Timeline of Chihuahua City

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Prior to 20th century

1707 - Settlement founded by Francisco Munoz.^[1]
1709 - "San Francisco de Cuellar" community founded by Antonio de Deza y Ulloa.^[2]
1718 - Settlement named "San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua."^[3]^[4]^[5]
1717 - Church of Saint Francis of Assisi construction begins.^[1]
1721 - Royal House built.^[4]
1731 - Santa Rita Church built.^[2]
1763 - Population: nearly 5000.^[4]
1789 - Church of San Francisco building completed.^[2]^[4]
1791 - Population: 4,077.^[3]
1811 - Execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla early in the Mexican War of Independence.^[1]^[4]
1821 - Population: 4,441.^[3]
1826
- Church of Saint Francis of Assisi construction completed.^[2]
- Guadalupe Church built.^[2]
1835 - Literary and Scientific Institute of Chihuahua founded.
1847
- February 28: Battle of the Sacramento River occurs near town.
- March: Town taken by United States forces under command of Alexander William Doniphan and Sterling Price.^[4]
1864 - Benito Juárez makes the town temporary capital of Mexico.^[4]
1882 - Paso del Norte-Chihuahua City railroad begins operating.^[6]
1891
- Government Palace of Chihuahua built.
- Catholic Diocese of Chihuahua established.
1895 - Population: 18,279.^[4]
1900 - Population: 30,405.^[4]

20th century

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1902 - El Correo de Chihuahua newspaper begins publication.^[7]
1905 - American Smelting and Refining Company facility built (approximate date).^[8]
1907
- City Hall of Chihuahua built.
- Francisco Villa Museum built.
1908 - March 1: Banco Minero robbed.^[9]
1910
- Museo Casa Chihuahua (known as the Federal Palace) rebuilding completed.^[4]
- Quinta Gameros mansion^[2] built.
1913 - Headquarters of Pancho Villa established in city.^[2]
1921 - Antonio Guizar y Valencia becomes Catholic bishop of Chihuahua.^[10]
1926 - Escuela Benito Juárez (school) active.
1927 - El Heraldo newspaper begins publication.^[11]
1947 - El Mexicano newspaper begins publication.^[11]
1948 - Chihuahua Institute of Technology established.
1949 - Del Real Hotel built.^{[citation needed]}
1954 - University of Chihuahua established.
1961 - Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (tourist railway) opened
1969 - Adalberto Almeida y Merino becomes Catholic archbishop of Chihuahua.
1972 - Museo Casa Juárez established.^{[citation needed]}
1975 - Legislature building constructed.
1981 - Telmex Tower built.
1986 - July: Local election.^[12]
1990 - Catholic Pope John Paul II visits city.
1997 - Archivo Histórico del Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura established.^[13]
1998 - Gate to Chihuahua sculpture installed.^{[citation needed]}
2000 - Punto Alto built.

21st century

2001 - Tribunales Federales building constructed.
2002 - Alejandro Cano Ricaud becomes municipal president.
2003 - Angel of Liberty monument erected.^{[citation needed]}
2004 - Juan Blanco Zaldivar becomes municipal president.
2005 - International Festival of Chihuahua begins.
2006 - Museo Casa Chihuahua opens.
2008 - Nordam Mexico in business.^[14]
2010
- June: Attack on Faith and Life Center.^[15]
- Álvaro Madero Muñoz becomes municipal president, succeeded by Marco Adán Quezada Martínez.^[16]
- Population: 809,232; metro 852,533.^[17]
2011 - Monument Tower built.^{[citation needed]}
2012
- Centro Cultural Bicentenario inaugurated.^[18]
- Cenit Tower built.^{[citation needed]}
2013 - July: Javier Garfio Pacheco elected municipal president.
2017 - March: Journalist Miroslava Breach Velducea is shot and killed by a gunman as she drives away from her home.

References

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Bibliography

In English

Published in the 19th century

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Published in the 21st century

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In Spanish

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External links

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Europeana. Items related to Chihuahua, Mexico, various dates.
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Chihuahua, Mexico, various dates

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v t e Chihuahua (state) State of Chihuahua
Chihuahua (capital)
Cities	Ciudad Chihuahua Ciudad Cuauhtémoc Ciudad Juárez Delicias Madera Parral	File:Chihuahua en México.svg
Municipalities	List of the sixty-seven municipalities in Chihuahua with their municipal seats (cabecera municipal)
Metropolitan areas	Greater Chihuahua El Paso–Juárez
History	History of Chihuahua (state) Timeline of Chihuahua City Timeline of Ciudad Juárez
Sights	Lake Arareco Basaseachic Falls Casas Grandes Copper Canyon Cuarenta Casas Cueva de la Ranchería Cueva de la Olla (archaeological site) Cumbres de Majalca National Park Piedra Volada Samalayuca Dune Fields Sierra Madre Occidental
Other topics	Governors

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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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