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The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
Matanzas ,
Cuba .
Prior to 20th century
1693 - City laid out.
1694 -
Ayuntamiento (town council) established.
1813 - Francisco Camero sets up first publishing business in Matanzas.
[3]
1815 - Mantanzas becomes capital of its department.
1818 - Custom house built.
1835 - Public library established.
[5]
1844
1846 - Hurricane occurs.
1853 -
William R. King takes the oath for
Vice President of the United States in Matanzas.
1863 -
Sauto Theater opens.
1870 - Hermitage of Monteserrate established on hill near city.
1873 - Matanzas Baseball Club formed.
[6]
1880 - November: International exhibition held in Matanzas.
1884 - El Correo de Matanzas newspaper begins publication.
[8]
1892 - Population: 27,000.
[9]
1894 - El Club de Ciclistas de Matanzas active (bicycle club) (approximate date).
[6]
1899 - Population: 36,374.
[10]
1900 - El Heraldo Espanol newspaper begins publication.
[8]
20th century
21st century
2014 - Population: 136,486.
[21]
See also
References
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^ Miguel Viciedo Valdés (2005),
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^
a
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^
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b
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N. W. Ayer & Son , 1902
^
"Spain: Colonies: Cuba and Porto Rico" .
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^
War Department (1900).
Census of Cuba, 1899 . Washington DC:
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^ Victor H. Olmsted;
Henry Gannett , eds. (1909).
Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907 . Washington DC:
United States Bureau of the Census .
^
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba" . Norway:
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^
"Movie Theaters in Matanzos, Cuba" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2016 .
^
"Cuba" .
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^ Rebecca M. Bodenheimer (2015).
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^ Alfonso González (1971). "Population of Cuba". Caribbean Studies . 11 (2).
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus : 74–84.
JSTOR
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^
"Atenas: el Portal de la Cultura Matancera" (in Spanish). Dirección Provincial Matanzas. Retrieved September 25, 2016 .
^
International Association of Universities (1992). "Cuba".
World List of Universities (19th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–152.
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978-1-349-12037-6 .
^
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".
1985 Demographic Yearbook . New York. pp. 247–289. {{
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^
South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002 . Regional Surveys of the World.
Europa Publications . 2001.
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978-1-85743-121-6 .
^
"Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2014 .
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Bibliography
in English
in Spanish
D. José Garcia de Arboleya (1859).
"Idea de las ciudades principales: San Carlos de Matanzas" . Manual de la Isla de Cuba (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Havana: Imprenta del Tiempo – via Google Books.
Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863).
"Matanzas" . Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Madrid: Mellado.
hdl :
2027/uc1.32106005876096 – via HathiTrust.
Domingo Figarola y Caneda (1881).
Guía oficial de la Exposición de Matanzas (in Spanish). Matanzas: Impr. La Nacional – via
HathiTrust .
"Matanzas" .
Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). Vol. 12. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1893.
hdl :
2027/mdp.35112203969706 – via HathiTrust.
"Matanzas" , Directorio mercantil de la Isla de Cuba (in Spanish), Habana: Imprenta 'Avisador Comercial', 1901,
hdl :
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"Matanzas" . 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 ] (in Spanish). Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908.
Adolfo Dollero (1919). La provincia de Matanzas y su evolución (in Spanish). Havana: Imp. Seoane y Fernández.
hdl :
2027/uc1.$c21524 .
Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003).
Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid:
Editorial Verbum [
es ] .
ISBN
978-84-7962-248-0 . (chronology)
Alicia Santana García (2003). "Matanzas, del ideario a la realidad urbana". Revista Universidad de la Habana (in Spanish) (257).
ISSN
0253-9276 .
Gabino la Rosa Corzo (2003). "Matanzas". In Louis A. Pérez;
Rebecca Jarvis Scott (eds.).
The Archives of Cuba: Los Archivos de Cuba (in Spanish).
University of Pittsburgh Press .
ISBN
0822941953 . (fulltext)
Odlanyer Hernández De Lara (2011).
"Arqueologia urbana y patrimonio arqueologico en la ciudad de Matanzas, Cuba" . Arquitectura y Urbanismo (in Spanish). 32 (1) – via Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría.
Alicia Santana García (2011).
"Julio Sagebien, arquitecto de Matanzas, ingeniero de Cuba" . Arquitectura y Urbanismo (in Spanish). 32 (1) – via Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría.
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