title: Timeline of Seville
text: # Timeline of Seville
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
  
  ## Prior to 18th century
  
  * 491 – Cathedral of Seville is built
  * 600 – Isidore of Seville becomes bishop.
  * 630 – Isidore of Seville compiles encyclopedia Etymologiae (approximate date).
  * 713 – Musa bin Nusayr in power.
  * 829 – Mosque built.
  * 844 – City raided by Vikings
  * 1023 – Abbadid Taifa of Seville established.
  * 1147 - Almohades take power.
  * 1181 – Alcázar (fort) construction begins.
  * 1198 – Minaret built.
  * 1247 – Siege of Seville begins.
  * 1248 – Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile under Ferdinand III.
  * 1252 – Seville Shipyard built.
  * 1477 – Printing press in use.
  * 1503 – Casa de Contratación (trade agency) established.
  * 1505 - University of Seville founded as "Colegio Santa María de Jesús".
  * 1507 - Seville Cathedral consecrated.
  * 1519 - Magellan embarks on circumnavigation expedition.
  * 1521 – Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo laid out.
  * 1543 – Consulado de Cargadores a Indias [es] established.
  * 1563 – Court of Philip II relocated from Seville to Madrid.
  * 1598 – Merchants exchange built.
  * 1627 – Flood.
  * 1630 – Artist Zurbarán settles in Seville.
  * 1647 – Great Plague of Seville begins.
  * 1670 – Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (a chivalric order) established.
  * 1682 – University of Navigators building construction begins.
  * 1683 – Flood.
  
  ## 18th–19th centuries
  
  * 1717 – Casa de Contratación relocated from Seville to Cádiz.
  * 1729
     * Court of Philip V relocated to Seville.
     * Treaty of Seville signed in Seville.
  * 1758 – Royal Tobacco Factory begins operating.
  * 1785 – General Archive of the Indies established.
  * 1800 - Outbreak of yellow fever kills 30,000.
  * 1810 – February: French occupation begins.
  * 1812 – French occupation ends.
  * 1842 – Population: 100,498.
  * 1843 – City besieged by forces of Espartero.
  * 1847 – First Seville Fair held at the Prado de San Sebastián [es].
  * 1852 – Triana Bridge built.
  * 1869 – City wall dismantled.
  * 1881 – Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (bullring) built.
  * 1890 – Sevilla Football Club formed.
  * 1893 – María Luisa Park established.
  * 1896
     * La Pasarela (Sevilla) [es] built at the Prado de San Sebastián.
     * 28 October: Cyclone.
  * 1897 – Population: 146,205.
  * 1900 – Population: 148,315.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1901 – Estación de Plaza de Armas [es] (railway station) opens.
  * 1902 – Burial site of Christopher Columbus relocated to Seville from Cuba.
  * 1905
     * Sevilla FC officially registered with the local government.
     * Muelle de Nueva York (Sevilla) [es] built.
  * 1907
     * Real Betis football club formed.
     * Ship canal completed from the Punta de los Remedios to the Punta del Verde.
  * 1915 – Aeródromo de Tablada [es] (airport) built.
  * 1920 – Population: 205,529.
  * 1926 – Puente de Alfonso XIII [es] (bridge) built.
  * 1928 – Plaza de España built.
  * 1929
     * Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 held.
     * Estadio Municipal Heliópolis, later known as Estadio Benito Villamarín, opens.
     * Lope de Vega Theatre opens.
  * 1931 – Puente de San Telmo [es] (bridge) built.
  * 1933 – Seville Airport (Aeropuerto de San Pablo) opens.
  * 1936 – July 1936 military uprising in Seville.
  * 1950 – Population: 376,627.
  * 1959 – Seville Public Library established.
  * 1979 – Luis Uruñuela becomes mayor.
  * 1981
     * Regional Government of Andalusia headquartered in Seville.
     * Population: 653,833.
  * 1983
     * 21 December: Last and decisive qualifier match for UEFA Euro 1984 held: Spain 12–1 Malta.
     * Manuel del Valle becomes mayor.
  * 1987 – UNESCO World Heritage Site in Seville established.
  * 1990
     * Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra formed.
     * Puente de las Delicias [es] (bridge) built.
  * 1991
     * Teatro de la Maestranza (opera house) opens.
     * Auditorio Rocío Jurado [es] opens
     * Estación de Sevilla-Santa Justa [es] (railway station) opens.
     * San Bernardo railway station opens.
     * Seville Airport new terminal opens.
     * Puente Reina Sofía [es] (bridge) built.
     * Alejandro Rojas-Marcos becomes mayor.
     * Guitar Legends festival held.
     * Puente del Centenario (bridge) built.
  * 1992
     * Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line begins operating.
     * Alamillo Bridge and Puente de la Barqueta (bridge) built.
     * Teatro Central (Sevilla) [es] opens.
     * Seville Expo '92 held.
     * Institución Colombina established.
     * Torre de la Plata restored.
  * 1993 – Alamillo Park opens.
  * 1994 – I Encuentro entre el Son Cubano y el Flamenco (festival) held.
  * 1995 – Soledad Becerril becomes mayor.
  * 1998
     * First Territorios Sevilla [es] festival held.
     * Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo [es] opens.
     * Nervión Plaza mall and cinema open.
  * 1999
     * Plaza de Armas reopens as a mall and cinema.
     * Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín becomes mayor.
     * Estadio de La Cartuja built.
     * 7th World Championships in Athletics held.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2003 – 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Celtic and Porto held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
  * 2004
     * Starbucks opens its first establishment in the city.
     * First Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla [es] held.
     * 2004 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
  * 2007
     * Avenida de la Constitución (Sevilla) [es] pedestrianized.
     * Sevici bicycle service begins operating.
     * MetroCentro tram line begins operating.
  * 2009 – Seville Metro begins operating.
  * 2010 – Jardín Americano [es] reopens.
  * 2011
     * Metropol Parasol erected.
     * Juan Ignacio Zoido becomes mayor.
     * 2011 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
     * Population: 703,021.
  * 2012
     * Pabellón de la Navegación (Sevilla) [es] reopens as a museum.
     * Muelle de Nueva York (Sevilla) [es] reopens as a public space.
  * 2014 – Alamillo Park expanded.
  * 2015
     * Torre Sevilla skyscraper erected.
     * Juan Espadas becomes mayor.
  * 2016 – Hard Rock Cafe opens its first restaurant in the city.
  * 2018 – Torre Sevilla shopping mall opens.
  