Timeline of Braga explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• ca. 41 BCE - Installation of Roman milestones begins.^[1]
• ca.16 BCE - Roman founded.
• 3rd C. CE - Town walls built.^[2]
• ca.300 CE - Victor of Braga is martyred.
• 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Braga established.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• 1494 - Printing press in operation.^[5]
• 1616 - Ponte do Prado (bridge) to Vila Verde rebuilt.
• 1642 - Construction of Igreja de Santa Cruz (church) begins.
• 1756 - Braga City Hall built.^[6]
• 1841 - (library) founded.^[7]
• 1857 - Public gas lighting installed.
• 1858 - Population: 30,175.^[8]
• 1875 - Ramal de Braga (railway) begins operating; opens.
• 1880 - Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão (street) developed.^[9]
• 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.^[10]
• 1914 - begins operating.
• 1915 - Theatre Circo (theatre) opens.
• 1917 - (archive) founded.^[11]
• 1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded.
• 1919 - newspaper begins publication.
• 1921 - S.C. Braga (football club) formed.
• 1926 - 28 May 1926 coup d'état begins in Braga.^[12]
• 1929 - Airfield begins operating in Palmeira.
• 1936 - City becomes seat of newly formed Minho Province.
• 1950 - Estádio Municipal 28 de Maio (stadium) opens.
• 1955 - Jardim de Santa Bárbara (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 - in business in São Victor.

21st century

• 2001
  • Cm-braga.pt website online (approximate date).^[13]
  • Population: 112,039 in city;^[14] 831,366 in district.
• 2002 - (arena) opens.
• 2003 - Estádio Municipal de Braga (stadium) opens.
• 2004
  • Completion of the works of modernization and electrification of Oporto–Braga railway line, which included the construction of a new building for Braga railway station. The modernisation allowed the extension of the high-speed Alfa Pendular trains from Oporto to Braga, a service which started on June 5, 2004.^[15]
  • (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.
  • União das Freguesias de Braga created.
• 2014 - Organ Festival of Braga begins.

See also

• Braga history
  • Ecclesiastical history of Braga
• since 1836
• List of bishops of Braga
• List of governors of Braga district (in Portuguese)
  • Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Coimbra, Funchal (Madeira), Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal

References

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . . Boston . Little, Brown . 1854 . 1865. Bracara Augusta . 2027/nnc1.0063610590?urlappend=%3Bseq=445 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.0063610590?urlappend=%3Bseq=445.
  • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065312876?urlappend=%3Bseq=403 . Braga . 1901. 2027/njp.32101065312876?urlappend=%3Bseq=403 . .
• Book: Catholic Encyclopedia . New York . 1907. Archdiocese of Braga. Tirso López. Catholic Encyclopedia . https://books.google.com/books?id=w00sAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA728 . Google Books. .
• Braga . 4 . 375 - 376 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Catalog of the William B. Greenlee Collection of Portuguese History...in the Newberry Library . . Chicago . . 1953 . Local History, Portugal: Braga . 2027/mdp.39015023946240?urlappend=%3Bseq=139 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015023946240?urlappend=%3Bseq=139. (Bibliography)

in Portuguese

• Book: Diccionario geografico, ou, Noticia historica de todas as cidades...de Portugal . Luís Cardoso . Regia Officina Sylviana and . Lisbon . 987786218 . pt . 1751. Braga . 2. https://archive.org/stream/diccionariogeogr02card#page/247/mode/1up.
• Book: Pinho Leal . Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario.... . Mattos Moreira . pt . 1873. Braga. 432+ . 1. https://archive.org/stream/gri_33125005925538#page/n483/mode/2up.
• Book: Diccionario encyclopedico ou novo diccionario da lingua portugueza . 14951122 . Francisco Arthur da Silva . Lisbon . pt . 4th . 1874. Braga. https://books.google.com/books?id=hQU2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA485.
  • • Book: Memorias de Braga . Bernardino José de Senna Freitas . Imprensa Catholica . Braga . pt . 1890–1891.
• Book: Albano Bellino . Inscripções e lettreiros da cidade de Braga . Typographia Occidental . Porto . pt . 1895.
• Book: Esteves Pereira . Guilherme Rodrigues . Portugal: Diccionario Historico.... . Joao Romano Torres . Lisbon . 865826167 . pt . 1906. Braga . 2. 2027/nyp.33433004990440?urlappend=%3Bseq=447 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433004990440?urlappend=%3Bseq=447.
• Eduardo Pires de Oliveira. As alterações toponímicas 1380–1980, Braga, 1982
• Eduardo Pires de Oliveira et al. Braga Evolução da Estrutura Urbana, Braga, 1982
• José Marques. Braga Medieval, Braga, 1983
• Alberto Feio, (1984), Coisas Memoráveis de Braga (in Portuguese)
• José Manuel da Silva Passos, (1996), O Bilhete Postal Ilustrado e a História Urbana de Braga (in Portuguese), Lisbon

External links

• Arquivo Municipal da Câmara Municipal de Braga (city archives)
• Web site: (Braga) . .
• Web site: (Braga) . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico . Architectural Heritage Database . pt . Monumentos.gov.pt . . 10 November 2017 .
2. Retrieved 10 November 2017
3. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal . . Norway . 9 November 2017 .
4. Book: E. Michael Gerli. Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. 2003. Routledge. 0-415-93918-6 . Braga .
5. Book: . London . The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. 1890. H. Grevel & Co. . https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 . Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established .
6. Web site: Built Heritage . en, pt . Cm-braga.pt . Município de Braga . 10 November 2017 .
7. Web site: História da BPB . pt . Universidade do Minho . 10 November 2017 .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1865 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Portugal . 2027/nyp.33433081590311?urlappend=%3Bseq=390 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590311?urlappend=%3Bseq=390 . . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
9. Web site: Núcleo urbano da cidade de Braga . Ricardo Graça . Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico . pt . Direção-Geral do Património Cultural . 10 November 2017 . (Includes timeline)
10. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Portugal . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1249 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1249 .
11. Web site: Arquivo Distrital de Braga: Apresentação . pt . Universidade do Minho . 10 November 2017 .
12. Book: Douglas L. Wheeler. Walter C. Opello Jr.. Historical Dictionary of Portugal. . 978-0-8108-7075-8 . 3rd . 2010 .
13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20010402022409/http://www.cm-braga.pt/ . Cm-braga.pt . dead . 2 April 2001 . Câmara Municipal de Braga . pt . .
14. Book: Europa World Year Book 2004 . 1857432533 . . 2004 . Portugal .
15. Web site: Alfa Pendular inicia ligações Braga-Faro . . 5 June 2004 . Público . 30 June 2019 .