Timeline of Bogotá (Redirected from Timeline of Bogotá history)
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bogotá, Colombia.
Prehistory
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- The area around Bogotá was inhabited since the late Pleistocene, with sites El Abra (12,500 BP), Aguazuque and Tequendama as earliest evidences of inhabitation
Pre-conquest
- <1537 - Bogotá and its surroundings was called Bacatá by the Muisca who inhabited the Bogotá savanna and were organised in their loose Muisca Confederation
16th century
- 1538 - Santa Fe de Bogotá founded by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
- 1539 - 27 April: Municipal council in session
- 1540 - City status granted by Charles I of the Spanish Empire
- 1549 - City becomes capital of the New Kingdom of Granada
- 1550 - Santo Domingo convent founded.
- 1553 - Main Plaza relocated
- 1557 - Santo Domingo convent relocated
- 1558 - Smallpox epidemic
- 1561 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada established
- 1564 - Archbishop Juan de los Barrios gifts his house for the establishment of the San Pedro hospital
- 1565 - Chapel built
- 1578 - The entrepreneur and landowner Francisco Hernán Sanchéz, urbanizes the surrounding areas to the river and builds a temple
- 1580 - Saint Thomas Aquinas University founded
- 1592 - San Bartolomé Seminar School founded
17th century
- 1604 - Jesuit college established
- 1616 - Population: 3,000
- 1621
- Mint established
- Church of San Francisco built.
- 1635 - Iglesia de San Ignacio (church) opens
- 1653 - Our Lady of the Rosary University founded
- 1674 - Santa Clara church built
- 1675 - Leprosy epidemic
- 1681 - Typhus epidemic
- 1692 - Measles epidemic
18th century
- 1714 - Earthquake
- 1717 - City becomes capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada
- 1739 - The San Pedro hospital is renamed as the San Juan de Dios hospital
- 1777 - Real Biblioteca Publica (library) founded
- 1781 - The rebellion of the Comuneros (commoners in English) takes place
- 1782 - José Antonio Galán and other leaders of the Comuneros are hanged in the Plaza Mayor de Santafé
- 1783 - La Enseñanza school founded
- 1785 - Earthquake
- 1789 - Population: 18,161
- 1791
- First map of the city is made by Domingo Esquiaqui
- Papel periódico de la Ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota newspaper begins publication
19th century
- 1801 - Population: 21,394
- 1803 - Observatorio Astronómico constructed
- 1810 - City becomes capital of the Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca
- 1811 - Local revolt against Spanish rule.
- 1816
- Spaniard Pablo Morillo in power
- Puerta Falsa cafe in business
- 1819
- Battle of Boyacá and the Spanish evacuate.
- Santafé de Bogotá is renamed as Bogotá
- Population: 30,000
- 1823 - Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá completed.
- 1824 - Colombian National Museum opens
- 1836 - Central Cemetery of Bogotá established
- 1840
- Trolleybus starts operating
- El Día newspaper begins publication
- 1846
- Sociedad Filarmonica founded
- Caja de Ahorros (bank) established
- Statue of Simón Bolívar is erected in the center of the Plaza Mayor
- Police Force of Bogotá established
- 1847 - Society of Artisans organized
- 1864 - Medicine & Natural Sciences Society founded
- 1865 - Telegraph begins operating
- 1867 - Universidad Nacional de Colombia (national university) is founded
- 1870 - Banco de Bogota founded
- 1871 - Academia Colombiana de la Lengua (national language academy) founded
- 1875 - Capitol building constructed
- 1876 - Prison begins operating.
- 1881 - Papel Periódico Ilustrado begins publication
- 1884
- Compañía Colombiana de Teléfonos (telephone company) established
- Tramway begins operating
- 1886 - Universidad Externado de Colombia and Escuela de Bellas Artes (school) founded
- 1887 - The aqueduct is upgraded to an iron aqueduct pipe
- 1889
- Bogotá Savannah Railway begins operating.
