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
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- 1561 - Roman Catholic diocese of Comayagua established.[1]
- 1578 - "Silver mines discovered."[2]
- 1786 - St. Michael's Cathedral, Tegucigalpa built.
- 1812 - Political unrest.[2]
- 1815 - Iglesia de Santa María de los Dolores (Tegucigalpa) (church) built.
- 1821 - Tegucigalpa attains city status.[3]
- 1822 - Mallol Bridge built.[4]
- 1877 - Telegraph begins operating.[5]
- 1880 - Tegucigalpa becomes capital of Honduras.[6]
- 1889 - Banco de Honduras founded.[7]
20th century
- 1912
- El Cronista newspaper begins publication.[8][9]
- Club Deportivo Olimpia (football club) formed.
- 1915 - Teatro Nacional Manuel Bonilla (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.
- 1948 - Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (stadium) opens.
- 1961 - Population: 164,941.
- 1974 - Population: 302,483.
- 1977 - La Tribuna newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1984 - Military leader "Alvarez is deposed amid anti-American demonstrations in Tegucigalpa."[14]
- 1988 - Population: 595,931.
- 1989
- 25 January: Alvarez assassinated.[14]
- 21 October: Airplane crash.
- 1993 - El Periódico newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1998 - October: Hurricane Mitch occurs.[14][15]
21st century
- 2003 - Population: 858,437.[16]
- 2009 - 28 June: 2009 Honduran coup d'état.[17]
- 2011
- Torre Sky hi-rise built.(es)
- Population: 1,187,363.
- 2014 - Nasry Asfura becomes mayor.
See also
- Tegucigalpa history
- List of mayors of Tegucigalpa
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Honduras". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- 1 2 Carlos Pérez (1991). "Honduras". In James Stuart Olson. Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26257-9.
- ↑ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, OL 6112221M
- ↑ "Honduras: Tegucigalpa". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ↑ "El Telegrafo en Tegucigalpa", La Tribuna (in Spanish), 17 November 2015
- ↑ Britannica 1910.
- ↑ "Historia de los Bancos Capitalinos", La Tribuna (in Spanish), 24 February 2015
- ↑ Barahona 2005.
- ↑ "Tegucigalpa (Honduras) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Teatro Manuel Bonilla, 100 años de arte y cultura", La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Teatro Nacional 100 Años", La Tribuna (in Spanish), 26 May 2015
- ↑ "Honduras". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
- 1 2 "Honduras". South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-138-4.
- 1 2 3 "Honduras Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Tegucigalpa Journal; In Honduras's Woeful Capital, the Bridges of Sighs", New York Times, 14 October 1999
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
- ↑ "Honduras Is Rattled as Leader Tries Return", New York Times, 5 July 2009
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Tegucigalpa", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- "Honduras: Tegucigalpa". Trade Directory of Central America and the West Indies. Washington DC: US Department of Commerce. 1915.
- Glenn Pearce-Oroz (2012). "Causes and consequences of rapid urban spatial segregation: the new towns of Tegucigalpa". In David P. Varady. Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-8328-2.
in Spanish
- Leticia de Oyuela (1989). Historia mínima de Tegucigalpa: vista a través de las fiestas del patrono San Miguel a partir de 1680 hasta fines del siglo XIX (in Spanish). Editorial Guaymuras. ISBN 978-99926-15-92-8.
- Marvin Barahona (2005). "Cronologia de la reforma liberal de 1876 al ano 2000". Honduras en el siglo XX: una síntesis histórica (in Spanish). Editorial Guaymuras. ISBN 978-99926-33-36-6.
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