Timeline of San Juan, Puerto Rico

History of San Juan, Puerto Rico by century

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

16th–18th centuries

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Porto Rico, 17th century[1]
  • 1511 – First Catholic Diocese established in San Juan[2]
  • 1521 – "Ciudad de San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico" founded by Spanish colonists from nearby Caparra.[3][4]
  • 1523 – Convento de Santo Tomas de Aquino founded.[5]
  • 1524 – Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion hospital built.[5]
  • 1526 – October 4: St. Francis Hurricane occurs.[3]
  • 1529 – October 18: Harbor attack by Caribs.[5]
  • 1530
  • 1532 – San José Church construction begins.[6]
  • 1540 – La Fortaleza built.[5]
  • 1542 – Cathedral of San Juan Bautista construction begins.[7]
  • 1560 – City wall construction begins.[3]
  • 1560s – San Antonio Bridge built across Condado Lagoon.[5]
  • 1568 – September 7: Hurricane occurs.[3]
  • 1582 – Population: 850 (approximate estimate).[5]
  • 1591 – Castillo San Felipe del Morro construction begins.[6]
  • 1595 – November 22: Battle of San Juan begins.[5][4]
  • 1598 – June: San Juan taken by British forces; Boquerón battery sacked.[3][4]
  • 1605 – Cabildo constructed in Plaza de San Juan.[6]
  • 1615 – September 12: Hurricane occurs.[3]
  • 1625 – September 24: Town besieged by Dutch forces.[5]
  • 1733 – Palacio Episcopal construction begins (approximate date).[7]
  • 1769 – Powder house built.
  • 1780 – Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Salud (chapel) built.[7]
  • 1783 – Castillo de San Cristóbal built.[4]
  • 1787
  • 1797 – April: San Juan besieged by British forces.[9][4]

19th century

20th century

1900s–1950s

1960s–1990s

21st century

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Matovina, Timothy (March 4, 2016). "American Latino Theme Study: Religion (U.S. National Park Service)". NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service). Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Federal Writers' Project 1940, p. 387-391: "Chronology"
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Britannica 1910.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Marley 2005.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Puerto Rico", Oxford Art Online. Retrieved May 24, 2017
  7. ^ a b c d e Pabón-Charneco 2012.
  8. ^ Davis 1972.
  9. ^ Forts 1998.
  10. ^ "US Newspaper Directory: Puerto Rico: San Juan". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  11. ^ Kinsbruner 1978.
  12. ^ a b San Juan, Puerto Rico. Annual Report of the Insane Asylum of San Juan Porto Rico 1906. NY. hdl:2027/mdp.39015068580359.
  13. ^ a b c Malena Kuss, ed. (2007). "Puerto Rico". Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: an Encyclopedic History. University of Texas Press. pp. 151–188. ISBN 978-0-292-78498-7.
  14. ^ Joseph 1992.
  15. ^ a b Pabón-Charneco 2017.
  16. ^ a b Matos Rodríguez 1999.
  17. ^ Kinsbruner 1990.
  18. ^ a b c "Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico" (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  19. ^ a b Adolfo de Hostos; Oficina del Historiador Oficial, eds. (1949). Tesauro de datos historicos (in Spanish). San Juan: Imprenta del Gobierno de Puerto Rico.
  20. ^ a b c "Municipalities: San Juan: Mayors". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  21. ^ Paul G. Miller (1922). Historia de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Rand, McNally.
  22. ^ "Spain: Colonies: Cuba and Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368325.
  23. ^ a b c "San Juan (P.R.) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  24. ^ Sanchez 1991.
  25. ^ Baedeker 1909.
  26. ^ Governor, Puerto Rico (1902). Annual Report of the Governor of Porto Rico. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  27. ^ a b c d e "Breve historia de la Asamblea Municipal" [Brief history of the Municipal Assembly] (in Spanish). Legislatura Municipal de San Juan. 25 January 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  28. ^ "Porto Rico". Nelson Chesman & Co.'s Newspaper Rate Book. USA. 1922.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  29. ^ "Movie Theaters in San Juan, Puerto Rico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  30. ^ "United States of America: Outlying Territories: Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  31. ^ a b "United States AM Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive Free access icon
  32. ^ a b U.S. Bureau of the Census (1943), Leon E. Truesdell (ed.), "Puerto Rico: Housing, General Characteristics", Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: Government Printing Office, hdl:2027/umn.31951p00820205t
  33. ^ "Bases in South America and the Caribbean Area, Including Bermuda". Building the Navy's Bases in World War II. Volume II, Part III: The Advance Bases. Washington DC: U.S. Govt. Printing Office. 1947. Archived from the original on 2014-10-08.
  34. ^ "United States TV Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 Free access icon
  35. ^ Don Rubin; Carlos Solórzano, eds. (1996). "Puerto Rico". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Vol. 2: The Americas. Routledge. pp. 377+. ISBN 978-1-136-35928-6.
  36. ^ "Pynson Printers records, 1927–1933". Research Collections. New York Public Library. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  37. ^ "Casa del Libro". San Juan. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  38. ^ "About: Meetings". Washington, D.C.: National Governors Association. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  39. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Puerto Rico". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  40. ^ "General Population Characteristics: Puerto Rico", 1970 Census of Population, Características generales de la poblacíon, Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1971, hdl:2027/txu.059173012521967
  41. ^ "Garden Search: Puerto Rico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  42. ^ "History" (in English, Spanish, and French). Association of Caribbean Historians. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  43. ^ "Historia de la SPG". Genealogiapr.com (in Spanish). Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  44. ^ "Orígenes, Historia y Misión" (in Spanish). Museo de Las Américas. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  45. ^ "Timeline: Puerto Rico". BBC News. 23 February 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  46. ^ "San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  47. ^ "David Begnaud: Aliado boricua – Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular". 29 July 2019.
  48. ^ Romero, Simon; Robles, Frances; Mazzei, Patricia; Real, Jose A. Del (27 July 2019). "15 Days of Fury: How Puerto Rico's Government Collapsed". The New York Times.

