The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Prior to 19th century
19th century
20th century
1900s-1940s
1950s-1990s
- 1950
- Rio de Janeiro State University established.
- Maracanã (stadium) opens.
- Population: 2,303,063.
- 1951 - Nova Iguaçu level crossing disaster.
- 1952
- Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada established.
- Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas founded.
- Manchete (magazine) headquartered in city.
- 1953 - Museu do ÃÂndio created.
- 1954 - Ginásio do Maracanãzinho built.
- 1958 - Train crash.
- 1960
- Brazilian capital moved from Rio to BrasÃÂlia.
- Rio becomes Guanabara State, smallest state of Brazil.
- 1961
- Tijuca Forest becomes a national park.
- Edificio Avenida Central built.
- 1964 - Museum of Modern Art built.
- 1965
- Rede Globo television begins broadcasting.
- Flamengo Park created.
- Banda de Ipanema begins.
- 1968 - March of the One Hundred Thousand against the military dictatorship happened.
- 1970 - Population: 4,252,009.
- 1971
- Jacarepaguá Airport opens.
- Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso founded.
- 1972
- Petrobras Headquarters built.
- Hotel Horsa Nacional built.
- 1975
- City becomes capital of Rio de Janeiro (state).
- Marcos Tamoio becomes mayor.
- Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage created.
- 1976 - Le Méridien Copacabana opens.
- 1977
- Riocentro built.
- Rio Othon Palace hotel opens.
- 1978 - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet built.
- 1979
- Rio de Janeiro Metro founded.
- Israel Klabin becomes mayor.
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro established.
- Rio de Janeiro Cathedral built.
- 1980
- Júlio Coutinho becomes mayor.
- 105 Lélio Gama St. built.
- 1981 - Barra Shopping opens.
- 1982 - Rio Sul Center built.
- 1983
- Rede Manchete television begins broadcasting.
- Jamil Haddad becomes mayor, succeeded by Marcello Alencar.
- 1984
- Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaàbuilt.
- CasaShopping opens.
- 1985 - City joins the newly formed União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas.
- 1986 - Roberto Saturnino Braga becomes mayor.
- 1988 - Jó Antônio Resende becomes mayor.
- 1989
- 16 July: 1989 Copa América football tournament held.
- Marcello Alencar becomes mayor.
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio branch) opens.
- 1990
- Eva Klabin Foundation museum established.
- Escadaria Selarón construction begins.
- 1991 - : 5,473,909.
- 1992 - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) held.
- 1993
- César Maia becomes mayor.
- Candelária massacre.
- Population: 5,547,033 (estimate).
- 1994 - Metropolitan hall opens.
- 1995 - Centro Empresarial Internacional Rio built.
- 1997
- Luiz Paulo Conde becomes mayor.
- Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex opens.
- 1998
- Terra Encantada opens.
- Project Morrinho begins.
- Palace II building collapses.
- 2000 - 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held.
21st century
- 2019
- February 6: Heavy rain hits the state of Rio de Janeiro, leaving 6 people dead and 2 missing.
- February 8: Flamengo training ground fire leaves 10 people dead.
- April 8: Unusual rain causes landslides, flooding and at least 10 deaths.
See also
Other cities in Brazil:
References
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
- Mary C. Karasch, Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850 (Princeton University Press, 1987)
- Jeffrey D. Needell, A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro (Cambridge University Press, 1987)
Published in the 21st century
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