Timeline of Oviedo

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

Prior to 20th century

762 - Oviedo founded.[1]^(es)
790s - Alfonso II of Asturias relocates his capital to Oviedo.
811 - Roman Catholic diocese of Oviedo established.[2]
848 - San Miguel de Lillo church built on nearby Mount Naranco.
850 - Santa María del Naranco church built on Mount Naranco.[1]
924 - Asturian capital relocated to León from Oviedo.[1]
1145 - Fuero de Oviedo (law) created.[3]
1258 - New city wall construction begins.
1388 - Oviedo Cathedral construction begins.[1]
1521 - Fire.[4]
1528 - Oviedo Cathedral tower built.
1574 - University of Oviedo established; classes begin in 1608.
1587
- San Isidoro Church built.
- Plaza del Fontán developed.
1670 - Teatro del Fontán (theatre) opens.
1671 - Casa consistorial de Oviedo (town hall) built on the Plaza Mayor.
1809 - Oviedo "plundered by the French" during the Peninsular War.[1]
1810 - Oviedo "plundered by the French" again.[1]
1842 - Population: 19,610.[5]
1854 - Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (art school) active.[6]^(es)
1874 - Oviedo railway station opens.
1892 - Teatro Campoamor (theatre) opens.
1900
- University's Extension Universitaria established "to educate the local working classes."[7]
- Population: 48,103.[8]

1907 - Sociedad Filarmónica de Oviedo (musical group) founded.
1923 - Astur CF (football club) formed.
1926 - Real Oviedo (football club) formed.
1932 - Estadio de Buenavista (stadium) opens.
1936 - Siege of Oviedo.
1937 - La Nueva España newspaper begins publication.[9]
1940 - Population: 82,548.[5]
1942 - Biblioteca Pública del Estado (Oviedo) (library) established.[10]
1944
- Teatro Filarmónica (theatre) opens.
- Casa del Termómetro built on the Plaza de la Escandalera.
1950 - Population: 106,002.[5]
1956 - Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias (archives) established.[11]
1975 - Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo (arena) opens.
1982 - Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Oviedo.
1991 - Population: 204,276.[5]
2000 - New Estadio Carlos Tartiere (stadium) opens.

Britannica 1910.
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
Quadrado 1855.
"La Ciudad: Historia" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Oviedo.
"Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Oviedo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
Acta de la sesión pública que celebró la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (in Spanish), 1854 – via Biblioteca Virtual del Principado de Asturias
Angel Smith (2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
"Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
"Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
"La biblioteca: Información general" (in Spanish). Oviedo: Biblioteca de Asturias "Ramón Pérez de Ayala". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Josiah Conder (1830), "Oviedo", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
Richard Ford (1890), "Oviedo", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 212
Albert F. Calvert (1908). Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avil, & Zaragoza; an Historical & Descriptive Account. London: John Lane.
"Oviedo", Encyclopædia Britannica, 20 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 390, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
"Oviedo", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust

José María Quadrado (1855). Asturias y León. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). hdl:2027/ucm.5325880353.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes information about Oviedo)
F. Cañellas Secades: El libro de Oviedo: Guía de la ciudad y su concejo (Oviedo, 1887)
Francisco Quirós Linares (2005) [1978], "El crecimiento espacial de Oviedo (The spatial growth of Oviedo)", Estudios de geografía histórica e historia de la geografía: obra escogida (in Spanish), Ediciones de la Universidad de Oviedo, ISBN 9788483175200

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