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History c. 500BC Foundation by the Carthaginians under Amilcar Barca 27BC-AD14 Roman occupation of Barcino (Barcelona) 3rd C Barcino replaces Tarraco (Tarragona) as the most important Roman outpost in the Hispanic Citerior 415 Occupation by the Visigoths who rename the city Barcinona 8th C Moors conquer the city 9th C Franks conquer the city Late 9th C Barcelona is ruled by Count Wilfred the Hairy, who establishes hereditary succession and unifies the county of Barcelona with other Carolingian territories 988 Count Borrell II achieves independence for the county of Barcelona 1000-1200 Barcelona becomes one of the most important Mediterranean ports 13th C Construction of Cathedral de la Seu begins 14th C Barcelona conquers foreign ports. War between Barcelona and Genoa 1327 Death of Jaume II 1336-1387 Reign of Pere III. Building boom in the city 1391 Pogrom – massacre of Barcelona’s Jewish community 1479-1516 Influence shifts to Castile 1640 Catalan revolt against Spanish monarchy begins in Barcelona; Catalonia allied to Louis XIII of France 1652 Siege of Barcelona by Don Juan Jos of Austria ends the Catalan rebellion 1680 War against France 1690 War against France 1705-1714 War of Independence against Spain; alliance with England and Genoa 11 Sep 1714 Philip V of Spain conquers Catalonia and abolishes the region’s constitution 18th C Beginning of cotton trade with the Americas and the start of the textile industry 18th C Napoleonic Wars 1821 Yellow fever epidemic 1848 First Spanish railway is constructed between Barcelona and Matar 1868 Spanish revolution – Bourbons removed from power 1888 World Exhibition held in Barcelona 1901 and 1902 General strikes in the city 1909 Riots in the city; buildings destroyed by anarchists 1931 Left-wing coalition forcibly exiles King Alfonso XIII 1936 Beginning of Spanish Civil War 1960 Massive influx of workers from the impoverished countryside 1977 Catalonia recovers some self-government under the Estatut de Autonomia 1992 Olympic Games held in Barcelona |