Timeline of São Paulo
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Prior to 20th century
- 1554 - Jesuit Pátio do Colégio founded in São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga.[1]
- 1560 - Municipal Chamber of São Paulo founded.[2]
- 1681 - Seat of Portuguese colonial Captaincy of São Vicente relocated to Sao Paolo from Sao Vicente.[3]
- 1710 - São Paulo becomes capital of Captaincy of São Paulo and Minas de Ouro .[3]
- 1720 - São Paulo becomes capital of Captaincy of São Paulo .
- 1745 - Catholic Diocese of São Paulo established.
- 1822 - Sao Paulo becomes part of the Empire of Brazil.[3]
- 1831 - São Paulo Municipal Imperial Guard established.
- 1836 - Irmandade da Nossa Senhora dos Remedios (religious society) founded.[4]
- 1854 - Correio Paulistano newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1858 - Cemitério da Consolação established.
- 1867 - São Paulo Railway begins operating.[1]
- 1871 - American School founded.[1]
- 1872 - Population: 31,385.
- 1875 - Provincia de S. Paulo newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1878 - German school founded.
- 1884 - Diário Popular newspaper begins publication
- 1890
- São Paulo Stock Exchange founded.
- Population: 64,934.
- 1891 - Paulista Avenue inaugurated.
- 1893
- Polytechnic School founded.
- Population: 130,775.
- 1895 - Capela de Santa Cruz (church) built.
- 1897 - Paróquia São José do Belém (church) established.
- 1899 - Antônio da Silva Prado becomes first mayor.[6]
20th century
1900s-1950s
- 1900
- 1901 - Luz Station built.
- 1905 - Workers' Federation of Sao Paulo founded.
- 1906
- Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo founded.
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos (São Paulo) (church) built.[4]
- 1910 - Sport Club Corinthians Paulista formed.[10]
- 1911 - Municipal Theatre opens.[7]
- 1914 - Palestra Italia football club formed.
- 1915 - City zones created (central, urban, suburban, rural).[11]
- 1916 - Avenida Rebouças opens.
- 1917 - Labor strike.[12]
- 1919 - Nacional Atlético Clube (football team) and Japan Club[13] established.
- 1920
- Carandiru Penitentiary built.
- Population: 579,033.
- 1922
- Brooklin Novo neighborhood established.
- Modern Art Week occurs.[14][15]
- 1924 - Tenente revolt.[12]
- 1926 - Monument to the Independence of Brazil erected.
- 1928 - Casa Modernista (rua Santa Cruz) (residence) built.[14]
- 1929 - Beth-el Synagogue built.
- 1930
- Sao Paulo Futebol Clube formed.[10]
- Avenues Plan (urban plan) presented.
- 1932 - 9 July: São Paulo Constitutional Revolution begins.[16]
- 1933 - Mercado Municipal Paulistano built.[17]
- 1934
- University of São Paulo established.
- Marco Zero (São Paulo) milestone installed in Praça da Sé.
- Colégio Bandeirantes de São Paulo (school) opens.
- 1936 - São Paulo–Congonhas Airport opens.
- 1938
- Estádio Nicolau Alayon (stadium) opens.
- Francisco Prestes Maia becomes mayor.
- 1939 - Paróquia Nossa Senhora de Lourdes (church) established.
- 1940
- Japanese Chamber of Commerce established.[13]
- Population: 1,326,261.
- 1941 - Paulista Equestrian Society established.
- 1943 - Ipiranga Cinema opens.[18]
- 1947
- Rodovia Anchieta (highway) and São Paulo Museum of Art open.
- Altino Arantes Building constructed.
- 1949 - Cemitério de Vila Formosa and Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz [19] established.
- 1950 - Population: 2,198,096.
- 1951 - São Paulo Art Biennial begins.[14]
- 1954
- São Paulo Cathedral consecrated.
- Ibirapuera Park and Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (symphony) established.
