Timeline of Oviedo

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

Prior to 20th century

762 – Oviedo founded.^(es)
790s – Alfonso II of Asturias relocates his capital to Oviedo.
811 – Roman Catholic diocese of Oviedo established.
848 – San Miguel de Lillo church built on nearby Mount Naranco.
850 – Santa María del Naranco church built on Mount Naranco.
924 – Asturian capital relocated to León from Oviedo.
1145 – Fuero de Oviedo [es] (law) created.
1258 – New city wall [es] construction begins.
1388 – Oviedo Cathedral construction begins.
1521 – Fire.
1528 – Oviedo Cathedral tower built.
1574 – University of Oviedo established; classes begin in 1608.
1587
- San Isidoro Church built.
- Plaza del Fontán [es] developed.^{[citation needed]}
1670 – Teatro del Fontán [es] (theatre) opens.
1671 – Casa consistorial de Oviedo [es] (town hall) built on the Plaza Mayor.
1809 – Oviedo "plundered by the French" during the Peninsular War.
1810 – Oviedo "plundered by the French" again.
1842 – Population: 19,610.
1854 – Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (art school) active.^(es)
1874 – Oviedo railway station opens.
1892 – Teatro Campoamor (theatre) opens.
1900
- University's Extension Universitaria established "to educate the local working classes."
- Population: 48,103.

20th century

1907 – Sociedad Filarmónica de Oviedo [es] (musical group) founded.
1923 – Astur CF (football club) formed.
1926 – Real Oviedo (football club) formed.
1932 – Estadio de Buenavista (stadium) opens.
1934 – Fighting takes place in the city, in the context of the Spanish 1934 revolution. Among other people, young communist Aida Lafuente is killed.
1936 – Siege of Oviedo.
1937 – La Nueva España newspaper begins publication.
1940 – Population: 82,548.
1942 – Biblioteca Pública del Estado (Oviedo) [es] (library) established.
1944
- Teatro Filarmónica [es] (theatre) opens.
- Casa del Termómetro [es] built on the Plaza de la Escandalera.
1950
- Population: 106,002.
- The Día de América en Asturias (America Day in Asturias) parade is held for the first time as part of the San Mateo festivities.
1956 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias [ast] (archives) established.
1960 – Population: 124,407.
1970 – Population: 152,453.
1975 – Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo (arena) opens.
1977 – Cámara Santa (Holy chamber, which is the chapel where Sudarium of Oviedo relic, thought to have covered the head of Jesus Christ after he died, is kept), at Oviedo Cathedral, is looted. Several important historical pieces, such as Cruz de los Ángeles (Angels Cross, symbol of Oviedo) and Victory Cross (symbol of Asturias), are stolen. Most of them would be recovered shortly after, but another pieces were not recovered until 1989, and some pieces never appeared.
1981
- Population: 184,473.
- Prince of Asturias Awards are held for the first time.
1982 – Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Oviedo.
1991
- Population: 204,276.
- Gabino de Lorenzo becomes mayor. He would remain in office until 2012.
1995 – Local television channel Oviedo Televisión opens. It would close down in 2011.
2000 – New Estadio Carlos Tartiere (stadium) opens.

21st century

2001 – Population: 201,154.
2003 – Estación de autobuses de Oviedo [es] (bus depot) opens.
2011 – Population: 225,005.
2012 – Agustín Iglesias Caunedo becomes mayor.
2014 – New HUCA hospital (Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Central University Hospital of Asturias) begins operation. Old HUCA hospital had been created in 1989 by joining 2 nearby hospitals that had been operating since 1961 in the El Cristo neighbourhood.
2015
- Wenceslao López Martínez [es] becomes mayor.
- Wikipedia receives in Oviedo the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.
2016 – On April 7, a fire completely destroys a building on Uría street (Oviedo's main street). 56-year-old firefighter Eloy Palacio Alonso died during the firefighting works, in which another firefighter was injured.
2019 – Alfredo Canteli becomes mayor.
2020 – Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda dies in Oviedo, of COVID-19. He was the first COVID-19 case detected in Asturias.
2021 – Population: 217,164.

