Timeline of Fortaleza
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
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- 1649 - Fortaleza founded by Dutch.[1]
- 1810 - Town becomes capital of Ceará.[2]
- 1823 - Fortaleza attains city status.[2]
- 1846 - Lighthouse fortress built.
- 1854 - Bishopric established.[2]
- 1864 - Seminário Episcopal do Ceará (seminary) founded.
- 1877 - Drought.[1]
- 1890 - Population: 40,902.[2]
20th century
- 1910 - Theatro José de Alencar (theatre) opens.
- 1915 - Drought.[1]
- 1918 - Fortaleza Sporting Club founded.
- 1919 - Colégio Militar de Fortaleza established.
- 1920 - Population: 78,536
- 1928 - O Povo newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1929 - Ceará Flying Club founded.
- 1932
- Ceará History Museum established.
- Drought.[1]
- 1933 - Ferroviário Atlético Clube (football team) formed.
- 1940 - Population: 180,901.
- 1942 - Drought.[1]
- 1946 - Regional Labor Court headquartered in city.
- 1950 - Population: 270,169.
- 1957 - Tribuna do Ceará newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1960
- Population: 514,818.
- City plan presented by Helio Modesto.[1]
- 1962 - Pirambu shantytown rally.[1]
- 1966 - Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport terminal built.
- 1970 - Population: 842,702.
- 1971 - Integrated Development Plan for the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza presented.
- 1973 - Castelão stadium opens.
- 1974 - Shopping Center Um in business.
- 1979 - Aldeota, Cocó, Meireles, Papicu, and Varjota development begins (approximate date).[1]
- 1980
- Ceará Museum of Image and Sound established.
- Population: 1,308,919.
- 1981
- TV Cidade Fortaleza begins broadcasting.
- Diário do Nordeste newspaper begins publication.
- 1982
- Federacao de Bairros y Favelas de Fortaleza (community organization) founded.
- Iguatemi Fortaleza shopping center in business.
- 1989 - Cocó Park established.
- 1990 - Juraci Vieira de Magalhães becomes mayor.
- 1991
- Cearah Periferia (housing organization) established.[4]
- Population: 1,766,794.
- 1992 - Central de Artesanato do Ceará (craft center) built.
- 1993 - Hospital São Mateus established.
- 1997 - City divided into 7 administrative regions.(pt)
- 1999 - Dragão do Mar Center of Art and Culture inaugurated.
21st century
- 2005 - Luizianne Lins becomes mayor.
- 2007 - Sobrado of Dr. José Lourenço (building) restored.
- 2010 - Population: 2,452,185.[5]
- 2012 - Fortaleza Metro begins operating.
- 2013
- June: Protest.[6]
- Roberto Cláudio becomes mayor.
See also
- Fortaleza history
- History of Fortaleza
- List of mayors of Fortaleza
- Other cities in Brazil
- Timeline of Brasília
- Timeline of Curitiba
- Timeline of Manaus
- Timeline of Recife
- Timeline of Salvador, Bahia
- Timeline of São Paulo
- Timeline of Rio de Janeiro
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gondim 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ↑ Cabannes 1997.
- ↑ "2010 census". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ↑ "Tear Gas Fired Outside Stadium in Brazil, but Protest Still Spreads Inside", New York Times, 19 June 2013
This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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in English
- "Fortaleza", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Brazil: Fortaleza", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- Yves Cabannes (1997). "From community development to housing finance: from Mutiroes to Casa Melhor in Fortaleza, Brazil". Environment and Urbanization. London: International Institute for Environment and Development. 9.
- Linda M. P. Gondim and Laurence Hallewell (2004). "Creating the Image of a Modern Fortaleza: Social Inequalities, Political Changes, and the Impact of Urban Design". Latin American Perspectives. 31. JSTOR 3185024.
in Portuguese
- J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Fortaleza", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud – via Hathi Trust
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