- 1955 - Obelisk of São Paulo inaugurated.
- 1958 - São Paulo Zoo opens near city.
1960s-1990s
- 1960
- Mirante do Vale built.
- Population: 2,781,446.
- Favela Quarto de Despejo diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus published.[20]
- 1963
- 1963 Pan American Games held in São Paulo.
- Notícias Populares newspaper begins publication.[21]
- Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo established.
- 1965 - Edifício Itália built.
- 1966
- Gazeta cinema opens.[18]
- Iguatemi Faria Lima shopping mall in business on Brigadeiro Faria Lima Avenue.
- Jornal da Tarde newspaper begins publication.[21]
- 1968 - Plan for Integrated Development of São Paulo presented.
- 1969 - Palácio Anchieta (city hall) inaugurated.[6]
- 1970
- Marginal Pinheiros (highway) opens.
- Centro Cultural da Penha built.
- São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound established.
- Convention Center opens in Santana
- Population: 5,924,615.
- 1971 - Hilton hotel in business.[17]
- 1974
- Line 1 (São Paulo Metro) begins operating.
- Rodovia dos Imigrantes (highway) opens.
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho (church) built.
- Japanese archway erected in Liberdade.
- 1976 - Colégio Vértice (school) founded.
- 1977
- 1979
- Line 3 (São Paulo Metro) begins operating.
- Teatro Lira Paulistana inaugurated.
- Bandeirantes landfill opens near city.[22]
- 1980
- Workers' Party headquartered in Sao Paulo.
- Population: 8,493,226.
- 1982 - Tietê Bus Terminal opens.
- 1983 - April: Economic unrest.[23]
- 1985 - Delegacias de Defense da Mulher (women's police station) established.[11]
- 1987 - Braudel Institute of World Economics[24] and Instituto Itaú Cultural established.
- 1989 - Latin America Memorial complex inaugurated.
- 1990 - Center for Education and Development of Health Care Workers of São Paulo established.
- 1991
- Line 2 (São Paulo Metro) begins operating.
- Anhembi Sambadrome opens.
- 1992
- October: Carandiru prison riot and crackdown.[12]
- São João landfill opens.[22]
- Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos established.
- 1993 - Annablume Editora (publisher) established.
- 1995
- São Paulo Fashion Week begins.
- Plaza Centenário hi-rise built.
- 1997
- São Paulo Gay Pride Parade begins.
- Celso Pitta becomes mayor.
- 1999
- D.O.M. (restaurant) in business.
- Credicard Hall and Sala São Paulo (concert hall) open.
21st century
- 2000
- Torre Norte built.
- Mayor Celso Pitta ousted, then reinstated.[12]
- 2002
- Line 5 (São Paulo Metro) begins operating.
- Casa das Áfricas founded.
- 2003 - Lapa Terminal opens.
- 2005 - E-Tower and Ibirapuera Auditorium built.
- 2006
- May 2006 São Paulo violence.
- Gilberto Kassab becomes mayor.
- 2007
- Eldorado Business Tower built.
- Population: 10,886,518.
- 2008
- Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge opens.
- Cidade Jardim shopping mall in business.
- Itaú Unibanco (bank) headquartered in city.
- 2009 - November: Blackout.[25]
- 2010
- Line 4 (São Paulo Metro) begins operating.
- Trucks banned on Bandeirantes Avenue weekdays.
- Population: 11,253,503 city; 19,889,559 in Greater São Paulo.[26]
- Area of city: 588 square miles.
- 2013
- Fernando Haddad becomes mayor.
- Company Business Towers built.
- Protests against bus fare rises begin in the city.
- 2014
- Line 15 (São Paulo Metro) begins operating.
- Allianz Parque arena and Arena Corinthians open.
