Timeline of Porto

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 5th-4th C. BCE - "Fortified settlement of Cale" active.^[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 C.- 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 - Rua das Flores [pt] (street) opens.
• 1548 - Inquisition begins.
• 1559 - Igreja da Misericórdia do Porto [pt] (church) built.
• 1580 - 24 October: Capture of Porto by Spanish forces.
• 1582 - Tribunal da Relação do Porto [pt] (law court) established.
• 1622 - Printing press in operation.^[5]
• 1628 - Tax revolt.^[2]
• 1661 - Tax revolt.^[2]
• 1692 - Igreja da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco [pt] (church) construction begins.
• 1703 - Methuen Treaty on wines taxes facilitated export of port wine.^[2]
• 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 - Rua de Cedofeita [pt] (street) opens.
• 1763 - Clérigos Church tower built.^[7]
• 1764 - Cadeia da Relação [pt] (courthouse and prison) built.^[1]
• 1770 - Hospital de Santo António [pt] construction begins.
• 1779 - Igreja da Lapa [pt] (church) consecrated.
• 1790 - British Factory House built.^[2]
• 1798 - Teatro do Príncipe (theatre) opens.

19th century

• 1806 - Ponte das Barcas [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
  • August: Siege ends.^[2]
  • Royal Library of Porto and title of Duke of Porto established.^[9]
• 1834 - Associação Comercial do Porto [pt] founded.^[10]
• 1842 - Palácio da Bolsa (stock exchange) construction begins.^[1]
• 1843 - Ponte pênsil D. Maria II [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 Gazeta Literária do Porto [pt] begin publication.^[10]
• 1870 - Alfândega Porto Congress Centre built.
• 1872 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
• 1876 - Municipal Library of Porto established.
• 1877
  • Campanhã railway station opens.
  • 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.^[2][12]
• 1888
  • 20 March: Teatro Baquet burns down, killing dozens.^[6]
  • Jornal de Notícias (newspaper) begins publication.^[10]
• 1889 - Wine industry strike; crackdown.^[6]
• 1890 - Population: 138,860.^[2]
• 1891
  • January: Republican insurrection [pt]; crackdown.^[6]
  • 22 November: "Exhibition of National Manufactures" opens.^[6]
  • Funicular dos Guindais begins operating.
• 1893 - FC Porto (football club) formed.
• 1894 - Igreja Matriz do Bonfim [pt] (church) built.^[7]
• 1895 - Electric tram begins operating.
• 1896 - Paz dos Reis' [pt] A Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Confiança filmed on Rua de Santa Catarina [pt].^(pt)
• 1900 - Population: 167,955.^[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 - Invicta Film [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 - City Hall [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: Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [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.
  • Nuno Cardoso [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 Bridge disaster, collapse of a 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 União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas [pt].
• 2017 - 1 October: Portuguese local election, 2017 held.

See also

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

References

1. "Oporto", Oxford Art Online Retrieved 7 November 2017
2. Britannica 1910.
3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
4. "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. Haydn 1910.
7. "Building Directory: Portugal: Porto". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
8. 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. "Portugal". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
11. Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1865). "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 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. "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

• "Oporto", Handbook for Travellers in Portugal (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1887, pp. 115+, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha1
• John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Porto", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
• "Oporto". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3bz6g65j.
• "Porto", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, New York, 1905, hdl:2027/msu.31293024395141
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in Portuguese

• Pinho Leal (1876). "Porto". Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario... (in Portuguese). Vol. 7. Mattos Moreira. pp. 268–554. (+ Index)
• Alberto Pimentel (1878). O Porto por fora e por dentro [Porto inside and out] (in Portuguese).
• Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, ed. (1881). "Porto". Diccionario Popular (in Portuguese). Vol. 10. Lisbon: Joaquim Germano de Sousa Neves. pp. 15–34.
• Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1911). "Porto". Portugal: Diccionario Historico... (in Portuguese). Vol. 5. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres. hdl:2027/gri.ark:/13960/t1gj3dx23. OCLC 865826167.
• Damião Peres; et al., eds. (1962–1965). História da Cidade do Porto (in Portuguese). Portucalense editora. OCLC 460632616.
• J. M. P. de Oliveira (1973). O espaço urbano do Porto: Condições naturais e desenvolvimento (in Portuguese). Coimbra.
• 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
• Porto a Património Mundial (in Portuguese), 1993
• 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.

External links

• "(Porto)" – via Europeana.
• "(Porto)" – via Digital Public Library of America.