# Timeline of Montevideo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Montevideo, Uruguay.

## 18th century

* 1724 – Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo (Historic City Centre) founded.
* 1726 – Settlement established by Spaniard Bruno Mauricio de Zabala.
* 1778 – Free port status acquired.
* 1797 – 31 August: British ship Lady Shore arrives in harbour.

## 19th century

* 1804 – Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated.
* 1807
** 3 February: City besieged by British forces; British take city.
** Printing press in operation.
** Southern Star newspaper in publication.
** September: British occupation ends.
* 1811 – Siege of Montevideo by forces of the United Provinces of the River Plate.
* 1812
** Montevideo Cabildo built.
** Siege of Montevideo (1812-1814) begins.
* 1814 – Siege ends; Spanish loyalists surrender.
* 1817 – 20 January: city occupied by Luso-Brazilian forces.
* 1821 – City becomes part of Brazilian province Cisplatina.
* 1823 – Siege of Montevideo (1823)
* 1825 – Hospital de Caridad founded.
* 1828
** City becomes capital of independent Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
** British Cemetery established.
* 1829 – City wall dismantled.
* ca.1830 - Plaza Independencia established
* 1830 – National museum founded.
* 1833 – Public library founded.
* 1840 - Plaza de Cagancha named.
* 1843 – Great Siege of Montevideo begins.
* 1847 – Anglican church built.
* 1849 – University of the Republic founded.
* 1851 – Great Siege of Montevideo ends.
* 1856
** Solís Theatre built.
** Salesas convent founded.
** Epidemic.
* 1857 – British hospital founded.
* 1858 – Church of the Immaculate Conception built.
* 1862 – Hotel Oriental built.
* 1863 – Bolsa (exchange) built.
* 1866 – Post office built.
* 1868 – Mercado del Puerto built.
* 1871 – Teatro Cibils inaugurated.
* 1874 – Estévez Palace built.
* 1876 – Punta Brava Lighthouse erected.
* 1879 – Population: 91,167.
* 1880 – Nuevo Teatro San Felipe opens.
* 1885 – Escuela Brasil (school) established.
* 1889 – Teatro Nuevo Politeama inaugurated.
* 1895 – Teatro Stella d'Italia founded.
* 1900 – Estadio Gran Parque Central opens.

## 20th century

* 1905 – Teatro Urquiza inaugurated.
* 1906 – Electric streetcar begins operating.
* 1908
** Municipality of Montevideo created.
** Daniel Muñoz becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
** Immigrants' Hotel opens.
** Edificio London París completed.
** Population: 312,946.(estimate).
* 1909 – Urbano hotel in business.
* 1910 – Teatro 18 de Julio opens.
* 1911
** National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) inaugurated.
** May: General strike.
* 1913 – Villa del Cerro and La Teja become part of city.
* 1924 - Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cordón, Montevideo current church built.
* 1925 – Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay) built.
* 1928 - Palacio Salvo finished.
* 1930
** Estadio Centenario opens.
** July: 1930 FIFA World Cup held.
** Juan Manuel Blanes Museum established.
** Obelisk of Montevideo built.
** Port of Montevideo major engineering works completed.
* 1933
** International Conference of American States held; Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States signed.
** Edificio Lapido built.
* 1935 – Asociación de Arte Constructivo founded.
* 1941 – City Hall of Montevideo built.
* 1945 – Cine Trocadero opens (approximate date).
* 1947 – Airport terminal inaugurated.
* 1952 – Cinemateca Uruguaya (film archive) founded.
* 1953 – Museo Torres García opens.
* 1956 – Cilindro Municipal (arena) opens.
* 1958 – Museum and Municipal Archives inaugurated in the Cabildo.
* 1963 – Population: 1,154,465.
* 1964 – Edificio Panamericano (residential building) constructed.
* 1973 – 27 June: 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état.
* 1975 – Population: 1,229,748.
* 1983 – September: Labor demonstration.
* 1985 – Liberty Building (Montevideo) built.
* 1988 – May: Pope John Paul II visits city.
* 1990
** Tabaré Vázquez elected mayor.
** City administration partially decentralized.
* 1991 – Population: 1,360,258.
* 1992 – Sarandi street pedestrianized.
* 1995 – 23 July: 1995 Copa América Final football tournament held.

## 21st century

* 2007 – Mercosur headquartered in city.
* 2008 – Executive Tower, Montevideo built.
* 2009 – Carrasco International Airport expands.
* 2010 – Ana Olivera becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
* 2011 – Population: 1,319,108.
* 2015 – Daniel Martínez becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
* 2016 – Population: 1,380,432.
* 2019 – Christian Di Candia becomes Intendant of Montevideo.