Timeline of Lisbon

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

Prior to 15th century

• 205 BCE – Romans in power; Olisipo (Felicitas Julia) designated a municipio in Lusitania province.
• 57 CE – Theatre built.
• 4th C. CE – Catholic diocese of Olisipo established; Potamius becomes bishop.
• 407 CE – Alans in power.
• 585 – Visigoths in power.
• 710s – Olisipo taken by Moors; "al-Ushbuni".
• 844 – City attacked by Norman forces.
• 1108 – City taken by Norwegian crusaders.
• 1110 – City taken by Almoravids under Sir b. Abi Bakr.
• 1147
• Siege of Lisbon by Christian forces under Afonso I.
• Lisbon Cathedral construction begins.
• 1179 – City receives charter.
• 1184 – City attacked by Muslim forces under Abu Yaqub Yusuf.
• 1242 – Convento de São Domingos de Lisboa founded.
• 1256 – Lisbon becomes capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.
• 1290 – University founded.
• 1300 – Castle of São Jorge renovated (approximate date).
• 1344 – Earthquake.⁽⁾
• 1348 – Plague.
• 1373 – City sacked by Castilian forces.
• 1375 – (city wall) built.
• 1378 – National Archive installed in the São Jorge Castle (approximate date).
• 1384 – Lisbon besieged by Castilian forces.
• 1389 – Carmo Convent founded.
• 1394 – Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon established;
• 1395 – (fire brigade) organized.

15th–17th centuries

• 1422 – Lisbon "made the capital of the kingdom by John I"
• 1441 – African slave trade begins (abolished in 1836).
• 1450 – Estaus Palace built (approximate date).
• 1467 – (residence) built.
• 1495 – Printing press in operation (approximate date).
• 1497 – Vasco da Gama departs from Lisbon on first voyage to India.
• 1501 – Jerónimos Monastery construction begins.
• 1504 – Hospital Real de Todos os Santos built.
• 1506 – April: Pogrom of Jews.
• 1511 – Ribeira Palace built (approximate date).
• 1514 – Restelo Hermitage built.
• 1519 – Belém Tower built.
• 1531 – Earthquake.
• 1554 – Damião de Góis' Urbis Olisiponis Descriptio published.
• 1569 – Plague.
• 1571 – Casa de Despacho da Santa Inquisição (House of the Holy Inquisition) begins functioning.
• 1572 – becomes Câmara Municipal senate president (i.e. mayor).⁽⁾
• 1574 – Duarte da Costa becomes mayor.
• 1580 – 25 August: Battle of Alcântara fought near Lisbon; Spanish in power.
• 1588 – 28 May: Military Spanish Armada departs from Lisbon for England.
• 1594 – Aula do Risco (school) established.
• 1597
• Earthquake.⁽⁾
• Printer in business.
• 1598 - São Bento Palace originally built.
• 1601 – Jerónimos Monastery built.
• 1624 - English College, Lisbon opened.
• 1629 - Monastery of São Vicente de Fora completed.
• 1640 – December: Coup d'état; Spanish ousted.
• 1647 – (school) founded.
• 1668 – February: Peace treaty between Spain and Portugal signed in Lisbon.
• 1681 – Church of Santa Engrácia construction begins.

18th century

• 1715 – ' newspaper begins publication.
• 1720 – founded.
• 1724 – British Cemetery opens, to cater for Protestants in the city.
• 1748 – Águas Livres Aqueduct begins operating.
• 1754 – Belém Palace built (approximate date).
• 1755
• 1 November: Earthquake, tsunami, and fire devastate city and killed thousands.
• Ribeira Palace destroyed.
• Baixa Pombalina planning begins.
• 1761 – Real Barraca (royal palace) built in Ajuda near Lisbon.
• 1764 – Passeio Público (park) opens.
• 1768 – (garden) founded near city.
• 1769 – Lisbon Stock Exchange formed.
• 1774 – Lisbon City Archives moved into Lisbon City Hall.
• 1775 – erected in the Praça do Comércio.
• 1779 – Lisbon Science Academy founded.
• 1780
• Street lighting installed.
• Casa Pia orphanage founded.
• 1787 – Remodelled opens.
• 1790 – founded.
• 1793 – Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (theatre) opens.
• 1796 – Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal established.