Evolution of the Oviedo map

1777
1853
1991
2009
2010 (Center)
2010 (West)
2010 (East)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
↑ Quadrado 1855.
↑ "La Ciudad: Historia" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Oviedo.
1 2 3 4 5 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Oviedo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
↑ Acta de la sesión pública que celebró la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (in Spanish), 1854 – via Biblioteca Virtual del Principado de Asturias
↑ Angel Smith (2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
↑ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
↑ Nortes, Redacción (13 October 2024). "Aida Lafuente y el Oviedo revolucionario de 1934". Nortes | Centradas en la periferia (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
↑ "La biblioteca: Información general" (in Spanish). Oviedo: Biblioteca de Asturias "Ramón Pérez de Ayala". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
↑ CORTES, Pedro RODRÍGUEZ (25 September 2016). "El Día de América, un invento coral". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2026.
↑ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Evolución de la población. Datos censales y padronales. por Ámbito territorial y Periodo". PX-Web (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
↑ LUMBRERAS, DANIEL (11 August 2017). "Cuarenta años del robo del siglo". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ Benito, Alexandra (19 October 2023). "El origen de los Premios Princesa de Asturias: por qué se celebran, desde cuándo y su fundación". vanitatis.elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ NEIRA, Chus (24 March 2018). "Gabino de Lorenzo, genio y figura: la imagen más allá de la política". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ SALAS, ANA (24 December 2011). "Cierra Oviedo Televisión después de 16 años". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ NEIRA, SUSANA (9 January 2012). "Caunedo 'hereda' hoy la Alcaldía de Oviedo con la marcha de De Lorenzo". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ EFE, L. FONSECA (16 May 2014). "El nuevo HUCA estará a pleno funcionamiento el 20 de junio". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ "El viejo Hospital Central cumple 50 años". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 23 January 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ País, El (17 June 2015). "Wikipedia, Premio Princesa de Asturias de Cooperación". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
↑ "El bombero que murió en Oviedo fue al incendio en su día de descanso". El País (in Spanish). 8 April 2016. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
↑ "Muere un bombero al desplomarse un edificio en llamas en el centro de Oviedo". El País (in Spanish). 8 April 2016. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
↑ Díaz-Rubín, Gonzalo (15 June 2019). "Alfredo Canteli, nuevo alcalde de Oviedo: "Para construir ese Oviedo que soñamos hay que contar con todos"". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2023.
↑ Aguilar, Andrea (16 April 2020). "El escritor chileno Luis Sepúlveda muere de coronavirus a los 70 años". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2023.
↑ Galindo, Juan Carlos (1 March 2020). "El escritor chileno Luis Sepúlveda, primer afectado por coronavirus en Asturias". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2023.
↑ Telefónicas, Telencuestas-Encuestas. "Población de Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, en 2021". Telencuestas (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Josiah Conder (1830), "Oviedo", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
Richard Ford (1890), "Oviedo", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 212
Albert F. Calvert (1908). Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avil, & Zaragoza; an Historical & Descriptive Account. Spanish series. London: John Lane. hdl:2027/mdp.39015004743590.
"Oviedo (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 390–391.
"Oviedo", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

José María Quadrado [in Spanish] (1855). Asturias y León. Recuerdos y bellezas de España [es] (in Spanish). Jose Repullés. hdl:2027/ucm.5325880353. (includes information about Oviedo)
F. Cañellas Secades: El libro de Oviedo: Guía de la ciudad y su concejo (Oviedo, 1887)
Francisco Quirós Linares (2005) [1978], "El crecimiento espacial de Oviedo (The spatial growth of Oviedo)", Estudios de geografía histórica e historia de la geografía: obra escogida (in Spanish), Ediciones de la Universidad de Oviedo, ISBN 9788483175200

External links

"Archivo Municipal de Oviedo" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Oviedo. (city archives)
Items related to Oviedo, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Oviedo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.

[katolsk-2] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[FOOTNOTEQuadrado1855-3] Quadrado 1855.

[CityHistory-4] "La Ciudad: Historia" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Oviedo.

[INE-5] 1 2 3 4 5 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Oviedo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[6] Acta de la sesión pública que celebró la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (in Spanish), 1854 – via Biblioteca Virtual del Principado de Asturias

[7] Angel Smith (2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.

[8] "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.

[9] Nortes, Redacción (13 October 2024). "Aida Lafuente y el Oviedo revolucionario de 1934". Nortes | Centradas en la periferia (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[europa2003-10] "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

[11] "La biblioteca: Información general" (in Spanish). Oviedo: Biblioteca de Asturias "Ramón Pérez de Ayala". Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[12] CORTES, Pedro RODRÍGUEZ (25 September 2016). "El Día de América, un invento coral". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2026.

[13] "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[:0-14] 1 2 3 4 "Evolución de la población. Datos censales y padronales. por Ámbito territorial y Periodo". PX-Web (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.

[15] LUMBRERAS, DANIEL (11 August 2017). "Cuarenta años del robo del siglo". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[16] Benito, Alexandra (19 October 2023). "El origen de los Premios Princesa de Asturias: por qué se celebran, desde cuándo y su fundación". vanitatis.elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[17] NEIRA, Chus (24 March 2018). "Gabino de Lorenzo, genio y figura: la imagen más allá de la política". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[18] SALAS, ANA (24 December 2011). "Cierra Oviedo Televisión después de 16 años". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[19] NEIRA, SUSANA (9 January 2012). "Caunedo 'hereda' hoy la Alcaldía de Oviedo con la marcha de De Lorenzo". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[20] EFE, L. FONSECA (16 May 2014). "El nuevo HUCA estará a pleno funcionamiento el 20 de junio". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[21] "El viejo Hospital Central cumple 50 años". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 23 January 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[22] País, El (17 June 2015). "Wikipedia, Premio Princesa de Asturias de Cooperación". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[23] "El bombero que murió en Oviedo fue al incendio en su día de descanso". El País (in Spanish). 8 April 2016. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 26 February 2026.

[24] "Muere un bombero al desplomarse un edificio en llamas en el centro de Oviedo". El País (in Spanish). 8 April 2016. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 26 February 2026.

[25] Díaz-Rubín, Gonzalo (15 June 2019). "Alfredo Canteli, nuevo alcalde de Oviedo: "Para construir ese Oviedo que soñamos hay que contar con todos"". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[26] Aguilar, Andrea (16 April 2020). "El escritor chileno Luis Sepúlveda muere de coronavirus a los 70 años". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[27] Galindo, Juan Carlos (1 March 2020). "El escritor chileno Luis Sepúlveda, primer afectado por coronavirus en Asturias". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[28] Telefónicas, Telencuestas-Encuestas. "Población de Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, en 2021". Telencuestas (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.

Timeline of Oviedo

Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

Evolution of the Oviedo map

See also

References

Bibliography

in English

in Spanish

External links