Timeline of Lisbon

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lisbon, Portugal.

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Prior to 19th century

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• 711 - Lisbon taken by Muslim forces.
• 1108 - City conquered by Norwegian crusaders.
• 1111 - City conquered by Almoravids.
• 1147
  • Siege of Lisbon.
  • Lisbon Cathedral begins construction.
• 1179 - City receives charter.
• 1242 - Convento de São Domingos de Lisboa founded.
• 1255 - Lisbon becomes capital city of the Kingdom of Portugal.
• 1290 - University founded.
• 1300 - Castle of São Jorge renovated (approximate date).
• 1375 - City wall built.
• 1384 - Lisbon besieged by Castilians.
• 1389 - Carmo Convent founded.
• 1441 - African slave trade begins.^[1]
• 1450 - Estaus Palace built (approximate date).
• 1497 - Vasco da Gama departs from Lisbon on first voyage to India.
• 1504 - Hospital Real de Todos os Santos built.
• 1506 - Lisbon Massacre.
• 1511 - Ribeira Palace built (approximate date).
• 1519 - Belém Tower built.
• 1531 - Earthquake.
• 1554 - Damião de Góis' Urbis Olisiponis Descriptio published.
• 1597 - Earthquake.
• 1601 - Jerónimos Monastery built.
• 1640 - Coup d'état.
• 1668 - Treaty of Lisbon.
• 1681 - Church of Santa Engrácia begins construction.
• 1754 - Belém Palace built (approximate date).
• 1755 - Earthquake.
• 1764 - Passeio Público inaugurated.
• 1769 - Lisbon Stock Exchange formed.
• 1779 - Lisbon Science Academy created.
• 1793 - Teatro Nacional de São Carlos opens.
• 1796 - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal established.

19th century

• 1846 - National Theatre D. Maria II built.
• 1856 - Associação Naval de Lisboa founded.
• 1874 - Column of Pedro IV erected.
• 1875
  • Lisbon Geographic Society formed.
  • Arco da Rua Augusta erected.
• 1878 - Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon established.
• 1882 - Marquess of Pombal Square laid out.
• 1884
  • National Museum of Ancient Art founded.
  • Lisbon Zoo founded.
• 1885 - Covered market built in Praça da Figueira (approximate date).
• 1886
  • Avenida da Liberdade laid out.
  • Monument to the Restorers erected.
• 1890 - Coliseu dos Recreios founded.
• 1892 - Campo Pequeno bullring built.
• 1893 - National Archaeology Museum founded.
• 1894 - Pedro Augusto Franco becomes mayor.
• 1897 - Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso da Silva becomes mayor.
• 1899 - Pedro Augusto Franco becomes mayor.

20th century

• 1901 - António José de Ávila becomes mayor.
• 1904
  • António de Azevedo Castelo-Branco becomes mayor.
  • Grupo Sport Lisboa formed.
• 1905
  • Café A Brasileira opens.
  • National Coach Museum created.
• 1906 - Sporting Clube de Portugal formed.
• 1907 - Teodoro Ferreira Pinto Basto becomes mayor.
• 1908 - Carlos I and his son, Luís Filipe, are assassinated in Praça do Comércio.
• 1909 - José Adolfo de Melo e Sousa becomes mayor, succeeded by Anselmo Braamcamp Freire.
• 1911
  • University of Lisbon established.
  • Chiado Museum created.
• 1913 - António Xavier Correia Barreto becomes mayor.
• 1914 - João Catanho de Meneses becomes mayor, succeeded by Eduardo Alberto Lima Basto.
• 1915
  • Henrique Jardim de Vilhena becomes mayor, succeeded by João Carlos Alberto da Costa Gomes.
  • Eduardo VII Park inaugurated.
• 1916 - Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Museum opens.^[2]
• 1918 - Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar becomes mayor, succeeded by José Carlos da Maia, Zeferino Cândido Falcão Pacheco, and José Tavares de Araújo e Castro.
• 1919
  • Alberto Ferreira Vidal becomes mayor, succeeded by Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar.
  • Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses founded.
• 1920 - Agostinho Inácio da Conceição Estrela becomes mayor.
• 1923 - Albano Augusto de Portugal Durão becomes mayor.
• 1925 - Sebastião da Costa Santos becomes mayor.
• 1926 - José Vicente de Freitas becomes mayor.
• 1930 - Lisbon Book Fair begins.
• 1933 - Adriano da Costa Macedo becomes mayor.
• 1934
  • Linhares de Lima becomes mayor.
  • Monsanto Forest Park formed.
• 1935 - Daniel Rodrigues de Sousa becomes mayor.
• 1938 - Duarte Pacheco becomes mayor, succeeded by Eduardo Rodrigues de Carvalho.
• 1942 - Lisbon Portela Airport opens.
• 1944 - Álvaro Salvação Barreto becomes mayor.
• 1946 - Clube Oriental de Lisboa founded.
• 1950 - Condes Cinema built.
• 1952 - Centro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa founded.
• 1954 - Estádio da Luz opens.
• 1956
  • Estádio José Alvalade opens.
  • Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established.
• 1959 - Lisbon Metro begins operating.
  • António Vitorino da França Borges becomes mayor.
• 1960
  • Padrão dos Descobrimentos monument erected.
• 1963 - Navy Museum opens.
• 1965
  • National Museum of Ethnology established.
  • Museu Nacional do Azulejo formed.
• 1966 - 25 de Abril Bridge opens.
• 1969
  • Teatro Maria Matos opens.
  • Museu Calouste Gulbenkian built.
• 1970 - Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro becomes mayor.
• 1972 - António Jorge da Silva Sebastião becomes mayor.
• 1973 - Teatro da Cornucópia founded.
• 1974 - Joaquim Caldeira Rodrigues becomes mayor.
• 1975
  • Lino José Góis Ferreira becomes mayor.
  • Teatro Aberto formed.
• 1977
  • Aquilino Ribeiro Machado becomes mayor.
  • National Museum of Costume and Fashion inaugurated.
• 1980 - Nuno Krus Abecassis becomes mayor.
• 1985 - IAAF World Cross Country Championships held.
• 1986 - Lisbon Marathon begins.
• 1989 - Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio becomes mayor.
• 1990 - Electricity Museum opens.
• 1992 - Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo formed.^[3]
• 1993 - Belém Cultural Center built.
• 1994 - World Junior Championships in Athletics held.
• 1995 - Macau Science and Culture Centre initiated.
• 1996
  • Community of Portuguese Language Countries summit held.
  • João Barroso Soares becomes mayor.
• 1998
  • Lisbon Oceanarium opens.
  • Pavilhão Atlântico built.
  • Gare do Oriente opens.
  • Expo '98 held.
  • Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held.
  • Dom Fernando II e Glória restored.
  • Teatro Camões opens.

21st century

• 2001 - IAAF World Indoor Championships held.
• 2002
  • Euronext Lisbon founded.
  • Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes becomes mayor.
• 2003
  • Doclisboa film festival begins.
  • Estádio da Luz built.
  • Estádio José Alvalade built.
• 2004
  • António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues becomes mayor.
  • Allied Joint Command Lisbon formed.
• 2005 - Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes becomes mayor, succeeded by António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues.
• 2006 - W.A.K.O. European Championships held.
• 2007
  • António Luís dos Santos da Costa becomes mayor.
  • Berardo Collection Museum established.
• 2008
  • Museum of the Orient opens.
  • Contraditório founded.
• 2012 - November: Anti-austerity protests.^[4]

See also

• History of Lisbon
• List of mayors of Lisbon

References

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lisbon.

• Joaquim Antonio de Macedo (1874), A guide to Lisbon and its environs, including Cintra and Mafra, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 
• "Lisbon", Spain and Portugal, Leipsic: K. Baedeker, 1898, OCLC 1410274 
• "Lisbon, the City of the Friendly Bay", National Geographic Magazine (Washington DC) 42, 1922 
• "Local History, Portugal: Lisbon". 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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