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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1560 - Santa Lucia de León founded. [1]
  • 1584 - Ojos de Santa Lucia outpost established by Spaniards. [2]
  • 1596 - Settlement named "Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Senora de Monterrey" by Diego de Montemayor and made a city. [3] [1]
  • 1603 - Cathedral construction begins. [2]
  • 1730 - Church of San Francisco rebuilt. [4]
  • 1775 - Population: 258. [2]
  • 1777 - Monterrey becomes seat of Catholic Linares bishopric. [3] [1]
  • 1790 - Bishop's Palace built. [4]
  • 1791 - Monterrey Cathedral building completed.
  • 1824 - Monterrey becomes capital of Nuevo León state. [3]
  • 1833 - Cathedral consecrated. [4]
  • 1846 - Battle of Monterrey - town occupied by United States forces. [2] [1]
  • 1847 - American Pioneer newspaper begins publication. [5]
  • 1864 - Town occupied by French forces. [2]
  • 1866 - French occupation ends. [3]
  • 1881 - Railway constructed. [3]
  • 1890 - Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc (brewery) founded. [3]
  • 1892 - Monterrey News English-language newspaper in publication. [6]
  • 1896 - El Espectador newspaper begins publication. [5]
  • 1899 - Banco Mercantil de Monterrey established. [7]
  • 1900 - Population: 62,266. [1]

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 341+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lonely Planet 1998.
  4. ^ a b c Campbell 1909.
  5. ^ a b c "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  6. ^ a b c Marley 2005.
  7. ^ Pablo Livas [in Spanish] (1909). El estado de Nuevo León, su situación económica al aproximarse el Centenario de la Independencia de México (in Spanish). Monterrey.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  8. ^ Snodgrass 1998.
  9. ^ "Movie Theaters in Monterrey, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  10. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  11. ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
  12. ^ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on March 28, 2014{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  13. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2013. ISBN  978-1-62513-103-4.

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