The following is a timeline 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; renamed "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.(pt)
  • 1348 – Plague.
  • 1373 – City sacked by Castilian forces.
  • 1375 – Cerca Nova (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 – Serviço de Incêndios (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 – Palácio Almada (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 – Brás de Albuquerque becomes Câmara Municipal senate president (i.e. mayor).(pt)
  • 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.(pt)
    • Printer Pedro Craesbeeck 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 – Aula de Fortificação e Arquitetura Militar (school) founded.
  • 1668 – February: Peace treaty between Spain and Portugal signed in Lisbon.
  • 1681 – Church of Santa Engrácia construction begins.

18th century

  • 1715 – Gazeta de Lisboa newspaper begins publication.
  • 1720 – Academia Real da História Portuguesa 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 – Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (garden) founded near city.
  • 1769 – Lisbon Stock Exchange formed.
  • 1774 – Lisbon City Archives moved into Lisbon City Hall.
  • 1775 – Equestrian statue of José I erected in the Praça do Comércio.
  • 1779 – Lisbon Science Academy founded.
  • 1780
    • Street lighting installed.
    • Casa Pia orphanage founded.
  • 1787 – Remodelled Rua Nova do Almada opens.
  • 1790 – Academia Real de Fortificação, Artilharia e Desenho founded.
  • 1793 – Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (theatre) opens.
  • 1796 – Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal established.

19th century

  • 1801 – Street name signage installed.
  • 1807 – 30 November: French forces take Lisbon.
  • 1808
    • French ousted by British forces.
    • Telegrafo Portuguez in publication.[1]
  • 1831 – "Military insurrection...suppressed."
  • 1833 – Prazeres Cemetery established.
  • 1834 – Portuguese Parliament begins meeting in the Palácio das Cortes.
  • 1835 – Public Ajuda Cemetery 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.
    • Population: 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 Jardim Botânico de Lisboa (garden) established.
    • Population: 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.
    • Population: 300,964.
  • 1891 – Central Station and Rossio tunnel open.
  • 1892 – Campo Pequeno bullring built.
  • 1893 – National Archaeology Museum founded.
  • 1894
    • June: Bakers conduct labor strike.
    • Pedro Augusto Franco becomes mayor.
  • 1895
    • June: "Chamber of deputies" burns down.
    • Linha de Cascais railway begins operating; Cais do Sodré railway station opens.
  • 1897
    • Olivais Cemetery established.
    • Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso becomes mayor.
  • 1900
    • Santa Justa Lift begins operating.
    • Population: 351,210 city; 709,509 district.

20th century

1900s–1940s

  • 1901
    • Electric tram begins operating.
    • António José de Ávila becomes mayor.
  • 1902
    • Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical established.
    • Ancient "chapel and tombs" discovered.
  • 1903 - Visit by Edward VII commemorated by Eduardo VII Park.
  • 1904
    • António de Azevedo Castelo Branco 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 Eduardo VII Park established.
    • Cinema Olympia in business.
    • Population: 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 – Instituto Português de Heráldica headquartered in city.
  • 1930
    • Technical University of Lisbon established.
    • Lisbon Book Fair begins.
    • Population: 591,939.
  • 1931
    • Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa (periodical library) founded.
    • Teatro Capitólio opens.
  • 1932 – Estação Ferroviária do Sul e Sueste (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.
    • Academia Portuguesa da História 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
    • Cinema São Jorge 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.
    • António Vitorino da França Borges 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
    • Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro becomes mayor.
    • Population: 769,410 city; 1,611,887 metro.
  • 1971 – Empresa Pública de Urbanização de Lisboa (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
    • Instituto Português do Livro 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.
    • Torres das Amoreiras built.
    • IAAF World Cross Country Championships held.
  • 1986
    • Lisbon Marathon begins.
    • March: Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses 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.
    • Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar unveiled.
  • 1995
    • Blue Line (Lisbon Metro) and Yellow Line (Lisbon Metro) in operation.(pt)
    • 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.
    • 24 Horas 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.

21st century

  • 2001
    • IAAF World Indoor Championships held.
    • Population: 564,657.
  • 2002
    • Euronext Lisbon founded.
    • Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes becomes mayor.
  • 2003
    • Doclisboa film festival begins.
    • Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade (stadiums) built.
  • 2004
    • Torre São Rafael built.
    • António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues becomes mayor.
    • Allied Joint Command Lisbon formed.
  • 2005 – Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes becomes mayor, succeeded by António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues.
  • 2006
    • 29 January: Snow storm occurs.
    • W.A.K.O. European Championships held.
  • 2007
    • December: EU Treaty signed in Lisbon.
    • António Luís dos Santos da Costa becomes mayor.
    • Berardo Collection Museum established.
  • 2008
    • 7 August: Kidnapping of hostages at Banco Espírito Santo branch in Campolide parish.
    • Museum of the Orient opens.
    • Contraditório headquartered in city.
  • 2011 – Population: 547,733 city; 2,821,876 metro.
  • 2012 –14 November: Anti-austerity protests.
  • 2015 – Population: 504,471.
  • 2017 – 1 October: Portuguese local election, 2017 held.

See also

  • History of Lisbon
  • List of mayors of Lisbon, 1840–
  • List of Lisbon City Council senate presidents (1572–1821) (in Portuguese)
  • List of bishops of Lisbon, since 1st century CE
  • List of heritage sites in Lisbon
  • Other names of Lisbon
  • Timeline of Portuguese history
  • Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Braga, Coimbra, Funchal (Madeira), Porto, Setúbal

References

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, and Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

  • "Colecções a digitalizar" [Digitized Collections]. Cm-lisboa.pt (in Portuguese). Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa. (Includes Anais da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa OCLC 959185845, etc.)
  • "Boletim Municipal" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. ISSN 0873-0296.


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