Timeline of Coimbra

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

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Prior to 20th century

Church of São Bartolomeu (Coimbra), built in the 18th 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.[3]
• 1139 - Coimbra becomes seat of Kingdom of Portugal (until 1385).[4]
• 1169 - San Salvador church established.[3]
• 1211 - Cortes (assembly) held in Coimbra.
• 1308 - University moves to Coimbra from Lisbon.[5]
• 1316 - Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha construction begins.[6]
• 1338 - University moves away from Coimbra back to Lisbon.[5]
• 1354 - University again moves to Coimbra from Lisbon.[5]
• 1355 - Queen consort Inês de Castro murdered at Quinta das Lágrimas.[3]
• 1377 - University again moves away from Coimbra back to Lisbon.[5]
• 1385 - Cortes held in Coimbra.[7]
• 1398 - Cortes held in Coimbra.
• 1472 - Cortes held in Coimbra.
• 1481 - Poet Francisco de Sá de Miranda born in Coimbra.
• 1536 - Printing press in operation.[8]
• 1537 - University once again moves to Coimbra from Lisbon.[3]
• 1598 - New Cathedral of Coimbra construction begins.[6]
• 1728 - Casa da Livraria (library) built.
• 1733 - University clocktower built.[9]
• 1755 - 1 November: Earthquake.[3]
• 1810 - Coimbra "sacked by the French under Marshal Massena."[3]
• 1812 - Jornal de Coimbra (newspaper) begins publication.[10]
• 1835 - Town becomes part of newly created administrative Coimbra district.[11]
• 1846 - "Miguelist insurrection" occurs.[3]
• 1852 - Instituto de Coimbra founded.[12]
• 1874 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
• 1885 - Coimbra Station opens; Ramal da Coimbra (railway) begins operating.
• 1887 - Coimbra Academic Association student union formed.
• 1900 - Population: 18,144 in town; 332,168 in district.[3]

20th century

Students in robes for the first week of classes at University of Coimbra

• 1906 - Ponte Ferroviária de Dueça 1 and Ponte José Luciano de Castro (bridges) open.
• 1910 - Ancient Roman Conímbriga ruins near Coimbra designated a national monument.
• 1911
  • Electric tram begins operating.
  • Population: 20,581 in town; 360,056 in district.[13]
• 1930
  • Diário de Coimbra newspaper begins publication.[14]
  • City coat of arms redesign adopted.[2]
• 1947 - Trolleybus begins operating.
• 1954 - Ponte de Santa Clara (bridge) opens.
• 1958 - University-related Centro de Estudos Cinematográficos active.
• 1962 - University of Coimbra General Library rebuilt.
• 1963 - Coimbra University Stadium opens.
• 1970 - May: Student unrest.[15]
• 1981 - Açude-ponte de Coimbra (bridge) opens.
• 1982 - City joins the regional Associação Informática da Região Centro.[16]
• 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).[17]

21st century

• 2001
  • Carlos Encarnação 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.[18]
• 2007 - Pedro e Inês footbridge opens.
• 2010
  • City joins the União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas.[19]
  • João Paulo Barbosa de Melo becomes mayor.^(pt)
• 2011 - July: Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses meets in Coimbra.[20]
• 2013 - Manuel Machado becomes mayor.^(pt)
• 2017
  • June: June 2017 Portugal wildfires burn in region near city.
  • October: Coimbra local election, 2017 held.

See also

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

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
2. "História da Cidade". Cm-coimbra.pt (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Coimbra. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Douglas L. Wheeler; Walter C. Opello Jr. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Portugal (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7075-8.
5. "História da Universidade" (in Portuguese). Universidade de Coimbra. Retrieved 12 November 2017. (Includes chronology)
6. "Portugal: Architecture", Oxford Art Online Retrieved 12 November 2017
7. E. Michael Gerli, ed. (2003). Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93918-6.
8. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
9. "Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
10. Jornal de Coimbra – via Universidade de Coimbra, Biblioteca Geral Digital, 1812-
11. Sousa Henriques Secco 1853.
12. José Silvestre Ribeiro, ed. (1871–1893). Historia dos estabelecimentos scientificos, litterarios e artisticos de Portugal (in Portuguese). Academia Real das Sciencias.
13. "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
14. "Portugal". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
15. "Portuguese Will Investigate Clash at Coimbra University", New York Times, 15 May 1970
16. "Associação Informática da Região Centro" (in Portuguese). Coimbra. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
17. "Cm-coimbra.pt" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Coimbra. Archived from the original on 12 December 1998 – via Wayback Machine.
18. "Fires blaze out of control across Portugal", New York Times, 22 August 2005
19. "Membros: Coimbra". Uccla.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
20. "Congressos da ANMP" (in Portuguese). Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Coimbra", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
• "Coimbra". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• "Coimbra", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "Local History, Portugal: Coimbra". Catalog of the William B. Greenlee Collection of Portuguese History .... in the Newberry Library. Chicago: Newberry Library. 1953 – via HathiTrust. (Bibliography)
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Coimbra". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 9781134259656. OCLC 31045650.

in Portuguese

• Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Coimbra, Vereações (in Portuguese)
  • no.1, ca. 1491; no.3, ca. 1518; etc.
• Luís Cardoso, ed. (1751). "Coimbra". Diccionario geografico, ou, Noticia historica de todas as cidades...de Portugal (in Portuguese). 2. Lisbon: Regia Officina Sylviana and Academia Real da História Portuguesa. OCLC 987786218.
• Anais do Município de Coimbra [Annals of Coimbra] (in Portuguese). ca. 1840-
• Antonio Luiz de Sousa Henriques Secco (1853). Memoria historico-chorographica dos diversos concelhos do districto administrativo de Coimbra (in Portuguese).
• Augusto Mendes Simões de Castro (1867). Guia historico do viajante em Coimbra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade.
• António Francisco Barata, ed. (1873). Historia breve de Coimbra (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional.
• Pinho Leal (1874). "Coimbra". Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario... (in Portuguese). 2. Mattos Moreira. pp. 314+.
• "Coimbra". Diccionario encyclopedico ou novo diccionario da lingua portugueza (in Portuguese). 1 (4th ed.). Lisbon: Francisco Arthur da Silva. 1874. OCLC 14951122.
• Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, ed. (1878). "Coimbra". Diccionario Popular (in Portuguese). 3. Lisbon: Diario Illustrado.
• Carlos Augusto da Silva Campos, ed. (1886), "Negociantes e industriaes das provincias e ilhas: Coimbra", Almanach Commercial de Lisboa (in Portuguese), pp. 233–235
• Eugénio de Castro. Guia de Coimbra (in Portuguese). circa 1900
• Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1906). "Coimbra". Portugal: Diccionario Historico... (in Portuguese). 2. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres. OCLC 865826167.
• Agostinho Rodrigues d'Andrade (1906). Guia do forasteiro em Coimbra (in Portuguese). Porto.
• Jorge de Alarcão (2008). Coimbra: a montagem do cenário urbano (in Portuguese). Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. ISBN 978-989-8074-30-0.
• Margarida Isabel Barreto Relvão Calmeiro (2014). Urbanismo antes dos Planos: Coimbra 1834‐1934 (PhD) (in Portuguese). Universidade de Coimbra. hdl:10316/27732.

External links

• "Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Coimbra", Cm-coimbra.pt (in Portuguese) (city archives)
• "(Coimbra)" – via Europeana.
• "(Coimbra)" – via Digital Public Library of America.