Timeline of Málaga

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.

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Ancient history

• 770 BCE – Malake [es] (MLKʾ) founded by Phoenicians from Tyre.
• 205 BCE – Roman Republic in power in Malaca (Hispania) [es].^[1]
• 81-84 CE – Lex Malacitana or Lex Flavia Malacitana is given.^[2] Malaca was governed under this law, which granted free-born persons the privileges of Roman citizenship.^[3]

Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages

• 571 CE – Visigoth Leovigild in power.^[4]
• 711 CE – Umayyad invasion .^[5]
• 756 CE – Umayyad Abd al-Rahman I in power.^[6]
• 907 CE – Mālaqah besieged by forces of Aban son of Abd Allah.^[5]

High Middle Ages

• 1035 – Palace of the Alcazaba built.^[7]
• 1079 – "Conquest of Malaga by Ibn Omar."^[8]

Late Middle Ages

• 1232 – Mālaqah becomes part of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.^[5]
• 1350 – Traveler Ibn Battuta visits city.

Modern Period

• 1486 – 4 August: Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga established.
• 1487 – Siege of Málaga (1487); Málaga is incorporated in the Crown of Castile and repopulated.^[9]
• 1490 – Santiago el Mayor church built.^[4]
• 1494 – Earthquake.^[10]
• 1505 – Hospital of Santo Tomas founded.^[4]
• 1522 – Málaga Cathedral construction begins.^[11][9]
• 1540 – Buenavista Palace built.
• 1656 – 21 July: Raid on Málaga by English forces.
• 1680 – 1680 Malaga earthquake [es].^[10]
• 1719 – Málaga Cathedral construction completed.^[12]
• 1741 – Yellow fever epidemic.^[13]
• 1757 – Ermita de Zamarrilla [es] (church) built.^[14]
• 1782 – Málaga Cathedral construction completed.^[9]
• 1785 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.^[15]
• 1790 – Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Málaga [es] active.^[16]

Contemporary Period

19th century

Málaga in the 19th century

See also: History of Málaga § 19th century

• 1804 – Epidemic.
• 1810 – City "sacked by the French.(General Sebastiani"^[9]
• 1830 – Cementerio Ingles (cemetery) established.^[4]
• 1831 – 11 December: Execution of rebel José María de Torrijos y Uriarte.^[9]
• 1834 – Heredia's La Constancia (forge) [es] iron finery forge begins operating.^[17]
• 1851 – Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes (art school) opens.^[18]
• 1857 – Population: 94,293.^[19]
• 1854 – Bank of Málaga founded.^[17]
• 1862 – Córdoba-Málaga railway begins operating.^{[citation needed]}
• 1864 – February: Arrest of a Polish ship with weapons and ammunition, organized by Polish émigré activists to support the ongoing Polish January Uprising in partitioned Poland (see also Poland–Spain relations).^[20]
• 1870 – Teatro Cervantes de Malaga [es] (theatre) opens.^[21]
• 1876 – Plaza de toros de La Malagueta (bullring) built.
• 1877 – Population: 115,882.^[19]
• 1879 – Mercado de Atarazanas [es] (market) built.
• 1881 – Pablo Picasso born in Malaga.^[22]
• 1885 – Socialista Malagueña founded.^[17]
• 1891
  • Calle Marqués de Larios (street) inaugurated.
  • English Church built on Avenida de Pries.^[4]
• 1897 – Sociedad Propagandística del Clima y Embellecimiento de Málaga established.^[17]
• 1899 – Monumento al Marqués de Larios [es] (monument) erected.
• 1900 – Population: city 130,109; province 511,989.^[9]

20th century

• 1904
  • Málaga Club de Fútbol ("The Anchovies") formed.
  • Villa Suecia [es] built in El Limonar [es] area.

Flood in 1907

• 1907 – September: Flood.^[9]
• 1908 – Malaga-Vélez-Málaga railway begins operating.^[9]
• 1919 – Málaga Airport opens.
• 1913 – Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes (museum) founded.^[18]
• 1918 – Antigua casa de socorro de La Trinidad [es] built.
• 1925 – Alameda Principal opens to traffic.
• 1937
  • February: Nationalists capture Malaga.^[23]
  • Boinas Rojas newspaper begins publication.^[24]
• 1940
  • La Tarde newspaper begins publication.^[24]
  • Population: 238,085.^[19]
• 1941 – La Rosaleda Stadium opens.
• 1945 – Cine Albeniz (cinema) opens.^[25]
• 1947 – Museo Arqueológico Provincial (museum) founded.
• 1949 – Carranque (Málaga) [es] housing construction begins.^{[citation needed]}

Port of Málaga, ca. 1961

• 1966 – Cine Astoria (cinema) opens.^[25]
• 1970 – Population: 374,452.^[19]
• 1972 – University of Málaga established.
• 1973 – Museo de Málaga established.^[26]
• 1976
  • Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares (Málaga) [es] (museum) opens.
  • Málaga Centro-Alameda railway station opens.
• 1979 – Pedro Aparicio Sánchez becomes mayor.
• 1981 – Population: 503,251.^[19]
• 1982 – 13 September: Spantax airplane crash.^[27]
• 1988
  • Fundación Picasso established.
  • Basílica de la Esperanza (Málaga) [es] (church) built.
• 1991 – Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (orchestra) active.
• 1992
  • Andalusia Technology Park (science complex) opens.
  • Baloncesto Málaga (basketball team) formed.
• 1995 – Celia Villalobos becomes mayor.
• 1998 – Málaga Spanish Film Festival begins.
• 1999
  • La Opinión de Málaga begins publication.
  • Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (arena) opens.
• 2000
  • July: Politician Jose Maria Martin Carpena assassinated.^[28]
  • Francisco de la Torre (politician) becomes mayor.

21st century

Málaga in 2017

See also: History of Málaga § 21st century

• 2003
  • Málaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium established.
  • Museo Picasso Málaga opens.
• 2004 – Málaga Hoy [es] magazine begins publication.
• 2006 – 2006 European Cup (athletics) held.
• 2009 – Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.^[29]
• 2010
  • 29 September: 2010 Spain general strike [es].^[30]
  • Population: 568,507.
• 2011 – Carmen Thyssen Museum opens.

See also

• History of Málaga
• List of mayors of Malaga [es]
• Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Seville
• List of municipalities in Andalusia