title: Timeline of Murcia
text: # Timeline of Murcia
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Murcia, Spain.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
  * 8th C. – Moors took possession of Medinat Mursiya.
  * 1172 – Almohades in power.
  * 1243 – Forces of Ferdinand III of Castile take Murcia.
  * 1265 – Conquest of Murcia (1265–66).
  * 1269 – Rising against King Alfonso the wise led to Murcia joining the Kingdom of Castile.
  * 1272 – University of Murcia first established by King Alfonso the wise
  * 1291 – Made an episcopal see.
  * 1467 – Murcia Cathedral built.
  * 1487 – Printing press in use.
  * 1651 – Flood.
  * 1736 – Paseo del Malecón [es] rebuilt.
  * 1786 – Jardín de Floridablanca [es] (garden) established.
  * 1810 – City besieged by French forces.
  * 1812 – City besieged by French forces again.
  * 1829 – March: 1829 Torrevieja earthquake.
  * 1842 – Population: 82,517.
  * 1862 – Teatro Romea (Murcia) [es] (theatre) opens.
  * 1863 – Murcia del Carmen railway station opened.
  * 1864 – Archaeological Museum of Murcia founded.
  * 1879
     * October: 1879 Segura flood [es].
     * El Diario de Murcia [es] newspaper begins publication.
  * 1887 – Population: 98,538.
  * 1892 – Teatro Circo Murcia [es] (theatre) opens.
  * 1900 – Population: 111,539.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1903 – La Verdad newspaper begins publication.
  * 1907 – Flood.
  * 1910
     * Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia [es] (museum) built.
     * Archaeological Museum of Murcia relocated.
     * Population: 125,057.
  * 1915 – University of Murcia established.
  * 1917 – Murcia Conservatory of Music [es] founded.
  * 1919 – Real Murcia founded.
  * 1930 – Population: 158,724.
  * 1931 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia (provincial archives) established.
  * 1940 – Population: 193,731.
  * 1960 – Population: 249,738.
  * 1988 – La Opinión de Murcia [es] newspaper begins publication.
  * 1991 – Population: 338,250.
  * 1995 – Auditorio y Centro de Congresos Víctor Villegas [es] (convention centre) opens.
  * 1996
     * Biblioteca Regional de Murcia [es] (library) established.
     * Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia founded.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2011
     * Murcia tram starts operation.
     * Population: 437,667.
  * 2015 – José Ballesta becomes mayor.
  * 2019 – Murcia–San Javier Airport opens.
  