Timeline of Camagüey explained
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Camagüey, Cuba.
Prior to 20th century
- 1528 - Santa María del Puerto Príncipe established by settlers relocating from Caonao, and previously from Punta del Guincho.
- 1599 - Convento de San Francisco founded.[1]
- 1616 - Fire.
- 1617 - Cathedral first built.
- 1668 - City raided by Welsh pirate Henry Morgan.
- 1720 - San Francisco de Paula monastery rebuilt.[2]
- 1723 - Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje church built.
- 1728 - Hospital de Caridad de San Juan de Dios established.
- 1730 - Hospital de Nuestra Senora del Carmen founded.
- 1733 - City Hall construction begins.
- 1737 - San Lázaro hospital built.
- 1741 - Epidemic outbreak.
- 1779 - Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (church) built.
- 1800 - Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo (Spanish colonial supreme court) relocated to Puerto Principe from Santo Domingo.
- 1814 - Future poet Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda born in Puerto Principe.[3]
- 1817 - Town becomes a city.
- 1842 - Filarmónica (music society) founded.
- 1850 - El Principal theatre opens.
- 1851 - Puerto Principe and Nuevitas Railroad begins operating.[4]
- 1864
- 1872 - Casino Español (music society) formed.
- 1874 - March: Battle of Las Guasimas (1874) fought; Cuban rebels win.
- 1886 - El Arrebol newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1898 -
- 1899
- El Eco Mercantil newspaper begins publication.
- Population: 25,102 city; 53,140 district; 88,234 province.[8]
20th century
1900s–1940s
- 1902 - El Camagüeyano newspaper begins publication.
- 1903
- 1907 - Population: 29,616 city; 66,460 municipality; 118,269 province.[9]
- 1912
- 1913
- Teatro Avellaneda opens.[11]
- Camagüey Jazz Band formed.
- 1919
- Banda Municipal de Música formed.
- Population: 98,193.[12]
- 1932 - Hurricane.
- 1935 - Hurricane.
- 1938 - Biblioteca Municipal (library) established.
- 1948 - Cine Casablanca opens.
1950s–1990s
- 1956 - El Cubano Libre student newspaper begins publication.
- 1959 - Huber Matos becomes governor of province.
- 1961 - Coro de Camagüey (musical group) formed.
- 1963 - Biblioteca provincial de Camagüey Julio Antonio Mella (library) established.
- 1964 - Population: 153,100.[13]
- 1965 - Estadio Cándido González (stadium) built.
- 1966 - Population: 171,000.[14]
- 1967
- established.
- Ballet de Camagüey founded.[15]
- 1968 - Archivo Histórico provincial de Camagüey (archives) established.[16]
- 1970 - Population: 197,720.[17]
- 1976
- Instituto Superior Pedagógico established.[18]
- Museo Estudiantil "Jesús Suárez Gayol" opens.[19]
- 1981 - Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey established.
- 1983 - Festival de Teatro de Camagüey (theatre festival) begins.[20]
- 1988 - Sister city relationship established with Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
- 1994 - Creole Choir of Cuba established.
- 1998
- January: Catholic pope visits Camagüey.
- Office of City Historian established.
- 1999 - Population: 306,049 city; 785,800 province.[21]
21st century
- 2008
- 2014 - Population: 304,027.[23]
See also
Bibliography
- in English
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- in Spanish
- Book: Elementos de cronología universal y particular de España, Isla de Cuba y Puerto-Rico. D. Jose Maria de la Torre. 1845 . 2nd. Impr. del Gobierno y Capitanía General por S.M. . Havana . es. .
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- Book: Los tres primeros historiadores de la isla de Cuba . Havana . 1877 . Historia de Puerto-Principe . 3 . 503–564 . Tomás Pío Betancourt. 2027/uc1.b3613495?urlappend=%3Bseq=524 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3613495?urlappend=%3Bseq=524 .
- Book: Una villa de Espana y una ciudad de Cuba . Havana . 1882 . J. Pulido y Comp. . es. Jose Maria Abraido y Sarmiento .
- Book: Coleccion de datos historicos-geograficos y estadisticos de Puerto del Príncipe y su jurisdicion . Juan Torres Lasqueti . 1888 . Impr. 'El Retiro' . Havana . es .
