Timeline of Tegucigalpa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Prior to 20th century

• 1561 - Roman Catholic diocese of Comayagua established[1]
• 1578 - Silver mines discovered[2]
• 1786 - St. Michael's Cathedral, Tegucigalpa built.
• 1812 - Political unrest.[2]
• 1815 - Iglesia de Santa María de los Dolores (Tegucigalpa) (church) built
• 1821 - Tegucigalpa attains city status.[3]
• 1822 - Mallol Bridge built[4]
• 1877 - Telegraph begins operating.[5]
• 1880 - Tegucigalpa becomes capital of Honduras.[6]
• 1889 - Banco de Honduras founded[7]

20th century

• 1912
  • El Cronista newspaper begins publication.[8][9]
  • Club Deportivo Olimpia (football club) formed.
• 1915 - Teatro Nacional Manuel Bonilla (theatre) opens.[10][11]
• 1920 - Population: 38,950.[12]
• 1928 - Club Deportivo Motagua (football club) formed.
• 1934 - Toncontín Airport begins operating.
• 1937 - Distrito Central created.
• 1948 - Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (stadium) opens.
• 1950 - Population: 72,385 city; 99,948 urban agglomeration.[13]
• 1961 - Population: 164,941.
• 1973 - Population: 274,850 city; 302,483 urban agglomeration.[14]
• 1977 - La Tribuna newspaper begins publication.[15]
• 1984 - Military leader "Alvarez is deposed amid anti-American demonstrations in Tegucigalpa."[16]
• 1986 - Population: 597,512 (estimate).[17]
• 1989
  • 25 January: Alvarez assassinated.[16]
  • 21 October: Airplane crash.
• 1993 - El Periódico newspaper begins publication.[15]
• 1998 - October: Hurricane Mitch occurs.[16][18]

21st century

• 2003 - Population: 858,437.[19]
• 2009 - 28 June: 2009 Honduran coup d'état.[20]
• 2011 - Torre Sky hi-rise built.^(es)
• 2013 - Population: 1,157,509.[21]
• 2014 - Nasry Asfura becomes mayor.

See also

• Tegucigalpa history
• List of mayors of Tegucigalpa

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Honduras". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
2. Carlos Pérez (1991). "Honduras". In James Stuart Olson (ed.). Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26257-9.
3. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, OL 6112221M
4. "Honduras: Tegucigalpa". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
5. "El Telegrafo en Tegucigalpa", La Tribuna (in Spanish), 17 November 2015
6. Britannica 1910.
7. "Historia de los Bancos Capitalinos", La Tribuna (in Spanish), 24 February 2015
8. Barahona 2005.
9. "Tegucigalpa (Honduras) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
10. "Teatro Manuel Bonilla, 100 años de arte y cultura", La Prensa (in Spanish)
11. "Teatro Nacional 100 Años", La Tribuna (in Spanish), 26 May 2015
12. "Honduras". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
13. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
14. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
15. "Honduras". South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-138-4.
16. "Honduras Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
17. United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
18. "Tegucigalpa Journal; In Honduras's Woeful Capital, the Bridges of Sighs", New York Times, 14 October 1999
19. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
20. "Honduras Is Rattled as Leader Tries Return", New York Times, 5 July 2009
21. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• "Tegucigalpa", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• "Honduras: Tegucigalpa". Trade Directory of Central America and the West Indies. Washington DC: US Department of Commerce. 1915.
• Glenn Pearce-Oroz (2012). "Causes and consequences of rapid urban spatial segregation: the new towns of Tegucigalpa". In David P. Varady (ed.). Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-8328-2.

in Spanish

• Leticia de Oyuela (1989). Historia mínima de Tegucigalpa: vista a través de las fiestas del patrono San Miguel a partir de 1680 hasta fines del siglo XIX (in Spanish). Editorial Guaymuras. ISBN 978-99926-15-92-8.
• Marvin Barahona (2005). "Cronologia de la reforma liberal de 1876 al ano 2000". Honduras en el siglo XX: una síntesis histórica (in Spanish). Editorial Guaymuras. ISBN 978-99926-33-36-6.

External links

• Map of Tegucigalpa, 1984
• Items related to Tegucigalpa, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• Items related to Tegucigalpa, various dates (via Europeana)