Timeline of Holguín

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Holguín, Cuba.

Prior to 20th century

1720-Settlement established (approximate date).^[1]Plaza de Armas (square) laid out.
1751 - Holguin becomes a city.^[1]
1752 - Jurisdicción de Holguín established.^{[citation needed]}
1760 - Hospital de San Juan de Dios built.^[2]
1809 - San Jose Church built.^[2] ^[1]
1820 - San Isidore Church built.
1868-October 30: City taken by rebel mambises at start of the Ten Years' War.^[3]
1872 - December 19: City taken by Cuban forces.^[3]^[4]
1893 - Railway begins operating between port of Gibara and Holguin.^[5]
1895 - El Eco de Holguin newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1899 - Population: 6,054 city; 34,506 district; 327,715 province.^[7]

20th century

1907 - Population: 7,592 city; 50,224 municipality; 455,086 province.^[8]
1916 - Statue of Calixto García erected in Parque Calixto Garcia.^[9]
1962 - Ahora newspaper begins publication.
1966 - Population: 91,000.^[10]
1970 - Population: 131,656.^[11]
1976 - Centro Universitario de Holguin and Instituto Superior Pedagogico de Holguin established.^[12]
1978 - Holguín Province^{[citation needed]} and Jardín botánico de Holguín [es] (garden) established.
1979 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Holguín established.^[13]
1986 - Ediciones Holguín (publisher) established.
1988 - El Chorro de Maita archaeological site excavated in Holguin Province.^[14]^[15]
1999 - Population: 259,300 city; 1,029,700 province.^[16]

21st century

2003 - Drought.^[17]
2004 - Construction of Parque de Los Tiempos (park) begins.^[18]
2014 - Population: 291,560.^[19]
2015 - September: Catholic pope visits Holguin.^[20]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b De La Pezuela 1871.
^ ^a ^b McAuslan, Fiona; Norman, Matthew (2007). "Holguin". Rough Guide to Cuba (4th ed.). Penguin. ISBN 978-1-84353-811-0.
^ "Cuba: Regulars All Sent to Holguin", New York Times, January 3, 1873
^ Vega Suñol 2003.
^ "Cuba: Holguin", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer & Son, 1902
^ War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
^ Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.
^ Holguin, Cuba, Lonely Planet, retrieved September 28, 2016
^ Alfonso González (1971). "Population of Cuba". Caribbean Studies. 11 (2). University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus: 74–84. JSTOR 25612382.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ International Association of Universities (1992). "Cuba". World List of Universities (19th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-349-12037-6.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
^ Bonavía 2003.
^ Roberto Valcárcel Rojas and César A. Rodríguez Arce (2005). "El Chorro de Maíta". In L. Antonio Curet (ed.). Dialogues in Cuban Archaeology. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5187-8.
^ South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.
^ "Drought Brings Hardship and Withered Crops to Eastern Cuba", New York Times, Associated Press, August 8, 2004
^ "Holguín renace en sus parques", Ahora (in Spanish), Holguin, March 29, 2015
^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.
^ "Pope Francis holds mass for 100,000 people in Holguín, Cuba", The Guardian, September 21, 2015

Bibliography

In English

Ingram, Thomas Allan (1910). "Holguín" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). p. 583.

In Spanish

Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863). "Ciudad de San Isidoro de Holguin". Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Madrid: Mellado. hdl:2027/uc1.32106019739058 – via HathiTrust.
Jacobo de la Pezuela (1871). "Descripcion de la Isla de Cuba: San Isidore de Holguin". Cronica de las Antillas (in Spanish). Madrid: Rubio, Grilo y Vitturi. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
Caine y Carricaburu, ed. (1879), "Profesiones de la Isla de Cuba: Provincia Santiago de Cuba: Holguin", Directorio Hispano-Americano (in Spanish), Havana: Imprenta del Directorio, hdl:2027/uc1.31175012500693 – via HathiTrust
"Holguin". Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). Vol. 10. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1892. hdl:2027/mdp.35112203969698 – via HathiTrust.
"Oriente: Holguin". Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal [Yearbook of Commerce, Industry, Judiciary and Administration of Spain, its Colonies Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, Spanish American States and Portugal] (in Spanish). Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908.
Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum [es]. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0. (chronology)
José Vega Suñol (2003). "Holguin". In Louis A. Pérez; Rebecca Jarvis Scott (eds.). The Archives of Cuba: Los Archivos de Cuba (in Spanish). University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 144–157. ISBN 0822941953. (fulltext)

External links

"(Holguin)" – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTEDe_La_Pezuela1871-2] De La Pezuela 1871.

[Rough2007-3] McAuslan, Fiona; Norman, Matthew (2007). "Holguin". Rough Guide to Cuba (4th ed.). Penguin. ISBN 978-1-84353-811-0.

[4] "Cuba: Regulars All Sent to Holguin", New York Times, January 3, 1873

[FOOTNOTEVega_Suñol2003-5] Vega Suñol 2003.

[Ayer1902-6] "Cuba: Holguin", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer & Son, 1902

[7] War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.

[8] Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.

[Planet-9] Holguin, Cuba, Lonely Planet, retrieved September 28, 2016

[10] Alfonso González (1971). "Population of Cuba". Caribbean Studies. 11 (2). University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus: 74–84. JSTOR 25612382.

[11] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[Universities1992-12] International Association of Universities (1992). "Cuba". World List of Universities (19th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-349-12037-6.

[katolsk-13] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 28, 2016.

[FOOTNOTEBonavía2003-14] Bonavía 2003.

[CuretCorzo2005-15] Roberto Valcárcel Rojas and César A. Rodríguez Arce (2005). "El Chorro de Maíta". In L. Antonio Curet (ed.). Dialogues in Cuban Archaeology. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5187-8.

[Europa2002-16] South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.

[17] "Drought Brings Hardship and Withered Crops to Eastern Cuba", New York Times, Associated Press, August 8, 2004

[18] "Holguín renace en sus parques", Ahora (in Spanish), Holguin, March 29, 2015

[19] "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

[20] "Pope Francis holds mass for 100,000 people in Holguín, Cuba", The Guardian, September 21, 2015

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