Timeline of Matanzas
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Matanzas, Cuba.
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- 1694 - Ayuntamiento (town council) established.[1]
- 1813 - Francisco Camero sets up first publishing business in Matanzas.[2][3]
- 1815 - Mantanzas becomes capital of its department.[1]
- 1818 - Custom house built.[4]
- 1835 - Public library established.[5]
- 1844
- 1846 - Hurricane occurs.[1]
- 1863 - Sauto Theater opens.[2]
- 1870 - Hermitage of Monteserrate established on hill near city.[1]
- 1873 - Matanzas Baseball Club formed.[6]
- 1880 - November: International exhibition held in Matanzas.[7]
- 1884 - El Correo de Matanzas newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1894 - El Club de Ciclistas de Matanzas active (bicycle club) (approximate date).[6]
- 1899 - Population: 36,374 city; 45,282 district; 292,444 province.[9]
- 1900 - El Heraldo Espanol newspaper begins publication.[8]
20th century
- 1907 - Population: 36,009 city; 64,385 municipality; 239,812 province.[10]
- 1912 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas established.[11]
- 1916 - Teatro Velasco opens.[12]
- 1919 - Population: 62,638.[13]
- 1952 - Los Muñequitos de Matanzas rumba group formed.[14]
- 1966 - Population: 81,000.[15]
- 1968 - Archivo Historico Provincial de Matanzas (archives) established.[16]
- 1976 - Centro Universitario de Matanzas and Instituto Superior Pedagogico de Matanzas established.[17]
- 1978 - Jardín botánico de Matanzas (garden) established.
- 1999 - Population: 124,754 city; 658,100 province.[18]
21st century
- 2014 - Population: 136,486.[19]
See also
- Other cities in Cuba
- Timeline of Camagüey
- Timeline of Cienfuegos
- Timeline of Havana
- Timeline of Holguín
- Timeline of Santiago de Cuba
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Francisco Calcagno (1878). Diccionario biográfico cubano (in Spanish). New York: N. Ponce de Leon.
- ↑ Santana García 2011.
- ↑ Miguel Viciedo Valdés (2005), "Breve reseña sobre la biblioteca pública en Cuba antes de 1959", Acimed (in Spanish), Havana: Centro Nacional de Informacion de Ciencias Medicas, 14 (1), ISSN 1024-9435
- 1 2 Louis A. Pérez Jr. (2008) [1999]. On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-0141-0.
- ↑ Figarola y Caneda 1881.
- 1 2 "Cuba: Matanzas", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1902
- ↑ War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
- ↑ Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Matanzos, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ↑ Rebecca M. Bodenheimer (2015). Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba. USA: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-684-8.
- ↑ Alfonso González (1971). "Population of Cuba". Caribbean Studies. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. 11. JSTOR 25612382.
- ↑ "Atenas: el Portal de la Cultura Matancera" (in Spanish). Dirección Provincial Matanzas. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ International Association of Universities (1992). "Cuba". World List of Universities (19th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-349-12037-6.
- ↑ South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.
Bibliography
- in English
- C. D. Tyng (1868), "Matanzas", The Stranger in the Tropics: Being a Hand-book for Havana and Guide Book for Travellers in Cuba, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, New York: American News Co.
- "Matanzas", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- New York Public Library (1912). "Cuba: History and Description: Matanzas (City)". List of Works Relating to the West Indies. USA. pp. 174–175.
- Miguel A. Bretos (2011). Matanzas: The Cuba Nobody Knows. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3810-0.
- in Spanish
- D. José Garcia de Arboleya (1859). "Idea de las ciudades principales: San Carlos de Matanzas". Manual de la Isla de Cuba (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Havana: Imprenta del Tiempo – via Google Books.
- Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863). "Matanzas". Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). 3. Madrid: Mellado – via HathiTrust.
- Domingo Figarola y Caneda (1881). Guía oficial de la Exposición de Matanzas (in Spanish). Matanzas: Impr. La Nacional – via HathiTrust.
- "Matanzas". Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). 12. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1893 – via HathiTrust.
- "Matanzas", Directorio mercantil de la Isla de Cuba (in Spanish), Habana: Imprenta 'Avisador Comercial', 1901 – via HathiTrust
- "Matanzas". Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal [Yearbook of Commerce, Industry, Judiciary and Administration of Spain, its Colonies Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, Spanish American States and Portugal] (in Spanish). Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908.
- Adolfo Dollero (1919). La provincia de Matanzas y su evolución. Cultura cubana (in Spanish). Havana: Imp. Seoane y Fernández.
- Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0. (chronology)
- Alicia Santana García (2003). "Matanzas, del ideario a la realidad urbana". Revista Universidad de La Habana (in Spanish) (257). ISSN 0253-9276.
- Gabino la Rosa Corzo (2003). "Matanzas". In Louis A. Pérez; Rebecca Jarvis Scott. The Archives of Cuba: Los Archivos de Cuba (in Spanish). University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0822941953. (fulltext)
- Odlanyer Hernández De Lara (2011). "Arqueologia urbana y patrimonio arqueologico en la ciudad de Matanzas, Cuba". Arquitectura y Urbanismo (in Spanish). 32 (1) – via Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría.
- Alicia Santana García (2011). "Julio Sagebien, arquitecto de Matanzas, ingeniero de Cuba". Arquitectura y Urbanismo (in Spanish). 32 (1) – via Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría.
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- "Matanzas (Matanzas)". EcuRed (in Spanish). Cuba: Joven Club de Computación.
- "(Matanzas)" – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
- Items related to Matanzas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- "(Matanzas)". Cuban Heritage Collection. USA: University of Miami Libraries.
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