The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gijón, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

  • 844 – Gijón successfully resisted a Norman raid.[1]
  • 1395 – Gijón was burned down.[1]
  • 1560 – Gijón city archives active (approximate date).[2][3]
  • 1721 – Palacio de Revillagigedo built.
  • 1797 – Real Instituto Jovellanos founded.[1]
  • 1842 – Population: 16,558.[4]
  • 1865 – Casa consistorial de Gijón built.[5]
  • 1878 – El Comercio newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1888 – El Bibio bullring opens.
  • 1884 – Establishment of railway communications.[1]
  • 1892 – El Musel port opens.[7]
  • 1900 – Population: 47,544.[8]

20th century

21st century

Evolution of the Gijón map

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

  • List of mayors of Gijon

Other cities in the autonomous community of Asturias:(es)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
  2. ↑ Archivo Municipal de Gijón. "Carta de servicios" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Gijón. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Archivo Municipal de Gijón". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Gijón". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "La casa consistorial cumple 150 años", El Comercio (in Spanish), 15 August 2015
  6. ↑ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  7. ↑ "La ciudá: Historia" (in Asturian). Ayuntamientu de Xixón. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
  9. ↑ "55 años como vigía de Gijón" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Villar, Iván (2019-06-15). "Ana González, alcaldesa de Gijón: «Vamos a reinventar el Gijón que queremos para mejorar el presente y ganar el futuro»". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  12. ↑ Paneque, Eduardo (2023-06-17). "Moriyón regresa a la Alcaldía con un gobierno tripartito de Foro, PP y Vox". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-17.

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