Timeline of A Coruña

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

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Prior to 19th century

• 4000-2000 BC – Burial constructions in Monte das Arcas[1]
• 3rd century BC – Castro de Elviña begins occupation.
• 62 BC – Julius Caesar came to the city (then named Brigantium) in pursuit of the metal trade, establishing commerce with what are now France, England and Portugal.
• 2nd century CE – Tower of Hercules built (approximate date).[2]
• 9th century – Björn Ironside visited Tower of Hercules looking for gold
• 911 – Bermudo II started the construction of military positions in the coast, with a defensive role. A fortress with a permanent garrison was built at Faro, in the ruins of the Tower of Hercules.
• 12th century – Igrexa de Santiago (A Coruña) (church) built.[2]
• 13th century – Royal Mint of A Coruña [gl] established.
• 1208
  • Afonso IX founded again Crunia. With the privilege of disembarking and selling salt without paying taxes
  • Construction of Walls of A Coruña [gl] begins.[3]
• 1302 – Colexiata de Santa María do Campo [gl] (church) built.[2]
• 1370 – A Coruña was attacked by Portuguese
• 1386 – A Coruña was attacked by Portuguese again
• 1397 – Walls of A Coruña [gl] were rebuilt after portuguese attacks
• 15th century – City renamed "A Coruña".[2]
• 16th century – Palacio de Capitanía de A Coruña is built[4]
• 1501 – Catherine of Aragon departs from Port of A Coruña to marry Arthur, Prince of Wales and become Queen of England.
• 1563 – A Coruña becomes capital of Galicia, when Philip II granted the city the headquarters of the captaincy and the audience[5]
• 1588 – Spanish Armada sails from A Coruña with the purpose of invading England.[6]
• 1589 – The Siege of Coruña by the English Armada. Maria Pita lead defense of the city.
• 1595 – Castelo de Santo Antón [gl] (fort) finished (began in 1587).[2]
• 1598 – Coruna sacked by English forces.[7]
• 1693 – Igrexa de San Xurxo (A Coruña) (church) built (approximate date).[2]
• 1722 – A Coruña Aqueduct is built[8]
• 1748 – Palacio de Capitanía de A Coruña is rebuilt[4]
• 1764 – Royal Maritime Posts of America created, growing in the port and commercial field.
• 1765 – Academia de Agricultura del reino de Galicia (learned society) established.[9]
• 1775 – Royal Audience of Galicia builds the Archive of the Kingdom of Galicia
• 1785 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.[10]
• 1790 – Consulado creates first public library in the city following principles of enlightenment.[11][12]

19th century

• 1804 – Fábrica Nacional de Cigarros (National Cigar Factory) created.
• 1805 – First stable printing press stablished[13]
• 1809 – 16 January: Battle of Corunna.[7]
• 1820 – A Coruña "joined the revolutionary movement."[7]
• 1823 – City taken by French forces.[14]
• 1835 – Deputación da Coruña [gl] (provincial governing body) established.
• 1836 – A Coruña "captured by the Carlists."[7]
• 1841 – Teatro Nuevo [gl] (theatre) built on the Rúa Real (A Coruña) [gl].
• 1842 – Population: 19,415.[15]
• 1854 – Gas lighting network is created.[16]
• 1858 – First telegraph line between Rioseco (León) and A Coruña[17][18]
• 1862 – Palacio Provincial rebuilt.[19]^(gl)
• 1869 – City walls partially dismantled to join neighbourhoods.
• 1880s – Electric lighting network is created.[16]
• 1882 – La Voz de Galicia newspaper begins publication.
• 1875 – First train begins circulation. A Coruña-Lugo line.[20]
• 1885 – A Coruña-Madrid train begins circulation.
• 1886 – Chamber of Commerce established.[21]
• 1900 – Population: 43,971.[22]

20th century

• 1901 – Marcela and Elisa marry in Igrexa de San Xurxo becoming first same-sex marriage in Spain.
• 1902 – A Coruña Aqueduct stops being used[8]
• 1903 – First tram begins circulation between Puerta Real and railway station.[23]
• 1906 – Deportivo de La Coruña (football club) formed.
• 1912
  • Santa María de Oza [es] becomes part of city.
  • Palacio municipal de La Coruña [es] (city hall) built.
• 1916
  • Irmandades da Fala (political group) organized.
  • Emilia Pardo Bazán monument [gl] erected in the Méndez Núñez Garden [gl].
• 1917 – El Ideal Gallego newspaper begins publication.
• 1925 – Banco Pastor Building built becoming first skyscraper and tallest building in Spain
• 1935 – A Coruña-San Cristovo railway station built.
• 1940 – Population: 104,220.[15]
• 1943 – A Coruña-Santiago rail line inaugurated.
• 1944 – Estadio Riazor (stadium) opens.
• 1948 – First trolleybus begins circulation between Plaza de Pontevedra and Monelos.[23]
• 1960 – Population: 177,502.[15]
• 1962 – Last tram circulates, replaced by trolleybus[24]
• 1963 – A Coruña Airport is inaugurated and the first commercial flight lands (May 23)
• 1964 – A Coruña Termino train station burned in a fire.[25]
• 1965 – First urban bus line.[26]
• 1967 – Dique de Abrigo (Shelter Dam) is inaugurated
• 1968 – Museo Arqueolóxico e Histórico Castelo de Santo Antón [gl] (museum) established.
• 1970 – Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor (arena) opens.
• 1973 – Hercón Tower built becoming tallest building in Galicia (119 meters).
• 1975 – First Zara store opens its doors.
• 1979 – Last trolleybus operates in the city[26]
• 1981 – Population: 232,356.[15]
• 1989 – University of A Coruña established.[27]
• 1991 – Coliseum da Coruña and Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe (film archive) open.
• 1992
  • Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (orchestra) formed.
  • Aegean Sea tanker oil spill
  • A Coruña Sea Promenade inaugurated.
• 1994 – Ronda de Outeiro (Second Ring Road) finished.
• 1995 – Domus (museum) opens.
• 1998 – Festival Mozart [gl] begins.
• 1999 – Aquarium Finisterrae opens.
• 2000
  • La Opinión A Coruña [es] newspaper begins publication.
  • SuperDepor wins La Liga.