• 1801 – Street name signage installed.
• 1807 – 30 November: French forces take Lisbon.
• 1808
• French ousted by British forces.
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• 1831 – "Military insurrection...suppressed."
• 1833 – Prazeres Cemetery established.
• 1834 – Portuguese Parliament begins meeting in the Palácio das Cortes.
• 1835 – Public established.
• 1836 – Academia de Belas-Artes established.
• 1837 – Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Úteis founded.
• 1839 – Associação Marítima e Colonial headquartered in Lisbon.
• 1841 – Alto de São João Cemetery established.
• 1846
• National Theatre D. Maria II built.
• Grémio Literário de Lisboa founded.
• 1852 – Instituto Industrial established.
• 1856 – Associação Naval de Lisboa founded.
• 1859 – Yellow fever outbreak.
• 1864
• Diário de Notícias newspaper begins publication.
• : 190,311.
• 1865 – Santa Apolónia railway station opens.
• 1867 – Teatro da Trindade theatre opens.
• 1873
• Horsecar tram begins operating.
• Rua Augusta Arch erected.
• 1874 – Column of Pedro IV erected.
• 1875
• Lisbon Geographic Society formed.
• May: Boating accident on Tagus river kills dozens.
• 1877 – Construction of Linha do Norte (railway) to Porto completed.
• 1878
• Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon and (garden) established.
• : 246,343.
• 1880 – Alviella aqueduct begins operating.
• 1882
• Marquess of Pombal Square laid out.
• Anglo-Portuguese Telephone Company begins telephone services.
• 1883 – December: Dockyard fire occurs.
• 1884
• National Museum of Ancient Art founded.
• Lisbon Zoo founded.
• 1885
• Glória Funicular begins operating.
• Covered market built in Praça da Figueira (approximate date).
• Belém becomes part of city.
• 1886 – Avenida da Liberdade laid out; Monument to the Restorers unveiled.
• 1887 – Linha de Sintra (railway) begins operating.
• 1890
• Coliseu dos Recreios founded.
• : 300,964.
• 1891 – Central Station and open.
• 1892 – Campo Pequeno bullring built.
• 1893 – National Archaeology Museum founded.
• 1894
• June: Bakers conduct labor strike.
• becomes mayor.
• 1895
• June: "Chamber of deputies" burns down.
• Linha de Cascais railway begins operating; Cais do Sodré railway station opens.
• 1897
• established.
• Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso becomes mayor.
• 1900
• Santa Justa Lift begins operating.
• : 351,210 city; 709,509 district.

