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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Matanzas, Cuba.

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Prior to 20th century

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Timeline
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  • 1693 - City laid out.
  • 1694 - Ayuntamiento (town council) established.
  • 1813 - Francisco Camero sets up first publishing business in Matanzas.
  • 1815 - Mantanzas becomes capital of its department.
  • 1818 - Custom house built.
  • 1835 - Public library established.
  • 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.
  • 1880 - November: International exhibition held in Matanzas.
  • 1884 - El Correo de Matanzas newspaper begins publication.
  • 1892 - Population: 27,000.
  • 1894 - El Club de Ciclistas de Matanzas active (bicycle club) (approximate date).
  • 1899 - Population: 36,374.
  • 1900 - El Heraldo Espanol newspaper begins publication.

20th century

  • 1907 - Population: 36,009 city.
  • 1912 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas established.
  • 1916 - Teatro Velasco opens.
  • 1919 - Population: 62,638.
  • 1952 - Los Muñequitos de Matanzas rumba group formed.
  • 1966 - Population: 81,000.
  • 1968 - Archivo Historico Provincial de Matanzas (archives) established.
  • 1976 - Centro Universitario de Matanzas and Instituto Superior Pedagogico de Matanzas established.
  • 1978 - Jardín botánico de Matanzas [es] (garden) established.
  • 1984 - Population: 104,583 (estimate).
  • 1999 - Population: 124,754.

21st century

  • 2014 - Population: 136,486.

See also

References

  1. ^ Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Bonavía 2003.
  3. Francisco Calcagno (1878). Diccionario biográfico cubano (in Spanish). New York: N. Ponce de Leon.
  4. Santana García 2011.
  5. Miguel Viciedo Valdés (2005), "Breve reseña sobre la biblioteca pública en Cuba antes de 1959", Acimed (in Spanish), vol. 14, no. 1, Havana: Centro Nacional de Informacion de Ciencias Medicas, ISSN 1024-9435
  6. ^ Louis A. Pérez Jr. (2008) . On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-0141-0.
  7. Figarola y Caneda 1881.
  8. ^ "Cuba: Matanzas", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1902
  9. "Spain: Colonies: Cuba and Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368325.
  10. War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  11. Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.
  12. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  13. "Movie Theaters in Matanzos, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  14. "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  15. Rebecca M. Bodenheimer (2015). Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba. USA: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-684-8.
  16. Alfonso González (1971). "Population of Cuba". Caribbean Studies. 11 (2). University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus: 74–84. JSTOR 25612382.
  17. "Atenas: el Portal de la Cultura Matancera" (in Spanish). Dirección Provincial Matanzas. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  18. International Association of Universities (1992). "Cuba". World List of Universities (19th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-349-12037-6.
  19. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  20. South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.
  21. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

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