Timeline of Fortaleza

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Prior to 20th century[]

1649 - Fortaleza founded by Dutch.^[1]
1810 - Town becomes capital of Ceará.^[2]
1823 - Fortaleza attains city status.^[2]
1846 - [pt] built.
1854 - Bishopric established.^[2]
1864 - [pt] (seminary) founded.
1872 - Population: 42,458.^[3]
1877 - Drought.^[1]
1887 - [pt] (learned society) founded.^[4]
1890 - Population: 40,902.^[2]
1894 - [pt] (literary society) founded.^[4]

20th century[]

1910 - Theatro José de Alencar (theatre) opens.
1915 - Drought.^[1]
1918 - Fortaleza Sporting Club founded.
1919 - [pt] established.
1920 - Population: 78,536
1928 - O Povo newspaper begins publication.^[5]
1929 - [pt] founded.
1932
- [pt] established.
- Drought.^[1]
1933 - Ferroviário Atlético Clube (football team) formed.
1940 - Population: 180,901.
1942 - Drought.^[1]
1946 - Regional Labor Court headquartered in city.
1950 - Population: 205,052.^[6]
1957 - Tribuna do Ceará newspaper begins publication.^[5]
1960
- Population: 514,818.
- City plan presented by Helio Modesto.^[1]
1962 - Pirambu shantytown rally.^[1]
1966 - Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport terminal built.
1970 - Population: 520,175 city; 828,763 urban agglomeration.^[7]
1971 - Integrated Development Plan for the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza presented.
1973 - Castelão stadium opens.
1974 - [pt] in business.
1979 - [pt], [pt], [pt], [pt], and [pt] development begins (approximate date).^[1]
1980
- [pt] established.
- Population: 1,308,919.
1981
- TV Cidade Fortaleza begins broadcasting.
- Diário do Nordeste newspaper begins publication.
1982
- Federacao de Bairros y Favelas de Fortaleza (community organization) founded.
- [pt] shopping center in business.
1989 - Cocó Park established.
1990 - [pt] becomes mayor.
1991
- Cearah Periferia (housing organization) established.^[8]
- Population: 1,765,794.^[3]
1992 - [pt] (craft center) built.
1993
- [pt] established.
- Population: 1,846,955 (estimate).^[9]
1997 - City divided into 7 administrative regions.^(pt)
1999 - Dragão do Mar Center of Art and Culture inaugurated.

21st century[]

2005 - Luizianne Lins becomes mayor.
2007 - [pt] (building) restored.
2010 - Population: 2,452,185.^[10]
2012
- Fortaleza Metro begins operating.
- October: [pt] held.
2013
- June: Protest.^[11]
- Roberto Cláudio becomes mayor.
2014 - July: International 6th BRICS summit held in city.
2016 - 2 October: [pt] held.
2019 - 2 June: Dedication of LDS Fortaleza Brazil Temple, 164th in the church.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Gondim 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b "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 5 September 2018
^ ^a ^b Alencar 1903.
^ ^a ^b "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
^ Cabannes 1997.
^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "2010 census". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ "Tear Gas Fired Outside Stadium in Brazil, but Protest Still Spreads Inside", New York Times, 19 June 2013

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

"Fortaleza" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 677.
Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Brazil: Fortaleza", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Yves Cabannes (1997). "From community development to housing finance: from Mutiroes to Casa Melhor in Fortaleza, Brazil". Environment and Urbanization. London: International Institute for Environment and Development. 9. ISBN 9781843690887.
Linda M. P. Gondim and Laurence Hallewell (2004). "Creating the Image of a Modern Fortaleza: Social Inequalities, Political Changes, and the Impact of Urban Design". Latin American Perspectives. 31 (2): 62–79. doi:10.1177/0094582X03261190. JSTOR 3185024.

in Portuguese[]

J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Fortaleza", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud, hdl:2027/wu.89006303085 – via HathiTrust
Álvaro Gurgel de Alencar, ed. (1903). "Fortaleza". Diccionario geographico historico e descriptivo do Estado do Ceará (in Portuguese). Louis C. Cholowieçki. p. 136+. hdl:2027/uc1.a0002190478 – via HathiTrust.
Silva, José Borzacchiello da (15 December 2015). "Productive restructuring and reconfiguration of the central area of Fortaleza". Mercator. 14 (3): 75–88. doi:10.4215/RM2015.1403.0005.

External links[]

"Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil". Heritage of Portuguese Influence (in English and Portuguese). Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

[FOOTNOTEGondim2004-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Gondim 2004.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] Britannica 1910.

[IBGE2010-3] "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 5 September 2018

[FOOTNOTEAlencar1903-4] Alencar 1903.

[europa2003yearbook-5] "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.

[6] "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.

[7] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.

[FOOTNOTECabannes1997-8] Cabannes 1997.

[9] United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[10] "2010 census". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

[11] "Tear Gas Fired Outside Stadium in Brazil, but Protest Still Spreads Inside", New York Times, 19 June 2013

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