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Timeline of Fortaleza

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 1649 - Fortaleza founded by Dutch.{{sfn|Gondim|2004}}
  • 1810 - Town becomes capital of Ceará.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1823 - Fortaleza attains city status.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1846 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Museu de Fortaleza|pt|3=Museu de Fortaleza|lt=Lighthouse fortress}} built.
  • 1854 - Bishopric established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1864 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Seminário da Prainha|pt|3=Seminário da Prainha|lt=Seminário Episcopal do Ceará}} (seminary) founded.
  • 1872 - Population: 42,458.{{citation |title=Tabela 1.6 - População nos Censos Demográficos, segundo os municípios das capitais - 1872/2010 |work=Sinopse do Censo Demografico 2010 |language=pt |publisher= Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |access-date= 5 September 2018 |url=https://censo2010.ibge.gov.br/sinopse/index.php?dados=6&uf=00 }}
  • 1877 - Drought.{{sfn|Gondim|2004}}
  • 1887 - {{illm|Instituto do Ceará|pt}} (learned society) founded.{{sfn|Alencar|1903}}
  • 1890 - Population: 40,902.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1894 - {{illm|Academia Cearense de Letras|pt}} (literary society) founded.{{sfn|Alencar|1903}}

20th century

  • 1910 - Theatro José de Alencar (theatre) opens.
  • 1915 - Drought.{{sfn|Gondim|2004}}
  • 1918 - Fortaleza Sporting Club founded.
  • 1919 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Colégio Militar de Fortaleza|pt}} established.
  • 1920 - Population: 78,536
  • 1928 - O Povo newspaper begins publication.{{cite book|title=Europa World Year Book 2003|year= 2003|publisher=Europa Publications |isbn=978-1-85743-227-5 |chapter=Brazil: Directory |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA856 }}
  • 1929 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Ceará Flying Club|pt|3=Aeroclube do Ceará}} founded.
  • 1932
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Ceará History Museum|pt|3=Museu do Ceará}} established.
  • Drought.{{sfn|Gondim|2004}}
  • 1933 - Ferroviário Atlético Clube (football team) formed.
  • 1940 - Population: 180,901.
  • 1942 - Drought.{{sfn|Gondim|2004}}
  • 1946 - Regional Labor Court headquartered in city.
  • 1950 - Population: 205,052.{{cite web |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1950_round.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 1955 |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location=New York |title=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}
  • 1957 - Tribuna do Ceará newspaper begins publication.
  • 1960
  • Population: 514,818.
  • City plan presented by Helio Modesto.{{sfn|Gondim|2004}}
  • 1962 - Pirambu shantytown rally.{{sfn|Gondim|2004}}
  • 1966 - Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport terminal built.
  • 1970 - Population: 520,175 city; 828,763 urban agglomeration.{{cite book |chapter-url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253–279 }}
  • 1971 - Integrated Development Plan for the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza presented.
  • 1973 - Castelão stadium opens.
  • 1974 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Shopping Center Um|pt}} in business.
  • 1979 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Aldeota|pt}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Bairro Cocó (Fortaleza)|pt|3=Bairro Cocó (Fortaleza)|lt=Cocó}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Meireles, Fortaleza{{!}}Meireles|pt|3=Meireles}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Papicu|pt}}, and {{Interlanguage link multi|Varjota (Fortaleza)|pt|3=Varjota (Fortaleza)|lt=Varjota}} development begins (approximate date).{{sfn|Gondim|2004}}
  • 1980
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Ceará Museum of Image and Sound|pt|3=Museu da Imagem e do Som do Ceará}} established.
  • Population: 1,308,919.
  • 1981
  • TV Cidade Fortaleza begins broadcasting.
  • Diário do Nordeste newspaper begins publication.
  • 1982
  • Federacao de Bairros y Favelas de Fortaleza (community organization) founded.
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Iguatemi Fortaleza|pt}} shopping center in business.
  • 1989 - Cocó Park established.
  • 1990 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Juraci Vieira de Magalhães|pt}} becomes mayor.
  • 1991
  • Cearah Periferia (housing organization) established.{{sfn|Cabannes|1997}}
  • Population: 1,765,794.
  • 1992 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Central de Artesanato do Ceará|pt}} (craft center) built.
  • 1993
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Hospital São Mateus|pt}} established.
  • Population: 1,846,955 (estimate).{{cite book |chapter-url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm |title=1995 Demographic Yearbook |year=1997 |author=United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=262–321 }}
  • 1997 - City divided into 7 administrative regions.(pt)
  • 1999 - Dragão do Mar Center of Art and Culture inaugurated.

