Timeline of Funchal

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

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Prior to 20th century[]

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  • 1493 - Cathedral of Funchal construction begins.
  • 1514 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal established.[1]
  • 1566 -  [pt].
  • 1835 - Town becomes part of the newly created administrative  [pt].
  • 1836
    • Associação Commercial founded.[2][3]
    • Synagogue of Funchal built (approximate date).[chronology citation needed]
  • 1838 -  [pt] (library) founded.
  • 1846 -  [pt] becomes district governor.
  • 1851 - Jewish Cemetery of Funchal established.
  • 1876 -  [pt] newspaper begins publication.[2]
  • 1883 -  [pt] (town hall) in use.
  • 1888 -  [pt] (theatre) opens.
  • 1893 - Monte Railway and  [pt] begin operating.
  • 1900 - Population: 20,850.[4]

20th century[]

  • 1910 - C.D. Nacional and C.S. Marítimo (football clubs) formed.
  • 1911 - Population: 24,687 in town; 169,777 in district.[5]
  • 1927
  • 1931 -  [pt] (archive) founded.
  • 1935 -  [pt] becomes mayor.
  • 1940 - Mercado dos Lavradores (market) built.
  • 1957 - Estádio dos Barreiros (stadium) built.
  • 1964 - Madeira Airport begins operating.
  • 1972 - Duas Torres (hi-rise) built.[6]
  • 1976 - Casino da Madeira in business.[6]
  • 1979 - City twinned with Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.[7]
  • 1980 - City twinned with Livingstone, Zambia.[7]
  • 1984 - City twinned with New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.[7]
  • 1985
    • City joins the regional Associação de Municípios da Região Autónoma da Madeira.[8]
    • City twinned with Maui, Hawaii, United States.[7]
  • 1987
    • Correio da Madeira newspaper begins publication.[2]
    • Horários do Funchal (transit entity) established.
    • City twinned with Cape Town, South Africa.[7]
  • 1988
    • University of Madeira and Banco Internacional do Funchal[2] established.
    • City twinned with Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.[7]
  • 1991 - City twinned with Herzliya, Israel.[7]
  • 1992 - May:  [pt] meets in Funchal.[9]
  • 1993 - City twinned with Oakland, California, United States.[7]
  • 1994
    • Miguel Albuquerque becomes mayor.
    • City twinned with Marrickville, Australia.[7]
  • 1996 - City twinned with Fremantle, Australia, and Leichlingen, Germany.[7]
  • 1998 - Estadio Eng. Rui Alves (stadium) opens.
  • 2000
    • Cm-funchal.pt website online (approximate date).[10]
    • Funchal Cable Car begins operating.

21st century[]

  • 2001
    • Population: 103,961.[2]
    •  [pt] in business.
  • 2003 - City twinned with Praia, Cape Verde.[7]
  • 2005 -  [pt] begins.
  • 2008 - City twinned with Ílhavo, Portugal, and Saint Helier, United Kingdom.[7]
  • 2009 - City twinned with Gibraltar, United Kingdom.[7]
  • 2010 - 20 February: 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides.
  • 2013 - Paulo Cafôfo becomes mayor.
  • 2016
  • 2017 -  [pt] held.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Portugal". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
  3. ^ José Silvestre Ribeiro, ed. (1871–1893). Historia dos estabelecimentos scientificos, litterarios e artisticos de Portugal (in Portuguese). Academia Real das Sciencias.
  4. ^ Britannica 1910.
  5. ^ "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
  6. ^ a b "Building Directory: Portugal: Madeira: Funchal". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Geminações: Municipio: Funchal". Anmp.pt (in Portuguese). Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Associação de Municípios da Região Autónoma da Madeira" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Congressos da ANMP" (in Portuguese). Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Cm-funchal.pt" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal do Funchal. Archived from the original on 3 September 2000 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ "Madeira wildfires: Three dead as flames reach Funchal", BBC News, 10 August 2016
This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English
  • "Funchal", Handbook for Travellers in Portugal (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1887
  • A. Samler Brown (1903), "Funchal", Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores (7th ed.), London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
  • "Funchal" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 301.
  • "Funchal", The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
in Portuguese
  • Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, ed. (1879). "Funchal". Diccionario Popular (in Portuguese). Vol. 5. Lisbon: Diario Illustrado.
  • Carlos Augusto da Silva Campos, ed. (1886), "Negociantes e industriaes das provincias e ilhas: Funchal", Almanach Commercial de Lisboa (in Portuguese), pp. 244–245
  • Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1907). "Funchal". Portugal: Diccionario Historico... (in Portuguese). Vol. 3. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres. OCLC 865826167.

External links[]

  • "(Funchal)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
  • "(Funchal)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
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