Timeline of Rio de Janeiro

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Prior to 19th century[]

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  • 1565 CE
  • 1603 - St James of Mercy Fort built.
  • 1663 - Padre Eterno galleon launched.
  • 1693 - Calaboose Prison built.
  • 1736 -  [pt] founded.[2]
  • 1743 - Paço Imperial built.
  • 1750 - Carioca Aqueduct built.
  • 1752 -  [pt] founded.[2]
  • 1763 - Portuguese America administrative center moved to Rio de Janeiro from Salvador.
  • 1770 - Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro consecrated.
  • 1783 - Passeio Público constructed.
  • 1792 - Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho founded.

19th century[]

Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1895
  • 1803 - Paço de São Cristóvão building erected.
  • 1808
    • City becomes capital of Kingdom of Portugal.[3]
    •  [pt] (royal printing press) begins operating.[4]
    • 10 September: Gazeta do Rio newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1811 - Candelária Church inaugurated.
  • 1811 - Construction of Valongo Wharf started.
  • 1815 - City becomes capital of United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
  • 1818 - Royal Museum established.
  • 1822
    • City becomes capital of independent Brazil.
    • Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden opens.[5]
  • 1826 -  [pt] founded.[6]
  • 1827
    • Jornal do Commercio newspaper in publication.[7]
    •  [pt] founded in Rio.[8]
  • 1838 - Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro headquartered in Rio.[9]
  • 1852 - Theatro Provisório built.
  • 1854 - Catete Palace built.
  • 1858
    • Dom Pedro II railway begins operating.[10]
    • Central do Brasil inaugurated.
  • 1871 - Theatro D. Pedro II (theatre) inaugurated.
  • 1872 - Population: 274,972.[11]
  • 1877 - Santa Teresa Tram opens.
  • 1884 - Corcovado Rack Railway opens.
  • 1891 - Jornal do Brasil newspaper begins publication.
  • 1894 - Confeitaria Colombo (coffee hiouse) opens
  • 1896 - Academia Brasileira de Letras founded.[2]

20th century[]

Rio de Janeiro, ca.1910s
Rio de Janeiro, 1967
Fort Copacabana
Christ the Redeemer

1900s-1940s[]

1950s-1990s[]

21st century[]

Rio de Janeiro, 2008

See also[]

Other cities in Brazil:

References[]

  1. ^ ImagineRio.org - Searchable atlas that illustrates the social and urban evolution of Rio de Janeiro.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Richard Young; Odile Cisneros (2010). "Academias". Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7498-5.
  3. ^ E. Bradford Burns (1993). "Chronology of Significant Dates in Brazilian History". A History of Brazil. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-07954-9.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Datas da ABI", Abi.org.br (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Associação Brasileira de Imprensa, retrieved 4 September 2018
  5. ^ "Garden Search: Brazil". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  6. ^ "South America, 1800–1900 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Brazil". Union list of current newspapers and selected serials. US: Latin America North East Libraries Consortium. Archived from the original on 23 July 2004.
  8. ^ Brasil, Centro Industrial do (1828). Estatutos da Sociedade Auxiliadora da Indústria Nacional (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro.
  9. ^  [pt] (1988). "Nação e Civilização nos Trópicos: o Instituto Histórico Geográfico Brasileiro e o projeto de uma história nacional". Revista Estudos Históricos (in Portuguese). Brasil: Fundação Getúlio Vargas,  [pt]. 1. ISSN 2178-1494.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Free to read
  10. ^ Bureau of the American Republics (1901). United States of Brazil. Washington, D.C.: Govt. print. off.
  11. ^ Jump up to: 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
  12. ^ Robert M. Levine (2003). "Timeline of Historical Events". History of Brazil. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-6255-3.
  13. ^ Hérica Lene; Rafael Lopes (2013), Memória e história da imprensa: as associações profissionais e a conformação do ethos jornalístico (PDF) (in Portuguese), Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Europa Publications (2003). "Brazil". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. p. 32+. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
  15. ^ Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), Commercial travelers' guide to Latin America, Washington, DC, US: Govt. Print. Office, OL 7203280M
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  17. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  18. ^ Sergio Moraes (26 March 2013). "End of a dream". Reuters. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013.
  19. ^ "Timelines: History of Brazil from 1500 to 2008", World Book, US
  20. ^ "South America, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  21. ^ Brasil, CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. "PASSEATA DOS CEM MIL | CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil". CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Candace Slater (2002). "Chronology". Entangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon. University of California Press. p. 205+. ISBN 978-0-520-92601-1.
  24. ^ 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.
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  26. ^ "2010 census". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010.
  27. ^ Over a thousand Rio taxi drivers block main city route to protest Uber, Reuters, 24 July 2015

Bibliography[]

Published in the 19th century
  • John Mawe (1812), "Description of Rio de Janeiro", Travels in the Interior of Brazil, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
  • John Luccock (1820), Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil, London: S. Leigh, OL 6917919M
  • Josiah Conder (1830), "City of Rio de Janeiro", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
  • J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Rio-de-Janeiro", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud, hdl:2027/wu.89006303077 – via Hathi Trust
  • Michael George Mulhall; E.T. Mulhall (1877). "Rio Janeyro". Handbook of Brazil. Buenos Ayres. hdl:2027/mdp.39015014192523.
  • James W. Wells (1886), "Rio de Janeiro", Exploring and travelling three thousand miles through Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Maranhão, London: Low
  • Editors of the Rio News (1887). Handbook of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: A.J. Lamoureux.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
Published in the 20th century
  • "Rio de Janeiro", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
  • "Rio de Janeiro". Collier's Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son. 1928. hdl:2027/mdp.39015073301890.
  • "Rio Panorama", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 76, 1939
  • "Local History, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro". Catalog of the William B. Greenlee Collection of Portuguese History ... in the Newberry Library. Chicago: Newberry Library. 1953. hdl:2027/mdp.39015023946240 – via Hathi Trust.
  • W.A. Robson, ed. (1954). "Rio de Janeiro". Great Cities of the World: their Government, Politics and Planning. Routledge. p. 489+. ISBN 978-1-135-67247-8.
  • Rio de Janeiro, Great Cities, Time-Life Books, 1977 – via Open Library
  • Mary C. Karasch, Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850 (Princeton University Press, 1987)
  • Jeffrey D. Needell, A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro (Cambridge University Press, 1987)
  • "Rio de Janeiro City", Brazil (4th ed.), Lonely Planet, 1998, p. 146+, ISBN 9780864425614 – via Open Library
Published in the 21st century

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Coordinates: 22°54′30″S 43°11′47″W / 22.908333°S 43.196389°W / -22.908333; -43.196389

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