The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.

• 66 million years ago – The ground beneath Mérida forms part of the impact crater of the meteorite linked to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, centred offshore to the North of the city.

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• 1542 – Mérida founded by Francisco de Montejo the Younger on site of former city T'ho.^[1][2]
• 1547 – Franciscan convent active.^[2]
• 1549 – Montejo's residence.^[3]
• 1561 – Mérida Cathedral construction begins.^[4]
• 1598 – Mérida Cathedral construction completed.^[4]
• 1618 – School of Mérida opens.^[3]
• 1624 – Real y Pontificia Universidad de Mérida [es] established.
• 1648 – Yellow fever epidemic.^[3]
• 1823 – Yucatán becomes part of Mexico.^[4]
• 1847 – Caste War of Yucatán begins.
• 1869 – Revista de Mérida [es] newspaper begins publication.
• 1888 - Paseo de Montejo opened.
• 1892 – Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) built.^[3]
• 1900 – Population: 43,630.^[2]

• 1908 - Museum of the City of Merida initiated.
• 1910 – Parque Zoológico del Centenario [es] founded.
• 1922 – Universidad Nacional del Sureste established.^[1]
• 1925 – Diario de Yucatán newspaper begins publication.
• 1929 – Airport begins operating.
• 1949 – Cine Teatro Mérida opens.^[5]
• 1950 – Population: 144,793.^[6]
• 1957 – Monumento a la Patria erected on the Paseo Montejo.^[3]
• 1962 – Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida established.
• 1978 – Pacheco murals in the Palacio de Gobierno completed.^[4]
• 1983 – Jardin Botanico Regional del CICY (garden) established in Chuburná de Hidalgo [es].^[7]
• 1988 – The city is hit by Hurricane Gilbert.
• 1993 – Catholic Pope John Paul II visits city.
• 1999 – Bill Clinton visits the city in a binational meeting.
• 2000 – The city is designated as the 1st American Capital of Culture.

• 2001 -
  • Yucatan Symphony Orchestra founded.
  • Ana Rosa Payán becomes as the 29th mayor for a second period.
• 2002 – The city is hit by Hurricane Isidore.
• 2003 – C.F. Mérida football club formed.
• 2004 – Manuel Fuentes Alcocer becomes the 30th mayor.
• 2005 – The city held the International Mathematical Olympiad.^[8]
• 2006 – Mérida host the 18th International Olympiad in Informatics.^[9]
• 2007 -
  • George W. Bush is received in Mérida, here he signs the Mérida Initiative.
  • César Bojórquez Zapata becomes the 31st mayor.
• 2009 – The city held the 40th International Physics Olympiad.^[10]
• 2010
  • Angélica Araujo Lara becomes the 32nd mayor.^[11]
  • Population: 777,615; Metropolitan Area 973,046.^[12]
• 2011
  • The International Committee of the Banner of Peace titled Merida as "City of Peace".
  • The city held the II Alianza del Pacífico summit.
• 2012 – Alvaro Lara Pacheco becomes acting mayor, few months later Renán Barrera Concha wins the local election and he becomes the 34th mayor.
• 2014 – Mérida hosted the VI Summit of Association of Caribbean States, more than 25 Heads of State members came to the city.
• 2015
  • Mauricio Vila Dosal becomes the 35th mayor.
  • Raúl Castro, President of Cuba is received by President Enrique Peña Nieto in his first visit as President, to Mexico. Here he announced his retirement on 2018.
• 2018
  • María Dolores Fritz Sierra becomes the 36th mayor, as acting mayor in office.
  • The 3rd presidential debate of the 2018 general elections is hosted at the Mayan Museum of Merida
  • Renán Barrera Concha becomes the 37th mayor. First constitutionally re-elected after the 2015 constitutional reform.
• 2019
  • The city hosted the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, receiving more than 30 of them.

• Mérida history
• List of municipal presidents of Mérida
• Yucatán history and History of Yucatán [es]

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

• John L. Stephens (1858), "(Merida)", Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Moore, Henry (1894), "Commercial Directory: Merida", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
• Campbell, Reau (1909), "Mérida", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
• "Mérida (Mexico)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 165.
• W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Mérida", Anglo-South American Handbook, vol. 1, New York: Macmillan, hdl:2027/mdp.39015027978728
• Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Mérida", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
• "Mérida", Baedeker's Mexico, Baedekers Guides, 1994, p. 275+, OL 11077410M (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
• José Luis Lezama (1994). "Mexico: Mérida". In Gerald Michael Greenfield (ed.). Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313259372.
• Michael D. Phillips (1995). "Mérida". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 362+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
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• Antonio García Cubas [in Spanish] (1896). "Mérida". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 4. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924056282357.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Mérida, Yucatán.

• "Publicaciones editadas en Yucatán". Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de Mexico (National Digital Newspaper Archive of Mexico) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. (includes Merida)
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Mérida, various dates

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