Timeline of Aguascalientes City

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Prior to 20th century

• 1575 - Aguascalientes founded.^[1]
• 1604 - San Marcos Fair begins.^[2]
• 1857 - Town becomes capital of Aguascalientes state.^[2]
• 1867 - School of Agriculture established.^[3]
• 1870 - El Despertador newspaper in publication.^[4]
• 1883 - León-Aguascalientes railway established.^[5]
• 1885 - Teatro Morelos opens.^[5]
• 1899 - Catholic Diocese of Aguas Calientes established.^[6]

20th century

• 1903 - State Teaching School built.
• 1911 - Population: 44,800.^[7]
• 1964 - Museo de la Insurgencia opens.^[8]
• 1972 - Posada Museum opens.
• 1973 - Autonomous University of Aguascalientes established.^[3]
• 1975 - Rieleros de Aguascalientes baseball team formed.
• 1982 - Aguascalientes State Historical Archive established.
• 1988 - Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes established.^[8]
• 1989 - Jardín Botánico Rey Netzahualcoyotl (garden) active.^[9]
• 1991 - Teatro Aguascalientes opens.

21st century

• 2000 - Population: 594,092.^[10]
• 2003
  • Estadio Victoria (stadium) opens.
  • Club Necaxa football team active.
• 2010 - Population: 722,250; metro 932,369.^[11][12]
• 2011
  • Lorena Martínez becomes mayor.^[13]
  • Línea Verde project begins.^[14]
  • Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes 2011 (beauty pageant) held in city.
• 2013 - New Nissan Motor Company manufactory begins operating.^[15]

See also

• History of Aguascalientes

References

1. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 21, OL 6112221M
2. Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 134 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
3. "Nuestra Universidad: Historia" (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
4. Miguel Angel Castro and Guadalupe Curiel, ed. (2003). Publicaciones periódicas mexicanas del siglo XIX, 1856-1876 (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 978-970-32-0330-7.
5. Jesus Gomez Serrano (2005). "Una ciudad pujante: Aguascalientes durante el porfiriato". In Anne Staples. Bienes y vivencias, el siglo XIX [Goods and experiences, the nineteenth century]. Historia de la vida cotidiana en México (History of everyday life in Mexico) (in Spanish). El Colegio de México. pp. 253–286. ISBN 978-968-16-7762-6.
6. "Aguas Calientes". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1907.
7. Mexican Year Book. McCorquodale & Company. 1912.
8. "Museos". Vivaaguascalientes.com (in Spanish). Gobierno de Aguascalientes. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
9. "Garden Search: Mexico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
10. "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
11. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
12. "Número de Habitantes, Aguascalientes" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
13. "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
14. Ana Arana (January 20, 2014). "In Mexico, a city's scar becomes its most prized park, La Línea Verde". USA: Citiscope.
15. "Mexican city gears up as new Motor city". NBC News. November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• Charles W. Zaremba (1883). "State of Aguascalientes". Merchants' and Tourists' Guide to Mexico. Chicago: Althrop Publishing House.
• Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Aguascalientes", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
• Antonio García Cubas (1896). "Aguascalientes". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). 1. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas.
• "Aguas Calientes", Vamos á México, Chicago: Southern Pacific Company, 1896
• J. Figueroa Doménech (1899). "Estado de Aguascalientes: Aguascalientes". Guía General Descriptiva de la República Mexicana (in Spanish). 2. R. de S. N. Araluce.

Published in the 20th century

• Cristobal Hidalgo (1900), "Important Cities: Aguas Calientes", Guide to Mexico, San Francisco, California: Whitaker & Ray Co.
• Reau Campbell (1909), "Aguas Calientes", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
• "Aguascalientes", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424
• W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Aguascalientes", Anglo-South American Handbook, 1, New York: Macmillan
• Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Aguascalientes", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
• "North Central Highlands: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Lonely Planet, 1998 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
• John Fisher (1999), "The Bajio: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 231+, OL 24935876M
• "Northeast Mexico: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Let's Go, 1999, p. 267+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)

Published in the 21st century

• A. Acosta and J.C. Parga (2012). "Cultural Resources and Sustainability: Improving City Planning and Urban Preservation in a Mexican City". In M. Pacetti; et al. Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. Sustainable City. 7. Southampton, UK: WIT Press. pp. 893–904. ISBN 978-1-84564-578-6.

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Aguascalientes, various dates

Coordinates: 21°52′34″N 102°17′46″W / 21.876°N 102.296°W