Timeline of Porto

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Prior to 19th century[]

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  • 5th-4th century BCE - "Fortified settlement of Cale" active.[1]
  • 300 BCE - Town "strengthened and developed by the Romans."[1]
  • 540 CE - Visigoths in power (approximate date).[2]
  • 559 CE - Church of São Martinho de Cedofeita built.[2]
  • 588 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto established.[3]
  • 716 - Moors in power.[2]
  • 997 - Christians in power.[2]
  • 1120 - "Ecclesiastical city" founded per "royal endowment."[1]
  • 12th century - Porto Cathedral construction begins.[1]
  • 1234 - Church of São Francisco built.[1]
  • 1238 - Church of Saint Domingos built.[1]
  • 1325 - Custom House built.[1]
  • 1370s - Construction of Fernandina Wall completed.[4]
  • 1386 - Judiaria do Olival (Jewish quarter) established.[4](pt)
  • 1410 - Church of São Francisco rebuilt.[2]
  • 1520s -  [pt] (street) opens.
  • 1548 - Inquisition begins.
  • 1559 -  [pt] (church) built.
  • 1580 - 24 October: Capture of Porto by Spanish forces.
  • 1582 -  [pt] (law court) established.
  • 1622 - Printing press in operation.[5]
  • 1628 - Tax revolt.[2]
  • 1661 - Tax revolt.[2]
  • 1692 -  [pt] (church) construction begins.
  • 1734 - Episcopal Palace construction begins.[1]
  • 1750s - Clérigos Church built.[1]
  • 1756 - Douro Wine Company founded.[6]
  • 1757 - Unrest "against the wine monopoly."[2]
  • 1762 -  [pt] (street) opens.
  • 1763 - Clérigos Church tower built.[7]
  • 1764 -  [pt] (courthouse and prison) built.[1]
  • 1770 -  [pt] construction begins.
  • 1779 -  [pt] (church) consecrated.
  • 1790 - British Factory House built.[2]
  • 1798 - Teatro do Príncipe (theatre) opens.

19th century[]

  • 1806 -  [pt] (bridge) built.
  • 1808 - Anti-French unrest.[2]
  • 1809
    • 28 March: First Battle of Porto; French forces defeat Portuguese.
    • 12 May: Second Battle of Porto; French defeated.[6]
  • 1820 - Military insurrection in Porto launches Portuguese Liberal Revolution of 1820.[8]
  • 1832 - July: Siege of Porto begins during the Portuguese Civil War.[2]
  • 1833
  • 1834 -  [pt] founded.[10]
  • 1842 - Palácio da Bolsa (stock exchange) construction begins.[1]
  • 1843 -  [pt] (bridge) opens.
  • 1846 - 6 October: "Military revolt."[8]
  • 1854 - Comércio do Porto newspaper begins publication.[10]
  • 1855 - Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club founded.
  • 1858 - Population: 81,200.[11]
  • 1859 - Teatro Baquet (theatre) opens.
  • 1864 - Population: 86,751.[2]
  • 1865 - 18 September: 1865 International Exhibition opens in Porto; Crystal Palace built.[6]
  • 1868 - O Primeiro de Janeiro newspaper and  [pt] begin publication.[10]
  • 1870 - Alfândega Porto Congress Centre built.
  • 1872 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
  • 1876 - Municipal Library of Porto established.
  • 1877
    • Construction of Linha do Norte (railway) to Lisbon completed.
    • Maria Pia Bridge opens.[2]
  • 1878 - Population: 105,838.[2]
  • 1886 - Dom Luís I Bridge opens.[12]
  • 1888
  • 1889 - Wine industry strike; crackdown.[6]
  • 1891
    • January:  [pt]; crackdown.[6]
    • 22 November: "Exhibition of National Manufactures" opens.[6]
    • Funicular dos Guindais begins operating.
  • 1893 - FC Porto (football club) formed.
  • 1894 -  [pt] (church) built.[7]
  • 1895 - Electric tram begins operating.
  • 1896 -  [pt] A Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Confiança filmed on  [pt].(pt)
  • 1900 - Population: 167,955 in city; 597,935 in district.[2]

20th century[]

