Timeline of Córdoba, Spain

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 152 BCE – Romans in power.
• 45 BCE – Battle of Munda occurs near Cordoba.
• 294 CE – Hosius becomes bishop.
• 554 CE – Byzantines in power.
• 571 – Visigoth Liuvigild in power.
• 719 – Capital of al-Andalus relocated to Cordoba from Seville.
• 785 – Great Mosque of Córdoba built.
• 880 – Earthquake.
• 929 – Umayyad Abd-ar-Rahman III becomes Caliph of Córdoba.
• 936 – Madinat Al-Zahra construction begins.
• 1009 – Civil war begins.
• 1236 – Mosque converted into Cathedral of Córdoba.
• 1315 – Synagogue founded (approximate date).
• 1857 – Population: 42,909.

20th century

• 1910 – Population: 66,831.
• 1930 – Population: 103,106.
• 1979 – Julio Anguita becomes mayor.
• 1981 – Population: 284,737.

21st century

• 2008 – Population: 325,453.
• 2011 – José Antonio Nieto becomes mayor.

See also

• Córdoba, Andalusia § History
• History of Córdoba (Spain)
• List of mayors of Córdoba
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Timeline of Almería, Timeline of Cádiz, Timeline of Granada, Timeline of Jaén, Timeline of Jerez de la Frontera, Timeline of Málaga, Timeline of Seville
• List of municipalities in Andalusia

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• "Spain: Cordova", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
• Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831), "Cordova", Sketches in Spain and Morocco, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, OCLC 13783280
• Richard Ford (1855), "Cordova", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740
• John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Cordova", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black

Published in the 20th century

• Albert Frederick Calvert (1907), Cordova, a city of the Moors, London: J. Lane, OL 23291161M
• "Cordova", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 4, New York, 1907, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752912{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Cordova", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
• Manuel Garcia Osuna (1908). "Cordova". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Somerset Maugham (1920). "Cordova". Land of the Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia. New York: A.A. Knopf. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081585832.
• Philip Khuri Hitti (1973). "Cordova". Capital Cities of Arab Islam. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-0663-4.
• Robert Hillenbrand (1992). "'The Ornament of the World': medieval Cordoba as a cultural centre". In Salma Khadra Jayyusi (ed.). The Legacy of Muslim Spain. EJ Brill. ISBN 90-04-09599-3.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Cordoba". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 155+. ISBN 9781884964022. OCLC 31045650.

Published in the 21st century

• Clifford Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Cordova". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 102+. ISBN 978-9004153882.
• "Cordoba". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
• Ann Christys (2010). "The meaning of topography in Umayyad Córdoba". In Caroline Goodson; et al. (eds.). Cities, Texts, and Social Networks, 400-1500: Experiences and Perceptions of Medieval Urban Space. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-6723-0.
• David Gilmour (2012). "Cordoba". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.

External links

• "Spain: Cordoba". Archnet. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008.
• Europeana. Items related to Córdoba, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Córdoba, various dates