- Temple of Solomon replica built.[27]
See also
- History of São Paulo
- History of São Paulo (in Portuguese)
- List of mayors of São Paulo
- Other cities in Brazil
- Timeline of Brasília
- Timeline of Curitiba
- Timeline of Fortaleza
- Timeline of Manaus
- Timeline of Recife
- Timeline of Rio de Janeiro
- Timeline of Salvador, Bahia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1700, OL 6112221M
- ↑ "450 Anos da Câmara" (in Portuguese). Municipal Chamber of São Paulo. 2012. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 James Stuart Olson; Robert Shadle (1991). Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-26257-9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 George Reid Andrews (1991). Blacks & Whites in São Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-13104-3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "São Paulo (Brazil) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Historia da Câmara Municipal de São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Municipal Chamber of São Paulo. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Cristina Peixoto-Mehrtens (2010). Urban Space and National Identity in Early Twentieth Century São Paulo, Brazil. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-11403-6.
- ↑ "Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural de Arte e Cultura Brasileira" (in Portuguese). Sao Paulo: Itaú Cultural . Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Tom Dunmore (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Teresa Pires do Rio Caldeira (2000). City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22143-7.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Europa Publications (2003). "Brazil". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. p. 32+. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Historical Timeline of Japanese Brazilians". Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "South America, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ Richard Young; Odile Cisneros (2010). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7498-5.
- ↑ José Maria Bello; James L. Taylor (1966). "Brief Chronology of Brazilian History". A History of Modern Brazil, 1889-1964. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0238-6.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Simon Romero (22 February 2004), "At 450, São Paulo Is Full of Energy", New York Times
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Movie Theaters in Sao Paulo, Brazil". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ Peter H. Rist (2014). Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8108-8036-8.
- ↑ Kirstin Olsen (1994). Chronology of Women's History. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-28803-6.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Carl A. Zimring, ed. (2012). "Sao Paulo". Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste. Sage. ISBN 978-1-4522-6667-1.
- ↑ Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes (1990). "Women and Popular Urban Social Movements in São Paulo, Brazil". Bulletin of Latin American Research 9. JSTOR 3338472.
- ↑ "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ BBC News. "Brazil Profile: Timeline". Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ "2010 census". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ "Demolition dreams: the world’s ‘worst’ buildings", Financial Times, 31 October 2014
This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
- John Mawe (1812), "Description of St. Paul's", Travels in the Interior of Brazil, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Santo Paulo", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Sao Paulo", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud – via Hathi Trust
- Michael George Mulhall; E.T. Mulhall (1877). "San Paulo". Handbook of Brazil. Buenos Ayres.
- Published in the 20th century
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Brazil: Sao Paulo", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- "Sao Paulo". Collier's Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son. 1928.
- "As São Paulo Grows", National Geographic Magazine (Washington DC) 75, 1939
- "Local History, Brazil: Sao Paulo". Catalog of the William B. Greenlee Collection of Portuguese History ... in the Newberry Library. Chicago: Newberry Library. 1953 – via Hathi Trust.
- Richard M. Morse. From Community to Metropolis: A Biography of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (New York, 1974)
- John D. Wirth and Robert Lee Jones, ed. (1978). Manchester and São Paulo: Problems of Rapid Urban Growth. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1005-3.
- Published in the 21st century
- "Sao Paulo". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
- Maria Helena Moreira Alves (2004). "Sao Paulo: the political and socioeconomic transformations wrought by the new labour movement in the city and beyond". In Josef Gugler. World Cities Beyond the West: Globalization, Development and Inequality. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-53685-1.
- Anne G. Hanley (2005). Native Capital: Financial Institutions and Economic Development in São Paulo, Brazil, 1850-1920. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-5072-1.
- Ray Hutchison, ed. (2009). "Sao Paulo". Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. Sage. ISBN 978-1-4522-6613-8.
- Renato Luiz Sobral Anelli (2012), Urban Planning, Urban Design & Architectural Design In São Paulo During The Military Regime – via International Planning History Society (also many papers about Sao Paulo at same website)
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