Timeline of Belém

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Belém, in the state of Pará, Brazil.

Prior to 20th century[]

1616 - Forte do Presépio de Belém (fort) established by Portuguese.^[1]^[2]^{[page needed]}
1625 - Casa de Haver o Peso (tax office) in operation.
1719 - [pt] (church) built.^[3]
1720 - Roman Catholic diocese of Belém do Pará established.^[4]
1753 - Comissão de Limites (boundary commission) and military arrive.^[1]
1763 - [pt] (church) built.
1769 - [pt] (hospital) opens.^[1]
1771 - Palácio de Governo built.^[3]
1777 - [pt] (church) consecrated.^[3]
1782
- [pt] (church) built.^[3]
- Construction of Our Lady of Grace Cathedral completed.
1822 - [pt] newspaper begins publication.^[5]^[6]
1827 - A Voz das Amazonas newspaper begins publication.^[7]^[6]
1829 - O Sagitário newspaper begins publication.^[7]^[6]
1835 - Cabanagem separatist revolt begins.
1841 - [pt] (school) founded.^[8]
1866 - Museu Paraense (museum) founded.^[9]^[3]
1867 - Mercado Municipal de Carnes (market) built.
1868 - Palácio da Câmara Municipal e Prefeitura built.^[3]
1872
- Instituto Paraense de Educandos Artífices established.
- Population: 61,997.^[10]
1874 - Theatro da Paz (theatre) opens.
1876 - [pt] newspaper begins publication.
1879 - Amazon rubber boom begins.
1883 - [pt] built.^{[citation needed]}
1891 - [pt] becomes mayor.
1896 - Folha do Norte begins publication.^[11]
1900
- [pt] and [pt] (learned societies) founded.^[12]
- Population: 96,560.^[10]

20th century[]

1901 - Mercado Ver-o-Peso (market) opens.
1909 - Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth of Exile construction begins.
1911 - [pt] (market) built.
1912 - [pt] (cinema) opens.^[13]
1914 - Paysandu Sport Club founded.
1918 - Estádio da Curuzú (stadium) opens.
1920 - Population: 236,402.^[10]
1946 - [pt] newspaper begins publication.^[14]
1957 - Federal University of Pará established.
1960 - Population: 402,170.^[10]
1970 - Population: 642,514.^[10]
1976 - [pt] begins broadcasting.
1978 - Mangueirão (stadium) opens.
1980 - Population: 949,545.^[10]
1982 - [pt] newspaper begins publication.
1991 - Population: 1,244,688.^[10]
1994 - Belém do Pará Convention (official name: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women), the first legally binding international treaty that criminalises all forms of violence against women, especially sexual violence.^[15]
1994 - Campeonato Internacional de Tênis do Estado do Pará (tennis tournament) begins.
1996 - [pt] held.
1999 - City joins the [pt] (city association).^[16]

21st century[]

2002 - August: Part of 2002 South American Games held in city.
2010 - Village Moon and Village Sun skyscrapers built.^[17]
2013 - [pt] becomes mayor.
2016
- [pt] (bus) begins operating.
- October: [pt] held.
- Population: 1,446,042.^[18]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Belém, Pará, Brazil". Heritage of Portuguese Influence (in English and Portuguese). Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ Derenji 2009.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Roberto Pontual, "Belém", Oxford Art Online
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Brazil". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ [pt] (1999). História da imprensa no Brasil (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Mauad Editora. ISBN 978-85-85756-88-8.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Fernandes 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Alberto Bessa (1904). O jornalismo: esboço historico da sua origem e desenvolvimento até aos nossos dias, ampliado, com a resenha chronologica e alphabetica do jornalismo no Brasil [Journalism: a historical sketch of its origin and development up to the present day, expanded with the chronological and alphabetic review of journalism in Brazil] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Viuva Travares Cardoso.
^ Mourão 2017.
^ Fidanza 1902.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Tabela 1.6 - População nos Censos Demográficos, segundo os municípios das capitais - 1872/2010", Sinopse do Censo Demografico 2010 (in Portuguese), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, retrieved 13 September 2018
^ "(Periódicos brasileiros - Belém (PA))". Biblioteca Digital Luso-Brasileira (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ "Fundação" (in Portuguese). Belem: Academia Paraense de Letras. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014.
^ "Cine Olympia comemora 103 anos com programação especial em Belém", G1.globo.com (in Portuguese), 21 April 2015
^ "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
^ Persadie, Natalie (2012). A critical analysis of the efficacy of law as a tool to achieve gender equality. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-761-85809-6. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
^ "Membros: Brasil". Uccla.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "Buildings in Belem". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English

