Timeline of Braga
Prior to 20th century
{{History of Portugal}}
- ca. 41 BCE - Installation of Roman milestones begins.{{cite web |url=http://www.monumentos.gov.pt |title=Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico |trans-title=Architectural Heritage Database |language=pt |work=Monumentos.gov.pt |publisher=Direção-Geral do Património Cultural |access-date= 10 November 2017 }}
- ca.16 BCE - Roman {{illm|Bracara Augusta|pt}} founded.
- 3rd C. CE - Town walls built.{{citation |title=Braga |author=Cesar Valenca |work=Oxford Art Online }} Retrieved 10 November 2017
- ca.300 CE - Victor of Braga is martyred.
- 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Braga established.{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/portugal |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo |location=Norway |access-date= 9 November 2017 }}
- 5th C. CE - Suevi in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- ca.450s - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga established.
- ca.485 - Visigoths in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 561-563 - Religious council meets in Braga.{{sfn|López|1907}}
- 572 - Religious council meets in Braga.{{sfn|López|1907}}
- 675 - Religious council meets in Braga.{{sfn|López|1907}}
- 8th C. - Moors in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1040 - Braga taken by forces of Ferdinand I.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1089 - Braga Cathedral consecrated.
- 1093 - Braga becomes seat of royal court (until 1147).{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1417 - Fernando da Guerra becomes archbishop.{{cite book|editor=E. Michael Gerli|title=Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QlpKAgAAQBAJ|year= 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn= 0-415-93918-6 |chapter=Braga }}
- 1494 - Printing press in operation.{{cite book|author= Henri Bouchot |location=London |title=The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time|year=1890|publisher=H. Grevel & Co. |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 |chapter=Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established }}
- 1616 - Ponte do Prado (bridge) to Vila Verde rebuilt.
- 1642 - Construction of Igreja de Santa Cruz (church) begins.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1756 - Braga City Hall built.{{cite web |url= https://www.cm-braga.pt/en/1201/conhecer/historia-e-patrimonio/patrimonio-cultural/patrimonio-edificado |title= Built Heritage |language=en, pt |work=Cm-braga.pt |publisher=Município de Braga |access-date= 10 November 2017 }}
- 1841 - {{illm|Biblioteca Pública de Braga|pt}} (library) founded.{{cite web |url=http://www.bpb.uminho.pt/Default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=8&pageid=7&lang=pt-PT |title=História da BPB |language=pt |publisher=Universidade do Minho |access-date= 10 November 2017 }}{{citation |author=Alberto Feio |title=A Biblioteca Pública de Braga: notas históricas |year=1920 |language=pt}}
- 1857 - Public gas lighting installed.
- 1858 - Population: 30,175.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1865 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Portugal |hdl=2027/nyp.33433081590311?urlappend=%3Bseq=390 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590311?urlappend=%3Bseq=390 |via=HathiTrust |last1=Hunter |first1=Brian |last2=Paxton |first2=John |last3=Steinberg |first3=S. H. |last4=Epstein |first4=Mortimer |last5=Renwick |first5=Isaac Parker Anderson |last6=Keltie |first6=John Scott |last7=Martin |first7=Frederick }}
- 1875 - Ramal de Braga (railway) begins operating; {{illm|Braga railway station|pt|Estação Ferroviária de Braga}} opens.
- 1880 - Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão (street) developed.{{cite web |title= Núcleo urbano da cidade de Braga |author=Ricardo Graça |url=http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=53 |work=Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico |language=pt |publisher=Direção-Geral do Património Cultural |access-date= 10 November 2017 }} (Includes timeline)
- 1882 - Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular begins operating.
- 1888 - Livraria Cruz (bookshop) in business.
- 1893 - Public electric lighting installed.
- 1900 - Population: 24,202.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
20th century
- 1911 - Population: 24,647 in town; 382,461 in district.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Portugal |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1249 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1249 }}
- 1914 - {{illm|Braga electric tram|pt|Elétricos de Braga}} begins operating.
- 1915 - Theatre Circo (theatre) opens.
