Timeline of Camagüey
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Camagüey, Cuba.
Prior to 20th century
- 1528 - Santa María del Puerto Príncipe established by settlers relocating from Caonao, and previously from Punta del Guincho.
- 1599 - Convento de San Francisco founded.
- 1616 - Fire.
- 1617 - Cathedral first built.
- 1668 - City raided by Welsh pirate Henry Morgan.
- 1720 - San Francisco de Paula monastery rebuilt.
- 1723 - Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje church built.
- 1728 - Hospital de Caridad de San Juan de Dios established.
- 1730 - Hospital de Nuestra Senora del Carmen founded.
- 1733 - City Hall construction begins.
- 1737 - San Lázaro hospital built.
- 1741 - Epidemic outbreak.
- 1779 - Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad built.
- 1800 - Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo relocated to Puerto Principe from Santo Domingo.
- 1814 - Future poet Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda born in Puerto Principe.
- 1817 - Town becomes a city.
- 1842 - Filarmónica founded.
- 1850 - El Principal theatre opens.
- 1851 - Puerto Principe and Nuevitas Railroad begins operating.
- 1864
- * Benemérita Popular Santa Cecilia formed.
- * Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral rebuilt.
- 1872 - Casino Español formed.
- 1874 - March: Battle of Las Guasimas (1874) fought; Cuban rebels win.
- 1886 - El Arrebol newspaper begins publication.
- 1898 -
- * Lope Recio Loynaz leading the third cavalry regiment makes a triumphal entry in the city, marking the end of the Cuban War of Independence for Camagūey,
- * Pedro Mendoza Guerra becomes governor of province.
- 1899
- * El Eco Mercantil newspaper begins publication.
- * Population: 25,102 city; 53,140 district; 88,234 province.
20th century
1900s–1940s
- 1902 - El Camagüeyano newspaper begins publication.
- 1903
- * Porto Principe renamed "Camagüey."
- * City becomes seat of Camagüey Province.
- 1907 - Population: 29,616 city; 66,460 municipality; 118,269 province.
- 1912
- * Roman Catholic diocese of Camagüey established.
- * Ignacio Agramonte monument erected in Agramonte Park.
- 1913
- * Teatro Avellaneda opens.
- * Camagüey Jazz Band formed.
- 1919
- * Banda Municipal de Música formed.
- * Population: 98,193.
- 1932 - Hurricane.
- 1935 - Hurricane.
- 1938 - Biblioteca Municipal established.
- 1948 - Cine Casablanca opens.
1950s–1990s
- 1956 - El Cubano Libre student newspaper begins publication.
- 1959 - Huber Matos becomes governor of province.
- 1961 - Coro de Camagüey formed.
- 1963 - Biblioteca provincial de Camagüey Julio Antonio Mella established.
- 1964 - Population: 153,100.
- 1965 - Estadio Cándido González built.
- 1966 - Population: 171,000.
- 1967
- * established.
- * Ballet de Camagüey founded.
- 1968 - Archivo Histórico provincial de Camagüey established.
- 1970 - Population: 197,720.
- 1976
- * Instituto Superior Pedagógico established.
- * Museo Estudiantil "Jesús Suárez Gayol" opens.
- 1981 - Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey established.
- 1983 - Festival de Teatro de Camagüey begins.
- 1988 - Sister city relationship established with Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
- 1994 - Creole Choir of Cuba established.
- 1998
- * January: Catholic pope visits Camagüey.
- * Office of City Historian established.
- 1999 - Population: 306,049 city; 785,800 province.
21st century
- 2008
- * September: Hurricane Ike occurs.
- * Old town designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- * Museo de San Juan de Dios opens.
- 2014 - Population: 304,027.