title: Timeline of Quito
text: # Timeline of Quito
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Quito, Ecuador.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
  * 1487 - Incas in power.
  * 1527 - "Inka ruler Huayna Capac dies in Quito along with an estimated 200,000 of his subjects" (approximate date).
  * 1533 - Quito "burnt by Ruminahui."
  * 1534 - "Spanish soldiers, led by Sebastián de Belalcázar, defeat the Inka in Quito. They name the town Villa de San Francisco de Quito."
  * 1535
     * Art school founded.
     * Construction of Monastery of St. Francis begins (approximate date).
  * 1541 - Quito attains Spanish colonial city status.
  * 1545 - Catholic Diocese of Quito established.
  * 1548 - Quito becomes part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.
  * 1551 - Colegio de San Juan Evangelista established (approximate date).
  * 1563 - Spanish colonial Audiencia of Quito established.
  * 1592-1593 - Economic unrest.
  * 1613 - Church of the Society of Jesus building opens.
  * 1718 - Quito becomes part of Viceroyalty of New Granada.
  * 1735 - Earthquake.
  * 1765
     * Quito Revolt.
     * Church of the Society of Jesus building completed.
  * 1797 - Earthquake.
  * 1810 - Carondelet Palace built.
  * 1822 - May 24: Battle of Pichincha.
  * 1829 - Quito becomes capital of Ecuador.
  * 1859 - Earthquake.
  * 1865 - Guayaquil-Quito railway built (approximate date).
  * 1875 - August 6: Assassination of president Garcia Moreno.
  * 1880 - Teatro Nacional Sucre [es] opens.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1906
     * El Comercio newspaper begins publication.
     * Chamber of Commerce established.
     * Population: 50,840.
  * 1914 - Teatro Variedades (Quito) [es] opens.
  * 1930 - LDU Quito football club formed.
  * 1932 - Estadio El Ejido (stadium) opens.
  * 1933 - Teatro Bolivar opens.
  * 1937 - Teatro Capitol built.
  * 1938 - Últimas Noticias (Ecuador) [es] newspaper begins publication.
  * 1950 - Population: 209,932.
  * 1951 - Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (stadium) opens.
  * 1955 - Deportivo Quito football club formed.
  * 1960 - Mariscal Sucre Airport begins operating.
  * 1972 - Population: 564,900 (approximate).
  * 1978 - Historic Center of Quito designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  * 1982
     * Hoy and La Hora newspapers begin publication.
     * Population: 866,472.
  * 1990
     * May: Indigenous rights demonstration.
     * Population: 1,100,847.
  * 1992
     * September: Economic unrest.
     * Botanical Garden of Quito [es] established.
     * Jamil Mahuad becomes mayor.
     * Coliseo General Rumiñahui (arena) built.
  * 1994 - Estadio Chillogallo (stadium) opens.
  * 1995 - January: Economic protest.
  * 1996 - March: Labor strike.
  * 1997
     * February: Anti-Bucaram demonstration.
     * September: Indigenous rights rally.
     * Casa Blanca stadium opens.
  * 1999 - February 17: Assassination of politician Jaime Hurtado.
  * 2000
     * January: Indigenous rights demonstration.
     * Paco Moncayo becomes mayor.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2001 - January: Indigenous rights demonstration.
  * 2006 - Quito TV begins broadcasting.
  * 2008 - Teatro México [es] opens.
  * 2009 - Andrés Vallejo becomes mayor, succeeded by Augusto Barrera.
  * 2011 - Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve established near city.
  * 2013 - New Mariscal Sucre International Airport opens.
  * 2014 - Mauricio Rodas becomes mayor.
  * 2015 - September: Forest fire.
  * 2016
     * October: United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development held in Quito.
     * Population: 1,778,434.
  * 2019 - May: Ground broken for LDS Quito Ecuador Temple.
  