Timeline of Bayamón, Puerto Rico

History of Bayamón, Puerto Rico by century

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

19th century

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1772
- Santa Cruz Church construction begins.^[1]
- José Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.^[2]
1883 - Population: 15,752 in ayuntamiento (city); 125,277 in departamento (province).^[3]

1900 - First automobile is photographed in Bayamón^[4]
1905 - Mahogany tree planted in the plaza.^[1]
1908 - Plata Bridge built.
1910 - Farmacia Serra (pharmacy) building constructed.
1928 - Hurricane.^[1]
1932 - Hurricane.^[1]
1949 - Puerto Rico National Cemetery established.
1964
- Universidad Católica de Bayamón established.^[5]
- Santa Rosa Mall in business.
1970 - Population: 147,552.^[6]
1974
- Vaqueros de Bayamón baseball club formed.
- Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium opens.
1977 - City flag design adopted.^[2]
1980 - Bayamón City Hall built.^[2]
1982 - Plaza Rio Hondo shopping mall in business.
1984 - Braulio Castillo Theater opens.^[2]
1988 - Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (arena) opens.
1990 - Botanical garden established.^[2]
1997 - Carmen Delia Dipiní Theater opens.^[2]
1998 - Plaza del Sol shopping mall in business.
1999 - Puerto Rico Bayamón football club formed.
2000
- Public Library building constructed.^[2]
- Population: 203,499.^[7]

- May 11: Miss Universe 2001 beauty pageant held in Bayamón
- Ramón Luis Rivera Jr. becomes mayor
2004 - Tren Urbano (regional transit) begins operating
2010 - Population: 208,116^[8]
2009 - an explosion and fire at the Cataño oil refinery
2011 - Bayamón Soccer Complex opens
2015 - Puerto Rico FC (football club) formed

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Federal Writers' Project 1940.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Municipalities: Bayamón". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
^ José Gimeno Agius (1885). "Poblacion y comercio de la isla de Puerto Rico". Revista de España [es] (in Spanish). 102. Madrid: 546+.
^ Mari Mut, José A. "Las fotos de Puerto Rico en Our Islands and Their People" (PDF). Ediciones Digitales. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Historia" (in Spanish). Universidad Central de Bayamón. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
^ "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
^ "United States Commonwealth Territories: Puerto Rico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
^ "Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

M. de Magalhães (1898). "Bayamon". 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), "Inland Towns: Bayamon", Puerto Rico and its Resources, New York: D. Appleton and Co.
"Porto Rico: Bayamon". Official Commercial Directory of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Entire West Indies, with Bermuda. New York: Spanish-American Directories Company. 1901. pp. 368+.
Charles Hartzell, ed. (1903), "Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages: Bayamon", Register of Porto Rico for 1903, San Juan: Louis E. Tuzo and Co., p. 175
"Bayamon". Commercial Guide and Business Directory of Porto Rico. New York: F.E. Platt. 1910. pp. 143–146.
Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Bayamon", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Bayamon", Puerto Rico: a Guide to the Island of Boriquén, American Guide Series, New York: University Society, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030579083, OCLC 245805 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

Manuel Ubeda y Delgado (1878). "Bayamon". Isla de Puerto Rico: estudio histórico, geográfico y estadístico de la misma (in Spanish). Puerto Rico. hdl:2027/inu.30000067744395.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (reprint 1998)
Ignacio Olazagasti, Catálogo de documentos históricos de Bayamón (in Spanish), Instituto de Historia y Cultura de Bayamón, OCLC 9685839 1979-1982 (8 vols.)
Mario A. Rodríguez León (1985). Bayamón: notas para su historia (in Spanish). San Juan: Comité Historia de los Pueblos. OCLC 14643901. (2 vols.)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

"Historia de Bayamón". Municipiodebayamon.com (in Spanish). Municipio de Bayamón.
Nancy Abreu Báez; et al. (eds.). "Indice de Temas: (Bayamón (P.R.))" [Topic Index]. Conuco: Indice de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). OCLC 772645549. (Includes bibliographic information on Bayamón history)
Items related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, various dates (via University of Puerto Rico's Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña)
Items related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
Digitized materials related to Bayamón in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles

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