# Timeline of Santiago de Chile

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santiago, Santiago Province, Chile.

## Prior to 19th century

* 1541
** 12 February: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura founded by Spaniard Pedro de Valdivia.
** 11 September: Settlement sacked by forces of Michimalonco.
* 1552 – Coat of arms granted.
* 1553 – Franciscan convent founded.
* 1595 – San Augustin church built.
* 1609
** Flooding of Mapocho River.
** es:Real Audiencia de Chile (Royal Appeals Court) reestablished in Santiago.
* 1647 – 1647 Santiago earthquake.
* 1747 – Universidad de San Felipe founded.
* 1753 – Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral building began.
* 1760 – Basilica de la Merced built.
* 1769 – Casa Colorada built.
* 1779 – es:Puente de Cal y Canto (bridge) built over Mapocho River (official inauguration 1782).
* 1783 – Flooding of Mapocho River.
* 1795 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.
* 1799 – Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral rebuilding completed.

## 19th century

* 1805 – La Moneda (mint) built.
* 1808 – Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago built.
* 1813 – Biblioteca Nacional de Chile and Instituto Nacional (school) established.
* 1817 – City occupied by forces of Jose de San Martin.
* 1821 – Cementerio General de Santiago established in Recoleta.
* 1830 – Chilean National Museum of Natural History founded.
* 1841 – Quinta Normal Park founded.
* 1842 – University of Santiago, Chile founded.
* 1845 – Caupolican Artisans Society founded.
* 1849 – Astronomical observatory built.
* 1852 – Valparaiso-Santiago telegraph begins operating.
* 1852 – Valdivia chapel built.
* 1856 – August: Premiere of Manuel Ascencio Segura [es]'s play Ña Catita [es].
* 1857 – Municipal Theatre of Santiago inaugurated.
* 1863 – 8 December: Church of the Company Fire.
* 1865 – Aqueduct built.
* 1868 – Jesuit church burns down.
* 1870
** Club Hípico de Santiago opens.
** Cholera epidemic.
* 1872 – Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna becomes mayor.
* 1873 – Parque Cousiño inaugurated.
* 1875
** International Exposition held.
** Population: 148,284.
** Plaza La Serena built (approximate date).
* 1876 – National Congress Building inaugurated.
* 1882 – Central Post Office Building (Santiago) constructed.
* 1885
** Estación Central (railway station) opens.
** Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Verein zu Santiago founded.
* 1888 – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile founded.
* 1893 – Santiago Stock Exchange founded.
* 1895 – Population: 256,413.
* 1897 – Estación Central (railway station) rebuilt.
* 1900
** El Mercurio newspaper begins publication.
** Population: 269,886.

## 20th century

* 1902 - Population: 322,059. (estimated)
* 1905 – Parque Forestal inaugurated.
* 1908 – December: Pan-American Scientific Congress held.
* 1911 – Chilean National History Museum founded.
* 1925 – Chilean National Zoo opens.
* 1926 – Teatro Carrera opens.
* 1927 – Santiago Metropolitan Park laid out.
* 1935
** Teatro Oriente (theatre) built.
** Plaza de la Constitución (Santiago de Chile) laid out (approximate date).
* 1936 – Cine Metro (cinema) opens.
* 1945 – Chilean National Ballet founded.
* 1948 – Instituto Chileno de Investigaciones Genealógicas [es] headquartered in Santiago.
* 1950 – 3ra de la Hora newspaper begins publication.
* 1952 – Population: 664,575 city; 1,348,283 urban agglomeration.
* 1960 – Arboretum Frutillar founded.
* 1962 – 1962 FIFA World Cup held; Battle of Santiago occurs.
* 1967 – Pudahuel Airport commissioned.
* 1972
** Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral inaugurated.
** United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held.
* 1973 – 11 September: Chilean coup d'état.
* 1974 – Torre Entel built.
* 1975
** Santiago Metro begins operating.
** Population: 3,186,000 city; 3,262,990 urban agglomeration.
* 1976 - July: Lowest temperature of -6.8 recorded in Santiago
* 1978
** Santiago Metro Line 2 begins operating.
** Paseo Ahumada pedestrianized.
* 1980 – Santiago Metropolitan Region established.
* 1981 – Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino established.
* 1984 – La Cuarta newspaper begins publication.
* 1985 – 3 March: Earthquake.
* 1990
** Metrotrén begins operating (San Fernando-Santiago).
** Jaime Ravinet becomes mayor.
** National Congress of Chile relocated to Valparaíso from Santiago.
* 1991 – July 21: 1991 Copa América final football tournament held.
* 1995 – Population: 4,229,970 (estimate).
* 1997 – Santiago Metro Line 5 begins operating.
* 1998 – 2nd Summit of the Americas held.

## 21st century

* 2002
** Jardín Botánico Chagual (garden) established.
** Population of Santiago (commune): 200,792; population of metro area: 5,428,590.
* 2004 – Raúl Alcaíno Lihn becomes mayor.
* 2005
** Santiago Metro Line 4 begins operating.
** Plaza de la Ciudadanía inaugurated (approximate date).
* 2006
** Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda built.
** Gran Torre Santiago construction begins.
* 2007 – March: Protests.
* 2008
** Mall Plaza Alameda in business.
** Pablo Zalaquett Said becomes mayor.
* 2010
** 27 February: 2010 Chile earthquake.
** 28 September: Time capsule buried in the Plaza de Armas.
** 8 December: Fire in prison in San Miguel.
** Taller Bloc (art space) founded.
* 2012 – Carolina Tohá becomes mayor.
* 2014 – Homeless World Cup football contest held.
* 2016 – Population: 5,561,252.
* 2017
** July: Snowfall.
** Santiago Metro Line 6 begins operating.