Timeline of Panama City
The following is a timeline of the history of Panama City, Republic of Panama.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1519 - Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion de Panama founded by Spaniards.[1]
- 1539 - Royal Audiencia of Panama established.
- 1671 - Panamá Viejo sacked by privateer Henry Morgan.[2]
- 1673
- New settlement established 5 miles southwest of Panamá Viejo.[1]
- City wall,[2] Palacio de las Garzas, and Saint Dominic Convent[3] built.
- 1737 - Fire.[4]
- 1752 - Royal Audiencia disestablished.[4]
- 1760 - Cathedral built.[2]
- 1821 - City becomes part of Gran Colombia.[1]
- 1826 - June: City hosts Panama Congress.[2]
- 1830 - City becomes part of Republic of New Granada.[5]
- 1849 - Panama Star English-language newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1853 - La Estrella de Panamá newspaper in publication.
- 1855 - Panama Railway begins operating.[7]
- 1856 - April 15: Watermelon War.
- 1878 - Fire.
- 1880 - Bishop's palace built.[7]
- 1881 - Panama Canal construction begins.[8]
- 1882 - L'Hospital Notre Dame de Canal established.
- 1887 - City fire department established.[1]
20th century
- 1903 - City becomes part of independent Republic of Panama.[5]
- 1904 - Ancon Hospital active.
- 1905 - Population: 22,000.[1]
- 1908 - National Theatre of Panama opens.
- 1911
- Way On Cemetery established.
- Population: 46,500.[1]
- 1914 - Panama Canal begins operating.
- 1916 - National Exposition of Panama held.[9]
- 1924
- National Archive building dedicated.[10]
- Hospital Santo Tomas rebuilt.
- 1925 - "Protest strike" against urban conditions.[1]
- 1930 - Population: 74,400.[1]
- 1935 - University of Panama established.
- 1940 - Population: 111,800.[1]
- 1947 - December: Anti-U.S. unrest.[1]
- 1953 - Auto-Cine (drive-in cinema) opens.[11]
- 1955 - Club Deportivo Plaza Amador (football club) formed.
- 1962 - Bridge of the Americas opens.
- 1964 - January: Anti-U.S. unrest.[1]
- 1970 - Gimnasio Nuevo Panama (arena) opens.
- 1981 - La Prensa newspaper begins publication.
- 1985 - Parque Municipal Summit established.
- 1986 - Mossack Fonseca law firm in business.
- 1988 - Metropolitan Natural Park opens.
- 1989
- December 20: United States invasion of Panama begins.[1][12]
- Guillermo Endara becomes president
- Mayin Correa becomes mayor of Panamá District.
- 1990 - Dictator Manuel Noriega surrenders to United States military forces on January 3rd.
- 1993 - Mi Pueblito created.[13]
- 1994 - Ernesto Perez Balladares wins May 1994 elections and becomes president.
- 1995 - Club Deportivo Policía Nacional (football club) formed.
- 1996
- Marine Exhibition Center of Punta Culebra established.
- Miramar Towers built.
- 1997
- Cines Alhambra (cinema) in business.[11]
- Panama Canal Museum established.
- 1999
- Mireya Moscoso wins May 1999 elections and becomes the first female president of Panama.
- Juan Carlos Navarro becomes mayor of Panama District.
- Hospital Punta Pacifica founded.
21st century
- 2003 - Panama Jazz Festival begins.
- 2004 - Martin Torrijos wins May 2004 elections and becomes president.
- 2007 - Aqualina Tower built.
- 2008
- February: Labour unrest.[5]
- Mormon temple and Ocean One hi-rise built.
- 2009
- Estadio Javier Cruz (stadium) opens.
- Cinta Costera land reclamation completed.
- Ricardo Martinelli wins May 2009 elections and becomes president.
- 2010
- Ocean Two hi-rise built.
- Population: 880,691.
- 2011 - Tower Financial Center, F&F Tower, Yacht Club Tower, Megapolis Tower, The Point, and Trump Ocean Club built.
- 2012
- Vitri Tower and Pearl Tower built.
- Mayor Bosco Vallarino resigns;[14] Roxana Méndez becomes mayor.
- International Film Festival of Panama begins.[15]
- 2014
- Panama Metro begins operating.
- Juan Carlos Varela wins May 2014 elections and becomes president
- Biomuseo built.[16]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Marley 2005.
- 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Cooke 1983.
- 1 2 Rees 1819.
- 1 2 3 "Panama Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Panama (Panama) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
- 1 2 Chambers 1901.
- ↑ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Panama", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- ↑ Pan American Union (1916). Panama. Washington DC: Union of American Republics.
- ↑ Holger M. Meding (1999). "Historical Archives of the Republic of Panama". Latin American Research Review. 34. JSTOR 2503965.
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Panama City". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
- ↑ "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved May 30, 2015
- ↑ Carla Guerron Montero (2009). "'Three Roots' of Panama's Cultural Heritage: the Construction of Racial and National Identities in Theme Parks". In Jan M. Baud and Johanna Louisa Ypeij. Cultural Tourism in Latin America: The Politics of Space and Imagery. Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 90-04-17640-3.
- ↑ "Panama City Mayor Resigns". Global Voices. January 16, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
- ↑ "About". International Film Festival of Panama. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Frank Gehry's Biomuseo Primps for its Debut". Architectural Record. February 12, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Panama", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- Gaspard Théodore Mollien (1824), "(Town of Panama)", Travels in the Republic of Colombia, London: C. Knight, OCLC 4373721
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Panama", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- Robert Tomes (1855), "Walk About Panama", Panama in 1855, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Wolfred Nelson (1889), Five years at Panama, New York: Belford Company, OCLC 1702456
- "Colombia: Panama". Commercial Directory of Latin America. Washington DC: Bureau of the American Republics. 1892.
- Published in the 20th century
- "Panama". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- William C. Haskins (1908). "Classified Business Directory of the City of Panama". Canal Zone pilot, guide to the Republic of Panama. Star & Herald Co.
- "Panama", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- John Owen Collins (1912). "City of Panama". The Panama Guide. Vibert & Dixon.
- Algernon E. Aspinall (1914), "Panama", Pocket Guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama Canal, Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company
- Richard G. Cooke and Beatriz Elena Rovira (1983). "Historical Archaeology in Panama City". Archaeology. 36. JSTOR 41728660.
- Published in the 21st century
- Scott Doggett (2001), "Panama City", Panama, Lonely Planet, p. 109, OL 8647756M
- David F. Marley (2005), "Panama City", Historic Cities of the Americas, 2, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, p. 347+, ISBN 1576070271
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Coordinates: 8°59′N 79°31′W / 8.983°N 79.517°W
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