Timeline of Córdoba, Andalusia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

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• 152 BCE - Romans in power.^[1]
• 45 BCE - Battle of Munda occurs near Cordoba.^[2]
• 294 CE - Hosius becomes bishop.^[3]
• 554 CE - Byzantines in power.^[1]
• 571 - Visigoth Liuvigild in power.^[1]
• 719 - Capital of al-Andalus relocated to Cordoba from Seville.^[1]
• 785 - Great Mosque of Córdoba built.^[4]
• 880 - Earthquake.^[1]
• 929 - Umayyad Abd-ar-Rahman III becomes Caliph of Córdoba.^[4]
• 936 - Madinat Al-Zahra construction begins.^[5]
• 1009 - Civil war begins.^[5]
• 1236 - Mosque converted into Cathedral of Córdoba.^[5]
• 1315 - Synagogue founded (approximate date).^[5]
• 1857 - Population: 42,909.^[6]

20th century

• 1910 - Population: 66,831.^[6]
• 1930 - Population: 103,106.^[6]
• 1979 - Julio Anguita becomes mayor.
• 1981 - Population: 284,737.^[6]

21st century

• 2008 - Population: 325,453.
• 2011 - José Antonio Nieto becomes mayor.

See also

• Córdoba history
• History of Córdoba, Andalusia
• List of mayors of Córdoba

Other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia:^(es)

• Timeline of Almería
• Timeline of Cádiz
• Timeline of Granada
• Timeline of Jaén, Spain
• Timeline of Jerez de la Frontera
• Timeline of Málaga
• Timeline of Seville
• List of municipalities in Andalusia

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• "Spain: Cordova", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202 
• Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831), "Cordova", Sketches in Spain and Morocco, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, OCLC 13783280 
• Richard Ford (1855), "Cordova", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740 
• John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Cordova", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black 

Published in the 20th century

• Albert Frederick Calvert (1907), Cordova, a city of the Moors, London: J. Lane 
• "Cordova", Jewish Encyclopedia, 4, New York, 1907 
• "Cordova", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249 
• Manuel Garcia Osuna (1908). "Cordova". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 
• Somerset Maugham (1920). "Cordova". Land of the Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia. New York: A.A. Knopf. 
• Philip Khuri Hitti (1973). "Cordova". Capital Cities of Arab Islam. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-0663-4. 
• Robert Hillenbrand (1992). "'The Ornament of the World': medieval Cordoba as a cultural centre". In Salma Khadra Jayyusi. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. EJ Brill. ISBN 90-04-09599-3. 
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Cordoba". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 155+. OCLC 31045650. 

Published in the 21st century

• Clifford Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Cordova". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 102+. 
• "Cordoba". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1. 
• Ann Christys (2010). "The meaning of topography in Umayyad Córdoba". In Caroline Goodson; et al. Cities, Texts, and Social Networks, 400-1500: Experiences and Perceptions of Medieval Urban Space. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-6723-0. 
• David Gilmour (2012). "Cordoba". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Córdoba, Andalusia.

• "Spain: Cordoba". Archnet. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. 
• Europeana. Items related to Córdoba, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Córdoba, various dates

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