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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 1560 - Santa Lucia de León founded.[1]
  • 1584 - Ojos de Santa Lucia outpost established by Spaniards.[2]
  • 1596 - Settlement named "Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Senora de Monterrey" by Diego de Montemayor and made a city.[3][1]
  • 1603 - Cathedral construction begins.[2]
  • 1730 - Church of San Francisco rebuilt.[4]
  • 1775 - Population: 258.[2]
  • 1777 - Monterrey becomes seat of Catholic Linares bishopric.[3][1]
  • 1790 - Bishop's Palace built.[4]
  • 1791 - Monterrey Cathedral building completed.
  • 1824 - Monterrey becomes capital of Nuevo León state.[3]
  • 1833 - Cathedral consecrated.[4]
  • 1846 - Battle of Monterrey - town occupied by United States forces.[2][1]
  • 1847 - American Pioneer newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1864 - Town occupied by French forces.[2]
  • 1866 - French occupation ends.[3]
  • 1881 - Railway constructed.[3]
  • 1890 - Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc (brewery) founded.[3]
  • 1892 - Monterrey News English-language newspaper in publication.[6]
  • 1896 - El Espectador newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1899 - Banco Mercantil de Monterrey established.[7]
  • 1900 - Population: 62,266.[1]

20th century

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21st century

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 341+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lonely Planet 1998.
  4. 1 2 3 Campbell 1909.
  5. 1 2 3 "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 Marley 2005.
  7. ↑ Pablo Livas [in Spanish] (1909). El estado de Nuevo León, su situación económica al aproximarse el Centenario de la Independencia de México (in Spanish). Monterrey.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ↑ Snodgrass 1998.
  9. ↑ "Movie Theaters in Monterrey, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  11. ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
  12. ↑ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on March 28, 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.

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