Timeline of San Salvador

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of San Salvador, El Salvador.

Prior to 20th century

• 1525 - San Salvador founded by Spaniard Gonzalo de Alvarado.^[1]
• 1526 - "Settlement destroyed by Indians."^[1]
• 1528 - San Salvador refounded by Spaniard Diego de Alvarado.^[1]
• 1831 - San Salvador becomes capital of the Central American Union.^[2]
• 1840 - San Salvador becomes capital of El Salvador.^[2]
• 1841 - University of El Salvador founded.
• 1842 - Catholic Diocese of San Salvador established.^[3]
• 1849 - Cementerio de Los Ilustres (cemetery) established.
• 1854 - April 16: Earthquake.^[4]
• 1870 - National Palace built.
• 1890 - Siglo XX newspaper begins publication.

20th century

1900s-1960s

• 1911
  • Liberty Monument erected in Duenas Park.^[5]
  • National Palace rebuilt.
• 1917
  • Earthquake.^[2]
  • National Theatre of El Salvador opens.
• 1920 - Population: 80,100.^[6]
• 1921
  • Siman (shop) in business.
  • Casa Presidencial (government residence) built.
• 1923 - Ilopango military airfield begins operating.
• 1932 - Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González (stadium) built.
• 1934 - Flood.^[2]
• 1935 - Parque Cuscatlán (park) established.
• 1936 - El Diario de Hoy newspaper headquartered in San Salvador.^[7]
• 1949 - Tribuna Libre newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1950
  • Club Deportivo Atlético Marte formed.
  • Population: 160,380.^[2]
• 1951
  • Cathedral burns down.^[2]
  • Organization of Central American States headquartered in city.
• 1953 - Iglesia de María Auxiliadora (El Salvador) (church) built.
• 1955 - Cine Avenida (cinema) opens (approximate date).^[9]
• 1956 - San Salvador Cathedral construction begins.
• 1958 - El Salvador Amateur Radio Club headquartered in city.
• 1960 - Alianza Fútbol Club active.
• 1964
  • José Napoleón Duarte becomes mayor.
  • Biblioteca Nacional Francisco Gavidia (library) building constructed.
• 1965 - Jesuit Central American University founded.
• 1969 - "Metroplan 80" (city plan) created.^[10]

1970s-1990s

• 1970
  • Metrocentro shopping mall in business.
  • Carlos Antonio Herrera Rebollo becomes mayor.
• 1971 - Teatro Presidente opens.
• 1972 - Wester Hotel in business.
• 1974 - José Antonio Morales Ehrlich becomes mayor.
• 1975 - International Trade and Convention Center opens.
• 1976
  • Estadio Cuscatlán (stadium) opens.
  • José Napoleón Gómez becomes mayor.
• 1977 - February 28: Political demonstration; crackdown.
• 1978 - Hugo Guerra becomes mayor.
• 1979 - Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes becomes mayor.
• 1980
  • March 24: Archbishop Óscar Romero assassinated.^[11]
  • El Salvador International Airport opens.
• 1981 - October 24: Bombing.^[12]
• 1982 - Alejandro Duarte becomes mayor.
• 1985 - José Antonio Morales Ehrlich becomes mayor again.
• 1986 - October 10: 1986 San Salvador earthquake.^[13]
• 1988
  • December: Car bombing.^[14]
  • Armando Calderón Sol becomes mayor.^[15]
• 1989
  • November 11: FMLN attacks.^[16]
  • November 16: Murder of UCA scholars.^[11]
  • Diario Co Latino newspaper in publication.
• 1994 - Mario Valiente becomes mayor.
• 1995 - Centro Comercial Galerias shopping mall in business.
• 1996 - Homies Unidos (community group) founded.
• 1997
  • Hilton Hotel in business.
  • Héctor Silva becomes mayor.^[17]
• 1999 - Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen opens.

21st century

• 2002
  • RN-5 highway opens.
  • San Salvador Fútbol Club formed.
• 2003
  • Teatro Luis Poma and Museo de Arte de El Salvador building open.
  • Carlos Rivas Zamora becomes mayor.
• 2005 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.^[18]
• 2006 - Violeta Menjívar becomes mayor.
• 2007 - Population: 316,090.^[19]
• 2009
  • World Trade Center San Salvador built.
  • Norman Quijano becomes mayor.
  • RN-21 highway opens.
• 2010
  • June: Bus attacks.^[17]
  • Torre El Pedregal built.
• 2011 - Parque del Bicentenario (park) established.
• 2014 - Air pollution in San Salvador reaches annual mean of 42 PM2.5 and 77 PM10, more than recommended.^[20]

See also

• San Salvador history
• List of mayors of San Salvador 1964-present
• History of El Salvador

References

1. James Stuart Olson, ed. (1991). "El Salvador". Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26257-9.
2. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1684, OL 6112221M
3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: El Salvador". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
4. Catholic Encyclopedia 1912.
5. Salvador: General Descriptive Data, Washington DC: Union of American Republics, 1916 – via Hathi Trust
6. Collier 1928.
7. "El Salvador: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
8. "San Salvador (El Salvador) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
9. "Movie Theaters in San Salvador". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
10. Lungo 2000.
11. "El Salvador". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. 2003. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
12. "San Salvador Terrorists Set Off Five Bombs", New York Times, October 24, 1981
13. "Strong Quake Hits San Salvador", New York Times, October 11, 1986
14. "Besieged San Salvador Feels Realities of War", New York Times, January 23, 1989
15. "San Salvador Journal; The Far Right's New Face (Some Say It's a Mask)", New York Times, September 21, 1988
16. Elisabeth Jean Wood (2003). "Chronology". Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-93656-9.
17. "El Salvador Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
18. "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
19. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2012. United Nations Statistics Division.
20. World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva

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

Bibliography

• A.A. MacErlean (1912). "San Salvador". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
• "San Salvador". Collier's Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son. 1928.
• Mario Lungo (2000). "Downtown San Salvador: housing, public spaces, and economic transformation". In Mario Polèse and Richard E. Stren. The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8320-3.

External links

• Map of San Salvador, 1998
• Items related to San Salvador, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Coordinates: 13°41′N 89°11′W / 13.69°N 89.19°W