Timeline of Bogotá
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bogotá, Colombia.
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Prehistory
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- The area around Bogotá was inhabited since the late Pleistocene, with sites El Abra (12,500 BP), Aguazuque and Tequendama as earliest evidences of inhabitation
Pre-conquest
See also: Muisca Confederation and Spanish conquest of the Muisca
- <1537 - Bogotá and its surroundings was called Bacatá by the Muisca who inhabited the Bogotá savanna and were organised in their loose Muisca Confederation
16th century
See also: New Kingdom of Granada
- 1538 - Santa Fe de Bogotá founded by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.[1]
- 1539 - 27 April: Municipal council in session[2]
- 1540 - City status granted by Charles I of the Spanish Empire[2]
- 1549 - City becomes capital of the New Kingdom of Granada
- 1550 - Santo Domingo convent founded.
- 1553 - Main Plaza relocated[3]
- 1557 - Santo Domingo convent relocated
- 1558 - Smallpox epidemic
- 1561 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada established[2]
- 1564 - Archbishop Juan de los Barrios gifts his house for the establishment of the San Pedro hospital
- 1565 - Chapel built[4]
- 1578 - The enterpreuner and landowner Francisco Hernán Sanchéz, urbanizes the surrounding areas to the river and builds a temple
- 1580 - Saint Thomas Aquinas University founded
- 1592 - San Bartolomé Seminar School founded[3]
17th century
- 1604 - Jesuit college established
- 1616 - Population: 3,000[2]
- 1621
- 1635 - Iglesia de San Ignacio (church) opens[4]
- 1653 - Our Lady of the Rosary University founded
- 1674 - Santa Clara church built[4]
- 1675 - Leprosy epidemic
- 1681 - Typhus epidemic
- 1692 - Measles epidemic
18th century
- 1714 - Earthquake
- 1717 - City becomes capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada
- 1739 - The San Pedro hospital is renamed as the San Juan de Dios hospital
- 1777 - Real Biblioteca Publica (library) founded[5]
- 1781 - The rebellion of the Comuneros (commoners in English) takes place
- 1782 - José Antonio Galán and other leaders of the Comuneros are hanged in the Plaza Mayor de Santafé
- 1783 - La Enseñanza school founded[3]
- 1785 - Earthquake[4]
- 1789 - Population: 18,161
- 1791
- First map of the city is made by Domingo Esquiaqui
- Papel periódico de la Ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota newspaper begins publication[6]
19th century
- 1801 - Population: 21,394[2]
- 1803 - Observatorio Astronómico constructed[7]
- 1810 - City becomes capital of the Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca
- 1816
- Spaniard Pablo Morillo in power[1]
- Puerta Falsa cafe in business
- 1819
- Santafé de Bogotá is renamed as Bogotá
- Population: 30,000
- 1823 - Primary Cathedral built
- 1824 - Colombian National Museum opens
- 1836 - Central Cemetery of Bogotá established
- 1840
- Trolleybus starts operating
- El Día newspaper begins publication[8]
- 1846
- 1847 - Society of Artisans organized[11]
- 1864 - Medicine & Natural Sciences Society founded
- 1865 - Telegraph begins operating[12]
- 1867 - Universidad Nacional de Colombia (national university) is founded
- 1870 - Banco de Bogota founded[10]
- 1871 - Academia Colombiana de la Lengua (national language academy) founded
- 1875 - Capitol building constructed[1]
- 1876 - Prison begins operating.[13]
- 1881 - Papel Periódico Ilustrado begins publication[14]
- 1884
- Compañía Colombiana de Teléfonos (telephone company) established
- Tramway begins operating[4]
- 1886 - Universidad Externado de Colombia and Escuela de Bellas Artes (school)[15] founded
- 1887 - The aqueduct is upgraded to an iron aqueduct pipe
- 1889
- Facatativá-Bogota railway begins operating
- Bogotá Electric Light Company is founded
- 1890 - Bavaria brewery in business[16]
- 1891 - The Medicine & Sciences Society is renamed as Academia de Medicina (Colombia), (Medicine Academy)
- 1892
- Usaquen train station of the Ferrocarril del Norte (Bogotá) inaugurated
- Teatro de Cristóbal Colón inaugurated
- 1893
- 1895
- Municipal Theatre inaugurated
- Population: 95,813[2]
- 1896 - The glass factory Fenicia established
- 1898
- Hipodromo de la Gran Sabana (racecourse) inaugurated
- Revista Ilustrada begins publication
20th century
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- 1900 - 31 July: Coup[2]
- 1902
- Academia Colombiana de Historia (history academy) founded
- The Edificio de Lievano (city hall) set
- 1905 - Population: 100.000
- 1908 - Palacio de Nariño dedicated
- 1909
- Compañia de Cementos Samper (cement company) established
- Electric streetcar begins operating[2]
- 1910
- Exposición del Centenario de la independencia (world's fair) held
- Javier Tobar Ahumada becomes mayor
- 1911
- First airplane lands in Bogotá for an exhibition
- El Tiempo newspaper begins publication
