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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Guanajuato, Mexico.

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  • 1554 - Guanajuato founded.
  • 1558 - Mine shaft in operation, per Spaniards.
  • 1679 - Town charter granted.
  • 1732 - Hospice of the Holy Trinity founded.
  • 1741 - Guanajuato attains city status.
  • 1760 - Flood.
  • 1765 - Compania church built.
  • 1785 - Chamber of Commerce built.
  • 1788 - Templo de San Cayetano (church) dedicated.
  • 1809 - Alhóndiga de Granaditas built.
  • 1810 - Town besieged by forces of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
  • 1812 - Mint established.
  • 1867 - National College of Guanajuato active.
  • 1872 - El Pensamiento Público newspaper in publication (approximate date).
  • 1895 - Population: 39,404.
  • 1898 - Plaza de la Paz built.
  • 1900
    • Electricity installed (approximate date).
    • Population: 41,486.

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 729, OL 6112221M
  2. ^ Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ Walsh 1995.
  4. ^ Campbell 1909.
  5. Endfield 2004.
  6. ^ Martin 1906.
  7. ^ "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  8. Rankine 1992.
  9. ^ Marley 2005.
  10. "Movie Theaters in Guanajuato, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  11. "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  12. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

In English

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

Published in the 21st century

In Spanish

  • Antonio García Cubas (1896). "Guanajuato". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 3. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924056282340.
  • Féliz Ramos y Duarte (1899), "Ciudad de Guanajuato", Diccionario de curiosidades historicas, geograficas, hierograficas, cronologicas, etc., de la Republica Mejicana [Dictionary of historical curiosities, geographical, hierograficas, timelines, etc.., Of the Mexican Republic], Méjico: E. Dublán, OCLC 11673485

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