# Timeline of Lleida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain.

## Prior to 20th century

Part of a series on the :
History of Catalonia :
Ancient Prehistory   Iberians c. 6th BC – c. 1st BC Greek colonies c. 6th BC – c. 1st BC Roman conquest of Hispania 218 BC – 19 BC Tarraconensis 27 BC – 476 AD :
Medieval Visigoths 5th century – c.720 Al-Andalus 713–1154 Catalan counties c.760 – 12th century County of Barcelona 801–1162 Crown of Aragon 1162–1715 Principality of Catalonia c. 12th century – 1714 Compromise of Caspe 1412 War of the Remences 1462–1486 Catalan Civil War 1462–1472 :
Early modern Catholic Monarchs 1469–1516 Habsburg Spain 1516–1700 Reapers' War / Catalan Republic 1640–1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees 1659 Revolt of the Barretines 1687–1689 War of the Spanish Succession 1700–1715 War of the Catalans 1713–1714 Nueva Planta decrees 1716 :
Modern Peninsular War 1808–1814 Liberals and Carlists 1833–1876 Renaixença 1833–1892 Catalanism 1870s– Tragic Week 1909 Commonwealth 1914–1925 La Canadenca strike 1919 Catalan Republic 1931 Republican Generalitat / Statute of Autonomy 1932–1939 Events of 6 October 1934 Spanish Civil War / Revolution 1936–1939 :
Contemporary Francoism 1939–1975 Transition to democracy 1975–1982 Statute of Autonomy 1979–2006 Barcelona '92 1992 Statute of Autonomy 2006–present Independence movement 2010–present :
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* 216 BCE – Hanno II the Great was defeated by Scipio Africanus nearby.
* 49 BCE – Battle of Ilerda fought during Caesar's Civil War.
* 400-500 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida established.
* 546 – Religious council held.
* 793 – The Franks in power.
* 797 – Re-taken by the Moors.
* 832 – Old Cathedral of Lleida rebuilt to serve as a mosque.
* 1039 – Muslim Taifa of Lérida begins.
* 1149 – Siege of Lleida puts Christian Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, in power.
* 1278 – Cathedral of St. Mary of La Seu Vella consecrated.
* 1300 – University of Lleida established by James II of Aragon.
* 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1445 – Arxiu Municipal de Lleida [ca] (city archives) active (approximate date).
* 1479 – Printing press in use.
* 1669 – Convento del Roser [es] construction begins.
* 1707 – Siege of Lleida (1707) [ca] by French forces.
* 1717
** University of Lleida closed by order of Philip V of Spain.
** University of Cervera opened by order of Philip V of Spain.
* 1719 – Ayuntamiento de Lérida [es] (government entity) established.
* 1781 – New Cathedral of Lleida built.
* 1810 – Lleida besieged by French forces.
* 1834 – Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Lerida established.
* 1835 – University of Cervera closed.
* 1842 – Population: 12,236.
* 1860 – Railway begins operating.
* 1864 – Parque de Los Campos Elíseos de Lérida [es] (park) opens.

## 20th century

* 1900 – Population: 21,432.
* 1910 – Population: 24,531.
* 1912 – Exposició d'Artistes Lleidatans [es] (art exhibit) held.
* 1915 – Cinema Vinyes built.
* 1917 – Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (museum) opens.
* 1924 – Balaguer-Lleida railway begins operating.
* 1938 – La Mañana newspaper begins publication.
* 1942 – Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs established.
* 1950 – Population: 52,849.
* 1951 – Teatre Principal (theatre) active.
* 1952 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lérida (archives) established.
* 1981 – Population: 109,573.
* 1982 – Diari Segre newspaper begins publication.
* 1985 – Autobuses de Lérida [es] begin operating.
* 1989 – CaixaForum Lleida established.
* 1992 – University of Lleida established.
* 1994 – Auditori Enric Granados (concert hall) built.
* 1995 – Lleida Latin-American Film Festival begins.
* 1998 – Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador opens.

## 21st century

* 2004 – Àngel Ros becomes mayor.
* 2005 – Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida (regional transit entity) established.
* 2010 – La Llotja de Lleida (convention centre) opens.
* 2011 – Population: 137,283.
* 2021 – Catalan rapper and poet Pablo Hasél is jailed for Lèse-majesté, mass protests condemning the arrest