- 1912
- 1915 - El Espectador newspaper begins publication in Bogota
- 1918
- Population: 143.994
- Flu epidemic
- 1921 - First student strike
- 1922 - Quinta de Bolívar museum inaugurated
- 1923 - Police headquarters building constructed[4]
- 1926 - Capitolio Nacional built
- 1928
- Bogotá Stock Exchange established
- Population: 235,421[2]
- 1929 - Medellín-Bogota railway begins operating[12]
- 1930
- Aerodromo del Techo (aerodrome) is built[18]
- The Voz de la Victor (radio) founded
- 1931 - Santamaría Bullring constructed
- 1933 - First Juegos Atléticos Nacionales takes place
- 1936 - El Siglo newspaper begins publication
- 1937 - University City (campus) of National University of Colombia built
- 1938
- Estadio El Campín, Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium, and National Library building constructed[19]
- 400th anniversary of city founding[20]
- Avenida de Las Américas (avenue) built
- Population: 336,996[2]
- First Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá (book fair) inaugurated
- 1939 - Gold Museum established
- 1941 - Corporación Deportiva Santa Fe (football club) formed
- 1946 - Millonarios Fútbol Club formed[21]
- 1947 - Architect Le Corbusier is hired to conduct the city planning
- 1948
- March–April: International Conference of American States held[22]
- 9 April: Bogotazo
- District University of Bogotá and University of the Andes established
- 1951 - Population: 715.250
- 1952 - City flag design adopted[3]
- 1953 - Bogotá Museum of Modern Art inaugurated
- 1954
- Bosa, Engativa, Fontibon, Suba, Usme, and Usaquen townships become part of city[2]
- First television transmmission is made
- Colombian Film Archive founded[23]
- La Republica newspaper begins publication[6]
- Mass migration from other regions in Colombia to Bogotá, due to violence since the Bogotazo
- Corferias (Fair and Exposition Corporation of Bogotá) founded
- 1955 - Bogotá Botanical Garden opens[24]
- 1956 - University of America founded
- 1958
- Construction of the 26th Avenue begins
- Luis Ángel Arango Library opens[25]
- 1959
- El Dorado Airport in operation
- Corficolombiana headquartered in Bogota
- 1960 - Population: 1,271,700[2]
- 1961 - John F. Kennedy visits Bogotá
- 1963 - Puente Aranda becomes part of the city
- 1964
- Population: 1'697.311
- Charles de Gaulle visits Bogotá
- 1965 - El Espacio newspaper begins publication[6]
- 1967 - Bogotá Philharmonic founded
- 1968
- August: Pope Paul VI visits the city
- Simón Bolívar Park inaugurated
- Fuerza Aérea de Colombia (national airforce) establishes the Aeronautical Museum in the old airport of Techo
- 1969 - Avianca Building constructed
- 1970
- Catholic University of Colombia founded
- Population: 2,526,000[2]
- 1974 - Ciclovía inaugurated[26]
- 1976 - First shopping center in the city, Unicentro (Bogotá) opens
- 1977 - Centro de Comercio Internacional built
- 1978 - Torre Colpatria built
- 1979 - Leftist guerrilla M-19 takes the embassy of Dominican Republic
- 1982 - Military University Nueva Granada established
- 1984
- Bus terminal inaugurated
- Metrópolis shopping center inaugurated
- Bogotá Film Festival begins[27]
- 1985
- 6 November: Palace of Justice siege
- Population: 3,983,000[2]
- 1986
- 3 July: Pope John Paul II visits the city
- Children's Museum of Bogotá established
- 1987 - Housing complex Ciudad Salitre construction begins
- 1988
- Andrés Pastrana Arango first mayor of Bogotá elected by popular vote, previously they were elected by the president or governor
- Iberoamerican Theater Festival held
- 1989
- Archivo General de la Nación (government department) inaugurated
- 6 December: Bombing in Paloquemao
- Santa Barbara shopping center opens
1990s
- 1990 - La Equidad football club formed
- 1991 - Juan Martín Caicedo Ferrer becomes mayor
- 1992 - Sonia Durán de Infante becomes mayor, succeeded by Jaime Castro Castro[28]
- 1993
- Population: 5'484.244
- November: Bombing on 15th Avenue
- 1995
- Rock al Parque music festival begins
- Antanas Mockus Sivickas becomes mayor
- Centro Andino shopping mall opens
- September: Track Cycling World Championships held at Luis Carlos Galán Velodrome
- 1996
- Casa de Moneda de Colombia (museum) inaugurated
- Paul Bromberg Silverstein becomes mayor
- 1998
- Maloka Museum of science inaugurated
- Enrique Peñalosa Londoño becomes mayor
- 1999
- Citytv Bogotá begins broadcasting
- Mormon temple dedicated
21st century
2000s
- 2000
- TransMilenio bus system begins operating
- 24 February: Car-Free Day inaugurated
- 2001
- Colombian Securities Exchange headquartered in city
- Antanas Mockus Sivickas becomes mayor
- July: Copa América football tournament held at El Campín Stadium[29]
- 2002
- 25 January: Bombing
- 7 August: Attack at Presidential Palace
- 13 December: Hotel bombing
- 2003
- National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia founded
