Timeline of Málaga

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

Prior to 19th century

 * 770 BCE - Malaka founded by Phoenicians from Tyre.
 * 205 BCE - Romans in power.
 * 571 CE - Visigoth Leovigild in power.
 * 711 CE - Muslims in power.
 * 756 CE - Umayyad Abd al-Rahman I in power in al-Andalus.
 * 907 - Malaga besieged by forces of Aban son of Abd Allah.
 * 1035 - Palace of the Alcazaba built.
 * 1079 - "Conquest of Malaga by Ibn Omar."
 * 1232 - Malaga becomes part of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.
 * 1350 - Traveler Ibn Battuta visits city.
 * 1487 - Siege of Málaga; city taken by forces of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castille and Aragon.
 * 1490 - Santiago el Mayor church built.
 * 1494 - Earthquake.
 * 1505 - Hospital of Santo Tomas founded.
 * 1522 - Málaga Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1540 - Buenavista Palace built.
 * 1680 - Earthquake.
 * 1719 - Málaga Cathedral construction completed.
 * 1741 - Yellow fever epidemic.
 * 1757 - Ermita de Zamarrilla (church) built.

19th century

 * 1804 - Epidemic.
 * 1810 - City "sacked by the French."
 * 1830 - Cementerio Ingles (cemetery) established.
 * 1831 - 11 December: Execution of rebel es.
 * 1834 - Heredia's es iron finery forge begins operating.
 * 1851 - Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes (art school) opens.
 * 1857 - Population: 94,293.
 * 1854 - Bank of Málaga founded.
 * 1862 - Córdoba-Málaga railway begins operating.
 * 1870 - es (theatre) opens.
 * 1876 - Plaza de toros de La Malagueta (bullring) built.
 * 1877 - Population: 115,882.
 * 1879 - es (market) built.
 * 1881 - Pablo Picasso born in Malaga.
 * 1885 - Socialista Malagueña founded.
 * 1891
 * es (street) inaugurated.
 * English Church built on Avenida de Pries.
 * 1897 - Sociedad Propagandística del Clima y Embellecimiento de Málaga established.
 * 1899 - es (monument) erected.

20th century

 * 1900 - Population: city 130,109; province 511,989.
 * 1904
 * Málaga Club de Fútbol ("The Anchovies") formed.
 * es built in es area.
 * 1907 - September: Flood.
 * 1908 - Malaga-Vélez-Málaga railway begins operating.
 * 1913 - Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes (museum) founded.
 * 1918 - es built.
 * 1925 - Avenida de Alfonso XIII opens to traffic.
 * 1937
 * February: "Nationalists capture Malaga."
 * Boinas Rojas newspaper begins publication.
 * 1940
 * La Tarde newspaper begins publication.
 * Population: 238,085.
 * 1941 - La Rosaleda Stadium opens.
 * 1945 - Cine Albeniz (cinema) opens.
 * 1947 - Museo Arqueológico Provincial (museum) founded.
 * 1949 - es housing construction begins.
 * 1966 - Cine Astoria (cinema) opens.
 * 1970 - Population: 374,452.
 * 1972 - University of Málaga established.
 * 1973 - Museo de Málaga established.
 * 1976 - es (museum) opens.
 * 1979 - es becomes mayor.
 * 1981 - Population: 503,251.
 * 1982 - 13 September: Spantax airplane crash.
 * 1988
 * Fundación Picasso established.
 * es (church) built.
 * 1991 - Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (orchestra) active.
 * 1992
 * Andalusia Technology Park (science complex) opens.
 * Baloncesto Málaga (basketball team) formed.
 * 1995 - Celia Villalobos becomes mayor.
 * 1998 - Málaga Spanish Film Festival begins.
 * 1999
 * es begins publication.
 * Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (arena) opens.

21st century

 * 2000
 * July: Politician Jose Maria Martin Carpena assassinated.
 * es becomes mayor.
 * 2003
 * Málaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium established.
 * Museo Picasso Málaga opens.
 * 2004 - es magazine begins publication.
 * 2006 - 2006 European Cup (athletics) held.
 * 2010
 * 29 September: Labor strike.
 * Population: 568,507.
 * 2011 - Carmen Thyssen Museum opens.