Prior to 20th century
- 123 BCE – Roman and Spanish settlers arrive on island organised by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus.
- 450 CE – Vandals in power (approximate date).
- 8th century CE – Arabs in power.[3]
- 800s – Second wall built around Palma.
- 902 – Moorish Emirate of Córdoba in power; city called "Medina Mayurka".
- 12th century – Third wall built around city.
- 1114 – City taken by Catalan and Pisan forces.
- 1116 – Almoravide Moors in power.
- 1229 – Conquest of Majorca by Christian forces; Catalans in power.(ca)
- 1230
- Carto de Poblacio (city constitution) created.
- Palma Cathedral construction begins.
- 1281 – Convento de San Francisco (Palma de Mallorca) construction begins.
- 1295 – James II of Aragon in power per Treaty of Anagni.
- 1302 – "Weekly market" begins.
- 1311 – Bellver Castle built.[3]
- 1331 – Synagogue built.
- 1343 – Consulate of the Sea established.[5]
- 1349 – Peter IV of Aragon in power.
- 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
- 1391 – Majorcan revolt of 1391 against Jews.
- 1403 – Flood.
- 1456 – Lonja de Palma de Mallorca (market-exchange) built.
- 1488 – Spanish Inquisition begins.
- 1503 – University founded.
- 1521-1523 – Peasant uprising ("Brotherhoods of Mallorca").
- 1541 – King Charles I of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1601 – Palma Cathedral construction completed.
- 1616 – Palacio Episcopal built.
- 1700 – Seminary established.
- 1836 – Nautical school and Institute founded.
- 1839 – Diario constitucional de Palma newspaper in publication.[9]
- 1840 – Casino Palmesano established.[7]
- 1842 – Population: 40,892.[10]
- 1851
- Círculo Mallorquín established.[7]
- Arxiu Històric de les Balears (archives) active.[11]
- 1852 – Diario de Palma newspaper in publication.
- 1857 – Teatro Principal (theatre) opens.[12]
- 1860 – Queen Isabel II of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1872
- Banc de Crèdit Balear (bank) established.
- City walls dismantled.
- 1875 – Inca-Palma railway begins operating.[13]
- 1880 – Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana founded.[14]
- 1881 – Banc Mallorquí (bank) established.
- 1893 – Última Hora newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1900 – Population: 63,937.[16]
21st century
- 2004 – Biblioteca de Can Sales (public library) opens.[18]
- 2015 – José Hila becomes mayor.
References
- 1 2 Maria Rosa Terés i Tomàs. "Palma de Mallorca". Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 14 October 2016
- ↑ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Tertulias, casinos y el nacimiento del Círculo Mallorquín", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 3 May 2009
- ↑ "(Baleares)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Palma". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Archivo del Reino de Mallorca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ Joan Mas i Vives [in Catalan] (1986). El teatre a Mallorca a l'època romàntica (in Spanish). L'Abadia de Montserrat. ISBN 978-84-7202-783-1.
- ↑ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Majorca", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
- ↑ "Historia" (in Catalan). Palma: Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ↑ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "El lírico, sacrificado por s'hort del rei", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 26 October 2012
- ↑ "Historia" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública de Palma Can Sales. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Catalan Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Guia de Palma (in Spanish). Gelabert. 1872.
- Richard Ford (1890), "Majorca: Palma", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, hdl:2027/uva.x001198108
- Meyer Kayserling (1905), "Palma", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282474
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- "Palma (Balearic Islands)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 643.
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