Timeline Of Guatemala City
The following is a timeline of the history of Guatemala City, Republic of Guatemala.
Prior to 20th century
- 1776 – Nueva Guatemala de la Asuncion founded, following destruction by earthquake of former Spanish colonial capital Antigua.
- 1778 – Population: 10,841.
- 1779 – City becomes capital of Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Guatemala.
- 1789 – Plaza Mayor fountain erected.
- 1793 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.
- 1813 – Cathedral of Guatemala City inaugurated.
- 1823 – City becomes part of the United Provinces of Central America.
- 1831 – Sociedad Economica museum established.
- 1835 – Capital relocated from Guatemala city to San Salvador.
- 1858 – Theatre founded.
- 1874 - Earthquake.
- 1879 – Gas street lighting installed.
- 1880 – Population: 58,000.
- 1882 – Horse streetcar begins operating.
- 1885 – Electric street lighting installed.
- 1893 – Population: 72,000.
- 1898 – National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology established.
20th century
- 1905 - Population: about 97,000.
- 1917 – December 17: Earthquake.
- 1918 – January 4: Earthquake.
- 1921
- Airport built.
- Population: 121,000.
- 1924 – Zoo founded.
- 1934 – Museo Nacional de Historia y Bellas Artes (museum) opens.
- 1935 – Torre del Reformador (tower) and Obelisco (monument) erected.
- 1940
- Guatemala Post Office Building constructed.
- Population: 186,000.
- 1943 – National Palace rebuilt.
- 1949 – Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones (football club) formed.
- 1950
- Estadio Mateo Flores and Estadio del Ejército (stadiums) open.
- City hosts 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games.
- Population: 284,276.
- 1957 – National Library of Guatemala new building opens.
- 1966 – Del Valle University of Guatemala founded.
- 1971 – Francisco Marroquin University founded.
- 1973 – Population: 706,920.
- 1975 – Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" established.
- 1976 – February 4: 1976 Guatemala earthquake.
- 1978 – National Theatre opens.
- 1984 – El Mezquital occupied.
- 1990 – Population: 1,675,589 (estimate).
- 1991
- Estadio Cementos Progreso (stadium) opens.
- Óscar Berger becomes mayor.
- 1996 – Álvaro Arzú becomes President of Guatemala.
- 1997 – Tikal Futura shopping mall built.
- 1999 – Club Premier hi-rise built.
- 2000
- Fritz García Gallont becomes mayor.
- Galileo University founded.
- Domo (arena) built.
21st century
- 2001
- City hosts 2001 Central American Games.
- Population: 1,022,001.
- 2002 – Museo Miraflores (archaeological museum) founded.
- 2004
- Guatemala City Railway Museum inaugurated.
- Álvaro Arzú becomes mayor again.
- 2005 – March: Protest against Central American Free Trade Agreement.
- 2007
- February 19: Salvadoran congressmen killings discovered near city.
- February 23: Sinkhole collapse.
- 2009 – Guatemala National Police Archives headquartered in city.
- 2010 – May 30: Sinkhole collapse.
- 2012 – July: Teacher unrest over upscaled requirements of studying a University degree to become a teacher in the country.
- 2013 – Air pollution in Guatemala City reaches annual mean of 41 PM2.5 and 56 PM10, more than recommended.
- 2018 – June: 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption occurs in vicinity of city.