Timeline of Rio de Janeiro
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Prior to 19th century
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- 1565 CE
- São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro founded by Portuguese.
- Fortaleza de São João built.
- 1603 - St James of Mercy Fort built.
- 1663 - Padre Eterno galleon launched.
- 1693 - Calaboose Prison built.
- 1736 - Academia dos Felizes founded.[1]
- 1743 - Paço Imperial built.
- 1750 - Carioca Aqueduct built.
- 1752 - Academia dos Seletos founded.[1]
- 1763 - Portuguese America administrative center moved to Rio de Janeiro from Salvador.
- 1770 - Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro consecrated.
- 1783 - Passeio Público constructed.
- 1792 - Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho founded.
19th century
- 1803 - Paço de São Cristóvão building erected.
- 1808
- City becomes capital of Kingdom of Portugal.[2]
- Printing press in operation.
- 1811 - Candelária Church inaugurated.
- 1811 - Construction of Valongo Wharf started.
- 1815 - City becomes capital of United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
- 1818 - Royal Museum established.
- 1822
- City becomes capital of independent Brazil.
- Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden opens.[3]
- 1826 - Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Brasil) founded.[4]
- 1827 - Jornal do Commercio newspaper in publication.[5]
- 1852 - Theatro Provisório built.
- 1854 - Catete Palace built.
- 1858
- Dom Pedro II railway begins operating.[6]
- Central do Brasil inaugurated.
- 1871 - Theatro D. Pedro II inaugurated.
- 1877 - Santa Teresa Tram opens.
- 1884 - Corcovado Rack Railway opens.
- 1891 - Jornal do Brasil newspaper begins publication.
- 1896 - Academia Brasileira de Letras founded.[1]
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1902 - Universidade Cândido Mendes founded.
- 1904
- Vaccine Revolt.[7]
- Avenida Rio Branco constructed.
- 1906 - Palácio Monroe erected.
- 1908
- City flag design adopted.
- Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil held in Urca.
- 1909 - Teatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro) inaugurated.
- 1912
- Afonsos Air Force Base built.
- Civil Police Museum founded.
- 1914 - Fort Copacabana built.
- 1917 - Labor strike.[8]
- 1919 - South American Championship held.
- 1920 - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro founded.
- 1922
- July: Coup attempt.[8]
- National Historical Museum (Brazil) created.
- Population: 1,130,000.[9]
- Hotel Glória built.
- Morro do Castelo (Castle Hill) demolished—now Castelo neighborhood.[10]
- 1923 - Copacabana Palace Hotel inaugurated.
- 1925 - O Globo newspaper begins publication.
- 1926 - Hipódromo da Gávea built.
- 1927 - Edificio do Jornal A Noite built.
- 1931
- Pedro Ernesto Baptista becomes mayor.
- Cristo Redentor statue built.
- 1936
- Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport inaugurated.
- Manguinhos Airport opens.
- Santos Dumont Airport inaugurated.
- 1937 - Universidade Santa Úrsula founded.
- 1938 - Museu Nacional de Belas Artes inaugurated.
- 1940 - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro founded.
- 1943
- Gustavo Capanema Palace built.
- Santa Cruz Air Force Base established.
- 1945 - Zoological Garden inaugurated.
- 1947 - South American Basketball Championship held.
- 1949 - Tribuna da Imprensa newspaper begins publication.
1950s-1990s
- 1950
- Rio de Janeiro State University established.
- Maracanã (stadium) opens.
- Population: 2,303,063.[11]
- 1951 - Nova Iguaçu level crossing disaster.
- 1952
- Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada established.
- Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas founded.
- Manchete (magazine) headquartered in city.[5]
- 1953 - Museu do Índio created.[12]
- 1954 - Ginásio do Maracanãzinho built.
- 1958 - Train crash.
- 1960
- Brazilian capital moved from Rio to Brasília.[13]
- Rio becomes Guanabara State, smallest state of Brazil.
- 1961
- Tijuca Forest becomes a national park.
- Edificio Avenida Central built.
- 1964 - Museum of Modern Art built.[14]
- 1965
- Flamengo Park created.
- Banda de Ipanema begins.
- 1970 - Population: 4,252,009.[15]
- 1971
- Jacarepaguá Airport opens.
- Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso founded.
- 1972
- Petrobras Headquarters built.
- Hotel Horsa Nacional built.
- 1975
- City becomes part of Rio de Janeiro (state).
- Marcos Tamoio becomes mayor.
- Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage created.
- 1976 - Le Méridien Copacabana opens.
- 1977
- Riocentro built.
- Rio Othon Palace hotel opens.
- 1978 - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet built.
- 1979
- Rio de Janeiro Metro founded.
