Timeline of Guadalajara

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• 1542 – February 14: Guadalajara founded in New Spain.[1]
• 1560
  • Town becomes capital of Nueva Galicia province.[2]
  • Royal Audiencia of Guadalajara relocated to Guadalajara from Compostela.
• 1591 – Jesuit college founded.
• 1618 – Guadalajara Cathedral built.[3]
• 1690 – Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Carmen founded.
• 1692 – Templo de San Francisco de Asís (church) built.
• 1774 – Governor's Palace built on Plaza de Armas.[4]
• 1786 – Spanish intendancy established.[5]
• 1792
  • University of Guadalajara founded.
  • Population: 24,249.[6]
• 1795 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.[7]

Plaza Mayor, Guadalajara, ca.1830s

• 1811 – Mint built.[3]
• 1817 – May 31: Severe earthquake.[8]
• 1829 – Hospicio Cabañas inaugurated.[9]
• 1848 – Panteón de Belén (cemetery) established.
• 1849 – Earthquake.
• 1854 – Guadalajara Cathedral towers rebuilt.
• 1859 – War of Reform (approximate date).[8]
• 1861 – Public Library of the State of Jalisco established.[10]
• 1863 – French occupation begins.[4]
• 1866
  • Teatro Degollado inaugurated.
  • French occupation ends.[4]
• 1867 – Club Popular de Artesanos active.
• 1875 – Earthquake.[3]
• 1895 – Population: 83,934.[3]
• 1896 – Casa de los Perros built.
• 1897 – Templo Expiatorio del Santísimo Sacramento (church) construction begins.[4]
• 1900 – Population: 101,208.[3]

• 1906 – Club Deportivo Guadalajara (football club) formed.[11]
• 1907 – Automobile Club of Guadalajara conducts car race near city.[12]
• 1908 – Southern Pacific railway begins operating.[13]
• 1914 – Mexican Revolution.[8]
• 1916 – Club Atlas (football club) formed.
• 1917 – El Informador newspaper begins publication.[14]
• 1925 – University of Guadalajara re-established.
• 1932 – June 3: 1932 Jalisco earthquake.
• 1939 – José Clemente Orozco paints murals in the Hospicio Cabañas.[4]
• 1942
  • El Occidental newspaper begins publication.
  • Alameda Theatre opens.[15]
• 1950
  • Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra established.[16][17]
  • Population: 378,423.[18]
• 1952 – Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres and Town Hall built.[4]
• 1954 – XEWK-AM radio begins broadcasting.
• 1958 – San Juan de Dios Market inaugurated.
• 1960
  • Jalisco Stadium opens.
  • Population: 740,396.[1]
• 1966 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport opens.
• 1968 – Centro de Enseñanza Técnica Industrial founded.
• 1969 – Plaza del Sol shopping mall in business.
• 1972 – Templo Expiatorio del Santísimo Sacramento (church) built.
• 1973 – Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre formed.[19]
• 1975 – Federation of Low-Income Neighbourhoods formed.[20]
• 1976 – Trolleybuses begin operating.
• 1979 – Supermercados Gigante (supermarket) opens.[21]
• 1983 – Sister city relationship established with Portland, Oregon, USA.[22]
• 1986 – Guadalajara International Film Festival begins.
• 1987 – Guadalajara International Book Fair begins.
• 1988
  • Guadalajara Zoo opens.
  • Festival Cultural de Mayo begins.
• 1989 – Guadalajara light rail system begins operating.
• 1990 – Population: 1,650,042.[1]
• 1991 – XHGJG-TV begins broadcasting.
• 1992 – April 22: Gasoline explosions in Analco.
• 1994 – Encuentro del Mariachi begins.[23]
• 1996 – Guadalajara Gay Pride inaugurated.
• 1997 – December: "Freak snowfall."[24]
• 1998 – Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña becomes mayor.

• 2002 – Oficina para Proyectos de Arte (art space) founded.[25]
• 2004 – EU-Latin American-Caribbean summit held;[26] prompts protest.
• 2005 – City designated an American Capital of Culture.
• 2007
  • Pan American Volleyball Complex opens.
  • Alfonso Petersen becomes mayor.
• 2008 – Nissan Gymnastics Stadium opens.
• 2009
  • Guadalajara Macrobús begins operating.
  • Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz elected mayor.[27]
• 2010
  • Telcel Tennis Complex and Pan American Hockey Stadium open.
  • Population: 1,495,182.[28]
• 2011 – October: 2011 Pan American Games held.
• 2012
  • May: Peace march.[29]
  • Ramiro Hernández García becomes Municipal President.

• Guadalajara history
• History of Guadalajara
• List of mayors of Guadalajara
• History of Jalisco (state)

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

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