21st century

  • 2005 - Luizianne Lins becomes mayor.
  • 2007 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Sobrado of Dr. José Lourenço|pt|3=Sobrado do Doutor José Lourenço}} (building) restored.
  • 2010 - Population: 2,452,185.{{cite web |url= http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/sinopse/index.php?uf=23&dados=21 |title=2010 census |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |year=2010 |access-date=30 December 2014 }}
  • 2012
  • Fortaleza Metro begins operating.
  • October: {{illm|Fortaleza 2012 municipal election|pt|Eleição municipal de Fortaleza em 2012}} held.
  • 2013
  • June: Protest.{{citation |work=New York Times |date=19 June 2013 |title=Tear Gas Fired Outside Stadium in Brazil, but Protest Still Spreads Inside |url=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/tear-gas-fired-outside-stadium-in-brazil-but-protest-still-spreads-inside }}
  • Roberto Cláudio becomes mayor.
  • 2014 - July: International 6th BRICS summit held in city.
  • 2016 - 2 October: {{illm|Fortaleza 2016 municipal election|pt|Eleição municipal de Fortaleza em 2016}} held.
  • 2019 - 2 June: Dedication of LDS Fortaleza Brazil Temple, 164th in the church.
  • 2024 - June : From 10 to 13 June 2024, G20 meeting with participation of over 200 representatives from different parts of the world tried to offer solutions for world scale financial challenges. Among them international organization and multinational banks and financial institutions discussing updating payment environment related to investments and transferring the funds plus other important issues related to the main subject.

See also

References

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This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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=in English=

  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Fortaleza |volume= 10 | page = 677 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{Citation

|publisher = Government Printing Office |location = Washington, DC |title = Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America |author = Ernst B. Filsinger |date = 1922

|chapter=Brazil: Fortaleza |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/commercialtravel00filsrich#page/660/mode/2up

}}

  • {{cite journal

|publisher=International Institute for Environment and Development |location=London |journal=Environment and Urbanization |volume=9 |year=1997 |title= From community development to housing finance: from Mutiroes to Casa Melhor in Fortaleza, Brazil |author=Yves Cabannes |isbn=9781843690887 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cuC4AOq6DJIC&pg=PA31

| ref = {{harvid|Cabannes|1997}}

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  • {{cite journal

|title=Creating the Image of a Modern Fortaleza: Social Inequalities, Political Changes, and the Impact of Urban Design |author= Linda M. P. Gondim and Laurence Hallewell |journal= Latin American Perspectives |volume= 31 |year=2004 |issue= 2 |pages= 62–79 |doi= 10.1177/0094582X03261190 |jstor= 3185024

|s2cid= 144103867 | ref = {{harvid|Gondim|2004}}

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=in Portuguese=

  • {{citation |title=Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil |author=J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe |language= pt |location=Paris |publisher= J. P. Aillaud |year= 1863 |via=HathiTrust |chapter= Fortaleza |hdl=2027/wu.89006303085 }}
  • {{cite book|editor=Álvaro Gurgel de Alencar |title= Diccionario geographico historico e descriptivo do Estado do Ceará |language=pt |via=HathiTrust |publisher=Louis C. Cholowieçki

|chapter=Fortaleza |page=136+

|year=1903

|hdl= 2027/uc1.a0002190478 | ref = {{harvid|Alencar|1903}}

}}

  • {{cite journal |last1=Silva |first1=José Borzacchiello da |title=Productive restructuring and reconfiguration of the central area of Fortaleza |journal=Mercator |date=15 December 2015 |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=75–88 |doi=10.4215/RM2015.1403.0005 |doi-access=free }}

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External links

  • {{cite web |url= http://www.hpip.org/def/en/Contents/Navigation/GeographicToponymicNavigation/Place?a=28 |language=en, pt |title= Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |work= Heritage of Portuguese Influence |publisher= Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |location= Lisbon }}

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