• Source: Timeline of Oviedo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oviedo, Spain.




Prior to 20th century



762 – Oviedo founded.(es)
790s – Alfonso II of Asturias relocates his capital to Oviedo.
811 – Roman Catholic diocese of Oviedo established.
848 – San Miguel de Lillo church built on nearby Mount Naranco.
850 – Santa María del Naranco church built on Mount Naranco.
924 – Asturian capital relocated to León from Oviedo.
1145 – Fuero de Oviedo (law) created.
1258 – New city wall construction begins.
1388 – Oviedo Cathedral construction begins.
1521 – Fire.
1528 – Oviedo Cathedral tower built.
1574 – University of Oviedo established; classes begin in 1608.
1587
San Isidoro Church built.
Plaza del Fontán developed.
1670 – Teatro del Fontán (theatre) opens.
1671 – Casa consistorial de Oviedo (town hall) built on the Plaza Mayor.
1809 – Oviedo "plundered by the French" during the Peninsular War.
1810 – Oviedo "plundered by the French" again.
1842 – Population: 19,610.
1854 – Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (art school) active.(es)[1]
1874 – Oviedo railway station opens.
1892 – Teatro Campoamor (theatre) opens.
1900
University's Extension Universitaria established "to educate the local working classes."
Population: 48,103.




20th century


1907 – Sociedad Filarmónica de Oviedo (musical group) founded.
1923 – Astur CF (football club) formed.
1926 – Real Oviedo (football club) formed.
1932 – Estadio de Buenavista (stadium) opens.
1936 – Siege of Oviedo.
1937 – La Nueva España newspaper begins publication.
1940 – Population: 82,548.
1942 – Biblioteca Pública del Estado (Oviedo) (library) established.
1944
Teatro Filarmónica (theatre) opens.
Casa del Termómetro built on the Plaza de la Escandalera.
1950 – Population: 106,002.
1956 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias (archives) established.
1975 – Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo (arena) opens.
1982 – Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Oviedo.
1991 – Population: 204,276.
2000 – New Estadio Carlos Tartiere (stadium) opens.




21st century


2003 – Estación de autobuses de Oviedo (bus depot) opens.
2011 – Population: 225,005.
2015 – Wenceslao López Martínez becomes mayor.
2019 – Alfredo Canteli becomes mayor.
2020 – Writer Luis Sepúlveda dies in Oviedo, of COVID-19. He was the first COVID-19 case detected in Asturias.




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See also


Oviedo history
List of mayors of Oviedo
Other cities in the autonomous community of Asturias:(es)

Timeline of Gijón
List of municipalities in Asturias




References



This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



"Archivo Municipal de Oviedo" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Oviedo. (city archives)
Items related to Oviedo, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Oviedo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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