title: Timeline of Málaga
text: # Timeline of Málaga
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.
  
  ## Ancient history
  
  * 770 BCE – Malake [es] (MLKʾ) founded by Phoenicians from Tyre.
  * 205 BCE – Roman Republic in power in Malaca (Hispania) [es].
  * 81-84 CE – Lex Malacitana or Lex Flavia Malacitana is given. Malaca was governed under this law, which granted free-born persons the privileges of Roman citizenship.
  
  ## Middle Ages
  
  ### Early Middle Ages
  
  * 571 CE – Visigoth Leovigild in power.
  * 711 CE – Umayyad invasion .
  * 756 CE – Umayyad Abd al-Rahman I in power.
  * 907 CE – Mālaqah besieged by forces of Aban son of Abd Allah.
  
  ### High Middle Ages
  
  * 1035 – Palace of the Alcazaba built.
  * 1079 – "Conquest of Malaga by Ibn Omar."
  
  ### Late Middle Ages
  
  * 1232 – Mālaqah becomes part of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.
  * 1350 – Traveler Ibn Battuta visits city.
  
  ## Modern Period
  
  * 1486 – 4 August: Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga established.
  * 1487 – Siege of Málaga (1487); Málaga is incorporated in the Crown of Castile and repopulated.
  * 1490 – Santiago el Mayor church built.
  * 1494 – Earthquake.
  * 1505 – Hospital of Santo Tomas founded.
  * 1522 – Málaga Cathedral construction begins.
  * 1540 – Buenavista Palace built.
  * 1656 – 21 July: Raid on Málaga by English forces.
  * 1680 – 1680 Malaga earthquake [es].
  * 1719 – Málaga Cathedral construction completed.
  * 1741 – Yellow fever epidemic.
  * 1757 – Ermita de Zamarrilla [es] (church) built.
  * 1782 – Málaga Cathedral construction completed.
  * 1785 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.
  * 1790 – Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Málaga [es] active.
  
  ## Contemporary Period
  
  ### 19th century
  
  * 1804 – Epidemic.
  * 1810 – City "sacked by the French.(General Sebastiani"
  * 1830 – Cementerio Ingles (cemetery) established.
  * 1831 – 11 December: Execution of rebel José María de Torrijos y Uriarte.
  * 1834 – Heredia's La Constancia (forge) [es] iron finery forge begins operating.
  * 1851 – Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes (art school) opens.
  * 1857 – Population: 94,293.
  * 1854 – Bank of Málaga founded.
  * 1862 – Córdoba-Málaga railway begins operating.
  * 1864 – February: Arrest of a Polish ship with weapons and ammunition, organized by Polish émigré activists to support the ongoing Polish January Uprising in partitioned Poland (see also Poland–Spain relations).
  * 1870 – Teatro Cervantes de Malaga [es] (theatre) opens.
  * 1876 – Plaza de toros de La Malagueta (bullring) built.
  * 1877 – Population: 115,882.
  * 1879 – Mercado de Atarazanas [es] (market) built.
  * 1881 – Pablo Picasso born in Malaga.
  * 1885 – Socialista Malagueña founded.
  * 1891
     * Calle Marqués de Larios (street) inaugurated.
     * English Church built on Avenida de Pries.
  * 1897 – Sociedad Propagandística del Clima y Embellecimiento de Málaga established.
  * 1899 – Monumento al Marqués de Larios [es] (monument) erected.
  * 1900 – Population: city 130,109; province 511,989.
  
  ### 20th century
  
  * 1904
     * Málaga Club de Fútbol ("The Anchovies") formed.
     * Villa Suecia [es] built in El Limonar [es] area.
  * 1907 – September: Flood.
  * 1908 – Malaga-Vélez-Málaga railway begins operating.
  * 1919 – Málaga Airport opens.
  * 1913 – Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes (museum) founded.
  * 1918 – Antigua casa de socorro de La Trinidad [es] built.
  * 1925 – Alameda Principal opens to traffic.
  * 1937
     * February: Nationalists capture Malaga.
     * Boinas Rojas newspaper begins publication.
  * 1940
     * La Tarde newspaper begins publication.
     * Population: 238,085.
  * 1941 – La Rosaleda Stadium opens.
  * 1945 – Cine Albeniz (cinema) opens.
  * 1947 – Museo Arqueológico Provincial (museum) founded.
  * 1949 – Carranque (Málaga) [es] housing construction begins.
  * 1966 – Cine Astoria (cinema) opens.
  * 1970 – Population: 374,452.
  * 1972 – University of Málaga established.
  * 1973 – Museo de Málaga established.
  * 1976
     * Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares (Málaga) [es] (museum) opens.
     * Málaga Centro-Alameda railway station opens.
  * 1979 – Pedro Aparicio Sánchez becomes mayor.
  * 1981 – Population: 503,251.
  * 1982 – 13 September: Spantax airplane crash.
  * 1988
     * Fundación Picasso established.
     * Basílica de la Esperanza (Málaga) [es] (church) built.
  * 1991 – Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (orchestra) active.
  * 1992
     * Andalusia Technology Park (science complex) opens.
     * Baloncesto Málaga (basketball team) formed.
  * 1995 – Celia Villalobos becomes mayor.
  * 1998 – Málaga Spanish Film Festival begins.
  * 1999
     * La Opinión de Málaga begins publication.
     * Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (arena) opens.
  * 2000
     * July: Politician Jose Maria Martin Carpena assassinated.
     * Francisco de la Torre (politician) becomes mayor.
  
  ### 21st century
  
  * 2003
     * Málaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium established.
     * Museo Picasso Málaga opens.
  * 2004 – Málaga Hoy [es] magazine begins publication.
  * 2006 – 2006 European Cup (athletics) held.
  * 2009 – Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.
  * 2010
     * 29 September: 2010 Spain general strike [es].
     * Population: 568,507.
  * 2011 – Carmen Thyssen Museum opens.
  