Timeline of Fortaleza explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Prior to 20th century

• 1649 - Fortaleza founded by Dutch.
• 1810 - Town becomes capital of Ceará.
• 1823 - Fortaleza attains city status.
• 1846 - built.
• 1854 - Bishopric established.
• 1864 - (seminary) founded.
• 1872 - Population: 42,458.
• 1877 - Drought.
• 1887 - (learned society) founded.
• 1890 - Population: 40,902.
• 1894 - (literary society) founded.

20th century

• 1910 - Theatro José de Alencar (theatre) opens.
• 1915 - Drought.
• 1918 - Fortaleza Sporting Club founded.
• 1919 - established.
• 1920 - Population: 78,536
• 1928 - O Povo newspaper begins publication.^[1]
• 1929 - founded.
• 1932
  • established.
  • Drought.
• 1933 - Ferroviário Atlético Clube (football team) formed.
• 1940 - Population: 180,901.
• 1942 - Drought.
• 1946 - Regional Labor Court headquartered in city.
• 1950 - Population: 205,052.^[2]
• 1957 - Tribuna do Ceará newspaper begins publication.
• 1960
  • Population: 514,818.
  • City plan presented by Helio Modesto.
• 1962 - Pirambu shantytown rally.
• 1966 - Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport terminal built.
• 1970 - Population: 520,175 city; 828,763 urban agglomeration.^[3]
• 1971 - Integrated Development Plan for the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza presented.
• 1973 - Castelão stadium opens.
• 1974 - in business.
• 1979 -,,,, and development begins (approximate date).
• 1980
  • established.
  • Population: 1,308,919.
• 1981
  • TV Cidade Fortaleza begins broadcasting.
  • Diário do Nordeste newspaper begins publication.
• 1982
  • Federacao de Bairros y Favelas de Fortaleza (community organization) founded.
  • shopping center in business.
• 1989 - Cocó Park established.
• 1990 - becomes mayor.
• 1991
  • Cearah Periferia (housing organization) established.
  • Population: 1,765,794.
• 1992 - (craft center) built.
• 1993
  • established.
  • Population: 1,846,955 (estimate).^[4]
• 1997 - City divided into 7 administrative regions.^(pt)
• 1999 - Dragão do Mar Center of Art and Culture inaugurated.

21st century

• 2005 - Luizianne Lins becomes mayor.
• 2007 - (building) restored.
• 2010 - Population: 2,452,185.^[5]
• 2012
  • Fortaleza Metro begins operating.
  • October: held.
• 2013
  • June: Protest.
  • Roberto Cláudio becomes mayor.
• 2014 - July: International 6th BRICS summit held in city.
• 2016 - 2 October: held.
• 2019 - 2 June: Dedication of LDS Fortaleza Brazil Temple, 164th in the church.
• 2024 - June : From 10 to 13 June 2024, G20 meeting with participation of over 200 representatives from different parts of the world tried to offer solutions for world scale financial challenges. Among them international organization and multinational banks and financial institutions discussing updating payment environment related to investments and transferring the funds plus other important issues related to the main subject.

See also

• Fortaleza history
  • List of mayors of Fortaleza

References

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Fortaleza . 10 . 677 . 1910 . . 1.
  • . London . Environment and Urbanization . 9 . 1997 . From community development to housing finance: from Mutiroes to Casa Melhor in Fortaleza, Brazil . Yves Cabannes . 9781843690887 . .
• Creating the Image of a Modern Fortaleza: Social Inequalities, Political Changes, and the Impact of Urban Design . Linda M. P. Gondim and Laurence Hallewell . Latin American Perspectives . 31 . 2004 . 2 . 62–79 . 10.1177/0094582X03261190 . 3185024. 144103867 . .

in Portuguese

• • Book: Álvaro Gurgel de Alencar . Diccionario geographico historico e descriptivo do Estado do Ceará . pt . HathiTrust . Louis C. Cholowieçki. Fortaleza . 136+. 1903. 2027/uc1.a0002190478 . .
• Silva . José Borzacchiello da . Productive restructuring and reconfiguration of the central area of Fortaleza . Mercator . 15 December 2015 . 14 . 3 . 75–88 . 10.4215/RM2015.1403.0005 . free .

External links

• Web site: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil . en, pt . Heritage of Portuguese Influence . . Lisbon .

Notes and References

1. Book: Europa World Year Book 2003. 2003. . 978-1-85743-227-5 . Brazil: Directory . https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA856 .
2. Web site: Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . . New York .
3. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm . Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
4. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
5. Web site: 2010 census . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística . 2010 . 30 December 2014 .