Timeline of San Sebastián
# Timeline of San Sebastián

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

## Prior to 20th century

* 1682 – Consulate of the Sea established.
* 1813Storming of Saint Sebastian, Denis Dighton, 1813
   * Siege of San Sebastián.
   * 31 August: Fire destroys large part of city.
* 1817 – Konstituzio plaza [eu] constructed.
* 1832 – Udaletxe Zaharra (Donostia) [eu] (town hall) built.
* 1842 – Population: 10,036.
* 1843 – Teatro Principal (San Sebastián) [es] (theatre) opens.
* 1863 – City walls dismantled.
* 1872 – Diario de San Sebastián [eu] newspaper begins publication.
* 1874 – San Sebastián public library [eu] established.
* 1879 – Academia Municipal de Música [es] founded.
* 1880
   * Escuela de Artes y Oficios de San Sebastián (school) opens.
   * Euskal-Erria [eu] magazine begins publication.
   * Parque Alderdi Eder [es] (garden) established.
* 1886
   * Compañía del Tranvía de San Sebastián [es] established.
   * Spanish royal court begins summering at San Sebastian.
* 1887 – Gran Casino de San Sebastián [es] built.
* 1893 – Miramar Palace built.
* 1897
   * Cathedral of the Good Shepherd consecrated.
   * Orfeón Donostiarra (musical group) formed.
   * La Constancia [eu] newspaper begins publication.
   * Iglesia de San Ignacio de Loyola (San Sebastián) [es] (church) built in the Gros (San Sebastián) [es] barrio.
* 1900 – Population: 37,812.

## 20th century

* 1902 – San Telmo Museoa (museum) established.
* 1903 – El Pueblo Vasco [eu] newspaper begins publication.
* 1905 – María Cristina Bridge built.
* 1909 – Real Sociedad football club formed.
* 1912
   * Teatro Victoria Eugenia [es] (theatre) opens.
   * Hotel María Cristina [es] built.
   * Igueldo funicular begins operating.
   * La Perla [es] beach resort established.
* 1913 – Atotxa Stadium opens.
* 1916 – Hipódromo Municipal de San Sebastián [es] (racecourse) built.
* 1920
   * Los Justicieros anarchist group active.
   * Population: 61,774.
* 1926 – Cristina Enea Park [es] established.
* 1929 – San Sebastián Yacht Club building [eu] constructed.
* 1930 – 17 August: Pact of San Sebastián signed.
* 1934 – El Diario Vasco newspaper begins publication.
* 1936 – July: Siege of Cuartel de Loyola at start of the Spanish Civil War.
* 1938 – Gros fronton (sport venue) opens.San Sebastián in 1941
* 1940 – Population: 103,979.
* 1949 – Roman Catholic Diocese of San Sebastián established.
* 1953 – San Sebastián International Film Festival begins.
* 1960 – Population: 135,149.
* 1965 – Velódromo de Anoeta opens.
* 1970 – Population: 165,829.
* 1990 – Donostia Kultura [eu] established.
* 1993 – Anoeta Stadium opens.
* 1999 – Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium opens.

## 21st century

* 2001 – Musikene music school founded.
* 2003 – City divided into 17 barrios.
* 2008 – Population: 183,308 city; 405,099 metro.
* 2011
   * Iglesia de Iesu [es] (church) built in Riberas de Loyola [es] barrio.
   * Basque Culinary Center campus opens.
   * Population: 185,512.
* 2015 – Eneko Goia elected mayor.
* 2018 – 10 June: Pro-independence, 202 kilometer human chain formed between cities of San Sebastián, Bilbao, and Vitoria-Gasteiz.
