title: Timeline of Campeche City
text: # Timeline of Campeche City
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Campeche, Mexico.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
  * 1540 - San Francisco de Campeche founded by Spaniard Francisco de Montejo.
  * 1633 - Sack of Campeche (1633) by Dutch privateers.
  * 1659 - Town "sacked by the British."
  * 1663 - Sack of Campeche (1663) by pirates.
  * 1685 - Campeche raided by Dutch pirate Laurens de Graaf.
  * 1732 - Puerta de la Tierra (gate) erected.
  * 1760 - Catedral de Campeche [es] built.
  * 1762 - San José el Alto fort built.
  * 1777 - Campeche attains city status; Campeche coat of arms [es] established.
  * 1796 - Hospital de San Lazaro founded.
  * 1801 - Fuerte de San Miguel (Campeche) [es] (fort) built.
  * 1821 - 5 November: Campeche secedes from Yucatán.
  * 1840 - June: Yucatecan occupation begins.
  * 1857 - 6–7 August: Coup in Campeche.
  * 1858 - State of Campeche established.
  * 1864 - 26 January: French in power.
  * 1871 - Telegraph begins operating.
  * 1879 - Population: 15,190.
  * 1883 - "Naval base established at Lerma."
  * 1895 - Catholic Diocese of Campeche established.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1900 - Population: 17,109.
  * 1903 - Bank of Campeche established.
  * 1914 - Joaquín Mucel Acereto [es] becomes Governor of Campeche state.
  * 1950 - Population: 31,279.
  * 1958 - Estadio Venustiano Carranza (stadium) built.
  * 1970 - Population: 69,506.
  * 1973 - Novedades de Campeche newspaper begins publication.
  * 1975 - Tribuna de Campeche newspaper begins publication.
  * 1980 - Piratas de Campeche baseball team formed.
  * 1981 - Corsarios de Campeche football club formed.
  * 1989 - Autonomous University of Campeche established.
  * 1990 - Population: 150,518.
  * 1994 - El Sur de Campeche newspaper begins publication.
  * 1999 - Fortified Town of Campeche designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2001 - Estadio Nelson Barrera (stadium) opens.
  * 2005 - Population: 238,850 municipality.
  * 2007 - TV MAR Campeche [es] begins broadcasting.
  * 2009 - Carlos Ernesto Rosado Ruelas elected mayor.
  * 2010 - Population: 220,389 city of San Francisco de Campeche; 259,005 municipality.
  * 2011 - Cañoneros de Campeche football club formed.
  