- 7 February: El Nogal Club bombing
- 8 October: Bombing
- 15 November: Attack in pub
- 2004
- Luis Eduardo Garzón becomes mayor
- 29 October: Bombing
- 2005
- Bogotá's Carnival resurrected
- Population: 6,778,691
- 2006
- Bike Paths Network laid out
- Centro Comercial Santafé shopping mall opens
- 31 July: Bombing
- 2008
- La Peluquería (art space) founded[30]
- Samuel Moreno Rojas becomes mayor
- 2009 - Fundación Capital headquartered in city[31]
2010s
- 2011 - María Fernanda Campo becomes mayor, succeeded by Clara López Obregón
- 2012 - Gustavo Petro becomes mayor[32]
- 2013
- Google Street View begins operating
- December: Pro-Petro demonstration[33]
- 2014 - Population: 7,776,845 (urban agglomeration).[34]
See also
- History of Bogotá
- List of mayors of Bogotá
- Metropolitan Area of Bogotá
- List of universities in Bogotá
- Timeline of Colombian history
- Other cities in Colombia
References
- 1 2 3 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Marley 2005.
- 1 2 3 4 "About Bogota". Bogota: District Institute of Tourism. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bogota". Colombia. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ Edwin S. Gleaves; Uriel Lozano Rivera (1994). "Colombia". In Wayne A. Wiegand and Donald G. Davis, Jr. Encyclopedia of Library History.
- 1 2 3 "Bogota D.C." (in Spanish). Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ Ibáñez 1891.
- ↑ "Bogotá (Colombia) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ Egberto Bermúdez (2008). "From Colombian national song to Colombian song: 1860-1960". Lied und populäre Kultur / Song and Popular Culture. 53.
- 1 2 Sowell 1993.
- ↑ David Sowell (1987). "'La teoria i la realidad': The Democratic Society of Artisans of Bogota, 1847-1854". Hispanic American Historical Review. 67.
- 1 2 Jonathan C. Brown (1980). "The Genteel Tradition of Nineteenth Century Colombian Culture". The Americas. Academy of American Franciscan History. 36.
- ↑ Mitchel P. Roth (2006). "Chronology". Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32856-5.
- ↑ "Hemeroteca Digital Histórica" [Historical Digital Newspaper Library] (in Spanish). Bogota: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango del Banco de la República. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ International Center for the Arts of the Americas. "Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ↑ Phanor James Eder (1913), Colombia, London: T.F. Unwin, OCLC 1719625
- 1 2 Sowell 1989.
- 1 2 Historia Techo
- ↑ Reid 1939.
- ↑ Coester 1938.
- ↑ Tom Dunmore (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
- ↑ "Bogota", Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 140, OL 5812502M
- ↑ "Historia de la Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ "Garden Search: Colombia". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ↑ Terence S. Tarr (1970). "The Organization of the Royal Public Library of Santa Fe De Bogota". Journal of Library History. 5.
- ↑ "Bogotá's Ciclovia could teach Boris Johnson how to run a car-free capital". The Guardian. UK. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ "Historia" (in Spanish). Festival de Cine de Bogota. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ Rhinehart 2009.
- ↑ "History". Copa America 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ "Colombia". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ↑ "Organizations in Bogota D.C., Colombia". USA: Idealist.org. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Colombian mayors and local government". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Mayor Ousted in Colombia After Claims of Bungling", New York Times, 9 December 2013
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish language Wikipedia
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in English
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- Published in the 20th century
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- Published in the 21st century
- "Bogota". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
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in Spanish
- Charles Wiener (1884), "Bogotá", América pintoresca (in Spanish), Barcelona: Montaner y Simon
- Pedro M. Ibáñez (1891), Las crónicas de Bogotá y de sus inmediaciones (in Spanish), Bogotá: Impr. de la Luz, OCLC 2205470
- José Toribio Medina (1904). La imprenta en Bogotá (1739-1821) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana – via HathiTrust. (Annotated list of titles published in Bogotá, arranged chronologically)
- Germán Rodrigo Mejía Pavony (2000). Los años del cambio: historia urbana de Bogotá, 1820-1910 (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
- Natalia León Soler (2008), "Bogotá: de paso por la capital", Revista Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (224) (includes timeline)
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