Cartagena, a millennial city
227 BC Foundation by the Carthaginian Hasdrubal.
209 BC Conquest by the Roman Publius Cornelius Scipio.
5 BC–1 AD Construction of the Roman theatre.
552 Beginning of the Byzantine rule.
624 Expulsion of the Byzantines by Suintila's Visigoths.
734 Arab conquest (capitulation of the Kurah of Tudmir).
1245 Reconquest by Alfonso X the Wise.
1246 Concession of the Fuero of Córdoba to Cartagena.
1250 Restitution of the episcopal see.
1254 Concession of the municipal term by Alfonso X.
1492 Departure by its port of the Jews expelled from Spain.
1503 Incorporation into the Crown of Castile.
1576 Fortification of the city by Philip II.
1610 Expulsion of the Moriscos from its port.
1668 Cartagena, base of the galleys.
1723 Arrival of the image of the Virgin of Charity.
1726 Creation of the maritime department.
1749 The construction of the Arsenal begins.
1749 The Military Hospital works begin.
1781 The works of the Muralla del Mar finished.
1855 Concession of the title of Excellency to the City Council.
1870 Landing of Amadeo of Savoy in Cartagena.
1873 Cantonal Revolution.
1888 Isaac Peral invents the submarine.
1903 Construction of the first Graduate Schools of Spain.
1923 Canonical coronation of the Virgin of Charity.
1931 Alfonso XIII leaves Spain from its harbor.
Cartagena, July 15, 2000.