Timeline of Coimbra explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• ca.563 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbra established.^[1]
• 714 CE – Muslims in power.^[2]
• 1064 – Coimbra taken by Christian forces of Ferdinand I.
• 1139 – Coimbra becomes seat of Kingdom of Portugal (until 1385).^[3]
• 1169 – San Salvador church established.
• 1211 – (assembly) held in Coimbra.
• 1286 – Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha founded.
• 1308 – University moves to Coimbra from Lisbon.^[4]
• 1316 – Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha construction begins.^[5]
• 1338 – University moves away from Coimbra back to Lisbon.
• 1354 – University again moves to Coimbra from Lisbon.
• 1355 – Queen consort Inês de Castro murdered at Quinta das Lágrimas.
• 1377 – University again moves away from Coimbra back to Lisbon.
• 1385 – held in Coimbra.^[6]
• 1398 – held in Coimbra.
• 1472 – held in Coimbra.
• 1481 – Poet Francisco de Sá de Miranda born in Coimbra.
• 1536 – Printing press in operation.^[7]
• 1537 – University once again moves to Coimbra from Lisbon.
• 1580/98 – New Cathedral of Coimbra construction begins.
• 1728 – Casa da Livraria (library) built.
• 1733 – University clocktower built.^[8]
• 1755 – 1 November: Earthquake.
• 1810 – Coimbra "sacked by the French under Marshal Massena."
• 1812 – (newspaper) begins publication.^[9]
• 1834 – Miguel I of Portugal, makes the city his headquarters.
• 1835 – Town becomes part of newly created administrative Coimbra district.
• 1846 – "Miguelist insurrection" occurs.
• 1852 – founded.^[10]
• 1874 – Horsecar tram begins operating.
• 1885 – opens; Ramal da Coimbra (railway) begins operating.
• 1887 – Coimbra Academic Association student union formed.
• 1900 – Population: 18,144.

20th century

• 1906 – and (bridges) open.
• 1910 – Ancient Roman Conímbriga ruins near Coimbra designated a national monument.
• 1911
  • Electric trams begins operating.
  • Population: 20,581.^[11]
• 1930
  • Diário de Coimbra newspaper begins publication.
  • City coat of arms redesign adopted.
• 1947 – Trolleybus begins operating.
• 1954 – Ponte de Santa Clara (bridge) opens.
• 1958 – University-related active.
• 1962 – University of Coimbra General Library rebuilt.
• 1963 – Coimbra University Stadium opens.
• 1970 – May: Student unrest.
• 1981 – (bridge) opens.
• 1982 – City joins the regional Associação Informática da Região Centro.^[12]
• 1986 – Coimbra University Radio begins broadcasting.
• 1996 – Metro Mondego transit entity formed to plan regional light rail system (as of 2017 unrealized).
• 1998 – Cm-coimbra.pt website online (approximate date).^[13]

21st century

• 2001
  • becomes mayor.^(pt)
  • Population: 104,489.^[14]
• 2002 - Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição (stadium) built.
• 2003 - Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (stadium) opens.
• 2004
  • Ponte Rainha Santa Isabel (bridge) opens.
  • Part of UEFA Euro 2004 football contest played in Coimbra.
• 2005 – August: Wildfire burns in area around city.
• 2007 – Pedro e Inês footbridge opens.
• 2010
  • City joins the .^[15]
  • João Paulo Barbosa de Melo becomes mayor.^(pt)
• 2011 – July: meets in Coimbra.^[16]
• 2013 – Manuel Machado becomes mayor.^(pt)
• 2017
  • June: June 2017 Portugal wildfires burn in region near city.
  • October: held.

See also

• • Aeminium, Roman city
• List of mayors of Coimbra
• (municipal magistrates)
• List of bishops of Coimbra
  • Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Braga, Funchal (Madeira), Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal

References

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065312884?urlappend=%3Bseq=356 . Coimbra . 1901. 2027/njp.32101065312884?urlappend=%3Bseq=356 . .
• Coimbra . 6 . 653 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: Catalog of the William B. Greenlee Collection of Portuguese History .... in the Newberry Library . . Chicago . . 1953 . Local History, Portugal: Coimbra . 2027/mdp.39015023946240?urlappend=%3Bseq=140 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015023946240?urlappend=%3Bseq=140. (Bibliography)
• Book: Trudy Ring . Southern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places . 3. 1996. Fitzroy Dearborn . 31045650 . Coimbra . 9781134259656 . .

