Timeline of Manaus
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Manaus, in Amazonas state, Brazil.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1669 - Fort of São José da Barra do Rio Negro built.
- 1833 - Town council convenes in the former Fábrica Imperial.[1]
- 1850 - Town becomes capital of Amazonas province.[2]
- 1856 - Town renamed "Manaus."[2]
- 1871 - Associação Comercial do Amazonas established.[1]
- 1872 - Population: 29,334.[3]
- 1883 - Mercado Adolpho Lisboa built.
- 1892 - Catholic Diocese of Amazonas established.
- 1896
- Amazon Theatre opens.[4]
- Electric lighting introduced.[5]
- 1900 - Population: 73,647.
20th century
- 1904 - Jornal do Commercio newspaper begins publication.
- 1910 - Free University School of Manaus established.[6]
- 1913 - Nacional Futebol Clube formed.
- 1917 - Instituto Geográfico e Histórico do Amazonas founded.[7][8]
- 1920 - Population: 179,263.
- 1930 - Nacional Fast Clube (football team) formed.
- 1939 - América Futebol Clube formed.
- 1949 - A Crítica newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1961 - Estádio Ismael Benigno (stadium) opens.
- 1967 - Free Economic Zone of Manaus established.[10]
- 1970
- Manaus Air Force Base begins operating.
- Vivaldão stadium opens.
- Population: 284,118.[11]
- 1974 - Nossa Senhora das Graças (Manaus) neighborhood established.
- 1976 - Eduardo Gomes International Airport opens.
- 1980 - Population: 922,477.
- 1989
- Park of Mindu established.[citation needed]
- Arthur Virgílio Neto becomes mayor.
- 1991 - Population: 1,010,544.[3]
- 1996 - Festival Amazonas de Ópera begins.
- 1997
- Amazonas Philharmonic founded.
- Alfredo Nascimento becomes mayor.
- 2000 - Population: 1,347,590.
21st century
- 2005 - Park of Bilhares established.[citation needed]
- 2010 - Population: 1,802,014.[12]
- 2011 - Rio Negro Bridge opens.
- 2012 - 7 October: Manaus 2012 municipal election held.
- 2013 - 2013 protests in Brazil.
- 2014 - Arena da Amazônia opens.
- 2016 - 2 October: Manaus 2016 municipal election held.
- 2017 -Prison riot at Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex .
See also
- Manaus history
- History of Manaus
- List of mayors of Manaus
- Amazonas history (state)
- History of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
References
- ^ "Sedes da Câmara Municipal de Manaus". Cmm.am.gov.br (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Manaus. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ a b Ring 1995.
- ^ 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
- ^ "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015
- ^ Candace Slater (2002). "Chronology". Entangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon. University of California Press. p. 205+. ISBN 978-0-520-92601-1.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Burns 1965.
- ^ "Instituto Geográfico e Histórico do Amazonas completa quase um século de história" [Amazon Geographical and Historical Institute completes nearly a century of history]. A Crítica (in Portuguese). 25 March 2011.
- ^ Jose Martins (ed.). "Blogdorocha" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2014 – via Blogspot.
- ^ "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Despres 1991.
- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "2010 census". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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in English
- Lauro B. Bitancourt. "City of Manaos". State of Amazon, Brazil.
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Henry C. Pearson (1911). "(Manaos)". The rubber country of the Amazon. New York: India Rubber World.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Brazil: Manaos", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - E. Bradford Burns (1965). "Manaus, 1910: Portrait of a Boom Town". Journal of Inter-American Studies. 7. JSTOR 164992.
- Leo A. Despres (1991). Manaus: Social Life and Work in Brazil's Free Trade Zone. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0537-6.
- Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin, ed. (1995). "Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil)". Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 355+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
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in Portuguese
- J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Manaos", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud – via Hathi Trust
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