Timeline_of_Mérida,_Mexico
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
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- 66 million years ago - The ground beneath Mérida forms part of the impact crater of the meteorite linked to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, centred offshore to the North of the city.
- 1542 – Mérida founded by Francisco de Montejo the Younger on site of former city T'ho.[1][2]
- 1547 – Franciscan convent active.[2]
- 1549 – Montejo's residence.[3]
- 1561 – Mérida Cathedral construction begins.[4]
- 1598 – Mérida Cathedral construction completed.[4]
- 1618 – School of Mérida opens.[3]
- 1624 – Real y Pontificia Universidad de Mérida [es] established.
- 1648 – Yellow fever epidemic.[3]
- 1823 – Yucatán becomes part of Mexico.[4]
- 1847 – Caste War of Yucatán begins.
- 1869 – Revista de Mérida [es] newspaper begins publication.
- 1888 - Paseo de Montejo opened.
- 1892 – Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) built.[3]
- 1900 – Population: 43,630.[2]
- 1908 - Museum of the City of Merida initiated.
- 1910 – Parque Zoológico del Centenario [es] founded.
- 1922 – Universidad Nacional del Sureste established.[1]
- 1925 – Diario de Yucatán newspaper begins publication.
- 1929 – Airport begins operating.
- 1949 – Cine Teatro Mérida opens.[5]
- 1950 – Population: 144,793.[6]
- 1957 – Monumento a la Patria erected on the Paseo Montejo.[3]
- 1962 – Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida established.
- 1978 – Pacheco murals in the Palacio de Gobierno completed.[4]
- 1983 – Jardin Botanico Regional del CICY (garden) established in Chuburná de Hidalgo [es].[7]
- 1988 – The city is hit by Hurricane Gilbert.
- 1993 – Catholic Pope John Paul II visits city.
- 1999 – Bill Clinton visits the city in a binational meeting.
- 2000 – The city is designated as the 1st American Capital of Culture.
- 2001 -
- Yucatan Symphony Orchestra founded.
- Ana Rosa Payán becomes as the 29th mayor for a second period.
- 2002 – The city is hit by Hurricane Isidore.
- 2003 – C.F. Mérida football club formed.
- 2004 – Manuel Fuentes Alcocer becomes the 30th mayor.
- 2005 – The city held the International Mathematical Olympiad.[8]
- 2006 – Mérida host the 18th International Olympiad in Informatics.[9]
- 2007 -
- George W. Bush is received in Mérida, here he signs the Mérida Initiative.
- César Bojórquez Zapata becomes the 31st mayor.
- 2009 – The city held the 40th International Physics Olympiad.[10]
- 2010
- Angélica Araujo Lara becomes the 32nd mayor.[11]
- Population: 777,615; Metropolitan Area 973,046.[12]
- 2011
- The International Committee of the Banner of Peace titled Merida as "City of Peace".
- The city held the II Alianza del Pacífico summit.
- 2012 – Alvaro Lara Pacheco becomes acting mayor, few months later Renán Barrera Concha wins the local election and he becomes the 34th mayor.
- 2014 – Mérida hosted the VI Summit of Association of Caribbean States, more than 25 Heads of State members came to the city.
- 2015
- Mauricio Vila Dosal becomes the 35th mayor.
- Raul Castro, President of Cuba is received by President Enrique Peña Nieto in his first visit as President, to Mexico. Here he announced his retirement on 2018.
- 2018
- María Dolores Fritz Sierra becomes the 36th mayor, as acting mayor in office.
- The 3rd presidential debate of the 2018 general elections is hosted at the Mayan Museum of Merida
- Renán Barrera Concha becomes the 37th mayor. First constitutionally re-elected after the 2015 constitutional reform.
- 2019
- The city hosted the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, receiving more than 30 of them.
- Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1187, OL 6112221M
- "Movie Theaters in Merida, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- "Garden Search: Mexico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- 40th IPhO 40th Mexico 2009 website Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
in English
- John L. Stephens (1858), "(Merida)", Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Moore, Henry (1894), "Commercial Directory: Merida", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
- Campbell, Reau (1909), "Mérida", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
- "Mérida (Mexico)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 165.
- W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Mérida", Anglo-South American Handbook, vol. 1, New York: Macmillan, hdl:2027/mdp.39015027978728
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Mérida", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- "Mérida", Baedeker's Mexico, Baedekers Guides, 1994, p. 275+, OL 11077410M (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- José Luis Lezama (1994). "Mexico: Mérida". In Gerald Michael Greenfield (ed.). Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313259372.
- Michael D. Phillips (1995). "Mérida". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 362+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
- Fisher, John (1999), "Yucatan: Merida", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 523+, OL 24935876M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Mérida", Yucatán (2nd ed.), Lonely Planet, 2003, OL 24928189M
in Spanish
- Antonio García Cubas [in Spanish] (1896). "Mérida". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 4. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924056282357.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Mérida, Yucatán.
- "Publicaciones editadas en Yucatán". Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de Mexico (National Digital Newspaper Archive of Mexico) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. (includes Merida)
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Mérida, various dates