- Bogotá Electric Light Company is founded
- 1890 - Bavaria brewery in business
- 1891 - The Medicine & Sciences Society is renamed as Academia de Medicina (Colombia), (Medicine Academy)
- 1892
- Usaquen train station of the Ferrocarril del Norte (Bogotá) inaugurated
- Teatro de Cristóbal Colón inaugurated
- 1893
- January: riots
- El Artesano newspaper begins publication
- 1895
- Municipal Theatre inaugurated
- Population: 95,813
- 1896 - The glass factory Fenicia established
- 1898
- Hipodromo de la Gran Sabana (racecourse) inaugurated
- Revista Ilustrada begins publication
- 1900 - 31 July: Coup
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- 1902
- Academia Colombiana de Historia (history academy) founded
- The Edificio de Lievano (city hall) set
- 1905 - Population: 100.000
- 1908 - Palacio de Nariño dedicated
- 1909
- Compañia de Cementos Samper (cement company) established
- Electric streetcar begins operating
- 1910
- Exposición del Centenario de la independencia (world's fair) held
- Javier Tobar Ahumada becomes mayor
- 1911
- First airplane lands in Bogotá for an exhibition
- El Tiempo newspaper begins publication
- 1912
- Population: 121,257
- Carlos Eduardo Padilla builds an airplane and flies over Chapinero
- 1915 - El Espectador newspaper begins publication in Bogota
- 1918
- Population: 143.994
- Flu epidemic
- 1921 - First student strike
- 1922 - Quinta de Bolívar museum inaugurated[citation needed]
- 1923 - Police headquarters building constructed
- 1926 - Capitolio Nacional built
- 1928
- Bogotá Stock Exchange established
- Population: 235,421
- 1929 - Medellín-Bogota railway begins operating
- 1930
- Aerodromo del Techo (aerodrome) is built
- The Voz de la Victor (radio) founded
- 1931 - Santamaría Bullring constructed
- 1933 - First Juegos Atléticos Nacionales takes place
- 1936 - El Siglo newspaper begins publication
- 1937 - University City (campus) of National University of Colombia built
- 1938
- Estadio El Campín, Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium, and National Library building constructed
- 400th anniversary of city founding
- Avenida de Las Américas (avenue) built
- Population: 336,996
- First Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá (book fair) inaugurated
- 1939 - Gold Museum established
- 1941 - Corporación Deportiva Santa Fe (football club) formed
- 1946 - Millonarios Fútbol Club formed
- 1947 - Architect Le Corbusier is hired to conduct the city planning
- 1948
- March–April: International Conference of American States held
- 9 April: Bogotazo
- District University of Bogotá and University of the Andes established
- 1951 - Population: 648,324.
- 1952 - City flag design adopted
- 1953 - Bogotá Museum of Modern Art inaugurated
- 1954
- Bosa, Engativa, Fontibon, Suba, Usme, and Usaquen townships become part of city
- First television transmission is made
- Colombian Film Archive founded
- La Republica newspaper begins publication
- Mass migration from other regions in Colombia to Bogotá, due to violence since the Bogotazo
- Corferias (Fair and Exposition Corporation of Bogotá) founded
- 1955 - Bogotá Botanical Garden opens
- 1956 - University of America founded
- 1958
- Construction of the 26th Avenue begins
- Luis Ángel Arango Library opens
- 1959
- El Dorado Airport in operation
- Corficolombiana headquartered in Bogota
- 1960 - Population: 1,271,700
- 1961 - John F. Kennedy visits Bogotá
- 1963 - Puente Aranda becomes part of the city
- 1964
- Population: 1'697.311
- Charles de Gaulle visits Bogotá
- 1965 - El Espacio newspaper begins publication
- 1967 - Bogotá Philharmonic founded
- 1968
- August: Pope Paul VI visits the city
- Simón Bolívar Park inaugurated
- Embajador Theater opens as one of the few cinemas in the city.
- Fuerza Aérea de Colombia (national air force) establishes the Aeronautical Museum in the old airport of Techo
- 1969 - Avianca Building constructed
- 1970 - Catholic University of Colombia founded
- 1973 - Population: 2,855,065.
- 1974 - Ciclovía inaugurated
- 1976 - First shopping center in the city, Unicentro (Bogotá) opens
- 1977 - Centro de Comercio Internacional built
- 1978 - Torre Colpatria built
- 1979
- 1982 - Military University Nueva Granada established
- 1984
- Bus terminal inaugurated
- Metrópolis shopping center inaugurated
- Bogotá Film Festival begins
- 1985
- 6 November: Palace of Justice siege
- Population: 3,974,813.
