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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Madrid, 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 .
Ruins of Madrid's Muslim wall, built in the 9th century. The primitive urban nucleus of Madrid (Majriṭ) was founded in the late 9th century (from 852 to 886) as a citadel erected on behalf of Muhammad I, the Cordobese emir, on the relatively steep left bank of the Manzanares. [1]
Stocks & shares, bond markets, insurance, and pension funds are other important forms of financial institution in the city. Madrid is an important centre for trade fairs, many of them coordinated by IFEMA, the Trade Fair Institution of Madrid. [129]: 351–2 The public sector employs 18.1% of all employees.
At the Capitulation of Madrid, on 4 December 1808, that city's Junta of Defence (Junta Militar y Política de Madrid [1]), represented by its military commander Tomás de Morla and the civil governor Fernando de la Vera, capitulated to the Prince de Neuchâtel, Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier, in representation of Napoleon, who had arrived at the head of over 40,000 troops, at Chamartin, then ...
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Timeline of Madrid; Timeline of Málaga; Timeline of Murcia; O. Timeline of Oviedo; P. Timeline of Palma de Mallorca; Timeline of Pamplona; Timeline of Perpiñán; S.
Puerta del Sol (2019). The history of the Puerta del Sol represents an essential part of the memory of the City of Madrid (capital of Spain), not only because the Puerta del Sol is a point of frequent passage, but also because it constitutes the "center of gravity" of Madrid's urban planning.
Dos de Mayo Uprising: An uprising took place in Madrid against the French occupation of the city. 1809: Bolivian Independence War: The war began. 1811: Venezuelan War of Independence: The war began. 1812: The Spanish Constitution of 1812 was issued. 1814: Peninsular War: The war ended. 1815: Spanish reconquest of New Granada: The reconquest ...