- 1917 - {{illm|Arquivo Distrital de Braga|pt}} (archive) founded.{{cite web |url=http://www.adb.uminho.pt/Default.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=6&pageid=8&lang=pt-PT |title= Arquivo Distrital de Braga: Apresentação |language=pt |publisher= Universidade do Minho |access-date= 10 November 2017 }}
- 1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded.
- 1919 - {{illm|Diário do Minho|pt}} newspaper begins publication.
- 1921 - S.C. Braga (football club) formed.
- 1926 - 28 May 1926 coup d'état begins in Braga.{{cite book|author1=Douglas L. Wheeler|author2=Walter C. Opello Jr.|title=Historical Dictionary of Portugal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-3kxBySncsC|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7075-8 |edition=3rd |year= 2010 }}
- 1929 - Airfield begins operating in Palmeira.
- 1936 - City becomes seat of newly formed Minho Province.
- 1950 - Estádio Municipal 28 de Maio (stadium) opens.
- 1955 - Jardim de Santa Bárbara (garden) created.
- 1961 - Hospital opens.
- 1963 - Trolleybus begins operating.
- 1973 - University of Minho established.
- 1977 - Mesquita Machado becomes mayor (almost continually until 2013).
- 1978 - Biscainhos Museum opens.
- 1982 - {{illm|Transportes Urbanos de Braga|pt}} (transit entity) established.
- 1993 - Circuito Vasco Sameiro (vehicular racetrack) opens.
- 1999 - {{illm|Shopping Braga Parque|fr}} in business in São Victor.
21st century
- 2001
- Cm-braga.pt website online (approximate date).{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010402022409/http://www.cm-braga.pt/ |url=http://www.cm-braga.pt |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2001 |title=Cm-braga.pt |publisher=Câmara Municipal de Braga |language=pt |via=Wayback Machine }}
- Population: 112,039 in city;{{cite book |title= Europa World Year Book 2004 |isbn=1857432533 |publisher= Europa Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C |year=2004 |chapter=Portugal }} 831,366 in district.
- 2002 - {{illm|Pavilhão das Goladas|pt}} (arena) opens.
- 2003 - Estádio Municipal de Braga (stadium) opens.
- 2004
- Completion of the works of modernization and electrification of Oporto–Braga railway line, which included the construction of a new building for Braga railway station. The modernisation allowed the extension of the high-speed Alfa Pendular trains from Oporto to Braga, a service which started on June 5, 2004.{{cite web |url=https://www.publico.pt/2004/06/05/local/noticia/alfa-pendular-inicia-ligacoes-bragafaro-1195688 |title=Alfa Pendular inicia ligações Braga-Faro |author= |date=5 June 2004 |publisher=Público |access-date=30 June 2019 }}
- {{illm|Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva|pt}} (library) opens.
- Part of UEFA Euro 2004 football contest played in Braga.
- 2011 - Population: 181,819 in city; 848,185 in district.
- 2013
- Ricardo Rio becomes mayor.
- União das Freguesias de Braga created.
- 2014 - Organ Festival of Braga begins.
See also
- Braga history
- {{illm|History of Braga|pt|História de Braga}}
- Ecclesiastical history of Braga
- {{illm|List of mayors of Braga|pt|Lista de presidentes da Câmara Municipal de Braga}} since 1836
- List of bishops of Braga
- List of governors of Braga district (in Portuguese)
- {{illm|List of heritage sites in Braga district|pt|Lista de património edificado no distrito de Braga}}
- Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Coimbra, Funchal (Madeira), Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal
References
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:This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
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}}
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}}
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External links
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- [https://www.cm-braga.pt/pt/0101/viver/cultura-e-patrimonio/valorizacao-patrimonial/arquivo-municipal Arquivo Municipal da Câmara Municipal de Braga] (city archives)
- {{cite web |url= https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/search?q=what%3A%22Braga%22 |title= (Braga) |via= Europeana }}
- {{cite web |url= https://dp.la/search?page_size=100&q=braga+portugal&utf8=✓ |title= (Braga) |via= Digital Public Library of America }}
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