Timeline of Porto Alegre

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1743 - Porto dos Cazaes founded by Azoreans.[1]
• 1770 - Settlement becomes official residence of governor Jose Marcellino de Figuereido; renamed "Porto Alegre."[1]
• 1773 - Câmara Municipal (town council) convenes.
• 1779 - Matriz de Porto Alegre (church) construction begins.
• 1789 - Palacio de Barro built.
• 1803 - Porto Alegre becomes a vila.[1][2]
• 1807 - Capital of Portuguese colonial Sao Pedro do Rio Grande moves to Porto Alegre from Rio Grande.[1]^(pt)
• 1822 - Porto Alegre attains city status.[3]
• 1824 - Palacete do Visconde de Pelotas (residence) built.
• 1825 - German immigrants arrive.[1]
• 1827 - Diário de Porto Alegre newspaper begins publication.[3]
• 1854 - Ponte de Pedra (bridge) built.
• 1858 - Praça do Comércio and São Pedro Theatre founded.[4]
• 1864 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.^(pt)
• 1869 - Public Market built.[5]
• 1871 - Biblioteca Pública do Estado (Rio Grande do Sul) (library) founded.
• 1872
  • Companhia Carris Porto-Alegrense (urban transport entity) formed.
  • Population: 43,998.[6]
• 1878 - Sociedade Filarmônica Porto Alegrense (musical group) formed.[7]
• 1881 - Exposição Brasileira-Allemã (international exposition) opens.[2][8]
• 1890 - Felicíssimo Manuel de Azevedo becomes mayor.[9]
• 1892 - O Exemplo newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1895 - Correio do Povo newspaper begins publication.[11]
• 1898 - Velodrome built.[12]
• 1900 - Population: 73,574.[1]

20th century

• 1901
  • Paço Municipal de Porto Alegre (city hall) built.
  • Academia Rio-Grandense de Letras (learned society) founded.[13]
  • Exposição Agropecuária e Industrial do Rio Grande do Sul de 1901 (exposition) held.[14]
• 1903 - Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense founded.
• 1906 - Arquivo Público do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (regional archives) headquartered in city.[15]
• 1908 - Electric tram begins operating.^(pt)
• 1909 - Sport Club Internacional (football club) founded.
• 1908 - Instituto de Belas Artes (art school) founded.[7]
• 1910 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre established.[16]
• 1913 - Population: 150,343.[17]
• 1920 - Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul (learned society) founded.[18]
• 1921 - Palácio Piratini built.
• 1925
  • Banda Municipal de Porto Alegre (musical group) formed.
  • Diário de Notícias newspaper begins publication.[19]
• 1927 - Auditório Araújo Vianna (auditorium) opens.
• 1928
  • Usina do Gasômetro (power plant) commissioned.
  • Bank of the Rio Grande do Sul established.
  • Cine Theatro Capitólio (cinema) opens.[20]^(pt)
• 1934 - Universidade de Porto Alegre established.
• 1935
  • Farroupilha Park opens.
  • 20 September: Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair opens.
• 1937 - Usina do Gasômetro 384-foot chimney erected.[21]
• 1940 - Palácio do Comércio built.
• 1941 - Flood.
• 1950
  • Penitenciária Feminina Madre Pelletier (prison) begins operating.
  • Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre (musical group) formed.
  • Population: 394,151.[6]
• 1954
  • Biblioteca Pública Infantil Central (children's library) founded.
  • Estádio Olímpico Monumental (stadium) opens.
• 1955
  • Porto Alegre Book Fair begins.
  • Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art opens.
• 1958
  • Palácio Farroupilha built for the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul.[22]
  • Porto Alegre Botanical Garden opens.
• 1959 - Central Prison begins operating.
• 1960
  • Edifício Santa Cruz (hi-rise) built.[21]
  • Population: 641,173.[6]
• 1963 - 1963 Summer Universiade sport contest held in city.
• 1964 - Zero Hora newspaper begins publication.[23]
• 1969 - Estádio Beira-Rio (stadium) opens.
• 1970 - Population: 903,175.[6]
• 1972 - Rebuilding of Metropolitan Cathedral completed.
• 1974 - Monument to the Azoreans erected.
• 1976
  • 27 April: Fire.
  • City joins the newly formed Federação das Associações de Municípios do Rio Grande do Sul (regional city association).
• 1978 - Biblioteca de Porto Alegre (library) established.
• 1979 - Museu de Porto Alegre (museum) founded.[24]
• 1985
  • Porto Alegre Metro begins operating.
  • November: Porto Alegre municipal election, 1985 held.
• 1988 - Arquivo Histórico de Porto Alegre Moysés Vellinho (city archives) founded.[25]
• 1989 - Participatory budgeting begins.[26][27]
• 1991 - Population: 1,263,239.[6]
• 1997 - Bienal do Mercosul (art exhibit) begins.
• 1999 - City website online (approximate date).[28]
• 2000
  • City joins the União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas (city association).[29]
  • Zona Rural de Porto Alegre abolished.

21st century

• 2001 - January: First World Social Forum of counter-hegemonic globalizers meets in Porto Alegre.
• 2002 - World Social Forum meets again in Porto Alegre.[30]
• 2003 - World Social Forum meets yet again in Porto Alegre.
• 2005 - Festival de Cinema Fantástico de Porto Alegre begins.
• 2010 - José Fortunati becomes mayor.
• 2011 - 25 February: Cycling incident occurs in Cidade Baixa.[31]
• 2012 - Arena do Grêmio (stadium) opens.
• 2013 - Parada Gráfica (cultural event) begins.
• 2014 - June: Part of 2014 FIFA World Cup (football contest) held in Porto Alegre.[32][33]
• 2016
  • October: Porto Alegre municipal election, 2016 held.
  • Population: 1,481,019.[34]
• 2017 - Nelson Marchezan Júnior becomes mayor.

