Timeline of Setúbal

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Setúbal, Portugal.

Prior to 20th century

1249 - Foral (charter) initiated.{{citation |title=Foral de Setúbal |url=http://arquivo.mun-setubal.pt/Foral.aspx |language=pt |publisher=Arquivo Municipal de Setúbal }}. 2009? {{free access}}
ca. 1490
Monastery of Jesus of Setúbal founded.{{sfn|Revista Popular|1849}}
Setúbal Aqueduct built.
1531 - 26 January: Earthquake.
1570 - Our Lady of Grace church built.{{cite web |url= http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt |title=Patrimoniocultural.gov.pt |language=pt |publisher=Direção-Geral do Património Cultural |location=Lisbon |access-date= 16 November 2017 }}
1755 - 1 November: Earthquake.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1765 - Poet Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage born in Setubal.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1814 - Roman ruins of Tróia discovered near Setubal.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1836 - Doca Delpeut (dock) built.{{cite web |url=http://www.portodesetubal.pt/historia_do_porto.htm |title=Historia |work=Portodesetubal.pt |language=pt |publisher=Porto de Setúbal |access-date= 16 November 2017 }}
1850 - Roman ruins of Tróia near Setubal excavated.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1858 - Earthquake.{{cite web |url=http://arquivo.mun-setubal.pt/Historia.aspx |title= História |work= Arquivo.mun-setubal.pt |publisher= Arquivo Municipal de Setúbal |access-date= 16 November 2017 }}
1859 - Cisne do Sado newspaper begins publication.
1860
Correio de Setúbal newspaper begins publication.{{cite book|editor1=Gina Guedes Rafael |editor2= Manuela Santos |title=Jornais e revistas portugueses do século XIX|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qu6pnMf5jfEC|year=2001 |publisher=Biblioteca Nacional |isbn=978-972-565-229-9 |language=pt }}
Setúbal attains city status.
1861 - {{illm|Setúbal Station|pt|Estação Ferroviária de Setúbal}} opens; Linha do Sul begins operating.
1871 - Bocage monument erected.
1899 - Comércio de Setúbal newspaper begins publication.
1900 - Population: 22,074.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

20th century

1909
Republican Congress held.
Benavente earthquake causes some damage.{{cite web |title=110 ANOS DO SISMO DE BENAVENTE|trans-title=110 YEARS OF THE BENAVENTE EARTHQUAKE |url=https://www.ipma.pt/pt/media/noticias/news.detail.jsp?f=/pt/media/noticias/arquivo/2019/110_anos_sismo_benavente.html |publisher=IPMA |access-date=29 October 2021 |date=24 April 2019}}
1910
4–5 October: City Hall burns down.{{cite web |url=http://www.mun-setubal.pt/pt/pagina/pacos-do-concelho/28 |title=Concelho: História: Paços do Concelho |work=Mun-setubal.pt |language=pt |access-date= 16 November 2017 }}
Vitória F.C. (football club) formed.
1911 - Population: 30,346.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |title-link=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 |via=HathiTrust }}
1913 - Campo dos Arcos (sport field) established.^(pt)
1917 - União Futebol Comércio e Indústria football club formed.
1920 - {{illm|Apeadeiro de Fontainhas - Sado|pt}} railway station opens.{{Cite journal|author=Carlos Manitto Torres |pages=91–95|title=A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário |trans-title=Evolution of Portuguese lines and its significance for railways |date=16 February 1958 |journal= {{illm|Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro|pt}} |volume=70|number=1684 |url=http://hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt/OBRAS/GazetaCF/1958/N1684/N1684_master/GazetaCFN1684.pdf|language=pt |via={{illm|Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa|pt}} }} {{free access}}
1923 - Junta Autónoma das Obras do Porto e Barra de Setúbal e do Rio Sado established to oversee the {{illm|Port of Setúbal|pt|Porto de Setúbal}}.
1926 - City becomes seat of the newly formed Setúbal District.
1927 - Setúbal Football Association organized.
1933 - Banco de Portugal building constructed.
1956 - Cineclube de Setúbal formed.{{sfn|Martins|2013}}
1962 - Estádio do Bonfim (stadium) opens.
1965 - Arquivo Distrital de Setúbal (archive) established.{{cite web |url= http://adstb.dglab.gov.pt/identificacao-institucional/historia/ |title= Identificação Institucional: História |work= Adstb.dglab.gov.pt |publisher=Arquivo Distrital de Setúbal |access-date= 16 November 2017 }}
1966 - Cais Comercial (commercial pier) built in the port.
1975 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Setúbal 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= 16 November 2017 }} Manuel da Silva Martins becomes bishop.
1976 - Teatro Animação de Setúbal (theatre) founded.
1981 - {{illm|Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal|pt}} opens.
1982 - City twinned with Beauvais, France.{{cite web |url=http://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M2900 |title=Geminações: Municipio: Setúbal |work= Anmp.pt |publisher=Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses |language=pt |access-date= 16 November 2017 }}
1983 - City joins the Associação de Municípios do Distrito de Setúbal.{{cite web |url=http://www.amrs.pt/pages/109 |title= Associação de Municípios da Região de Setúbal |language=pt |access-date= 16 November 2017 }}
1985
{{illm|Rádio Azul|pt}} begins broadcasting.
Roll-on/roll-off terminal built in the port.
1986 - 14 July: Bombing by Organização Revolucionária Armada.{{citation |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/15/world/bombs-rock-3-portuguese-cities-2-victims-said-to-have-explosives.html |title=Bombs rock 3 Portuguese cities |date= 15 July 1986 }}
1993 - Ford automotive plant begins operating (approximate date).[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/24/business/company-news-ford-vw-venture-in-portugal-cleared-by-community.html]{{chronology citation needed|date=November 2017}}
1998 - {{illm|Gilberto Canavarro dos Reis|pt}} becomes bishop.

21st century

2001
Mun-setubal.pt website online (approximate date).{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011118130411/http://www.mun-setubal.pt/ |url=http://www.mun-setubal.pt |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 November 2001 |title=Mun-setubal.pt |publisher=Câmara Municipal de Setúbal |language=pt |via=Wayback Machine }}
Population: 113,934.
Carlos de Sousa becomes mayor.{{citation |language=pt |title= Urbanização Nova Setúbal é para avançar |url= https://www.publico.pt/2002/01/22/jornal/urbanizacao-nova-setubal-e-para-avancar-166634 |date= 22 January 2002 |work=Publico.pt }}
2006 - Maria das Dores Meira becomes mayor.{{citation |language=pt |title=Sucessora de Carlos de Sousa na Câmara de Setúbal afasta eleições intercalares |url= https://www.publico.pt/2006/08/26/politica/noticia/sucessora-de-carlos-de-sousa-na-camara-de-setubal-afasta-eleicoes-intercalares-1268325 |date= 26 August 2006 |work=Publico.pt }}
2011
Population: 121,185.{{cite web |url=http://www.mun-setubal.pt/pt/categoria/estatisticas/3 |title=Estatísticas |work=Mun-setubal.pt |language=pt |access-date= 16 November 2017 }}
2015 - José Ornelas Carvalho becomes bishop.
2025 - During an April power outage Setubal hospital had back up electricity generators, but did not have any water supply.{{Cite web |last=Brezar |first=Aleksandar |date=28 April 2025 |title=Breaking news. Spain, Portugal and southern France hit by massive power outage |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/28/spain-portugal-and-parts-of-france-hit-by-massive-power-outage |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Euronews |archive-date=2025-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250428112520/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/28/spain-portugal-and-parts-of-france-hit-by-massive-power-outage |url-status=live }}

Images

File:Setubal 1860.jpg|View of Setubal, 1860

References

Bibliography

;in English

{{Citation |publisher = J. Murray |location = London |title = Handbook for Travellers in Portugal |edition=4th |date = 1887

|chapter= Setubal

|hdl = 2027/hvd.hn2ha1?urlappend=%3Bseq=116 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn2ha1?urlappend=%3Bseq=116

}}

{{Citation |publisher = K. Baedeker |location = Leipsig |title = Spain and Portugal |date = 1908

|chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/spainportugalhan00karlrich#page/515/mode/1up

|chapter =Setubal

}}

{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Setubal |volume= 24 | page = 707 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}

;in Portuguese

{{cite journal |journal=Revista Popular |oclc=47789830 |location=Lisbon |publisher=Imprensa Nacional |language=pt |title=Setubal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UeC3N8GNO3AC&pg=RA2-PA203 |volume=2 |number=26 |year=1849

| ref = {{harvid|Revista Popular|1849}}

}}

{{cite book|author= Ramalho Ortigão|author-link= Ramalho Ortigão|title=As praias de Portugal. Guia do banhista e do viajante |publisher=Livraria Universal de Magalhães & Moniz |location=Porto |language=pt |year=1876

|chapter= Setubal

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VVopChxhdl0C&pg=PA109

}}

{{cite book|author=Alberto Pimentel |title=Memoria sobre a historia e administração do municipio de Setubal|url=https://archive.org/details/memoriasobrehist00pime_0|publisher=G. A. Gutierres da Silva |location=Lisbon |language=pt |year=1877

}}

{{cite book |author=Pinho Leal |title=Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario.... |publisher=Mattos Moreira |language=pt |year= 1880

|chapter= Setubal

|volume= 9

|hdl=2027/gri.ark:/13960/t8tb3th34?urlappend=%3Bseq=208 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t8tb3th34?urlappend=%3Bseq=208

}}

{{cite book |title=Diccionario Popular |editor=Manuel Pinheiro Chagas |publisher= Joaquim Germano de Sousa Neves |location=Lisbon |language=pt |year= 1883

|chapter= Setubal

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKhCAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA376

|volume=11 |pages= 376–378

|ref= {{harvid|Pinheiro Chagas|1883}}

}}

{{cite journal |journal=Portugal Artistico |oclc=17345411 |publisher=Magalhães & Moniz |number=9 |language=pt |year=1904

|title= A cidade de Setubal

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7QhSAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA266

}}

{{cite book|editor1= Esteves Pereira |editor2= Guilherme Rodrigues |title=Portugal: Diccionario Historico.... |publisher= Joao Romano Torres |location=Lisbon |oclc=865826167 |language=pt |year=1912

|chapter= Setubal |volume= 6 |pages=865+

|hdl= 2027/gri.ark:/13960/t4km37622?urlappend=%3Bseq=869 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t4km37622?urlappend=%3Bseq=869

}}

{{cite thesis |type=MA |title= História do cineclubismo em Portugal: o caso do Cineclube de Setúbal (1956-1962) |author= Vanda Isabel Pereira Martins |language=pt |publisher= Universidade de Évora |year= 2013

|hdl= 10174/16340 |ref= {{harvid|Martins|2013}}

}} {{free access}}

{{citation |author= Manuela Tome |display-authors=etal |title= Geo-morfo-evolução de Setúbal e Évora: paralelismos e diversidades |trans-title= Geo-morphological evolution of Setúbal and Évora: parallels and differences |publisher= Rede Lusófona de Morfologia Urbana |language=pt |url=https://dspace.uevora.pt/rdpc/handle/10174/20182 |via= Universidade de Évora |year= 2016

}} {{free access}}

External links

[http://arquivo.mun-setubal.pt Arquivo Municipal de Setúbal] (municipal archive)
[http://adstb.dglab.gov.pt Arquivo Distrital de Setúbal] (district archive)
{{cite web |url= https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/search?q=Setúbal |title= (Setúbal) |via= Europeana }} (Images, etc.)
{{cite web |url= https://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=Setubal+OR+Setúbal |title= (Setúbal) |via= Digital Public Library of America }} (Images, etc.)
{{citation |url= http://arquivo.mun-setubal.pt/Foral/BROCHURA%20CURVAS%20FINAL.pdf |title= Setúbal: a vida quotidiana há 500 anos atrás |trans-title=Setúbal: daily life 500 years ago |language=pt |publisher=Arquivo Municipal de Setúbal }}

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References

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