# Timeline of Belém

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Belém, in the state of Pará, Brazil.

## Prior to 20th century

* 1616 - Forte do Presépio de Belém (fort) established by Portuguese.
* 1625 - Casa de Haver o Peso (tax office) in operation.
* 1719 - Church and Former College of Saint Alexander built.
* 1720 - Roman Catholic diocese of Belém do Pará established.
* 1753 - Comissão de Limites (boundary commission) and military arrive.
* 1763 - Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês [pt] (church) built.
* 1769 - Palace of the Eleven Windows (hospital) opens.
* 1771 - Palácio de Governo built.
* 1777 - Igreja de São João Batista (church) consecrated.
* 1782
** Igreja de Santana (Belém) [pt] (church) built.
** Construction of Our Lady of Grace Cathedral completed.
* 1822 - O Paraense [pt] newspaper begins publication.
* 1827 - A Voz das Amazonas newspaper begins publication.
* 1829 - O Sagitário newspaper begins publication.
* 1835 - Cabanagem separatist revolt begins.
* 1841 - Liceu Paraense [pt] (school) founded.
* 1866 - Museu Paraense (museum) founded.
* 1867 - Mercado Municipal de Carnes (market) built.
* 1868 - Palácio da Câmara Municipal e Prefeitura built.
* 1872
** Instituto Paraense de Educandos Artífices established.
** Population: 61,997.
* 1874 - Theatro da Paz (theatre) opens.
* 1876 - A Província do Pará [pt] newspaper begins publication.
* 1879 - Amazon rubber boom begins.
* 1883 - Palácio Municipal built.
* 1891 - José Coelho da Gama [pt] becomes mayor.
* 1896 - Folha do Norte begins publication.
* 1900
** Historic and Geographic Institute of Pará and Academia Paraense de Letras [pt] (learned societies) founded.
** Population: 96,560.

## 20th century

* 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.
* 1914 - Paysandu Sport Club founded.
* 1915 - Bolonha Mansion completed by Francisco Bolonha.
* 1918 - Estádio da Curuzú (stadium) opens.
* 1920 - Population: 236,402.
* 1946 - O Liberal [pt] newspaper begins publication.
* 1957 - Federal University of Pará established.
* 1960 - Population: 402,170.
* 1970 - Population: 642,514.
* 1976 - TV Liberal Belém begins broadcasting.
* 1978 - Mangueirão (stadium) opens.
* 1980 - Population: 949,545.
* 1982 - Diário do Pará [pt] newspaper begins publication.
* 1991 - Population: 1,244,688.
* 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.
* 1994 - Campeonato Internacional de Tênis do Estado do Pará (tennis tournament) begins.
* 1996 - Belém municipal election, 1996 [pt] held.
* 1999 - City joins the União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas (city association).

## 21st century

* 2002 - August: Part of 2002 South American Games held in city.
* 2010 - Village Moon and Village Sun skyscrapers built.
* 2013 - Zenaldo Coutinho [pt] becomes mayor.
* 2016
** BRT Belém [pt] (bus) begins operating.
** October: Belém municipal election, 2016 [pt] held.
** Population: 1,446,042.