Timeline of Funchal
Prior to 20th century
{{History of Portugal}}
- 1493 - Cathedral of Funchal construction begins.
- 1514 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal 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= 13 November 2017 }}
- 1566 - {{illm|Sack of Funchal|pt|Saque do Funchal}}.
- 1835 - Town becomes part of the newly created administrative {{illm|Funchal District|pt|Distrito do Funchal}}.
- 1836
- Associação Commercial founded.{{cite book |title=Historia dos estabelecimentos scientificos, litterarios e artisticos de Portugal |editor=José Silvestre Ribeiro |publisher=Academia Real das Sciencias |language=pt |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001378834 |year= 1871–1893 }}
- Synagogue of Funchal built (approximate date).{{chronology citation needed|date=November 2017}}
- 1838 - {{illm|Biblioteca Municipal do Funchal|pt}} (library) founded.
- 1846 - {{illm|José Silvestre Ribeiro|pt}} becomes district governor.
- 1851 - Jewish Cemetery of Funchal established.
- 1876 - {{illm|Diário de Notícias da Madeira|pt}} newspaper begins publication.
- 1883 - {{illm|Paços do Concelho do Funchal|pt}} (town hall) in use.
- 1888 - {{illm|Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias|pt}} (theatre) opens.
- 1893 - Monte Railway and {{illm|Americanos do Funchal|pt|lt=horsecar tram}} begin operating.
- 1900 - Population: 20,850.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
20th century
- 1910 - C.D. Nacional and C.S. Marítimo (football clubs) formed.
- 1911 - Population: 24,687 in town; 169,777 in district.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Portugal |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1249 |via=HathiTrust |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1249 }}
- 1927
- {{illm|Jornal da Madeira|pt}} newspaper begins publication.
- Campo dos Barreiros (sport field) opens.
- 1931 - {{illm|Arquivo Regional da Madeira|pt|lt=Arquivo Distrital do Funchal }} (archive) founded.
- 1935 - {{illm|Fernão de Ornelas|pt}} becomes mayor.
- 1940 - Mercado dos Lavradores (market) built.
- 1957 - Estádio dos Barreiros (stadium) built.
- 1964 - Madeira Airport begins operating.
- 1972 - Duas Torres (hi-rise) built.
- 1976 - Casino da Madeira in business.{{cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/city/103148/funchal-portugal/status/all-buildings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113223031/https://www.emporis.com/city/103148/funchal-portugal/status/all-buildings |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 13, 2017 |title= Building Directory: Portugal: Madeira: Funchal |work=Emporis.com |publisher=Emporis GmbH |location=Hamburg |access-date= 13 November 2017 }}
- 1979 - City twinned with Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
- 1980 - City twinned with Livingstone, Zambia.
- 1984 - City twinned with New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.
- 1985
- City joins the regional Associação de Municípios da Região Autónoma da Madeira.{{cite web |url=http://www.amram.pt/amram/quem-somos/ |language=pt |title= Associação de Municípios da Região Autónoma da Madeira |access-date= 14 November 2017 }}
- City twinned with Maui, Hawaii, United States.
- 1987
- Correio da Madeira newspaper begins publication.
- Horários do Funchal (transit entity) established.
- City twinned with Cape Town, South Africa.
- 1988
- University of Madeira and Banco Internacional do Funchal established.
- City twinned with Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 1991 - City twinned with Herzliya, Israel.
- 1992 - May: {{illm|Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses|pt}} meets in Funchal.{{cite web |url=http://www.anmp.pt/index.php/22-congressos/4-congressos |title= Congressos da ANMP |publisher=Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses |language=pt |access-date= 14 November 2017 }}
- 1993 - City twinned with Oakland, California, United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M9000 |title=Geminações: Municipio: Funchal |work= Anmp.pt |publisher=Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses |language=pt |access-date= 14 November 2017 }}
- 1994
- Miguel Albuquerque becomes mayor.
- City twinned with Marrickville, Australia.
- 1996 - City twinned with Fremantle, Australia, and Leichlingen, Germany.
- 1998 - Estadio Eng. Rui Alves (stadium) opens.
- 2000
- Cm-funchal.pt website online (approximate date).{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000903211721/http://www.cm-funchal.pt/ |url= http://www.cm-funchal.pt |url-status= dead |archive-date= 3 September 2000 |title= Cm-funchal.pt |publisher= Câmara Municipal do Funchal |language= pt |via= Wayback Machine }}
- Funchal Cable Car begins operating.
21st century
- 2001
- Population: 103,961.{{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 }}
- {{illm|MadeiraShopping|pt}} in business.
- 2003 - City twinned with Praia, Cape Verde.
- 2005 - {{illm|Festival Internacional de Cinema do Funchal|pt}} begins.
- 2008 - City twinned with Ílhavo, Portugal, and Saint Helier, United Kingdom.
- 2009 - City twinned with Gibraltar, United Kingdom.
- 2010 - 20 February: 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides.
- 2013 - Paulo Cafôfo becomes mayor.
- 2014 - Iº Sarau Anual de Poesia Madeirense
- 2016
- August: Wildfire.{{citation |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-37030217 |title=Madeira wildfires: Three dead as flames reach Funchal |date=10 August 2016 }}
- City twinned with Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.
- 2017 - {{illm|Funchal local election, 2017|pt|Eleições autárquicas de 2017 no Funchal}} held.
See also
- Funchal history
- {{illm|List of mayors of Funchal|pt|Lista de presidentes da Câmara Municipal do Funchal}}
- List of governors of Funchal District (in Portuguese)
- List of bishops of Funchal
- History of Madeira
- Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Braga, Coimbra, Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal
References
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:This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
{{Refbegin}}
;in English
- {{Citation |publisher = J. Murray |location = London |title = Handbook for Travellers in Portugal |edition=4th |date = 1887
|chapter= Funchal
|hdl = 2027/hvd.hn2ha1?urlappend=%3Bseq=257 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn2ha1?urlappend=%3Bseq=257
}}
- {{Citation |publisher = Sampson Low, Marston & Co. |location = London |author = A. Samler Brown |title = Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores |edition=7th |date = 1903
|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/brownsmadeiraca00browgoog#page/n219/mode/2up
|chapter= Funchal
}}
- {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Funchal |volume= 11 | page = 301 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
- {{Citation | publisher = Karl Baedeker | location = Leipzig | title = The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia | oclc = 490068 | date = 1911
|chapter= Funchal
|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/mediterraneansea00karl#page/n71/mode/2up
}}
;in Portuguese
- {{cite book |title=Diccionario Popular |editor=Manuel Pinheiro Chagas |publisher= Diario Illustrado |location=Lisbon |language=pt |year= 1879
|chapter= Funchal
|chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015087705284?urlappend=%3Bseq=422
|volume=5
|hdl=2027/mdp.39015087705284?urlappend=%3Bseq=422 |ref= {{harvid|Pinheiro Chagas|1879}}
}}
- {{citation |title=Almanach Commercial de Lisboa |language=pt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86ILAQAAIAAJ |editor= Carlos Augusto da Silva Campos |year= 1886
|chapter= Negociantes e industriaes das provincias e ilhas: Funchal
|pages=244–245
}}
- {{cite book|editor1= Esteves Pereira |editor2= Guilherme Rodrigues |title=Portugal: Diccionario Historico.... |publisher= Joao Romano Torres |location=Lisbon |oclc=865826167 |language=pt |year=1907
|chapter= Funchal |volume= 3
|hdl= 2027/nyp.33433004990432?urlappend=%3Bseq=634 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433004990432?urlappend=%3Bseq=634
}}
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External links
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