Timeline of Braga

The following is a of the history of the city of Braga, Portugal.

Prior to 20th century

ca. 41 BCE - Installation of Roman milestones begins.
ca.16 BCE - Roman founded.
3rd C. CE - Town walls built.
ca.300 CE - Victor of Braga is martyred.
4th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Braga established.
5th C. CE - Suevi in power.
ca.450s - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga established.
ca.485 - Visigoths in power.
561-563 - Religious council meets in Braga.
572 - Religious council meets in Braga.
675 - Religious council meets in Braga.
8th C. - Moors in power.
1040 - Braga taken by forces of Ferdinand I.
1089 - Braga Cathedral consecrated.
1093 - Braga becomes seat of royal court (until 1147).
1417 - Fernando da Guerra becomes archbishop.
1494 - Printing press in operation.
1616 - Ponte do Prado (bridge) to Vila Verde rebuilt.
1642 - Construction of Igreja de Santa Cruz (church) begins.
1756 - Braga City Hall built.
1841 - (library) founded.
1857 - Public gas lighting installed.
1858 - Population: 30,175.
1875 - Ramal de Braga (railway) begins operating; opens.
1880 - Rua D. Frei Caetano BrandÃÂ£o (street) developed.
1882 - Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular begins operating.
1888 - Livraria Cruz (bookshop) in business.
1893 - Public electric lighting installed.
1900 - Population: 24,202.

20th century

1911 - Population: 24,647 in town; 382,461 in district.
1914 - begins operating.
1915 - Theatre Circo (theatre) opens.
1917 - (archive) founded.
1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded.
1919 - ' newspaper begins publication.

1921 - S.C. Braga (football club) formed.

1926 - 28 May 1926 coup d'ÃÂ©tat begins in Braga.

1929 - Airfield begins operating in Palmeira.

1936 - City becomes seat of newly formed Minho Province.

1950 - EstÃÂ¡dio Municipal 28 de Maio (stadium) opens.

1955 - Jardim de Santa BÃÂ¡rbara (garden) created.

1961 - Hospital opens.

1963 - Trolleybus begins operating.

1973 - University of Minho established.

1977 - Mesquita Machado becomes mayor (almost continually until 2013).

1978 - Biscainhos Museum opens.

1982 - (transit entity) established.

1993 - Circuito Vasco Sameiro (vehicular racetrack) opens.

1999 - Braga Parque in business in SÃÂ£o Victor.

21st century

2001

Cm-braga.pt website online (approximate date).

Population: 112,039 in city; 831,366 in district.

2002 - (arena) opens.

2003 - EstÃÂ¡dio Municipal de Braga (stadium) opens.

2004

Completion of the works of modernization and electrification of OportoÃ¢ÂÂBraga railway line, which included the construction of a new building for . The modernisation allowed the extension of the high-speed Alfa Pendular trains from Oporto to Braga, a service which started on June 5, 2004.

(library) opens.

Part of UEFA Euro 2004 football contest played in Braga.

2011 - Population: 181,819 in city; 848,185 in district.

2013

Ricardo Rio becomes mayor.

UniÃÂ£o das Freguesias de Braga created.

2014 - Organ Festival of Braga begins.

2016 - Nova Arcada opens, after years of suspended work from its previous owner.

See also

Braga history

Ecclesiastical history of Braga

since 1836

List of bishops of Braga

(in Portuguese)

of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Coimbra, Funchal (Madeira), GuimarÃÂ£es, Lisbon, Porto, SetÃÂºbal

References

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

(Bibliography)

in Portuguese

Eduardo Pires de Oliveira. As alteraÃÂ§ÃÂµes toponÃÂmicas 1380Ã¢ÂÂ1980, Braga, 1982

Eduardo Pires de Oliveira et al. Braga EvoluÃÂ§ÃÂ£o da Estrutura Urbana, Braga, 1982

JosÃÂ© Marques. Braga Medieval, Braga, 1983

Alberto Feio, (1984), Coisas MemorÃÂ¡veis de Braga (in Portuguese)

JosÃÂ© Manuel da Silva Passos, (1996), O Bilhete Postal Ilustrado e a HistÃÂ³ria Urbana de Braga (in Portuguese), Lisbon

External links

Arquivo Municipal da CÃÂ¢mara Municipal de Braga (city archives)