Bibliography

Published in 17th–19th centuries

in English
  • Antonio de Alcedo; G.A. Thompson (1812), "Puerto Rico", Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies [Diccionario geográfico-historico de las Indias Occidentales o América], London: Printed for James Carpenter, Puerto Rico, the capital
  • Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Porto Rico", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  • William Drysdale (January 18, 1891). "In Porto Rico's Capital". New York Times.
  • M. de Magalhães (1898). "San Juan". Colonial Business Directory of the Island of Puerto Rico. New York. OCLC 39940968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Frederick A. Ober (1899), "San Juan, the Capital", Puerto Rico and its Resources, New York: D. Appleton and Co.
  • Robert Thomas Hill (1899), "Cities of Porto Rico: (San Juan)", Cuba and Porto Rico (2nd ed.), New York: Century Company
in Spanish
  • Antonio de Alcedo (1788), "Puertorico", Diccionario geográfico-historico de las Indias Occidentales o América (in Spanish), Madrid: Manuel Gonzalez
  • Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra (1866), Historia geográfica, civil y natural de la Isla de San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico [Geographic, civil and natural history of the island of Saint John the Baptist of Puerto Rico] (in Spanish), Puerto-Rico: Imp. y Librería de Acosta, OCLC 82511773, OL 20590535M
  • Waldo Jiménez de la Romera (1887), "La capital", Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas (in Spanish), Barcelona: Daniel Cortezo y C.ª, OCLC 3153821
  • Rafael del Castillo, ed. (1891), "San Juan de Puerto Rico", Gran Diccionario geográfico, estadístico e histórico de España y sus provincias (in Spanish), vol. 3, Barcelona: Henrich y Compañía en Comandita
  • "San Juan de Puerto Rico". Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). Vol. 18. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1896. hdl:2027/mdp.35112203983350.
in other languages
  • Joannes de Laet (1625), "St. Juan de Porto Rico", Nieuwe wereldt, ofte, Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien [New World, Description of the West Indies] (in Dutch), Tot Leyden: Isaack Elzevier
  • Arnoldus Montanus (1671). "Porto Rico". De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld [The New and Unknown World: or Description of America and the Southland]. Antwerp: J. Meurs.

