# 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.