Images

• 
  Velodrome, built 1898 (photo circa 1900)
• 
  Opening of exposition, 1901
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  City Band, 1925
• 
  Brazilian Revolution of 1930 in Porto Alegre
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  View of Palácio do Comércio, built 1940 (photo 2011)
• 
  Aerial view of Porto Alegre, 2016

See also

• History of Porto Alegre
• List of mayors of Porto Alegre
• History of transport in Porto Alegre
• History of classical music in Porto Alegre
• Arquivo Histórico do Rio Grande do Sul (regional archives)

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Coruja 1888.
3. "Cronologia de Porto Alegre, No periodo de 1827 a 1837". Recuperacao e Memoria da Imprensa no Rio Grande do Sul: Preservacao da Memoria da Imprensa de Porto Alegre, 1827-1836 (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. 2007.
4. "História - Theatro São Pedro". Theatro São Pedro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-09-10.
5. Azevedo Lima 1890.
6. "Tabela 1.6 - População nos Censos Demográficos, segundo os municípios das capitais - 1872/2010", Sinopse do Censo Demografico 2010 (in Portuguese), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, retrieved 10 September 2018
7. Winter 2009.
8. Krawczyk 1997.
9. Porto-Alegre 1918.
10. "O Exemplo: Jornal do Povo". Ihgrgs.org.br (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
11. Alberto Bessa (1904). O jornalismo: esboço historico da sua origem e desenvolvimento até aos nossos dias, ampliado, com a resenha chronologica e alphabetica do jornalismo no Brasil [Journalism: a historical sketch of its origin and development up to the present day, expanded with the chronological and alphabetic review of journalism in Brazil] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Viuva Travares Cardoso.
12. Mazo 2006.
13. "Sobre". Arl.org.br (in Portuguese). Academia Rio-Grandense de Letras. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
14. Catalogo da Exposição Estadual de 1901 (in Portuguese), 1901
15. "Quem Somos: Histórico". Arquivo Público do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
16. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Brazil". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
17. "Brazil". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
18. "Quem Somos". Ihgrgs.org.br (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
19. "UF:RS - Periodo". Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
20. Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. "Bens Tombados: Cidade: Porto Alegre". Iphae.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
21. "Buildings in Porto Alegre". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
22. Luccas 2000.
23. "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
24. "Museu de Porto Alegre Joaquim Felizardo". Portoalegre.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
25. Porto Alegre, Lei no 6.099, de 03 de março de 1988 (in Portuguese)
26. "Histórico do Orçamento Participativo" [History of Participatory Budgeting]. Portoalegre.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
27. "Participatory democracy in Porto Alegre", The Guardian, UK, 10 September 2012
28. "Portoalegre.rs.gov.br" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 May 1999 – via Wayback Machine.
29. "Membros: Brasil". Uccla.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
30. "Going global", The Economist, UK, 1 February 2002
31. "Driver Accused of Injuring Brazil Cyclists", New York Times, 11 March 2011
32. "Porto Alegre threatens to pull out of hosting Brazil World Cup matches", The Guardian, 25 March 2014
33. Police break up anti-FIFA protest in Porto Alegre, Reuters, 18 June 2014
34. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.

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

Bibliography

in English

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• "Porto Alegre", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
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in Portuguese

• Domingos de Araujo e Silva (1865). "Porto-Alegre". Diccionario historico e geographico da provincia de S. Pedro ou Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert. p. 77+.
• Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, ed. (1882). "Porto-Alegre". Diccionario Popular (in Portuguese). 10. Lisbon: Joaquim Germano de Sousa Neves. p. 36.
• Antônio Álvares Pereira Coruja (1888). Anno historico sul-rio-gran-dense em forma de ephemerides (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Jose Dias de Oliveira.
• Antonio de Azevedo Lima (1890). Synopse geographica, historica e estatistica do municipio de Porto Alegre [Synopsis of the geography, history and statistics of the municipality of Porto Alegre] (in Portuguese). Porto Alegre: Gundlach & C.a.
• Aquiles Porto-Alegre (1918). Homens Illustres do Rio Grande do Sul [Illustrious Men from Rio Grande do Sul] (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Livraria Selbach – via HathiTrust.
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• Luis Henrique Haas Luccas (2000). "Arquitetura moderna em Porto Alegre: uma história recente" (PDF). Arqtexto (in Portuguese). Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. ISSN 1518-238X.
• Sérgio da Costa Franco (2006). Porto Alegre: guia histórico (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). Editora da UFRGS.
• Janice Mazo; Adroaldo Gaya (2006). "As associações desportivas em Porto Alegre, Brasil: espaço de representação da identidade cultural teuto-brasileira" (PDF). Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto (in Portuguese). 6. ISSN 1645-0523 – via Scielo.
• Leonardo Loureiro Winter; Luiz Fernando Barbosa Junior (2009). "O Conservatório de Música do Instituto de Belas Artes do Rio Grande do Sul: Primeiros anos (1908-1912)". Revista eletrônica de musicologia (in Portuguese). Universidade Federal do Paraná. 12. ISSN 1415-952X.
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