The following is a timeline of the history of Aguascalientes City, Mexico.
Prior to 20th century
1575 – Aguascalientes founded. 1604 – San Marcos Fair begins. 1857 – Town becomes capital of Aguascalientes state. (fulltext via OpenLibrary) 1867 – School of Agriculture established. 1870 – El Despertador newspaper in publication. 1883 – León-Aguascalientes railway established. 1885 – Teatro Morelos opens. 1899 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes established.
20th century
1903 – State Teaching School built. 1911 – Population: 44,800. 1964 – Museo de la Insurgencia opens. 1972 – Posada Museum opens. 1973 – Autonomous University of Aguascalientes established. 1975 – Rieleros de Aguascalientes baseball team formed. 1982 – Aguascalientes State Historical Archive established. 1987 – El Heraldo de Aguascalientes newspaper begins publication. 1988 – Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes established. 1989 – (garden) active. 1991 – Teatro Aguascalientes opens. 2000 – Population: 594,092.
21st century
2003 Estadio Victoria (stadium) opens. Club Necaxa football team active. 2010 – Population: 722,250; metro 932,369. 2011 Lorena Martínez Rodríguez becomes mayor. Línea Verde project begins. Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes 2011 (beauty pageant) held in city. 2013 – New Nissan Motor Company manufactory begins operating.
See also Aguascalientes (city) history List of municipal presidents of Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (state) history
References
Bibliography In English Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
(fulltext via OpenLibrary)
(fulltext via OpenLibrary)
In Spanish
External links
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Aguascalientes, various dates