Published in 20th century

in English
  • A.P.C. Griffin; Library of Congress (1901). List of Books (with References to Periodicals) on Porto Rico. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. (Includes bibliographic information relevant to San Juan, p. 53+ etc.)
  • "Porto Rico: San Juan". Official Commercial Directory of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Entire West Indies, with Bermuda. New York: Spanish-American Directories Company. 1901. pp. 340+.
  • Charles Hartzell, ed. (1903), "Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages: San Juan", Register of Porto Rico for 1903, San Juan: Louis E. Tuzo and Co., pp. 200+
  • "Porto Rico: San Juan Bautista", United States, with Excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909, pp. 669+, OCLC 02338437
  • "San Juan". Commercial Guide and Business Directory of Porto Rico. New York: F.E. Platt. 1910. pp. 17–66.
  • "San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 151.
  • A. Hyatt Verrill (1914), "San Juan", Porto Rico past and present and San Domingo of today, New York: Dodd, Mead
  • Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "San Juan", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Govt. Print. Office
  • Federal Writers' Project (1940), "San Juan", Puerto Rico: a Guide to the Island of Boriquén, American Guide Series, New York: University Society, pp. 171–232, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030579083, OCLC 245805 – via HathiTrust
  • Frank Otto Gatell (1959). "Puerto Rico in the 1830s; The Journal of Edward Bliss Emerson". The Americas. 16.
  • Martha Ellen Davis (1972). "Social Organization of a Musical Event: The Fiesta de Cruz in San Juan, Puerto Rico". Ethnomusicology. 16.
  • Jay Kinsbruner (1978). "The Pulperos of Caracas and San Juan during the First Half of the Nineteenth Century". Latin American Research Review. 13.
  • Jay Kinsbruner (1990). "Caste and Capitalism in the Caribbean: Residential Patterns and House Ownership among the Free People of Color of San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1823–46". Hispanic American Historical Review. 70.
  • Joseph P. Sanchez (1991). "Infrastructure of Puerto Rico in the 19th Century". Second International Symposium on Historic Preservation in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Lectures. San Juan, Puerto Rico: U.S. National Park Service, San Juan National Historic Site. hdl:2027/wu.89074121823.
  • J. W. Joseph; Stephen C. Bryne (1992). "Socio-Economics and Trade in Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico: Observations from the Ballaja Archaeological Project". Historical Archaeology. 26: 45–58. doi:10.1007/BF03374159. S2CID 160583426.
  • Ramón Grosfoguel (1994). "World Cities in the Caribbean: The Rise of Miami and San Juan". Review. 17 (3). Fernand Braudel Center, State University of New York: 351–381. JSTOR 40241296. (Abstract)
  • Forts of Old San Juan: San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico. Handbook ;151. Washington, D.C.: United States National Park Service. c. 1998. hdl:2027/pur1.32754067979769. ISBN 9780912627625.
  • Félix V. Matos Rodríguez (1999), Women and urban change in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1820–1868, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813016762
in Spanish
  • "Puerto Rico: San Juan". Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal (in Spanish). Vol. 4. Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908. (Directory)
  • Adolfo de Hostos (1966) [1948]. Historia de San Juan, ciudad murada [History of San Juan: Walled City, 1521–1898] (in Spanish). San Juan. OCLC 243313.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • José Seguinot Barbosa (1992). "Geografía histórica de la Ciudad de San Juan, Puerto Rico". Boletín de la Real Sociedad Geográfica (in Spanish) (128). Madrid. ISSN 0210-8577.

Published in 21st century

in English
  • David Marley (2005), "San Juan", Historic Cities of the Americas, Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, pp. 185+, ISBN 1576070271
  • Arleen Pabón-Charneco (2012), "Old San Juan Historic District/ Distrito Histórico del Viejo San Juan" (PDF), National Historic Landmark Nomination, NPS Form 10-900
  • Arleen Pabón-Charneco (2017). Architecture of San Juan de Puerto Rico: Five centuries of urban and architectural experimentation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-42358-4.
in Spanish
  • Silvia Álvarez Curbelo; Aníbal Sepúlveda-Rivera (2011). De vuelta a la ciudad: San Juan de Puerto Rico 1997–2001 [Back to the city: San Juan de Puerto Rico 1997–2001] (in Spanish). San Juan, P.R.: Fundación Sila M. Calderón. ISBN 9780982080603. [2]

External links

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  • Items related to San Juan, various dates (via University of Puerto Rico's Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña)
  • "(San Juan)" – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
  • Nancy Abreu Báez; et al. (eds.). "Indice de Temas: (San Juan (P.R.))" [Topic Index]. Conuco: Indice de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). OCLC 772645549. (Includes bibliographic information on San Juan history)
  • "San Juan", American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection, USA – via University of Wisconsin, ca.1766–2003
  • Materials related to San Juan, Puerto Rico, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
  • Works related to San Juan, PR, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
  • Map of San Juan, 1982
  • Map of San Juan, 1940
  • "Breve Historia del Desarrollo Urbano de la Ciudad de San Juan Bautista, Ciudad Capital de Puerto Rico" [Brief History of Urban Development of the City of San Juan Bautista, City Capital of Puerto Rico] (in Spanish). Legislatura Municipal de San Juan. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012.
  • "Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano" [Historical Archive of the Archdiocese of San Juan] (in Spanish). Arquidiocesano de San Juan. Located in the Palacio Arzobispal on Calle San Sebastián
  • Digitized materials related to San Juan in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles

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