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The following is a timeline of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde.

Prehistoric era

  • 16 million years ago: the Fundo das Figueiras formation formed[1]
  • 15 to 12.5 million years ago: langhium and serravallium rocks were under formation including the volcanic cone, the Monte Passarão complex, the Monte Caçador complex and the Pico Forcado formation.[2]
  • 9.5 million years ago: the Chão de Calheta formation started to form
  • 4.5 million years ago: the Chão da Calheta formed[2]
  • During the Ice Age, the island was possibly connected with Maio, though a third of that island was underwater, it formed a part of the "East Island". Its size was approximately 3,000 to 3,500 km2 at the time. It was north-south, it was about 150–200 km long and its width was 20 km and 50 km in the northern part
  • Around 6,000 to 5,000 BC: The Eastern Island of Cape Verde broken up into Boavista, Middle and Maio Islands, the Middle Island would later be underwater and became a nearly shallow part of the ocean.
  • Around 4,000 to 3,000 BC: Ilhéu de Sal Rei and Ilhéu do Baluarte separated from Boa Vista Island.

Colonial era

See also: Timeline of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • 1462 - The island was discovered
  • 1497 - October 29: Rodrigo Afonso became the first captain of the island
  • 1505 - January 3: Pero Correia (then spelt Péro Correia) became the second captain of the island
  • 1520s or 1530s: António Correia became the third captain of the island
  • 1542 - Maria Correia became the fourth and last captain of the island
  • 1587 - The island's first settlement now known as Povoação Velha established, it would be populated to around 50 inhabitants
  • 1620 - Saltpans attracted English captains, slaves mined the salt, Sal Rei was later founded
  • 1650 - Population: around 1 500
  • 1680 - Chapel built around Estância
  • 1720 - Population: around 2 000
  • 1800
    • Population: around 2 500 to 3 000
    • Chapel of Santo António (Saint Anthony) built
  • 1810 - Island capital moved from Povoação da Boa Vista to Rabil for its paper production
  • 1815 - Sal Rei sacked by pirates
  • 1817 - Sal Rei sacked for the second time, the fortress started construction to protect the town and the island
  • 1818 - A pirate ship from South America seized the fort, likely one of the last pirate raids in any of the Cape Verde islands.
  • 1820 - Forte Duque de Bragança (today, commonly known as Forte de Sal Rei) built on Ilhéu de Sal Rei completed
  • Mid 1850s - Population: around 4 000
  • 1828 - Our Lady of Conception Church (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição) built near Rocha Estância.
  • 1843
    • The Anglo-Portuguese Commission on the Abolition of Slavery' took place, it would be abolished 44 years later.
    • June: USS Columbus along with William Harwar Parker visited Gata in the northeastern part of the island, one of the first American ships to visit Cape Verde
  • 1845 - Yellow fever epidemic struck the island
  • 1848 - December: USS Yorktown visited Gata in the northeast of the island, William Harwar Parker again visited the area for his patrol against slavery
  • 1878 - Slavery abolished in the island of Boa Vista
  • 1900 - Population: around 3 000
  • 1930 - Population 2 454
  • 1935 - The Municipality solely includes the island along with its nearby islets.
  • 1940 - Population: 2 779[3]
  • 1950 - Population: 2 985[3]
  • 1952 - August 28: Sal-Rei FC established
  • 1956 - Sporting Clube da Boa Vista football (soccer) club established
  • 1960 - Population: 3 263[3]
  • 1968 - September 1: The cargo ship Cabo Santa Maria was wrecked and ran aground at Praia de Atalanta in the north of the island, its ruins now rusty can still be seen today.[4]
  • 1970 - Population: 3 569[3]

After independence in 1975-1999

21st century

Rabil Airport Terminal in November 2007 when the airport was to fully operate
  • 2007 - Rabil Airport (now Aristides Pereira International Airport) became enlarged with a 2,100 meter runway and paved.[7]
  • 2008
    • Estadio Municipal Arsénio Ramos completed and opened
    • Windmills started construction in the northwestern extremity of the island
    • Hotels and villas spread north of Sal Rei
  • 2009 - Sal Rei Perimeter Road opened
  • Around 2009 - Rabil - Curral Velho paved road completed
  • 2010
    • Population - 8 554[8]
    • Around five hotels and villas built west of Rabil
    • Villas built in the area of Curral Velho
  • 2011
  • 2011 or 2012
    • Sal-Bofareira-Norte Road completed
Sal Rei along with its port then under expansion in 2012
    • Boa Vista may have reached the population at 10,000
  • 2014
    • May 9: the municipality became twinned with the town of Zocca
    • Enlargement of the island's port completed[9]
  • 2015 - August 31: Hurricane Fred struck the island, Povoação Velha was without electricity for five days[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dyhr, C. T.; Holm, P. M. (2009). A volcanological and geochemical investigation of Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands;40Ar/39Ar geochronology and field constraints. Vol. 189. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. p. 19-32.
  2. ^ a b Ramalho, R. (2010). Tracers of uplift and subsidence in the Cape Verde Archipelago.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Source: Statoids
  4. ^ A Semana
  5. ^ "Protected areas of Cape Vetrde".
  6. ^ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
  7. ^ "Cape Verde: New Boavista international airport receives first flights". Macauhub English. 7 November 2007.
  8. ^ Portal do Instituto Nacional de Estatística: INE - CENSO 2010.
  9. ^ http://asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article93891&ak=1
  10. ^ Fonseca, Sanny (2015-08-31). "Boa Vista: Furacão Fred deixa 50 casas destruídas em Povoação Velha". A Semana (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-08-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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