Timeline of Porto Alegre
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Prior to 20th century[]
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- 1743 - Porto dos Cazaes founded by Azoreans.[1]
- 1770 - Settlement becomes official residence of governor ; renamed "Porto Alegre."[1]
- 1773 - Câmara Municipal (town council) convenes.
- 1779 - (church) construction begins.
- 1789 - built.
- 1803 - Porto Alegre becomes a vila.[1][2]
- 1807 - Capital of Portuguese colonial Sao Pedro do Rio Grande moves to Porto Alegre from Rio Grande.[1](pt)
- 1822 - Porto Alegre attains city status.[3]
- 1824 - (residence) built.
- 1825 - German immigrants arrive.[1]
- 1827 - newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1854 - (bridge) built.
- 1858 - and São Pedro Theatre founded.[4]
- 1864 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.(pt)
- 1869 - Public Market built.[5]
- 1871 - (library) founded.
- 1872
- (urban transport entity) formed.
- Population: 43,998.[6]
- 1878 - Sociedade Filarmônica Porto Alegrense (musical group) formed.[7]
- 1881 - (international exposition) opens.[2][8]
- 1890 - becomes mayor.[9]
- 1892 - newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1895 - Correio do Povo newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1898 - Velodrome built.[12]
- 1900 - Population: 73,574.[1]
20th century[]
- 1901
- 1903 - Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense founded.
- 1906 - (regional archives) headquartered in city.[15]
- 1908 - Electric tram begins operating.(pt)
- 1909 - Sport Club Internacional (football club) founded.
- 1908 - (art school) founded.[7]
- 1910 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre established.[16]
- 1913 - Population: 150,343.[17]
- 1920 - (learned society) founded.[18]
- 1921 - built.
- 1925
- (musical group) formed.
- newspaper begins publication.[19]
- 1927 - (auditorium) opens.
- 1928
- 1934 - Universidade de Porto Alegre established.
- 1935
- Farroupilha Park opens.
- 20 September: Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair opens.
- 1937 - Usina do Gasômetro 384-foot chimney erected.[21]
- 1940 - built.
- 1941 - Flood.
- 1950
- (prison) begins operating.
- Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre (musical group) formed.
- Population: 394,151.[6]
- 1954
- (children's library) founded.
- Estádio Olímpico Monumental (stadium) opens.
- 1955
- Porto Alegre Book Fair begins.
- Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art opens.
- 1958
- built for the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul.[22]
- Porto Alegre Botanical Garden opens.
- 1959 - begins operating.
- 1960
- 1963 - 1963 Summer Universiade sport contest held in city.
- 1964 - Zero Hora newspaper begins publication.[23]
- 1969 - Estádio Beira-Rio (stadium) opens.
- 1970 - Population: 903,175.[6]
- 1972 - Rebuilding of Metropolitan Cathedral completed.
- 1974 - erected.
- 1976
- 27 April: Fire.
- City joins the newly formed (regional city association).
- 1978 - (library) established.
- 1979 - (museum) founded.[24]
- 1985
- Porto Alegre Metro begins operating.
- November: held.
- 1988 - (city archives) founded.[25]
- 1989 - Participatory budgeting begins.[26][27]
- 1991 - Population: 1,263,239.[6]
- 1997 - (art exhibit) begins.
- 1999 - City website online (approximate date).[28][chronology citation needed]
- 2000
- City joins the (city association).[29]
- abolished.
21st century[]
- 2001 - January: First World Social Forum of counter-hegemonic globalizers meets in Porto Alegre.
- 2002 - World Social Forum meets again in Porto Alegre.[30]
- 2003 - World Social Forum meets yet again in Porto Alegre.
- 2005 - begins.
- 2010 - José Fortunati becomes mayor.
- 2011 - 25 February: occurs in Cidade Baixa.[31]
- 2012 - Arena do Grêmio (stadium) opens.
- 2013 - Parada Gráfica (cultural event) begins.
- 2014 - June: Part of 2014 FIFA World Cup (football contest) held in Porto Alegre.[32][33]
- 2016
- October: held.
- Population: 1,481,019.[34]
- 2017 - becomes mayor.
Images[]
Velodrome, built 1898 (photo circa 1900)
Opening of exposition, 1901
City Band, 1925
Brazilian Revolution of 1930 in Porto Alegre
View of Palácio do Comércio, built 1940 (photo 2011)
Aerial view of Porto Alegre, 2016
See also[]
- History of Porto Alegre
- List of mayors of Porto Alegre
- History of classical music in Porto Alegre
- (regional archives)
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b Coruja 1888.
- ^ a b "Cronologia de Porto Alegre, No periodo de 1827 a 1837". Recuperacao e Memoria da Imprensa no Rio Grande do Sul: Preservacao da Memoria da Imprensa de Porto Alegre, 1827-1836 (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. 2007.
