- Source: Timeline of Acapulco
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
Prior to 20th century
1550
Acapulco town established by Fernando de Santa Ana.
Pedro Pacheco becomes mayor.
1565 – October: Spanish galleon San Pedro of Andrés de Urdaneta arrives from the Philippines in the first ever eastward voyage across the Pacific.
1570s – Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación built (approximate date).
1576 – Epidemic outbreak.
1597 – Spanish colonial bureau of accounts established.
1614 – January: Japanese ship Mutsu Maru arrives; passengers include Hasekura Tsunenaga.
1615
Acapulco-Manila galleon trade begins.
October: Dutch Joris van Spilbergen expedition passes through.
1616 – Fort of San Diego built.
1617 – Fortín Álvarez built.
1624 – October: Fuerte de San Diego taken briefly by Dutch.
1627 – Customs building constructed.
1776 – 21 April: Earthquake.
1783 – Fort of San Diego rebuilt.
1799 – Town becomes a city: "Ciudad de los Reyes de Acapulco."
1803 – March: German scientist Alexander von Humboldt visits Acapulco.
1810–1811 – City besieged by forces of José María Morelos during the Mexican War of Independence.
1813 – April: Siege of Acapulco (1813); Morelos in power.
1814 – City burnt per order of Morelos.
1852 – 1852 Acapulco earthquake totally destroys the city.
20th century
1907 – April: Earthquake.
1909 – 30 July: Brecha de Guerrero earthquake.
1919 – Workers Party of Acapulco founded.
1930 – Population: 6,529.
1934 – Salón Rojo cinema opens on Plaza Álvarez.
1949 – Avenida Costera Miguel Alemán (street) opens.
1950s – Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Acapulco built.
1954 – Cine Tropical opens (approximate date).
1955 – Mexican Air Force 7th Military Air Base established.
1958 – Roman Catholic diocese of Acapulco established.
1959 – Jorge Joseph Piedra becomes mayor.
1960 – Population: 49,149.
1967 – Aéroport international général Juan N. Álvarez in operation.
1969
Mercado Central de Acapulco built.
Novedades Acapulco newspaper in publication.
Sister city relationship established with Manila, Philippines.
1970 – Population: 174,378.
1971 – Capilla Ecuménica La Paz (chapel) opens.
1973
Acapulco Convention Center opens.
Internacional de Acapulco Fútbol Club formed.
1975
Unidad Deportiva Acapulco (athletic facility) and Condominio Torres Gemelas built.
Instituto Tecnológico de Acapulco established.
1978
Miss Universe 1978 Pageant is held at the Teotihuacan Forum of the Acapulco Convention Center
1980 – Population: 301,902.
1981
Parque Papagayo (park) opens.
Crowne Plaza Acapulco built.
1985 – Fictional telenovela Tú o nadie broadcast (set in Acapulco).
1986 – Museo Histórico de Acapulco (museum) established.
1987 – Rio Group meets in city.
1988 – Torre Coral built.
1991 – Festival Acapulco begins.
1992 – Universidad Loyola del Pacífico established.
1993 – Carretera Federal 95D (Mexico City-Acapulco highway) begins operating.
1995 – Population: 592,528.
1997
June: Acapulco Black Film Festival begins.
October: Hurricane Pauline.
1999 – Casa de la Máscara (museum) opens.
2000 – Population: 620,656.
21st century
2005 – June: Guerrero police chief killed.
2008
5 October: Guerrero state election, 2008 held.
Mundo Imperial tourist resort and its Forum de Mundo Imperial (stadium) open.
La Isla Acapulco Shopping Village in business.
2010 – Population: 673,479 in city; 863,431 in Acapulco metropolitan area.
2011 – 30 January: Guerrero state election, 2011 held.
5 May 2011: 2011 Guerrero earthquake
2012
24 March: Verónica Escobar Romo becomes mayor.
1 July: Acapulco municipal election, 2012 held; Luis Walton wins.
Acabús (public transit) construction and Acapulco Imperial Mega Fair begin.
2013 – September: Hurricane Manuel.
2015 – Luis Uruñuela Fey becomes mayor.
2018 – 7 May: Anti-crime clown protest.
2021 – 17 September: 2021 Guerrero earthquake
2023 – October: Hurricane Otis.
See also
Acapulco history
History of Guerrero
History of Guerrero state (in Spanish)
List of municipal presidents of Acapulco
References
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
= In English
=Published in 18th–19th centuries
Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Acapulco", The American Gazetteer, Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
Josiah Conder (1830), "Acapulco", Mexico and Guatimala, The Modern Traveller, vol. 25, London: J.Duncan
Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Acapulco". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. Vol. 1. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064786.
John Ramsay McCulloch (1875), "Acapulco", A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, hdl:2027/njp.32101079877088
Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Acapulco", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
Published in the 20th century
Reau Campbell (1909), "Acapulco", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
"Acapulco" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 110–111.
William Lytle Schurz (1918). "Acapulco and the Manila Galleon". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 22. hdl:2027/njp.32101077272498.
Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Acapulco", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Engel Sluiter (1949). "Fortification of Acapulco, 1615–1616". Hispanic American Historical Review. 29 (1): 69–80. doi:10.1215/00182168-29.1.69. JSTOR 2508294.
Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 123+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
John Fisher (1999), "Acapulco", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 376+, OL 24935876M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Published in the 21st century
Stephen R. Niblo and Diane M. Niblo (2008). "Acapulco in Dreams and Reality". Mexican Studies. 24 (1): 31–51. doi:10.1525/msem.2008.24.1.31. JSTOR 10.1525/msem.2008.24.1.31.
David Marley (2005), "Acapulco", Historic Cities of the Americas, vol. 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 209–218, ISBN 1576070271
= In Spanish
=Antonio García Cubas [in Spanish] (1896). "Acapulco". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 1. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924020385047.
"Plan Municipal de Desarrollo 2012–2015", Gobierno Municipal de Acapulco (in Spanish), Ayuntamiento de Acapulco
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