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• 1575 – Aguascalientes founded.
• 1604 – San Marcos Fair begins.
• 1857 – Town becomes capital of Aguascalientes state.
• 1867 – School of Agriculture established.
• 1870 – El Despertador newspaper in publication.
• 1883 – León-Aguascalientes railway established.
• 1885 – Teatro Morelos opens.
• 1899 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes established.

20th century

• 1903 – State Teaching School built.
• 1911 – Population: 44,800.
• 1964 – Museo de la Insurgencia opens.
• 1972 – Posada Museum opens.
• 1973 – Autonomous University of Aguascalientes established.
• 1975 – Rieleros de Aguascalientes baseball team formed.
• 1982 – Aguascalientes State Historical Archive established.[1]
• 1987 – El Heraldo de Aguascalientes newspaper begins publication.
• 1988 – Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes established.
• 1989 – Jardín Botánico Rey Netzahualcoyotl [es] (garden) active.
• 1991 – Teatro Aguascalientes opens.
• 2000 – Population: 594,092.

21st century

• 2003
  • Estadio Victoria (stadium) opens.
  • Club Necaxa football team active.
• 2010 – Population: 722,250; metro 932,369.
• 2011
  • Lorena Martínez Rodríguez becomes mayor.
  • Línea Verde project begins.
  • Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes 2011 (beauty pageant) held in city.
• 2013 – New Nissan Motor Company manufactory begins operating.

See also

• Aguascalientes (city) history
• List of municipal presidents of Aguascalientes
• Aguascalientes (state) history