  • 1903 - Boavista F.C. (football club) formed.
  • 1906 - 29 August: Floor collapses in newspaper office, killing several.[6]
  • 1908 - High Life cinema in business.[13]
  • 1909 - Population: 189,663.[6]
  • 1911
    • University of Porto established.
    • Estádio do Bessa (stadium) opens.
    • Population: 194,009 in city; 679,978 in district.[14]
  • 1912 -  [pt] and Olympia cinema in business.[13]
  • 1913 - Campo da Constituição football playground opens.
  • 1919 - January–February: Porto becomes capital of the short-lived revolutionary Monarchy of the North.
  • 1920 -  [pt] built.
  • 1923 - Rivoli Theatre in business.[13]
  • 1926 - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto active.
  • 1932 - Garagem do Comércio do Porto built.[15]
  • 1934 - Portuguese colonial exhibition held
  • 1938 - Kadoorie Synagogue built.
  • 1941 - Coliseu do Porto (theatre) opens.[13]
  • 1944 - Porto Editora (publisher) in business.[10]
  • 1946 - Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto public transit entity founded.
  • 1951 - University of Porto's Botanical Garden established.
  • 1952 - Estádio das Antas (stadium) opens.
  • 1978 - Torre do Foco built.[7]
  • 1979 - Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto established.
  • 1982 - City joins the regional Serviço Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto.[16]
  • 1985 - Banco Comercial Português and Banco Português de Investimento headquartered in Porto.[10]
  • 1988 - April:  [pt] meets in Porto.[17]
  • 1996 - Porto designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 1997 - Portuguese Centre of Photography founded.
  • 1999
    • Serralves museum[18] and Hotel Vila Galé[7] built.
    •  [pt] becomes mayor.
  • 2000 - Cm-porto.pt website online (approximate date).[19]

21st century[]

  • 2001
    • Oliveira's Porto of My Childhood documentary film released.(pt)
    • 4 March:Hintze Ribeiro disaster, collapse of bridge near Porto kills 59 people.[20]
  • 2002 - Rui Rio becomes mayor.
  • 2003 - Estádio do Dragão (stadium) opens.
  • 2013 - Rui Moreira becomes mayor.
  • 2016 - City joins the  [pt].
  • 2017 - 1 October: Portuguese local election, 2017 held.

See also[]

  • History of Porto
  •  [pt] since 1822
  • List of bishops of Porto
  •  [pt]
  •  [pt]
  • Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Braga, Coimbra, Funchal (Madeira), Lisbon, Setúbal

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Oporto", Oxford Art Online Retrieved 7 November 2017
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b "História da Cidade" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal do Porto. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Haydn 1910.
  7. ^ a b c d "Building Directory: Portugal: Porto". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b Douglas L. Wheeler; Walter C. Opello Jr. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Portugal (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7075-8.
  9. ^ Pinheiro Chagas 1881.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Portugal". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
  11. ^ "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1865. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590311 – via HathiTrust.
  12. ^ "Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico" [Architectural Heritage Database]. Monumentos.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  13. ^ a b c d "Movie Theaters in Porto, Portugal". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  15. ^ "(Porto)". Infopédia (in Portuguese). Porto Editora. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Quem somos: Cronologia". Lipor.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Congressos da ANMP" (in Portuguese). Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Iberian Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Cm-porto.pt" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal do Porto. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000 – via Wayback Machine.
  20. ^ "Portugal bridge collapse 'kills 70'-BBC News|EUROPE". BBC. 5 March 2001.
This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

in Portuguese[]

  • Pinho Leal (1876). "Porto". Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario... (in Portuguese). Vol. 7. Mattos Moreira. pp. 268–554.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) (+ Index)
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  • Marie-Therèse Mandroux-França (1984). Quatro fases de urbanização do Porto no século XVIII (in Portuguese).
  • Francisco Ribeiro da Silva (1988). O Porto e o seu Termo - Os homens, as instituições e o poder (1580-1640) (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal do Porto.
  • Congresso sobre o Porto de Fim do Século (1880-1910) (in Portuguese), Ateneu Comercial do Porto, 1991 – via Biblioteca Nacional Digital icon of an open green padlock
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  • Agostinho Rebelo da Costa (2001). Descripção Topografica e Histórica da Cidade do Porto (in Portuguese) (3rd ed.). Edições Frenesi.
  • Luís Miguel Duarte (2001). História do Porto em BD (in Portuguese). Edições ASA.
  • Luís António de Oliveira Ramos, ed. (2001). História do Porto (in Portuguese) (3rd ed.). Porto Editora.

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