3988">
12. ^ a b Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
13. ^ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
14. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
15. ^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Alicante" (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

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

## Bibliography

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### in English

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* Josiah Conder (1830), "Alicant", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
* John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Alicante", in Hugh G. Reid (ed.), A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
* Richard Ford (1890), "Alicante", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 459
* Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Alicante", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
* "Alicante (capital)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 661.
* "Alicante", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust

### in Spanish

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* Vicente Bendicho (1640), Crónica de la muy ilustre noble y leal ciudad de Alicante (in Spanish)
* Pascual Madoz, ed. (1845). "Alicante". Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (in Spanish). Madrid.
* Historia general de la ciudad y castillo de Alicante (in Spanish). 1854.
* Jose Alfonso Roca de Togores (1883). Guia de Alicante: manual del alicantino y del forastero (in Spanish). Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Pais – via Biblioteca Valenciana Digital [es].
* Ensayo biografico bibliografico de escritores de Alicante y de su provincia (in Spanish). 1890.
* Guía práctica de Alicante y su provincia (in Spanish). A. Marzo. 1908.
* Francisco Moreno Sáez, ed. (1990), Historia de la Ciudad de Alicante (in Spanish), Ayuntamiento de Alicante (4 parts)

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