Timeline of Lleida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

• 49 BCE - Battle of Ilerda fought during Caesar's Civil War.
• 400-500 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida established.[1]
• 546 - Religious council held.[2][3]
• 1039 - Muslim Taifa of Lérida begins.
• 1149 - Christian Ramon Berenguer IV in power.[2]
• 1278 - Cathedral of St. Mary of La Seu Vella consecrated.[2]
• 1300 - Estudi General de Lleida (university) established.[2]
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
• 1445 - Arxiu Municipal de Lleida (city archives) active (approximate date).[5][6]
• 1479 - Printing press in use.[7]
• 1669 - Convento del Roser construction begins.
• 1707 - Siege of Lleida (1707) by French forces.[2]
• 1719 - Ayuntamiento de Lérida (government entity) established.
• 1781 - New Cathedral of Lleida built.[2]
• 1810 - Lleida besieged by French forces.[2]
• 1834 - Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Lerida established.[8]
• 1842 - Population: 12,236.[9]
• 1860 - Railway begins operating.
• 1864 - Parque de Los Campos Elíseos de Lérida (park) opens.

20th century

• 1910 - Population: 24,531.[9]
• 1912 - Exposició d'Artistes Lleidatans (art exhibit) held.
• 1915 - Cinema Vinyes built.^(en)
• 1917 - Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (museum) opens.
• 1924 - Balaguer-Lleida railway begins operating.
• 1938 - La Mañana newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1942 - Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs established.
• 1950 - Population: 52,849.[9]
• 1951 - Teatre Principal (theatre) active.[11]
• 1952 - Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lérida (archives) established.[12]
• 1981 - Population: 109,573.[9]
• 1982 - Diari Segre newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1985 - Autobuses de Lérida begin operating.
• 1989 - CaixaForum Lleida established.
• 1992 - University of Lleida established.[13]
• 1994 - Auditori Enric Granados (concert hall) built.
• 1995 - Lleida Latin-American Film Festival begins.
• 1998 - Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador opens.

21st century

• 2004 - Àngel Ros becomes mayor.
• 2005 - Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida (regional transit entity) established.
• 2010 - La Llotja de Lleida (convention centre) opens.
• 2011 - Population: 137,283.[9]

See also

• History of Leida
• List of mayors of Lleida
• List of bishops of Lleida

Other cities in the autonomous community of Catalonia:^(es)

• Timeline of Barcelona

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Karl Josef von Hefele (1895). William Robinson Clark (ed.). History of the Councils of the Church. 4. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
4. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
5. "Archivo Municipal de Lleida". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
6. Arxiu Municipal de Lleida. "Història de l'Arxiu: L'Arxiu de la ciutat" (in Catalan). La Paeria - Ajuntament de Lleida. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
7. F.J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
8. Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
9. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Lleida". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
10. "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
11. "Movie Theaters in Lleida, Spain". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
12. "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lérida". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
13. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Catalan Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Lerida", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• Richard Ford (1890), "Lerida", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 506
• "Lerida", Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 (11th ed.), New York: New York : Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, p. 483, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "Lerida", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 250 – via HathiTrust

External links

• Items related to Lleida, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Lleida, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)