- ^ "História - Theatro São Pedro". Theatro São Pedro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ Azevedo Lima 1890.
- ^ a b c d e "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 10 September 2018
- ^ a b Winter 2009.
- ^ Krawczyk 1997.
- ^ Porto-Alegre 1918.
- ^ "O Exemplo: Jornal do Povo". Ihgrgs.org.br (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mazo 2006.
- ^ "Sobre". Arl.org.br (in Portuguese). Academia Rio-Grandense de Letras. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Catalogo da Exposição Estadual de 1901 (in Portuguese), Officina typographica deGundlach & Becker, 1901
- ^ "Quem Somos: Histórico". Arquivo Público do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Brazil". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Brazil". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Quem Somos". Ihgrgs.org.br (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "UF:RS - Periodo". Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. "Bens Tombados: Cidade: Porto Alegre". Iphae.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Buildings in Porto Alegre". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ Luccas 2000.
- ^ "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ^ "Museu de Porto Alegre Joaquim Felizardo". Portoalegre.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Porto Alegre, Lei no 6.099, de 03 de março de 1988 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Histórico do Orçamento Participativo" [History of Participatory Budgeting]. Portoalegre.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Participatory democracy in Porto Alegre", The Guardian, UK, 10 September 2012
- ^ "Portoalegre.rs.gov.br" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 May 1999. Retrieved 19 October 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Membros: Brasil". Uccla.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Going global", The Economist, UK, 1 February 2002
- ^ "Driver Accused of Injuring Brazil Cyclists", New York Times, 11 March 2011
- ^ "Porto Alegre threatens to pull out of hosting Brazil World Cup matches", The Guardian, 25 March 2014
- ^ Police break up anti-FIFA protest in Porto Alegre, Reuters, 18 June 2014
- ^ "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 Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography[]
- in English
- Michael George Mulhall; E.T. Mulhall (1877). "Port Alegre". Handbook of Brazil. Buenos Ayres. hdl:2027/mdp.39015014192523.
- "Porto Alegre", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- de Sousa Santos, Boaventura (December 1998). "Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre: Toward a Redistributive Democracy". Politics & Society. 26 (4): 461–510. doi:10.1177/0032329298026004003. hdl:10316/10839.
- in Portuguese
- Domingos de Araujo e Silva (1865). "Porto-Alegre". Diccionario historico e geographico da provincia de S. Pedro ou Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert. p. 77+.
- Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, ed. (1882). "Porto-Alegre". Diccionario Popular (in Portuguese). Vol. 10. Lisbon: Joaquim Germano de Sousa Neves. p. 36.
- Antônio Álvares Pereira Coruja (1888). Anno historico sul-rio-gran-dense em forma de ephemerides (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Jose Dias de Oliveira.
- Antonio de Azevedo Lima (1890). Synopse geographica, historica e estatistica do municipio de Porto Alegre [Synopsis of the geography, history and statistics of the municipality of Porto Alegre] (in Portuguese). Porto Alegre: Gundlach & C.a.
- Aquiles Porto-Alegre (1918). Homens Illustres do Rio Grande do Sul [Illustrious Men from Rio Grande do Sul] (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Livraria Selbach – via HathiTrust.
- Krawczyk, Flávio (24 April 2012). "Arte incidental - as mostras de artes plásticas em Porto Alegre entre 1875 e 1903" [Incidental art - plastic art exhibitions in Porto Alegre between 1875 and 1903]. Porto Arte (in Portuguese). 8 (14). doi:10.22456/2179-8001.27725.
- Luccas, Luis Henrique Haas (2000). "Arquitetura moderna em Porto Alegre: uma história recente" [Modern Architecture In Porto Alegre: a recent history]. Arqtexto (in Portuguese): 22–30. hdl:10183/22141.
- Sérgio da Costa Franco (2006). Porto Alegre: guia histórico (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). Editora da UFRGS.
- Mazo, Janice; Gaya, Adroaldo (May 2006). "As associações desportivas em Porto Alegre, Brasil: espaço de representação da identidade cultural teuto-brasileira" [Sports associations in Porto Alegre, Brazil: space for the representation of the German-Brazilian cultural identity]. Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto (in Portuguese). 6 (2): 205–213. doi:10.5628/rpcd.06.02.205.
- Winter, Leonardo Loureiro; Junior, Luiz Fernando Barbosa; Mânica, Sólon Santana (2008). "O Conservatório de Música do Instituto de Belas Artes do Rio Grande Do Sul: Fundação, Formação e Primeiros Anos (1908-1912)" [The Conservatory of Music of the Institute of Fine Arts of Rio Grande Do Sul: Foundation, Formation and Early Years (1908-1912)]. Revista do Conservatório de Música (in Portuguese) (1).
- Sérgio da Costa Franco (2013). Porto Alegre ano a ano: uma cronologia histórica: 1732-1950 (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Letra & Vida.
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