The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cali, Colombia.
Prior to 20th century
edit- 1536 – Cali founded by Spaniard Sebastián de Belalcázar.[1]
- 1747 – Capilla de San Antonio (Cali) (church) built.
- 1802 – Metropolitan Cathedral of Cali built.
- 1810
- July 3: Cali declares independence from Spanish colonial rule.
- Population: 6,385.[2]
- 1811 – Cali joins the Confederated cities of the Cauca Valley.[citation needed]
- 1890 – Market Plaza built (approximate date).[citation needed]
20th century
edit- 1906 - Population: 16,000 (estimate).[3]
- 1910 – Catholic Diocese of Cali,[4] regional administrative Valle del Cauca Department, and Cali Chamber of Commerce Quiénes somos I Cámara de Comercio de Cali established.
- 1912 – Deportivo Cali (sport club) formed.
- 1913 – Cayzedo statue erected in the Plaza de Cayzedo.[citation needed]
- 1914 – Buenaventura-Cali railway begins operating.[5]
- 1927 – Cali City Theatre opens.
- 1931 – Teatro Jorge Isaacs (theatre) opens.
- 1933 – Palacio Nacional (Cali) built.
- 1937 – Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero (stadium) opens.
- 1938 – Population: 88,366.[5]
- 1942 – Iglesia la Ermita (Cali) (church) rebuilt.
- 1945 – University of Valle established.
- 1946 – October: Economic unrest.[6]
- 1950 – El País newspaper begins publication.
- 1951 – Population: 284,186.[7]
- 1953
- La Estación (Cali) (railway station) opens.
- Biblioteca Departamental Jorge Garcés Borrero (library) established.
- 1956
- Dynamite explosion.
- La Tertulia Museum founded.
- 1957
- Cali Fair begins.
- Cañaveralejo bullring opens.
- 1968 – Farallones de Cali National Park established near city.
- 1969 – Cali Zoo founded.
- 1970
- Universidad Autónoma de Occidente established.
- Pontifical Xavierian University begins operating in Cali.
- 1971
- Palmaseca Airport, Coliseo El Pueblo (arena) and Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño open.
- 1971 Pan American Games held in Cali.
- 1973 – Population: 898,253 city; 923,264 urban agglomeration.[8]
- 1974 – Central de Transportes de Cali built.[9]
- 1977 – Criminal Cali Cartel active.
- 1979 – Universidad Icesi founded.
- 1980
- Unicentro Cali shopping center opens.
- Procali NGO association established.[10]
- 1984 – Cali Tower built.[9]
- 1985 – Population: 1,369,331.[11]
- 1990
- Cali Cultural Center built.
- Loma de la Cruz Artisan Park established.
- 1992
- Rodrigo Guerrero becomes mayor.
- Population: 1,759,139.[10]
- 1995
- December 20: Airplane crash in nearby Buga.
- Feria del Libro Pacífico (book fair) begins.
- 1996 – El Gato del Río sculpture erected at Avenida del Río.
- 1999 – Church kidnapping.[12][13]
21st century
edit- 2001 – Jardin Botanico de Cali (garden) established.[14]
- 2002 – April 12: Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis begins.
- 2004 – Criminal Los Rastrojos active.
- 2005 – Population: 2,119,908.[1]
- 2007 – Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacifico built.
- 2008 – Caliwood film museum opens.
- 2009 – Masivo Integrado de Occidente (transit system) begins operating.
- 2010 – Estadio Deportivo Cali (stadium) opens.
- 2016 – Population: 2,394,925.[15]
- 2017 – Starbucks begins operations.[16]
See also
editOther cities in Colombia:
References
edit- ^ a b Harvey F. Kline (2012). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7955-3.
- ^ "Así era Cali en 1810", El Pais (in Spanish), July 20, 2010
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Colombia". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- ^ a b Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 310, OL 6112221M
- ^ James D. Henderson (2001). Modernization in Colombia: The Laureano Gómez Years, 1889–1965. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3124-8.
- ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Luis Fernando González Escobar (2010). Ciudad y arquitectura urbana en Colombia 1980–2010 (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Antioquia. ISBN 978-958-714-382-9.
- ^ a b World Bank 2002.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
- ^ "Colombia Rebels Kidnap 100 At Mass but Later Let Most Go", New York Times, May 31, 1999
- ^ "Colombia". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. 2003. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
- ^ "Garden Search: Colombia". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.
- ^ Cali, Casa Editorial El País (15 December 2017). "Starbucks alista su llegada a Cali". elpais.com.co.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
edit- Isaac F. Holton (1857), "Cali", New Granada: Twenty Months in the Andes, New York: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 2422862
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 3.
- Rakesh Mohan (1994), Understanding the Developing Metropolis: Lessons from the City Study of Bogotá and Cali, Colombia (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press / World Bank, ISBN 9780195208825
- Bank, World (2002). Cali, Colombia: Toward a City Development Strategy. Washington DC: World Bank. ISBN 978-0-8213-5174-1.
- Politics and Security in Three Colombian Cities, London: Crisis States Research Centre, 2009 – via International Relations and Security Network (about Bogota, Cali, Medellin)
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