Timeline of Puebla

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• 1531
  • Puebla founded by Toribio Motolinia & Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal.[1][2]
  • First mass celebrated 16 April 1531 by Toribio Motolinia.[3]
• 1533-1545 - Indios de Servicio provide labor to Puebla.[4]
• 1537 – College of the Holy Ghost founded by Jesuits.[5]
• 1541 – Textile mill in operation.[6]
• 1542 – School established.[6]
• 1543 – Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala headquartered in Puebla.[7]
• 1551 – San Francisco Convent active.[8]
• 1552 – Puebla Cathedral construction begins.[5]
• 1555 – Fountain installed in Plaza Mayor.[6]
• 1556 – Joseph designated city patron saint.[9]
• 1578 - Colegio del Espíritu Santo founded
• 1580 – Casa del Deán built.[8]
• 1592 – Hospital de San Roque founded.[6]
• 1609 – Convent of Santa Monica founded.[8]
• 1629 – Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla becomes Cathedral maestro de capilla.[9]
• 1632 – Hospital de San Bernardo opens.[6]
• 1639-1653 - Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Puebla
• 1640 – Printing press in operation (approximate date).[6]
• 1646 – Biblioteca Palafoxiana founded.[2]
• 1649 – Puebla Cathedral consecrated.[6][2]
• 1653 – Potters' guild established.[10]
• 1659 – Church of Santo Domingo built (approximate date).
• 1678 – Population: 68,800.[6]
• 1688 - Death of Catarina de San Juan, "la China Poblana"
• 1690
  • Capilla del Rosario (Puebla) (chapel) built in the Church of Santo Domingo.[8]
  • Puebla Cathedral completed.

• 1728 – Museum of antiquities established.[1]
• 1760 – Teatro Principal inaugurated.[11]
• 1764 – Estaban Bravo de Rivero becomes mayor.[6]
• 1767 – La Compania (Jesuit church) built.[8][11]
• 1771 – Jose Merino Ceballos becomes mayor.[6]
• 1793 – Population: 56,859.[6]
• 1813 – Academia de Bellas Artes founded.[12]
• 1827 – El Poblano newspaper begins publication.[13]
• 1844 – Paseo Bravo (street) laid out.[6]
• 1846 – El Patricio newspaper in publication.[13]
• 1847 – Siege of Puebla by United States forces.[5]
• 1862
  • May 5: Battle of Puebla occurs near city.
  • City renamed "Puebla de Zaragoza".
• 1863 – May 16–17: Siege of Puebla by French forces.[1]
• 1867 - Seized by Mexicans under Porfirio Díaz.[2]
• 1868 – Guerrero theatre opens.[11]
• 1869 – Apizaco-Puebla Mexican Railway line built.[14]
• 1879 – Population: 64,588.[6]
• 1891 – Penitenciaria (prison) built.[11]
• 1893 – Velodrome in use.[6]
• 1895 – Population: 91,917.[1]
• 1897 – Railway station built.[6]
• 1898 – Rancho de la Magdalena becomes part of city.[6]
• 1900 – Population: 93,521.[2][15]

• 1901 – Franco-Mexican monument erected (approximate date).[16]
• 1906 – Palacio Municipal de Puebla built.
• 1910
  • Victoria Market opens.[6]
  • Population: 101,214.[15]
• 1911 – Gaceta de Puebla newspaper begins publication.[13]
• 1924 – La Opinion newspaper in publication.[13]
• 1926 – Mexico City-Puebla highway completed.[6]
• 1931
  • 400th anniversary of city founding.[6]
  • Population: 124,063.[6]
• 1937 – University of Puebla founded.[17]
• 1942 - Colegio Americano de Puebla founded.
• 1944
  • Club de Fútbol Puebla formed.
  • El Sol de Puebla newspaper begins publication.[18]
  • Museo José Luis Bello y González (museum) opens.
• 1950 – Population: 206,840.[19]
• 1960 – Population: 297,257.[6]
• 1962 – Area of city expanded.[6]
• 1964 – Volkswagen automotive manufactory begins operating.
• 1968 – Estadio Cuauhtémoc (stadium) opens.
• 1973 – Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla and Museo de Arte Cultural Poblano established.
• 1985 – Hermanos Serdán International Airport inaugurated.
• 1987
  • Historic Downtown area designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Jardín Botánico Universitario de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (garden) established.[20]
• 1988 – Central de Autobuses Puebla (depot) inaugurated.
• 1991 – Amparo Museum inaugurated.[8]

• 2002 – San Pedro Museum of Art active.
• 2005 – Enrique Dóger becomes mayor.
• 2008 – Blanca Alcalá becomes mayor.
• 2010
  • Eduardo Rivera Pérez elected mayor.[21]
  • Population: 1,434,062; metro 2,668,437.[22]
• 2014 – José Antonio Gali Fayad becomes mayor.
• 2017 - Puebla earthquake

• Puebla history (city)
• List of mayors of Puebla (city)
• History of Puebla (state)
• List of governors in the Viceroyalty of New Spain: Province of Puebla
• List of governors of Puebla (state)

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

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• David Marley (2005), "Puebla", Historic Cities of the Americas, vol. 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 288–301, ISBN 1576070271
• Ramos, Frances L. Identity, Ritual, and Power in Colonial Puebla. Tucson: University of Arizona Press ISBN 978-0-8165-2117-3
• "Puebla". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "History and Description: Special Places: Puebla (City)". List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to Mexico. New York Public Library. 1909.
• "Puebla (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 633.
• W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Puebla", Anglo-South American Handbook, vol. 1, New York: Macmillan, hdl:2027/mdp.39015027978728
• Alice Ray Catalyne (1966). "Music of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries in the Cathedral of Puebla, Mexico". Anuario. 2: 75–90. doi:10.2307/779767. JSTOR 779767.
• Florence C. Lister and Robert H. Lister (1984). "Potters' Quarter of Colonial Puebla, Mexico". Historical Archaeology. 18 (1): 87–102. doi:10.1007/BF03374041. JSTOR 25615476. S2CID 163002069.
• Wil Pansters (1990). "Social Movement and Discourse: The Case of the University Reform Movement in 1961 in Puebla, Mexico". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 9 (1): 79–101. doi:10.2307/3338217. JSTOR 3338217.
• José Luis Lezama (1994). "Mexico: Puebla". In Gerald Michael Greenfield (ed.). Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313259372.

• Nancy E. Churchill (1999). "El Paseo del Río San Francisco: Urban Development and Social Justice in Puebla, Mexico". Social Justice. 26 (3 (77)): 156–173. JSTOR 29767166.
• Jones and Varley (1999). "Reconquest of the historic centre: urban conservation and gentrification in Puebla, Mexico". Environment and Planning. 31 (31): 1547–1566. doi:10.1068/a311547. S2CID 155082267.

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