Timeline of Bayamón, Puerto Rico

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico, United States.

19th century

• 1772
  • Santa Cruz Church construction begins.[1]
  • José Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.[2]
• 1883 - Population: 15,752 in ayuntamiento (city); 125,277 in departamento (province).[3]

20th century

• 1900 - First automobile is photographed in Bayamón[4]
• 1905 - Mahogany tree planted in the plaza.[1]
• 1908 - Plata Bridge built.
• 1910 - Farmacia Serra (pharmacy) building constructed.
• 1928 - Hurricane.[1]
• 1932 - Hurricane.[1]
• 1949 - Puerto Rico National Cemetery established.
• 1964
  • Universidad Católica de Bayamón established.[5]
  • Santa Rosa Mall in business.
• 1970 - Population: 147,552.[6]
• 1974
  • Vaqueros de Bayamón baseball club formed.
  • Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium opens.
• 1977 - City flag design adopted.[2]
• 1980 - Bayamón City Hall built.[2]
• 1982 - Plaza Rio Hondo shopping mall in business.
• 1984 - Braulio Castillo Theater opens.[2]
• 1988 - Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (arena) opens.
• 1990 - Botanical garden established.[2]
• 1997 - Carmen Delia Dipiní Theater opens.[2]
• 1998 - Plaza del Sol shopping mall in business.
• 1999 - Puerto Rico Bayamón football club formed.
• 2000
  • Public Library building constructed.[2]
  • Population: 203,499.[7]

21st century

• 2001
  • May 11: Miss Universe 2001 beauty pageant held in Bayamón.
  • Ramón Luis Rivera Jr. becomes mayor.
• 2004 - Tren Urbano (regional transit) begins operating.
• 2010 - Population: 208,116.[8]
• 2011 - Bayamón Soccer Complex opens.
• 2015 - Puerto Rico FC (football club) formed.

See also

• List of mayors of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bayamón
• Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Ponce, San Juan

References

1. Federal Writers' Project 1940.
2. "Municipalities: Bayamón". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
3. José Gimeno Agius (1885). "Poblacion y comercio de la isla de Puerto Rico". Revista de España (in Spanish). Madrid. 102: 546+.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Mari Mut, José A. "Las fotos de Puerto Rico en Our Islands and Their People" (PDF). Ediciones Digitales. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
5. "Historia" (in Spanish). Universidad Central de Bayamón. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
6. "General Population Characteristics: Puerto Rico", 1970 Census of Population (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1971
7. "United States Commonwealth Territories: Puerto Rico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
8. "Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

Bibliography

in English

• M. de Magalhães (1898). "Bayamon". Colonial Business Directory of the Island of Puerto Rico. New York. OCLC 39940968.
• Frederick A. Ober (1899), "Inland Towns: Bayamon", Puerto Rico and its Resources, New York: D. Appleton and Co.
• "Porto Rico: Bayamon". Official Commercial Directory of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Entire West Indies, with Bermuda. New York: Spanish-American Directories Company. 1901. pp. 368+.
• Charles Hartzell, ed. (1903), "Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages: Bayamon", Register of Porto Rico for 1903, San Juan: Louis E. Tuzo and Co., p. 175
• "Bayamon". Commercial Guide and Business Directory of Porto Rico. New York: F.E. Platt. 1910. pp. 143–146.
• Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Bayamon", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
• Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Bayamon", Puerto Rico: a Guide to the Island of Boriquén, American Guide Series, New York: University Society, OCLC 245805 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

• Manuel Ubeda y Delgado (1878). "Bayamon". Isla de Puerto Rico: estudio histórico, geográfico y estadístico de la misma (in Spanish). Puerto Rico. (reprint 1998)
• Ignacio Olazagasti, Catálogo de documentos históricos de Bayamón (in Spanish), Instituto de Historia y Cultura de Bayamón, OCLC 9685839 1979-1982 (8 vols.)
• Mario A. Rodríguez León (1985). Bayamón: notas para su historia (in Spanish). San Juan: Comité Historia de los Pueblos. OCLC 14643901. (2 vols.)

External links

• "Historia de Bayamón". Municipiodebayamon.com (in Spanish). Municipio de Bayamón.
• Nancy Abreu Báez; et al. (eds.). "Indice de Temas: (Bayamón (P.R.))" [Topic Index]. Conuco: Indice de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). OCLC 772645549. (Includes bibliographic information on Bayamón history)
• Items related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, various dates (via University of Puerto Rico's Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña)
• Items related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• Digitized materials related to Bayamón in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles