The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Caracas , Venezuela .
Prior to 18th century [ edit ] 1721 – University of Caracas founded.[10]
1749 – 20 April: Economic demonstration led by Juan Francisco de León [es ] .
1763 – Measles outbreaks begin.
1765 – Population: 12,500.
1770 – Population: 20,000.
1777
1779 – City divided into eight administrative wards (barrios).
1781 – Church of the Holy Trinity (Caracas) [es ] built.
1782 – Theatre built.[12]
1787 – Real Audiencia of Caracas installed.
1793 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.[13] 1900 – Earthquake [24]
1904 - Population: 90,000.(estimate).
1905 – National Theatre opens.
1908 – Electric streetcar begins operating.
1909 – El Universal newspaper in publication.[25] [26]
1918 – Spanish flu reaches Caracas
1922 – Population: 92,212.[27]
1928 – Generation of 1928 anti-Gómez protest.
1929 – Cine El Dorado (cinema) opens in San Agustín Parish [28]
1931
1937 – Municipal Commission of Town Planning established.
1941 – Population: 269,030 city; 380,099 federal district.[4]
1945
1947 – Caracas Stock Exchange established.
1950
1951 – Estadio Olímpico opens.
1952
1953
1954 – Centro Simón Bolívar Towers built
1958 – El Mundo newspaper begins publication.
1959 – La Rinconada Hippodrome opens in Coche Parish
1960 – University City built.
1961 – Population: 786,710 city; 1,362,189 federal district.
1963 – December: Christmas display of illuminated Cruz del Ávila [es ] begins.
1966 – CorpBanca Tower built.
1967
1971 – Population: 1,662,627 city; 2,175,400 urban agglomeration (approximate).[34]
1973 – Previsora Tower and Bet-El Synagogue built.
1974
1975
1977 – Parque Zoológico Caricuao opens.[35]
1978 – National Theatre Festival begins (approximate date).[citation needed ]
1979 – El Diario de Caracas newspaper begins publication.[25]
1982 – Children's Museum of Caracas established.
1983
1984 – Mercantil Tower and Provincial Tower built.
1987 – Parque Cristal built.
1989
1990
Tower of David construction begins.
Population: 1,824,892 city; 2,784,042 urban agglomeration.[36]
1993 – Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim built.
1995 – Polar Tower II built.
1998 – Centro San Ignacio (commercial building) opens.
1999
2000
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^ a b c Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World , New York: Columbia University Press, p. 330, OL 6112221M
^ Shorto, Gavin (June 13, 2013). "George Somers, Amyas Preston and the Burning of Caracas" . The Bermudian . Archived from the original on May 13, 2016.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Venezuela" . Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 30 June 2015 .
^ Leonard V. Dalton (1912), Venezuela , London: T.F. Unwin, OCLC 1720084 , OL 6549000M
^ McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama (2nd ed.). 1984.
^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade , Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
^ a b Jedidiah Morse ; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Caraccas" , A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
^ John V. Lombardi (1976). People and Places in Colonial Venezuela . Bloomington. ((cite book ))
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^ "Venezuela" . Union List of Newspapers . USA: Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials. Retrieved 30 June 2015 .
^ "South America, 1800–1900 A.D.: Key Events" . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 30 July 2014 .
^ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Venezuela" , Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl :2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
^ José Peñín; Walter Guido (1998). Enciclopedia de la música en Venezuela (in Spanish). Caracas: Fundación Bigott.
^ "M 7.7 - offshore Miranda, Venezuela" . earthquake.usgs.gov . USGS. Retrieved 12 June 2021 .
^ a b c "WorldCat" . USA: Online Computer Library Center . Retrieved 8 March 2013 .
^ "Venezuela: Directory" . Europa World Year Book . Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8 .
^ Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America , Washington, DC: Govt. Print. Office, OL 7203280M
^ a b "Movie Theaters in Caracas, Venezuela" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 June 2015 .
^ Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater . Greenwood. 2003.
^ "Garden Search: Venezuela" . London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International . Retrieved 30 June 2015 .
^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations .
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 1975 . New York. pp. 253–279.((cite book ))
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^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoos and Aquariums of the World (chronological list)" . Zoo and Aquarium History . USA: CRC Press . ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5 .
^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants" . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . New York. pp. 262–321. CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
^ a b "Venezuela Profile: Timeline" . BBC News. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2013 .
^ Jorge Silva (April 2, 2014), "The Tower of David: Venezuela's 'vertical slum' " , Photographer's Blog , Reuters, archived from the original on April 6, 2014
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2011 . United Nations Statistics Division . 2012.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2016 . United Nations Statistics Division . 2017.
^ Anti-Maduro strike paralyzes swathes of Venezuela , Reuters, 20 July 2017
^ "Venezuela crisis: Deadly clashes as millions join strike" , BBC News , 21 July 2017
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia .
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"Venezuela: Caracas" . Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions: America . Publication ;no. 39. USA: Carnegie Institution of Washington . 1908. hdl :2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5t72q98c – via Hathi Trust.
"Caracas" . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York. 1908. hdl :2027/mdp.39015024854435 – via Hathi Trust.((cite book ))
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"Carácas" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 298.
William Alfred Hirst (1915), "Caracas" , Guide to South America , New York: Macmillan Company
P.L. Bell (1922), "Caracas and Commercial District" , Venezuela, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook , Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Annie Smith Peck (1922), "Venezuela" , Industrial and Commercial South America , New York: E. P. Dutton & Company
"Caracas" . Collier's Encyclopedia . New York: P.F. Collier & Son. 1928. hdl :2027/mdp.39015073302005 .
Juan Bautista Plaza; Conchita Rexach (1943). "Music in Caracas during the Colonial Period (1770–1811)". Musical Quarterly . 29 (2): 198–213. doi :10.1093/mq/xxix.2.198 . JSTOR 739521 .
John D. Martz; Peter B. Harkins (1973). "Urban Electoral Behavior in Latin America: The Case of Metropolitan Caracas, 1958-1968". Comparative Politics . 5 (4): 523–549. doi :10.2307/421395 . JSTOR 421395 .
E. Jeffrey Stann (1975). "Transportation and Urbanization in Caracas, 1891–1936". Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs . 17 (1): 82–100. doi :10.2307/174789 . JSTOR 174789 .
Robert H. Lavenda (1979). "Social Urbanization and Caracas: A Historical Anthropological Analysis". Urban Anthropology . 8 (3/4): 365–381. JSTOR 40552889 . PMID 12265085 .
Kathy Waldron (1981). "Public Land Policy and Use in Colonial Caracas". Hispanic American Historical Review . 61 (2): 258–277. doi :10.2307/2513831 . JSTOR 2513831 .
Robert J. Ferry (1989). The Colonial Elite of Early Caracas: Formation and Crisis, 1567–1767 . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06399-0 .
"Caracas" , Venezuela , Lonely Planet , 1998, p. 114+
Lorenzo Gonzalez Casas (2002), "Caracas" , in A. Almondoz (ed.), Planning Latin America's Capital Cities, 1850–1950 , Routledge, ISBN 9780415272650
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