in Portuguese

• • • no.1, ca. 1491; no.3, ca. 1518; etc.
• Book: Diccionario geografico, ou, Noticia historica de todas as cidades...de Portugal . Luís Cardoso . Regia Officina Sylviana and Academia Real da História Portuguesa . Lisbon . 987786218 . pt . 1751. Coimbra . 2. https://archive.org/stream/diccionariogeogr02card#page/664/mode/1up.
• Book: Anais do Município de Coimbra . Annals of Coimbra . pt . ca. 1840–
• Book: Memoria historico-chorographica dos diversos concelhos do districto administrativo de Coimbra . Antonio Luiz de Sousa Henriques Secco . pt . 1853. .
• Book: Guia historico do viajante em Coimbra . Augusto Mendes Simões de Castro . Coimbra . Imprensa da Universidade . pt . 1867.
• Book: António Francisco Barata . Historia breve de Coimbra . 2nd . Lisbon . Imprensa Nacional . pt . 1873.
• Book: Pinho Leal . Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario.... . Mattos Moreira . pt . 1874. Coimbra. 314+ . 2. https://archive.org/stream/gri_33125005925470#page/n319/mode/2up.
• Book: Diccionario encyclopedico ou novo diccionario da lingua portugueza . 14951122 . Francisco Arthur da Silva . Lisbon . pt . 4th . 1874. Coimbra . 1. 2027/uc1.l0063741581?urlappend=%3Bseq=743 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.l0063741581?urlappend=%3Bseq=743.
• Book: Diccionario Popular . Manuel Pinheiro Chagas . Diario Illustrado . Lisbon . pt . 1878. Coimbra. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433004957100?urlappend=%3Bseq=808. 3 . 2027/nyp.33433004957100?urlappend=%3Bseq=808 . .
  • Book: Guia de Coimbra . Eugénio de Castro . 1900 . Eugénio de Castro . pt . circa 1900
• Book: Esteves Pereira . Guilherme Rodrigues . Portugal: Diccionario Historico.... . Joao Romano Torres . Lisbon . 865826167 . pt . 1906. Coimbra . 2. 2027/nyp.33433004990440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1079 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433004990440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1079.
• Book: Guia do forasteiro em Coimbra . Agostinho Rodrigues d'Andrade . Porto . pt . 1906.
• Book: Jorge de Alarcão. Jorge de Alarcão. Coimbra: a montagem do cenário urbano. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra . 978-989-8074-30-0 . pt . 2008.
• PhD . Margarida Isabel Barreto Relvão Calmeiro . Urbanismo antes dos Planos: Coimbra 1834‐1934 . Universidade de Coimbra . pt . 2014. 10316/27732 .

External links

• (city archives)
• Web site: (Coimbra) . .
• Web site: (Coimbra) . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal . . Norway . 12 November 2017 .
2. Web site: História da Cidade . Cm-coimbra.pt . Câmara Municipal de Coimbra . pt . 12 November 2017 .
3. Book: Douglas L. Wheeler. Walter C. Opello Jr.. Historical Dictionary of Portugal. . 978-0-8108-7075-8 . 3rd . 2010 .
4. Web site: História da Universidade . Universidade de Coimbra . pt . 12 November 2017 . (Includes chronology)
5. Retrieved 12 November 2017
6. Book: E. Michael Gerli. Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. 2003. Routledge. 0-415-93918-6 .
7. Book: Henri Bouchot. Henri Bouchot. 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 .
8. Web site: Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York . 12 November 2017 .
9. , 1812–
10. Book: Historia dos estabelecimentos scientificos, litterarios e artisticos de Portugal . José Silvestre Ribeiro . . pt . 1871–1893 .
11. Book: Statesman's Year-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 .
12. Web site: Associação Informática da Região Centro . Coimbra . pt . 14 November 2017 .
13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19981212023844/https://www.cm-coimbra.pt/ . Cm-coimbra.pt . dead . 12 December 1998 . Câmara Municipal de Coimbra . pt . .
14. Book: Europa World Year Book 2004 . 1857432533 . . 2004 . Portugal .
15. Web site: Membros: Coimbra . Uccla.pt . pt . 12 November 2017 .
16. Web site: Congressos da ANMP . Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses . pt . 14 November 2017 .