• Source: Timeline of Cali

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cali, Colombia.




Prior to 20th century



1536 – Cali founded by Spaniard Sebastián de Belalcázar.
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.
1811 – Cali joins the Confederated cities of the Cauca Valley.
1890 – Market Plaza built (approximate date).




20th century


1906 - Population: 16,000 (estimate).
1910 – Catholic Diocese of Cali, 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.
1914 – Buenaventura-Cali railway begins operating.
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.
1942 – Iglesia la Ermita (Cali) (church) rebuilt.
1945 – University of Valle established.
1946 – October: Economic unrest.
1950 – El País newspaper begins publication.
1951 – Population: 284,186.
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.
1974 – Central de Transportes de Cali built.
1977 – Criminal Cali Cartel active.
1979 – Universidad Icesi founded.
1980
Unicentro Cali shopping center opens.
Procali NGO association established.
1984 – Cali Tower built.
1985 – Population: 1,369,331.
1990
Cali Cultural Center built.
Loma de la Cruz Artisan Park established.
1992
Rodrigo Guerrero becomes mayor.
Population: 1,759,139.
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.




21st century


2001 – Jardin Botanico de Cali (garden) established.
2002 – April 12: Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis begins.
2004 – Criminal Los Rastrojos active.
2005 – Population: 2,119,908.
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.
2017 – Starbucks begins operations.




See also


Cali history
History of Cali
List of mayors of Cali
Other cities in Colombia:

Timeline of Bogotá
Timeline of Cartagena, Colombia
Timeline of Ocaña, Colombia




References



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




Bibliography






External links



Map of Cali, 1981
Map of Cali, 1995

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