Jussara da Silveira Derenji; Jorge Derenji (2009), Churches, palaces and mansions of Belém (PDF), Roteiros do patrimônio (in English and Portuguese), Brasília: Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional, ISBN 9788573341201

in Portuguese

Album de Belem (in Portuguese). Fidanza. 1902.
O Municipio de Belém (in Portuguese). Belém do Pará: Archivo da Intendencia Municipal. 1908.
R. M. Araujo (1998). As cidades da Amazónia no século XVIII: Belém, Macapá e Mazagão (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Porto. ISBN 9729483345.
Antonio Maurício Dias da Costa (2010). "Instrucção e Civilisação nos Clubes e Associações Esportivas em Belém entre 1890 e 1920". Educativa: Revista de Educação (in Portuguese). Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás. doi:10.18224/educ.v13i1.1245 (inactive 31 May 2021). ISSN 1983-7771.CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of May 2021 (link)
Phillippe Sendas de Paula Fernandes; Netília Silva dos Anjos Seixas (2010), Imprensa e Política na Belém do início do século XIX (1820-1830) (PDF) (in Portuguese), Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação
A. Meira Filho (2015). Evolução histórica de Belém do Grão-Pará : fundação e história, 1616-1823 (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Belém. ISBN 9788556680006.
Leila Mourão (2017), Memória da indústria paraense (PDF) (in Portuguese), Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em História Econômica

External links[]

[HPIP-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Belém, Pará, Brazil". Heritage of Portuguese Influence (in English and Portuguese). Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[FOOTNOTEDerenji2009-2] Derenji 2009.

[OxfordArt-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Roberto Pontual, "Belém", Oxford Art Online

[4] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Brazil". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[Sodre1999-5] [pt] (1999). História da imprensa no Brasil (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Mauad Editora. ISBN 978-85-85756-88-8.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[FOOTNOTEFernandes2010-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Fernandes 2010.

[Bessa1904-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Alberto Bessa (1904). O jornalismo: esboço historico da sua origem e desenvolvimento até aos nossos dias, ampliado, com a resenha chronologica e alphabetica do jornalismo no Brasil [Journalism: a historical sketch of its origin and development up to the present day, expanded with the chronological and alphabetic review of journalism in Brazil] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Viuva Travares Cardoso.

[FOOTNOTEMourão2017-8] Mourão 2017.

[FOOTNOTEFidanza1902-9] Fidanza 1902.

[IBGE2010-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Tabela 1.6 - População nos Censos Demográficos, segundo os municípios das capitais - 1872/2010", Sinopse do Censo Demografico 2010 (in Portuguese), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, retrieved 13 September 2018

[11] "(Periódicos brasileiros - Belém (PA))". Biblioteca Digital Luso-Brasileira (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[12] "Fundação" (in Portuguese). Belem: Academia Paraense de Letras. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014.

[13] "Cine Olympia comemora 103 anos com programação especial em Belém", G1.globo.com (in Portuguese), 21 April 2015

[14] "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.

[Persadie_(2012)-15] Persadie, Natalie (2012). A critical analysis of the efficacy of law as a tool to achieve gender equality. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-761-85809-6. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

[16] "Membros: Brasil". Uccla.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[Emporis-17] "Buildings in Belem". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[18] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.

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