Timeline of Montevideo

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

18th century

1724 – Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo 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 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 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..
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.
1947 – Airport terminal inaugurated.
1952 – Cinemateca Uruguaya founded.
1953 – Museo Torres García opens.
1956 – Cilindro Municipal opens.
1958 – Museum and Municipal Archives inaugurated in the Cabildo.
1963 – Population: 1,154,465.
1964 – Edificio Panamericano 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.