Timeline of Villahermosa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Villahermosa in Centro Municipality, Tabasco state, Mexico.

Prior to 20th century

• 1596 - Settlement founded.^[1]
• 1598 - Settlement named "Villahermosa".^[2]
• 1677 - Regional seat of government relocated from Villahermosa to Tacotalpa.
• 1797 - Regional seat of government relocated to Villahermosa from Tacotalpa.
• 1824
  • Villahermosa becomes capital of State of Tabasco.
  • Congress of Tabasco headquartered in town.^[3]
  • Printing press in operation.^[1]
• 1826
  • Town renamed "San Juan Bautista".^[2]
  • Argos Tabasqueño newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1846 - 24-26 October: First Battle of Tabasco against U.S. forces.
• 1847
  • 15-16 June: Second Battle of Tabasco.
  • Regional seat of government relocated from Villahermosa to Tacotalpa.
• 1880 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco established.^[5]
• 1881 - El Tabasqueño newspaper in publication.^[6]
• 1890 - Casa de los azulejos (residence) built.
• 1894 - Governor's Palace (Tabasco) built on the Plaza de Armas de Villahermosa.
• 1895 - Population: 9,604.^[7]

20th century

• 1900 - Population: 10,548.^[8]
• 1915 - City named "Villahermosa" again.^[2]
• 1921 - Diario de Tabasco newspaper begins publication.^[1]
• 1924 - Liga Central de Resistencia (political group) headquartered in city.^[9]
• 1932 - 12 October: Flood.^[1]
• 1958 - Parque-Museo La Venta (museum) opens.
• 1974 - Villahermosa Institute of Technology established.
• 1977 - Oil discovered near city (approximate date).^[10][11]
• 1979 - Pérez International Airport inaugurated.
• 1982
  • 1 January: Tabasco state election, 1982 held.
  • Casa de Artes (cultural institution) founded.^[12]
• 1987
  • Peñitas Dam commissioned near city on the Grijalva River.^[13]
  • Tabasco Hoy newspaper begins publication.^[14]
• 1988
  • 9 October: Tabasco state election, 1988 held.
  • Museo de Historia Natural José Narciso Rovirosa (museum) opens.
• 1990
  • Catedral del Señor de Tabasco (church) built.
  • Population: 261,131 city; 386,776 Centro Municipality.
• 1994 - 20 November: Tabasco state election, 1994 held.
• 1995 - Population: 301,328 city; 465,449 Centro Municipality.
• 1999 - September: Flood.^[13]

21st century

• 2000
  • 15 October: Tabasco state election, 2000 held.^[15]
  • Mormon temple built.
  • Population: 430,846 city; 520,308 Centro Municipality.
• 2005 - Population: 558,524 city; 664,629 Centro Municipality.
• 2006 - 15 October: Tabasco state election, 2006 held.
• 2007 - October: 2007 Tabasco flood.^[16][17]
• 2009 - Jesús Alí de la Torre elected mayor of Centro Municipality.^[18]
• 2010 - Population: 353,577 city;^[19] 755,425 metro.^[20]
• 2012 - 1 July: Tabasco gubernatorial election, 2012 held.

See also

• History of Villahermosa (in Spanish)
• Categoría:Villahermosa (in Spanish)
• List of governors of Tabasco state (Spanish version, 1519-present)

References

1. "Centro: Cronología de Hechos Históricos". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 12 December 2011.
2. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 2030, OL 6112221M
3. "Historia" (in Spanish). Congreso del Estado de Tabasco. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
4. "El libro en Tabasco". Hey Tabasco (in Spanish). 2 December 2013.
5. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mexico". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved December 18, 2014.
6. "Villahermosa (Tabasco, Mexico) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
7. J. Figueroa Doménech (1899). "Estado de Tabasco". Guía General Descriptiva de la República Mexicana (in Spanish). 2. R. de S. N. Araluce – via Hathi Trust.
8. "Tabasco", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
9. Stan Ridgeway (2001). "Monoculture, Monopoly, and the Mexican Revolution: Tomás Garrido Canabal and the Standard Fruit Company in Tabasco (1920–1935)". Mexican Studies. 17.
10. Alan Riding (7 February 1983). "Oil Impact on Mexican Town". New York Times.
11. George Grayson (1981). The Politics of Mexican Oil. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7423-9.
12. Instituto Estatal de Cultura. "Escuela de Iniciación Artística Casa de Artes José Gorostiza" (in Spanish). State of Tabasco. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
13. Julia Preston (25 October 1999). "Villahermosa Journal; A Rising Tide Lifts All Political Resentments". New York Times.
14. "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
15. "Ruling Party Declared Winner of Disputed Governor´s race in Mexico". New York Times. 23 October 2000.
16. BBC News. "Mexico Profile: Timeline". Retrieved December 18, 2014.
17. Elisabeth Malkin (5 November 2007). "In Mexico, Residents Contend With a Flooded City". New York Times.
18. "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
19. "Municipio de Centro: Villahermosa". Catálogo de Localidades (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
20. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Further reading

• Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Villahermosa", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
• John Fisher (1999), "Chiapas and Tabasco: Villahermosa", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 496+, OL 24935876M

External links

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