- Book: El Camagüey: viajes pintorescos por el interior de Cuba y por sus costas, con descripciones del país. Camagüey: Scenic Travels Around Cuba and its Coast, with Descriptions of the Country. P. Antonio Perpina. Internet Archive. 1889. J. A. Bastinos. Barcelona. es.
- Book: Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes. Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes. Barcelona. Montaner y Simon. Puerto Principe. 16. 1895. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112203983426?urlappend=%3Bseq=601. HathiTrust. 593–594. 2027/mdp.35112203983426?urlappend=%3Bseq=601. es.
- Book: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal. Yearbook of Commerce, Industry, Judiciary and Administration of Spain, its Colonies Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, Spanish American States and Portugal. 1908. Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos . Madrid . es. Camaguey. https://books.google.com/books?id=L68pAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA240 . Google Books.
- Book: Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía . Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura. 2003. . Madrid . 978-84-7962-248-0 . es. . (chronology)
- Book: Marcos Antonio Tamames Henderson . La ciudad como texto cultural: Camagüey 1514-1837 . Ed. Ácana . Camagüey . 2005 . es .
- Lourdes Gómez Consuegra . El Centro Histórico Urbano de Camagüey, Patrimonio Mundial. Planeamiento, gestión y manejo . Apuntes: Journal of Cultural Heritage Studies . 1657-9763 . Bogotá . . 22 . 2 . 2009 . es . .
- Fulgencio Ramón Nodal-Reyes . Ramón Lemay Nodal-Laugart . Edición clandestina del periódico El Cubano Libre en Camagüey durante la lucha contra la dictadura batistiana . Clandestine edition of the newspaper El Cubano Libre in Camagüey during the struggle against the Batista dictatorship . Santiago . 0581-653X . . 133 . 2014 . es . .
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Calendario manual y guia de forasteros de la Isla de Cuba . Almanac and Guide for Strangers to Cuba . 1795 . Imprenta de la Capitanía General . Havana . 2027/wu.89059055202 . es .
- . Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- Enma Presilla Andreu . Aproximación a la cronología de un monumento . Santiago . 0581-653X . University of Santiago de Cuba . 89 . 2000 . es .
- Book: Cuba . . . 1905 . Government Printing Office . Washington DC .
- Web site: Del Camagüey, historia de sus letras y periódicos . es . Biblioteca Provincial Julio Antonio Mella . Camaguey . September 25, 2016 .
- Web site: General Lope Recio Loynaz . 2022-07-28 . www.eduardozayas-bazan.com.
- Book: Cubans of To-Day . . New York . G. P. Putnam's Sons . 1919 . . 2027/nyp.33433067286611 .
- Book: . Census of Cuba, 1899 . 1900 . . Washington DC .
- Book: Victor H. Olmsted . . Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907 . 153 . 1909. . Washington DC .
- Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba . . Norway . September 23, 2016 .
- Web site: Movie Theaters in Camaguey, Cuba . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles, USA . September 24, 2016 .
- Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Cuba . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=836 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=836 .
- Book: Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants .
- Population of Cuba . Alfonso González . Caribbean Studies . . 11 . 1971 . 2 . 74–84 . 25612382 .
- Book: Miguel Cabrera . El ballet en Cuba: nacimiento de una escuela en el siglo XX. 2010. Balletin Dance Ediciones . Buenos Aires . es.
- Guide du chercheur américaniste: Enquête de terrain et travail de recherche à Cuba . fr . Americanist Researcher's Guide: Survey of Cuba . Vanessa Oliveira . Xavier Calmettes . . 1626-0252 . 2016 . 10.4000/nuevomundo.69135 . free .
- Book: Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
- Book: . World List of Universities . 1992 . 19th . Palgrave Macmillan . 978-1-349-12037-6 . Cuba . 150–152 .
- Web site: Cultura Camaguey . Sectorial Municipal de Cultura . Cuba . September 24, 2016 . es .
- Web site: Portal Cultural Principe . Camaguey . September 25, 2016 . es .
- Book: South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. 2001. Europa Publications. 978-1-85743-121-6 . Regional Surveys of the World .
- News: Weaver . Matthew . 2008-09-09 . Hurricane Ike forces mass evacuation in Cuba . 2024-06-14 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
- Web site: Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2014 . .