Timeline of Acapulco

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.

Prior to 20th century

1550
* Acapulco town established by Fernando de Santa Ana.
* Pedro Pacheco becomes mayor.
1565 – October: Spanish galleon San Pedro of Andrés de Urdaneta arrives from the Philippines in the first ever eastward voyage across the Pacific.
1570s – Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación built.
1576 – Epidemic outbreak.
1597 – Spanish colonial bureau of accounts established.
1614 – January: Japanese ship Mutsu Maru arrives; passengers include Hasekura Tsunenaga.
1615
* Acapulco-Manila galleon trade begins.
* October: Dutch Joris van Spilbergen expedition passes through.
1616 – Fort of San Diego built.
1617 – built.
1624 – October: Fuerte de San Diego taken briefly by Dutch.
1627 – Customs building constructed.
1776 – 21 April: Earthquake.
1783 – Fort of San Diego rebuilt.
1799 – Town becomes a city: "Ciudad de los Reyes de Acapulco."
1803 – March: German scientist Alexander von Humboldt visits Acapulco.
1810–1811 – City besieged by forces of José María Morelos during the Mexican War of Independence.
1813 – April: Siege of Acapulco (1813); Morelos in power.
1814 – City burnt per order of Morelos.
1852 – 1852 Acapulco earthquake totally destroys the city.

1907 – April: Earthquake.
1909 – 30 July: earthquake.
1919 – Workers Party of Acapulco founded.
1930 – Population: 6,529.
1934 – Salón Rojo cinema opens on.
1949 – opens.
1950s – built.
1954 – Cine Tropical opens.
1955 – established.
1958 – Roman Catholic diocese of Acapulco established.
1959 – Jorge Joseph Piedra becomes mayor.
1960 – Population: 49,149.
1967 – Aéroport international général Juan N. Álvarez in operation.
1969
* built.
* Novedades Acapulco newspaper in publication.
* Sister city relationship established with Manila, Philippines.
1970 – Population: 174,378.
1971 – opens.
1973
* opens.
* formed.
1975
* Unidad Deportiva Acapulco and built.
* established.
1978
* Miss Universe 1978 Pageant is held at the Teotihuacan Forum of the Acapulco Convention Center
1980 – Population: 301,902.
1981
* opens.
* built.
1985 – Fictional telenovela Tú o nadie broadcast.
1986 – Museo Histórico de Acapulco established.
1987 – Rio Group meets in city.
1988 – built.
1991 – Festival Acapulco begins.
1992 – established.
1993 – Mexican Federal Highway 95D begins operating.
1995 – Population: 592,528.
1997
* June: Acapulco Black Film Festival begins.
* October: Hurricane Pauline.
1999 – opens.
2000 – Population: 620,656.

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Published in the 20th century
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