20th century

1900s–1940s

• 1901
• Electric tram begins operating.
• António José de Ávila becomes mayor.
• 1902
• established.
• Ancient "chapel and tombs" discovered.
• 1903 - Visit by Edward VII commemorated by Edward VII Park.
• 1904
• becomes mayor.
• Grupo Sport Lisboa formed.
• 1905
• Café A Brasileira opens.
• National Coach Museum created.
• 1906
• Colonial School and Sporting Clube de Portugal founded.
• Lisbon Tropical Botanical Garden opens.
• 1908 – 1 February: Carlos I and his son, Luís Filipe, are assassinated in the Praça do Comércio.
• 1909
• 23 April: Earthquake.
• City Museum established.
• 1910
• Anselmo Braamcamp Freire becomes mayor.
• City becomes capital of the First Portuguese Republic.
• 1911
• University of Lisbon and Edward VII Park established.
• in business.
• : 435,359 city; 853,415 district.
• 1916
• 23 February: German ships seized at Lisbon; Germany subsequently declares war on Portugal, which officially enters World War I.
• Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Museum opens.
• 1919 – Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses founded.
• 1920 – Population: 484,664.
• 1922 – Parque Mayer theater complex opens.
• 1926
• Ditadura Nacional (Military dictatorship) begins in Portugal.
• Setúbal District splits away from the Lisbon District.
• 1929 – headquartered in city.
• 1930
• Technical University of Lisbon established.
• Lisbon Book Fair begins.
• Population: 591,939.
• 1931
• (periodical library) founded.
• Teatro Capitólio opens.
• 1932 – (railway station) opens.
• 1933 – City becomes capital of the fascist Portuguese Second Republic (Estado Novo) (until 1974).
• 1934 – Monsanto Forest Park formed.
• 1938
• Duarte Pacheco becomes mayor.
• headquartered in Lisbon.
• 1940
• 23 June: Portuguese World Exhibition opens; closes 2 December.
• Population: 694,389.
• 1941 – 15 February: Cyclone occurs.
• 1942 – Lisbon Portela Airport opens.
• 1945 – A Bola sports newspaper begins publication.
• 1946 – Clube Oriental de Lisboa founded.
• 1947 – Grupo Surrealista de Lisboa (art group) formed.
• 1949 – Record sports newspaper begins publication.

1950s–1990s

• 1950
• opens.
• Population: 783,226 city.
• 1952 – Centro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa founded.
• 1953 - Hospital de Santa Maria opened.
• 1954 – Estádio da Luz (stadium) opens.
• 1956
• Estádio José Alvalade (stadium) and Teatro ABC open.
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established.
• 1959
• Lisbon Metro begins operating.
• becomes mayor.
• Cristo Rei statue erected.
• 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.
• 1968 – A Capital newspaper begins publication.
• 1969
• Teatro Maria Matos opens.
• Calouste Gulbenkian Museum opens.
• 1970
• becomes mayor.
• Population: 769,410 city; 1,611,887 metro.
• 1971 – (Public Consortium for the Urbanization of Lisbon) founded.
• 1972 – António Jorge da Silva Sebastião becomes mayor.
• 1973
• Teatro da Cornucópia founded.
• English College, Lisbon closed.
• 1974
• 25 April: Military coup d'état; Lisbon subsequently becomes capital of the democratic Third Portuguese Republic.
• 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.
• 1979 – Correio da Manhã newspaper begins publication.
• 1980
• headquartered in city.
• Nuno Krus Abecasis becomes mayor.
• 1981 – Population: 807,167 city.
• 1985
• Lisbon joins the newly formed União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas.
• built.
• IAAF World Cross Country Championships held.
• 1986
• Lisbon Marathon begins.
• March: meets in Lisbon.
• 1989 – Diário Económico newspaper begins publication.
• 1990
• Público newspaper begins publication.
• Electricity Museum opens.
• Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio becomes mayor.
• 1991 – Population: 663,394 city.
• 1992 – Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo formed.
• 1993 – Belém Cultural Center built.
• 1994
• World Junior Championships in Athletics held.
• unveiled.
• 1995
• Blue Line (Lisbon Metro) and Yellow Line (Lisbon Metro) in operation.⁽⁾
• Macau Science and Culture Centre initiated.
• João Barroso Soares becomes mayor.
• 1996 – Community of Portuguese Language Countries summit held.
• 1998
• Fado Museum, Gare do Oriente (railway station), Lisbon Oceanarium, Teatro Camões, and Vasco da Gama Bridge open.
• Expo '98 and Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held in Lisbon.
• ' newspaper begins publication.
• Pavilhão Atlântico and Vasco da Gama Tower built.
• Dom Fernando II e Glória restored.
• Cm-lisboa.pt website online (approximate date).
• Green Line (Lisbon Metro) and Red Line (Lisbon Metro) in operation.