# 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 a 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.