Timeline of Bilbao

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bilbao in the Biscay province of Spain.

Prior to 19th century

1804 – Zamacolada [eu] conflict.^[4]
1808 – French occupation begins.^[2]
1813 – French occupation ends.^[2]
1833 – Biscay Province established.
1836 – December: Battle of Luchana.
1845 – Arenal Bridge constructed.
1846 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced (steel mill) in business near town.^[4]
1855 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora del Carmen in business.^[4]
1857 – Bank established.^[2]
1859 – British Protestant Cemetery established.^[5]
1863 – Tudela-Bilbao railway begins operating.^[2]
1870 – Population: 17,649.^[2]
1874 – February–May: Town besieged by Carlist forces.^[6]
1877 – San Antón Bridge built.
1882 – Bilbao-Atxuri Station built.
1886
- Orfeón Bilbaíno (choir) founded.
- University of Deusto opened.
1887 – Population: 50,772.^[7]
1890
- Stock Exchange founded.
- Teatro Arriaga built.
- May: Ironworkers strike.^[6]
1892 – Bilbao City Hall built.
1893 – Vizcaya Bridge built.
1894 – Chavarri Palace built.
1895 – Gaceta del Norte newspaper begins publication.^[8]
1896 – Dry dock built.^[2]
1897 - Population: 74,076.^[2]
1898 – Athletic Club (football club) formed.
1900
- Biscay Foral Delegation Palace built.
- Population: 83,306.^[2]

1905 – A second dry dock built.^[2]
1906 – August: General strike.^[6]
1907 – Doña Casilda Iturrizar park created.
1913
- San Mamés Stadium opens.
- Euzkadi newspaper begins publication.
1914 – Bilbao Fine Arts Museum established.
1922 – Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa founded.
1924 – Museum of Modern Art established.
1937 – 19 June: "Nationalists capture Bilbao."^[9]
1940 – Population: 195,186.^[7]
1950 – Bilbao Airport in operation.
1960 – Population: 297,942.^[7]
1968 – University of Bilbao established.
1970 – Population: 410,490.^[7]
1978 – Great Week of Bilbao begins.
1979 – City becomes part of the Basque Country (autonomous community) of Spain.
1980 – University of the Basque Country established.
1983 – In region near Bilbao, construction of Lemoniz Nuclear Power Plant ceases.
1991 – Population: 372,054.^[7]
1995 – Metro Bilbao begins operating.
1997 – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao^[10] and Zubizuri footbridge open.
1999
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria established.
- Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall opens.
- Iñaki Azkuna becomes mayor.^[11]

2004 – Bilbao Exhibition Centre opens in Barakaldo.
2006 – Bilbao Live Festival begins.
2010 – Alhóndiga Bilbao opens.
2011 – Iberdrola Tower built.
2013 – Population: 351,629.
2014 – 11 January: Pro-ETA demonstration.^[12]
2018 – 10 June: Pro-independence, 202 kilometer human chain formed between cities of Bilbao, San Sebastián, and Vitoria-Gasteiz.^[13]

This article incorporates information from the Basque Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

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