Timeline of Funchal
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1493 - Cathedral of Funchal construction begins.
- 1514 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal established.[1]
- 1566 - Sack of Funchal.
- 1835 - Town becomes part of the newly created administrative Funchal District.
- 1836
- Associação Commercial founded.[2][3]
- Synagogue of Funchal built (approximate date).[chronology citation needed]
- 1838 - Biblioteca Municipal do Funchal (library) founded.
- 1846 - José Silvestre Ribeiro becomes district governor.
- 1851 - Jewish Cemetery of Funchal established.
- 1876 - Diário de Notícias da Madeira newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1883 - Paços do Concelho do Funchal (town hall) in use.
- 1888 - Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias (theatre) opens.
- 1893 - Monte Railway and horsecar tram begin operating.
- 1900 - Population: 20,850.[4]
20th century
- 1910 - C.D. Nacional and C.S. Marítimo (football clubs) formed.
- 1911 - Population: 24,687 in town; 169,777 in district.[5]
- 1927
- Jornal da Madeira newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Campo dos Barreiros (sport field) opens.
- 1931 - Arquivo Distrital do Funchal (archive) founded.
- 1935 - Fernão de Ornelas becomes mayor.
- 1940 - Mercado dos Lavradores (market) built.
- 1957 - Estádio dos Barreiros (stadium) built.
- 1964 - Madeira Airport begins operating.
- 1972 - Duas Torres (hi-rise) built.[6]
- 1976 - Casino da Madeira in business.[6]
- 1979 - City twinned with Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.[7]
- 1980 - City twinned with Livingstone, Zambia.[7]
- 1984 - City twinned with New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.[7]
- 1985
- 1987
- Correio da Madeira newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Horários do Funchal (transit entity) established.
- City twinned with Cape Town, South Africa.[7]
- 1988
- University of Madeira and Banco Internacional do Funchal[2] established.
- City twinned with Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.[7]
- 1991 - City twinned with Herzliya, Israel.[7]
- 1992 - May: Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses meets in Funchal.[9]
- 1993 - City twinned with Oakland, California, United States.[7]
- 1994
- Miguel Albuquerque becomes mayor.
- City twinned with Marrickville, Australia.[7]
- 1996 - City twinned with Fremantle, Australia, and Leichlingen, Germany.[7]
- 1998 - Estadio Eng. Rui Alves (stadium) opens.
- 2000
- Cm-funchal.pt website online (approximate date).[10]
- Funchal Cable Car begins operating.
21st century
- 2001
- Population: 103,961.[2]
- MadeiraShopping in business.
- 2003 - City twinned with Praia, Cape Verde.[7]
- 2005 - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Funchal begins.
- 2008 - City twinned with Ílhavo, Portugal, and Saint Helier, United Kingdom.[7]
- 2009 - City twinned with Gibraltar, United Kingdom.[7]
- 2010 - 20 February: 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides.
- 2013 - Paulo Cafôfo becomes mayor.
- 2016
- August: Wildfire.[11]
- City twinned with Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.[7]
- 2017 - Funchal local election, 2017 held.
See also
- Funchal history
- List of mayors of Funchal
- List of governors of Funchal District (in Portuguese)
- List of bishops of Funchal
- History of Madeira
- Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Braga, Coimbra, Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal
References
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Portugal". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
- ^ José Silvestre Ribeiro, ed. (1871–1893). Historia dos estabelecimentos scientificos, litterarios e artisticos de Portugal (in Portuguese). Academia Real das Sciencias.
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b "Building Directory: Portugal: Madeira: Funchal". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Geminações: Municipio: Funchal". Anmp.pt (in Portuguese). Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Associação de Municípios da Região Autónoma da Madeira" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Congressos da ANMP" (in Portuguese). Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Cm-funchal.pt" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal do Funchal. Archived from the original on 3 September 2000 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Madeira wildfires: Three dead as flames reach Funchal", BBC News, 10 August 2016
- This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- in English
- "Funchal", Handbook for Travellers in Portugal (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1887
- A. Samler Brown (1903), "Funchal", Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores (7th ed.), London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- "Funchal", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Funchal", The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
- in Portuguese
- Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, ed. (1879). "Funchal". Diccionario Popular (in Portuguese). Vol. 5. Lisbon: Diario Illustrado.
- Carlos Augusto da Silva Campos, ed. (1886), "Negociantes e industriaes das provincias e ilhas: Funchal", Almanach Commercial de Lisboa (in Portuguese), pp. 244–245
- Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1907). "Funchal". Portugal: Diccionario Historico... (in Portuguese). Vol. 3. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres. OCLC 865826167.
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