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Timeline of Monterrey, Mexico

Timeline of Monterrey, Mexico

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1560 - Santa Lucia de León founded.[1]
  • 1584 - Ojos de Santa Lucia outpost established by Spaniards.[2]
  • 1596 - Settlement named "Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Senora de Monterrey" by Diego de Montemayor and made a city.[3][1]
  • 1603 - Cathedral construction begins.[2]
  • 1730 - Church of San Francisco rebuilt.[4]
  • 1775 - Population: 258.[2]
  • 1777 - Monterrey becomes seat of Catholic Linares bishopric.[3][1]
  • 1790 - Bishop's Palace built.[4]
  • 1791 - Monterrey Cathedral building completed.
  • 1824 - Monterrey becomes capital of Nuevo León state.[3]
  • 1833 - Cathedral consecrated.[4]
  • 1846 - Battle of Monterrey - town occupied by United States forces.[2][1]
  • 1847 - American Pioneer newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1864 - Town occupied by French forces.[2]
  • 1866 - French occupation ends.[3]
  • 1881 - Railway constructed.[3]
  • 1890 - Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc (brewery) founded.[3]
  • 1892 - Monterrey News English-language newspaper in publication.[6]
  • 1896 - El Espectador newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1899 - Banco Mercantil de Monterrey established.[7]
  • 1900 - Population: 62,266.[1]

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Britannica 1910.
  2. [2]
    Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 341+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
  3. [3]
    Lonely Planet 1998.
  4. [4]
    Campbell 1909.
  5. [5]
    "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  6. [6]
    Marley 2005.
  7. [7]
    Pablo Livas [in Spanish] (1909). El estado de Nuevo León, su situación económica al aproximarse el Centenario de la Independencia de México (in Spanish). Monterrey.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. [8]
    Snodgrass 1998.
  9. [9]
    "Movie Theaters in Monterrey, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  10. [10]
    "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
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    "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
  12. [12]
    World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on March 28, 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. [13]
    Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.

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