Timeline of Funchal

The following is a of the history of the city of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

Prior to 20th century

• 1493 - Cathedral of Funchal construction begins.
• 1514 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal established.
• 1566 - .
• 1835 - Town becomes part of the newly created administrative .
• 1836
• Associação Commercial founded.
• Synagogue of Funchal built (approximate date).
• 1838 - (library) founded.
• 1846 - becomes district governor.
• 1851 - Jewish Cemetery of Funchal established.
• 1876 - ' newspaper begins publication.
• 1883 - (town hall) in use.
• 1888 - (theatre) opens.
• 1893 - Monte Railway and begin operating.
• 1900 - Population: 20,850.

20th century

• 1910 - C.D. Nacional and C.S. Marítimo (football clubs) formed.
• 1911 - Population: 24,687 in town; 169,777 in district.
• 1927
• ' newspaper begins publication.
• Campo dos Barreiros (sport field) opens.
• 1931 - (archive) founded.
• 1935 - 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.
• 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.
• 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: meets in Funchal.
• 1993 - City twinned with Oakland, California, United States.
• 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).
• Funchal Cable Car begins operating.

21st century

• 2001
• Population: 103,961.
• in business.
• 2003 - City twinned with Praia, Cape Verde.
• 2005 - 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.
• City twinned with Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.
• 2017 - held.

See also

• Funchal history
• (in Portuguese)
• List of bishops of Funchal
• History of Madeira
• of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal

References

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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in Portuguese

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