- Israel Klabin becomes mayor.
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro established.
- Rio de Janeiro Cathedral built.
- 1980
- Júlio Coutinho becomes mayor.
- 105 Lélio Gama St. built.
- 1981 - Barra Shopping opens.
- 1982 - Rio Sul Center built.
- 1983
- Rede Manchete television begins broadcasting.
- Jamil Haddad becomes mayor, succeeded by Marcello Alencar.
- 1984
- Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí built.
- CasaShopping opens.
- 1986 - Roberto Saturnino Braga becomes mayor.
- 1988 - Jó Antônio Resende becomes mayor.
- 1989
- 16 July: 1989 Copa América football tournament held.
- Marcello Alencar becomes mayor.
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio branch) opens.
- 1990
- Eva Klabin Foundation museum established.
- Escadaria Selarón construction begins.
- 1992 - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) held.[16]
- 1993
- César Maia becomes mayor.
- Candelária massacre.
- Population: 5,547,033 (estimate).[17]
- 1994 Metropolitan hall opens.
- 1995 - Centro Empresarial Internacional Rio built.
- 1997
- Luiz Paulo Conde becomes mayor.
- Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex opens.
- 1998
- Terra Encantada opens.
- Project Morrinho begins.
- Palace II building collapses.
21st century
- 2000 - 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held.
- 2001 - César Maia becomes mayor.
- 2002 - Instituto Superior de Tecnologia em Ciências da Computação do Rio de Janeiro established.
- 2004 - Torre Almirante built.
- 2006 - Koni Store founded.
- 2007
- Cantagalo Station opens.
- Estádio Olímpico João Havelange built.
- HSBC Arena (Rio de Janeiro) opens.
- 2007 Pan American Games held.
- Rio de Janeiro train collision.
- 2008 - Rio International Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship begins.
- 2009
- Eduardo Paes becomes mayor.[18]
- City wins the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics bid.
- 2010
- World Urban Forum and Homeless World Cup football contest held.
- Manguinhos Library Park opens in Benfica.
- Population: 6,320,446.[19]
- 2011
- Cidade da Música built.
- School shooting.
- 2012
- United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held.
- Building collapses.
- TransOeste inaugurated.
- 2013 - Protest.
- 2014 - 2014 FIFA World Cup and Street Child World Cup football contest held.
- 2015 - July: Uber protest.[20]
- 2016 - Olympic Games and Paralympic Games held.
- 6 October: Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
- 14 October: Ultra Brasil (electronic music festival)
- 25 October: Anima Mundi (animation film festival)
See also
Other cities in Brazil:
- Timeline of Brasília
- Timeline of Curitiba
- Timeline of Fortaleza
- Timeline of Manaus
- Timeline of Recife
- Timeline of Salvador, Bahia
- Timeline of São Paulo
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Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- John Mawe (1812), "Description of Rio de Janeiro", Travels in the Interior of Brazil, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - John Luccock (1820), Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil, London: S. Leigh
- Josiah Conder (1830), "City of Rio de Janeiro", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Rio-de-Janeiro", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud – via Hathi Trust
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Michael George Mulhall; E.T. Mulhall (1877). "Rio Janeyro". Handbook of Brazil. Buenos Ayres.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - James W. Wells (1886), "Rio de Janeiro", Exploring and travelling three thousand miles through Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Maranhão, London: Low
- Editors of the Rio News (1887). Handbook of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: A.J. Lamoureux.
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- Published in the 20th century
- "Rio de Janeiro", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
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{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Rio Panorama", National Geographic Magazine, vol. 76, Washington DC, 1939
- "Local History, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro". Catalog of the William B. Greenlee Collection of Portuguese History ... in the Newberry Library. Chicago: Newberry Library. 1953 – via Hathi Trust.
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{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Rio de Janeiro, Great Cities, Time-Life Books, 1977 – via Open Library
- Mary C. Karasch, Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850 (Princeton University Press, 1987)
- Jeffrey D. Needell, A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro (Cambridge University Press, 1987)
- "Rio de Janeiro City", Brazil (4th ed.), Lonely Planet, 1998, p. 146+ – via Open Library
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- Published in the 21st century
- "Rio de Janeiro". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
- Thomas H. Holloway (2008). "Doing Favors for Street People: Official Responses to Beggars and Vagrants in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro". In Beier and Ocobock (ed.). Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical Perspective. Ohio University Press. p. 162+. ISBN 978-0-89680-262-9.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Teresa A. Meade (2010). Civilizing Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, 1889-1930. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-04211-4.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Rio de Janeiro city.
- Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1928
- Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1982
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Rio de Janeiro, various dates.
- (Conference papers related to Rio), 2012 – via International Planning History Society
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