title: Timeline of Toledo, Spain
text: # Timeline of Toledo, Spain
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toledo, Spain.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
  * 193 CE – Settlement becomes part of the Roman Empire.
  * 250-300 – Roman Catholic diocese of Toledo established. Population: 15,000
  * 397-400 – Religious Council of Toledo held.
  * 554 – Toledo becomes capital of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo [es] (approximate date).
  * 589 – Religious Council of Toledo held. Population: 10,000
  * 712 – Muslims in power; city renamed "Tolaitola."
  * 999 – Bib Mardum Mosque built.
  * 1085 – Christian Alfonso VI of León and Castile takes Toledo.
  * 1088 – Toledo archbishop becomes Primate of Spain.
  * 1102 – Puerta del Cambrón (gate) built.
  * 1180 – Santa María la Blanca synagogue built.
  * 1209 – Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada becomes archbishop.
  * 1227 – Toledo Cathedral construction begins.
  * 1366 – Synagogue of El Transito built.
  * 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
  * 1390 – Puente de San Martín (bridge) rebuilt.
  * 1484 – Printing press in use.
  * 1493 – Toledo Cathedral construction completed.
  * 1520 – Real Universidad de Toledo [es] established.
  * 1561 – Court of Philip II of Spain relocated from Toledo to Madrid. Population: 60,000
  * 1576 – Artist El Greco moves to Toledo.
  * 1703 – Casa consistorial de Toledo [es] (town hall) built.
  * 1808 – Battalion of University Volunteers from the Royal University of Toledo formed.
  * 1842 – Population: 13,580.
  * 1857 – Population: 17,275.
  * 1878 – Teatro Rojas (theatre) opens.
  * 1887 – Alcázar of Toledo burns down.
  * 1900 – Population: 23,317.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1919 – Toledo railway station built.
  * 1928 – CD Toledo (football club) formed.
  * 1930 – Population: 27,443.
  * 1931 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Toledo [es] (provincial archives) established.
  * 1936 – Siege of the Alcázar.
  * 1940 – Historic city area designated a Conjunto histórico (national heritage site).
  * 1950 – Population: 40,243.
  * 1973 – Estadio Salto del Caballo (stadium) opens.
  * 1979 – Juan Ignacio de Mesa [es] becomes mayor.
  * 1981 – Population: 57,769.
  * 1986 – Historic city area designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  * 1987 – El Día de Toledo newspaper begins publication.
  * 1998 – Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha (library) opens.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2001 – Population: 68,382.
  * 2009 – Gente Toledo newspaper begins publication.
  * 2011 – Population:83,872.
  * 2015
     * 24 May: Province of Toledo municipal election, 2015 [es] and Castile-La Mancha parliamentary election, 2015 held.
     * Milagros Tolón [es] becomes mayor.
  