21st century

• 2001 – R (cable operator) begins operations and spreads fiber optic network across the city.
• 2002 – Estación de Elviña-Universidad [es] (railway station) opens in San Vicente de Elviña [es].
• 2007 – Elevador del Monte de San Pedro [es] begins operating.
• 2009 – Bicicoruña public bicycle sharing system created.[28]
• 2011 – Population: 245,053.[15]
• 2012 – National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) opens.
• 2015
  • Xulio Ferreiro [es] becomes mayor.
  • Third Ring Road opens.
• 2019 – Bike lanes reach 35 km[29]

See also

• History of A Coruña
• List of mayors of A Coruña [gl]
• Timeline of Galician history

References

1. Coruña, Ayuntamiento de A. Coruña / Concello da. "La línea del tiempo". Castro de Elviña. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
2. María Dolores Díaz Vaquero, "La Coruña", Oxford Art Online Retrieved 26 October 2016
3. "La pequeña historia de las murallas de la ciudad", El Ideal Gallego (in Spanish), 24 May 2015
4. Coruña, Ayuntamiento de A. Coruña / Concello da. "Palacio de Capitanía Xeral". Cultura Coruña. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
5. Muruais, Perfecto Conde (20 April 1978). "Santiago y La Coruña se disputan la capitalidad de Galicia". El País. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
6. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (Revised and Expanded ed.). Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2006. pp. 1, 104. ISBN 978-1-59339-293-2.
7. Britannica 1910.
8. "El punto de abastecimiento de agua de la ciudad entre 1722 y 1902". La Opinión de A Coruña. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
9. 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.
10. Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
11. "La biblioteca de la Ilustración". La Voz de Galicia. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
12. Coruña, Gemma Malvido | A. (6 December 2009). "La casa de los saberes". La Opinión de A Coruña. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
13. "La primera imprenta estable empezó a trabajar en 1805". La Voz de Galicia. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
14. Baedeker 1913.
15. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: 15030 Coruña, A". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 26 October 2016.
16. "LA TRANSICIÓN ENERGÉTICA EN LAS CIUDADES DE GALICIA. DEL GAS A LA ELECTRICIDAD, 1850-1936" (PDF). Ub.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
17. VILAGARCÍA, VÍCTOR VIANA- (4 November 2012). "Vilagarcía, primer municipio de la comarca en instalar el telégrafo". Faro de Vigo. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
18. Bahamonde Magro, Ángel; Martínez Lorente, Gaspar; Otero Carvajal, Luis Enrique (1993). "La evolución del telégrafo en España, 1800-1936". Las comunicaciones en la construcción del Estado contemporáneo en España. 1700-1936. Madrid: Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente. ISBN 84-7433-949-9.
19. Pedro Navascués (1984), "La arquitectura gallega del siglo XIX", Obradoiro (in Spanish), no. 5, Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia, pp. 1–36, ISSN 0211-6065
20. Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
21. "Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria, Servicios y Navegación de A Coruña". Camaracoruna.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
22. "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
23. "Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña | Más de 100 años de historia". Tranviascoruna.com. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
24. Galegas, Páxinas. "Fiestas en A Coruña, ferias, romerías y festivales". Paxinasgalegas.es. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
25. "San Cristóbal, 80 años más tarde". La Voz de Galicia. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
26. "Compañía de Tranvías de La Coruña | Más de 100 años de historia". Tranviascoruna.com. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
27. 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.
28. "El servicio Bicicoruña se estrenó ayer con más de cien usuarios". La Voz de Galicia. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
29. "A Coruña: bike lanes double the existing network in 2015". Ciudadesporlabicicleta.org. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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

Bibliography

in English

• Josiah Conder (1830), "Corunna", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
• Richard Ford (1890), "Corunna", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 208
• "Corunna (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 208–209.
• "Corunna", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust
• Patrick O'Flanagan (2008). "Corunna". Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6109-2.

in Spanish

• Enrique de Vedia y Goossens (1845). Historia y descripción de la ciudad de La Coruña (in Spanish). La Coruña: Imp. Domingo Puga.
• Pascual Madoz, ed. (1847). "Coruña". Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (in Spanish). Vol. 7. Madrid. pp. 42–126. hdl:2027/uc1.32106019734455.
• J. R. Barreiro Fernández (1986). Historia de la ciudad de La Coruña (in Spanish). La Coruña.

External links

• "Archivo Municipal de A Coruña" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de La Coruña. (city archives)
• Items related to A Coruña, various dates (via Europeana)