Timeline of Montevideo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Montevideo, Uruguay.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

18th century

• 1724 – Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo (Historic City Centre) founded.
• 1726 – Settlement established by Spaniard Bruno Mauricio de Zabala.
• 1778 – Free port status acquired.
• 1797 – 31 August: British ship Lady Shore arrives in harbour.

19th century

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Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral was consecrated in 1804

• 1804 – Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated.
• 1807
  • 3 February: City besieged by British forces; British take city.
  • Printing press in operation.
  • Southern Star newspaper in publication.
  • September: British occupation ends.
• 1811 – Siege of Montevideo by forces of the United Provinces of the River Plate.
• 1812
  • Montevideo Cabildo built.
  • Siege of Montevideo (1812-1814) begins.
• 1814 – Siege ends; Spanish loyalists surrender.
• 1817 – 20 January: city occupied by Luso-Brazilian forces.
• 1821 – City becomes part of Brazilian province Cisplatina.
• 1823 – Siege of Montevideo (1823)
• 1825 – Hospital de Caridad founded.
• 1828
  • City becomes capital of independent Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
  • British Cemetery established.
• 1829 – City wall dismantled.
• ca.1830 - Plaza Independencia established
• 1830 – National museum founded.
• 1833 – Public library founded.
• 1840 - Plaza de Cagancha named.
• 1843 – Great Siege of Montevideo begins.
• 1847 – Anglican church built.
• 1849 – University of the Republic founded.
• 1851 – Great Siege of Montevideo ends.
• 1856
  • Solís Theatre built.
  • Salesas convent founded.
  • Epidemic.
• 1857 – British hospital founded.

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  Montevideo in the 19th century

• 1858 – Church of the Immaculate Conception built.
• 1862 – Hotel Oriental built.
• 1863 – Bolsa (exchange) built.
• 1866 – Post office built.
• 1868 – Mercado del Puerto built.
• 1871 – Teatro Cibils inaugurated.
• 1874 – Estévez Palace built.
• 1876 – Punta Brava Lighthouse erected.
• 1879 – Population: 91,167.
• 1880 – Nuevo Teatro San Felipe opens.
• 1885 – Escuela Brasil (school) established.
• 1889 – Teatro Nuevo Politeama inaugurated.
• 1895 – Teatro Stella d'Italia founded.
• 1900 – Estadio Gran Parque Central opens.

20th century

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The Estadio Centenario opened for the 1930 FIFA World Cup

• 1905 – Teatro Urquiza inaugurated.
• 1906 – Electric streetcar begins operating.
• 1908
  • Municipality of Montevideo created.
  • Daniel Muñoz becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
  • Immigrants' Hotel opens.
  • Edificio London París completed.
  • Population: 312,946.(estimate).
• 1909 – Urbano hotel in business.
• 1910 – Teatro 18 de Julio opens.
• 1911
  • National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) inaugurated.
  • May: General strike.
• 1913 – Villa del Cerro and La Teja become part of city.
• 1924 - Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cordón, Montevideo current church built.
• 1925 – Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay) built.
• 1928 - Palacio Salvo finished.
• 1930
  • Estadio Centenario opens.
  • July: 1930 FIFA World Cup held.
  • Juan Manuel Blanes Museum established.
  • Obelisk of Montevideo built.
  • Port of Montevideo major engineering works completed.
• 1933
  • International Conference of American States held; Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States signed.
  • Edificio Lapido built.
• 1935 – Asociación de Arte Constructivo founded.
• 1941 – City Hall of Montevideo built.
• 1945 – Cine Trocadero opens (approximate date).
• 1947 – Airport terminal inaugurated.
• 1952 – Cinemateca Uruguaya (film archive) founded.
• 1953 – Museo Torres García opens.
• 1956 – Cilindro Municipal (arena) opens.
• 1958 – Museum and Municipal Archives inaugurated in the Cabildo.
• 1963 – Population: 1,154,465.
• 1964 – Edificio Panamericano (residential building) constructed.
• 1973 – 27 June: 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état.
• 1975 – Population: 1,229,748.
• 1983 – September: Labor demonstration.
• 1985 – Liberty Building (Montevideo) built.
• 1988 – May: Pope John Paul II visits city.
• 1990
  • Tabaré Vázquez elected mayor.
  • City administration partially decentralized.
• 1991 – Population: 1,360,258.
• 1992 – Sarandi street pedestrianized.
• 1995 – 23 July: 1995 Copa América Final football tournament held.

21st century

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Executive Tower, Montevideo

• 2007 – Mercosur headquartered in city.
• 2008 – Executive Tower, Montevideo built.
• 2009 – Carrasco International Airport expands.
• 2010 – Ana Olivera becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
• 2011 – Population: 1,319,108.
• 2015 – Daniel Martínez becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
• 2016 – Population: 1,380,432.
• 2019 – Christian Di Candia becomes Intendant of Montevideo.

See also

• Montevideo history
• History of Montevideo
• Barrios of Montevideo
• List of municipal intendants of Montevideo
• List of governors of Montevideo, 1751–1817
• List of museums in Montevideo

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• . Includes description of Montevideo.

Published in the 20th century

• Albes, Edward (1922). Montevideo, the city of roses. Pan American Union online; 29 pp well-illustrated

Published in the 21st century