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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Belém, in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1616 - Forte do Presépio de Belém (fort) established by Portuguese.[1][2][page needed]
- 1625 - Casa de Haver o Peso (tax office) in operation.
- 1719 - Church and Former College of Saint Alexander built.[3]
- 1720 - Roman Catholic diocese of Belém do Pará established.[4]
- 1753 - Comissão de Limites (boundary commission) and military arrive.[1]
- 1763 - Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês (church) built.
- 1769 - Palace of the Eleven Windows (hospital) opens.[1]
- 1771 - Palácio de Governo built.[3]
- 1777 - Igreja de São João Batista (church) consecrated.[3]
- 1782
- Igreja de Santana (Belém) (church) built.[3]
- Construction of Our Lady of Grace Cathedral completed.
- 1822 - O Paraense newspaper begins publication.[5][6]
- 1827 - A Voz das Amazonas newspaper begins publication.[7][6]
- 1829 - O Sagitário newspaper begins publication.[7][6]
- 1835 - Cabanagem separatist revolt begins.
- 1841 - Liceu Paraense (school) founded.[8]
- 1866 - Museu Paraense (museum) founded.[9][3]
- 1867 - Mercado Municipal de Carnes (market) built.
- 1868 - Palácio da Câmara Municipal e Prefeitura built.[3]
- 1872
- Instituto Paraense de Educandos Artífices established.
- Population: 61,997.[10]
- 1874 - Theatro da Paz (theatre) opens.
- 1876 - A Província do Pará newspaper begins publication.
- 1879 - Amazon rubber boom begins.
- 1883 - Palácio Municipal built.[citation needed]
- 1891 - José Coelho da Gama becomes mayor.
- 1896 - Folha do Norte begins publication.[11]
- 1900
- Historic and Geographic Institute of Pará and Academia Paraense de Letras (learned societies) founded.[12]
- Population: 96,560.[10]
20th century
[edit]- 1901 - Mercado Ver-o-Peso (market) opens.
- 1909 - Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth of Exile construction begins.
- 1911 - São Brás Market built.
- 1912 - Cine Olympia (cinema) opens.[13]
- 1914 - Paysandu Sport Club founded.
- 1915 - Bolonha Mansion completed by Francisco Bolonha.
- 1918 - Estádio da Curuzú (stadium) opens.
- 1920 - Population: 236,402.[10]
- 1946 - O Liberal newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1957 - Federal University of Pará established.
- 1960 - Population: 402,170.[10]
- 1970 - Population: 642,514.[10]
- 1976 - TV Liberal Belém begins broadcasting.
- 1978 - Mangueirão (stadium) opens.
- 1980 - Population: 949,545.[10]
- 1982 - Diário do Pará newspaper begins publication.
- 1991 - Population: 1,244,688.[10]
- 1994 - Belém do Pará Convention (official name: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women), the first legally binding international treaty that criminalises all forms of violence against women, especially sexual violence.[15]
- 1994 - Campeonato Internacional de Tênis do Estado do Pará (tennis tournament) begins.
- 1996 - Belém municipal election, 1996 held.
- 1999 - City joins the União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas (city association).[16]
21st century
[edit]- 2002 - August: Part of 2002 South American Games held in city.
- 2010 - Village Moon and Village Sun skyscrapers built.[17]
- 2013 - Zenaldo Coutinho becomes mayor.
- 2016
- BRT Belém (bus) begins operating.
- October: Belém municipal election, 2016 held.
- Population: 1,446,042.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Belém, Pará, Brazil". Heritage of Portuguese Influence (in English and Portuguese). Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ Derenji 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f Roberto Pontual, "Belém", Oxford Art Online
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Brazil". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Nelson Werneck Sodré [in Portuguese] (1999). História da imprensa no Brasil (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Mauad Editora. ISBN 978-85-85756-88-8.
- ^ a b c Fernandes 2010.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Mourão 2017.
- ^ Fidanza 1902.
- ^ a b c d e f g "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 13 September 2018
- ^ "(Periódicos brasileiros - Belém (PA))". Biblioteca Digital Luso-Brasileira (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Fundação" (in Portuguese). Belem: Academia Paraense de Letras. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Cine Olympia comemora 103 anos com programação especial em Belém", G1.globo.com (in Portuguese), 21 April 2015
- ^ "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ^ Persadie, Natalie (2012). A critical analysis of the efficacy of law as a tool to achieve gender equality. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-761-85809-6. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Membros: Brasil". Uccla.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Buildings in Belem". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.
Bibliography
[edit]- in English
- Jussara da Silveira Derenji; Jorge Derenji (2009), Churches, palaces and mansions of Belém (PDF), Roteiros do patrimônio (in English and Portuguese), Brasília: Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional, ISBN 9788573341201
- in Portuguese
- Album de Belem (in Portuguese). Fidanza. 1902.
- O Municipio de Belém (in Portuguese). Belém do Pará: Archivo da Intendencia Municipal. 1908.
- R. M. Araujo (1998). As cidades da Amazónia no século XVIII: Belém, Macapá e Mazagão (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Porto. ISBN 9729483345.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Antonio Maurício Dias da Costa (2010). "Instrucção e Civilisação nos Clubes e Associações Esportivas em Belém entre 1890 e 1920". Educativa: Revista de Educação (in Portuguese). Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás. doi:10.18224/educ.v13i1.1245 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 1983-7771.
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- Phillippe Sendas de Paula Fernandes; Netília Silva dos Anjos Seixas (2010), Imprensa e Política na Belém do início do século XIX (1820-1830) (PDF) (in Portuguese), Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação
- A. Meira Filho (2015). Evolução histórica de Belém do Grão-Pará : fundação e história, 1616-1823 (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Belém. ISBN 9788556680006.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Leila Mourão (2017), Memória da indústria paraense (PDF) (in Portuguese), Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em História Econômica
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