- 1986
- 3 July: Pope John Paul II visits the city
- Children's Museum of Bogotá established
- 1987 - Housing complex Ciudad Salitre construction begins
- 1988
- Andrés Pastrana Arango first mayor of Bogotá elected by popular vote, previously they were elected by the president or governor
- Iberoamerican Theater Festival held
- 1989
- Archivo General de la Nación (government department) inaugurated
- 6 December: Bombing in Paloquemao
- Santa Barbara shopping center opens
1990s
- 1990 - La Equidad football club formed
- 1991 - Juan Martín Caicedo Ferrer becomes mayor
- 1992 - Sonia Durán de Infante becomes mayor, succeeded by Jaime Castro Castro
- 1993
- Population: 5'484.244
- November: Bombing on 15th Avenue
- 1995
- Rock al Parque music festival begins
- Antanas Mockus Sivickas becomes mayor
- Centro Andino shopping mall opens
- September: Track Cycling World Championships held at Luis Carlos Galán Velodrome
- McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in Colombia.
- 1996
- Casa de Moneda de Colombia (museum) inaugurated
- Paul Bromberg Silverstein becomes mayor
- 1998
- Maloka Museum of science inaugurated
- Enrique Peñalosa Londoño becomes mayor
- 1999
- Citytv Bogotá begins broadcasting
- Louis Vuitton and Bvlgari opens its first boutique in Colombia.
- Mormon temple dedicated
- 2000
- TransMilenio bus system begins operating
- 24 February: Car-Free Day inaugurated
21st century
2000s
- 2001
- Colombian Securities Exchange headquartered in city
- Antanas Mockus Sivickas becomes mayor
- July: Copa América football tournament held at El Campín Stadium
- September: Hard Rock Café opens in Bogotá, and Colombia.
- 2002
- 25 January: Bombing
- 7 August: Attack at Presidential Palace
- 13 December: Hotel bombing
- 2003
- National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia founded
- 7 February: El Nogal Club bombing
- 8 October: Bombing
- 15 November: Attack in pub
- 2004
- Luis Eduardo Garzón becomes mayor
- 29 October: Bombing
- 2005
- Versace opens its first boutique in Colombia.
- Bogotá's Carnival resurrected
- Population: 6,778,691
- 2006
- Bike Paths Network laid out
- Centro Comercial Santafé shopping mall opens
- 31 July: Bombing
- 2007
- May: Inditex starts operations in Bogotá, and Colombia.
- City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
- 2008
- April: Ermenegildo Zegna opens its first boutique in Colombia.
- La Peluquería (art space) founded
- Samuel Moreno Rojas becomes mayor
- 2009
- Fundación Capital headquartered in city
- October: The MTV Awards were for first time held in Colombia.
2010s
- 2010 - Caracol Radio headquarters bombing.
- 2011 - María Fernanda Campo becomes mayor, succeeded by Clara López Obregón
- 2012
- March: Cartier opens its first jewelry in Colombia.
- Gustavo Petro becomes mayor
- Forever 21 opens its first store in Latin America in Bogotá.
- 2013
- Google Street View begins operating.
- Total Renew of El Dorado International Airport.
- Dolce & Gabbana opens its first Boutique in Colombia.
- December: Pro-Petro demonstration
- 2014
- February: Burberry opens its first boutique in Colombia.
- September: Tiffany & Co. opens its first Jewelry in Colombia.
- Population: 7,776,845 (urban agglomeration).
- Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards were for first time held in Colombia.
- 2015
- 2016
- Population: 7,980,001.
- Parque La Colina shopping mall opens.
- Enrique Peñalosa becomes mayor for second time.
- 2017
- H&M opens its first Store in Colombia.
- Pope Francis visits the city.
- Centro Andino Bombing
- Multiplaza La Felicidad Shopping Mall opens.
- 2018 - The Coliseo Cubierto el Campín was remodeled and renamed as Movistar Arena.
See also
- History of Bogotá
- List of mayors of Bogotá
- Metropolitan Area of Bogotá
- List of universities in Bogotá
- Timeline of Colombian history
Other cities in Colombia:
Coordinates: 4°35′53″N 74°04′33″W / 4.598056°N 74.075833°W