Timeline of Tegucigalpa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1561 - Roman Catholic diocese of Comayagua established^[1]
• 1578 - Silver mines discovered^[2]
• 1786 - Tegucigalpa Cathedral building completed.^[3]
• 1812 - Political unrest.^[2]
• 1821 - Tegucigalpa attains city status.^[4]
• 1822 - Mallol Bridge built^[5]
• 1877 - Telegraph begins operating.^[6]
• 1880 - Tegucigalpa becomes capital of Honduras.^[3]
• 1889 - Banco de Honduras [es] founded^[7]

20th century

• 1905 - Population: about 35,000.^[3]
• 1907 - Tegucigalpa was occupied by Nicaraguan invaders.^[3]
• 1912
  • El Cronista newspaper begins publication.^[8][9]
  • Club Deportivo Olimpia (football club) formed.
• 1915 - Teatro Nacional Manuel Bonilla [es] (theatre) opens.^[10][11]
• 1920 - Population: 38,950.^[12]
• 1928 - Club Deportivo Motagua (football club) formed.
• 1934 - Toncontín Airport begins operating.
• 1937 - Distrito Central created.
• 1946 - American School of Tegucigalpa established.
• 1948 - Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (stadium) opens.
• 1950 - Population: 72,385 city; 99,948 urban agglomeration.^[13]
• 1961 - Population: 164,941.^{[citation needed]}
• 1973 - Population: 274,850 city; 302,483 urban agglomeration.^[14]
• 1977 - La Tribuna newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 1984 - Military leader "Alvarez is deposed amid anti-American demonstrations in Tegucigalpa."^[16]
• 1986 - Population: 597,512 (estimate).^[17]
• 1989
  • 25 January: Alvarez assassinated.^[16]
  • 21 October: Airplane crash.
• 1993 - El Periódico newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 1998 - October: Hurricane Mitch occurs.^[16][18]

21st century

See also: Chronology of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis

• 2003 - Population: 858,437.^[19]
• 2009 - 28 June: 2009 Honduran coup d'état.^[20]
• 2011 - Torre Sky [es] hi-rise built.^{(es)[citation needed]}
• 2013 - Population: 1,157,509.^[21]
• 2014 - Nasry Asfura becomes mayor.

See also

• Tegucigalpa history
• List of mayors of Tegucigalpa [es]