# Timeline of Porto

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

## Prior to 19th century

* 5th-4th C. BCE - "Fortified settlement of Cale" active.
* 540 CE - Visigoths in power (approximate date).
* 559 CE - Church of São Martinho de Cedofeita built.
* 588 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto established.
* 716 - Moors in power.
* 997 - Christians in power.
* 1120 - "Ecclesiastical city" founded per "royal endowment."
* 12th C.- Porto Cathedral construction begins.
* 1234 - Church of São Francisco built.
* 1238 - Church of Saint Domingos built.
* 1325 - Custom House built.
* 1370s - Construction of Fernandina Wall completed.
* 1386 - Judiaria do Olival (Jewish quarter) established.
* 1410 - Church of São Francisco rebuilt.
* 1520s - Rua das Flores [pt] (street) opens.
* 1548 - Inquisition begins.
* 1559 - Igreja da Misericórdia do Porto [pt] (church) built.
* 1580 - 24 October: Capture of Porto by Spanish forces.
* 1582 - Tribunal da Relação do Porto [pt] (law court) established.
* 1622 - Printing press in operation.
* 1628 - Tax revolt.
* 1661 - Tax revolt.
* 1692 - Igreja da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco [pt] (church) construction begins.
* 1703 - Methuen Treaty on wines taxes facilitated export of port wine.
* 1734 - Episcopal Palace construction begins.
* 1750s - Clérigos Church built.
* 1756 - Douro Wine Company founded.
* 1757 - Unrest "against the wine monopoly."
* 1762 - Rua de Cedofeita [pt] (street) opens.
* 1763 - Clérigos Church tower built.
* 1764 - Cadeia da Relação [pt] (courthouse and prison) built.
* 1770 - Hospital de Santo António [pt] construction begins.
* 1779 - Igreja da Lapa [pt] (church) consecrated.
* 1790 - British Factory House built.
* 1798 - Teatro do Príncipe (theatre) opens.

## 19th century

* 1806 - Ponte das Barcas [pt] (bridge) built.
* 1808 - Anti-French unrest.
* 1809
** 28 March: First Battle of Porto; French forces defeat Portuguese.
** 12 May: Second Battle of Porto; French defeated.
* 1820 - Military insurrection in Porto launches Portuguese Liberal Revolution of 1820.
* 1832 - July: Siege of Porto begins during the Portuguese Civil War.
* 1833
** August: Siege ends.
** Royal Library of Porto and title of Duke of Porto established.
* 1834 - Associação Comercial do Porto [pt] founded.
* 1842 - Palácio da Bolsa (stock exchange) construction begins.
* 1843 - Ponte pênsil D. Maria II [pt] (bridge) opens.
* 1846 - 6 October: "Military revolt."
* 1854 - Comércio do Porto newspaper begins publication.
* 1855 - Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club founded.
* 1858 - Population: 81,200.
* 1859 - Teatro Baquet (theatre) opens.
* 1864 - Population: 86,751.
* 1865 - 18 September: 1865 International Exhibition opens in Porto; Crystal Palace built.
* 1868 - O Primeiro de Janeiro newspaper and Gazeta Literária do Porto [pt] begin publication.
* 1870 - Alfândega Porto Congress Centre built.
* 1872 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
* 1876 - Municipal Library of Porto established.
* 1877
** Campanhã railway station opens.
** Construction of Linha do Norte (railway) to Lisbon completed.
** Maria Pia Bridge opens.
* 1878 - Population: 105,838.
* 1886 - Dom Luís I Bridge opens.
* 1888
** 20 March: Teatro Baquet burns down, killing dozens.
** Jornal de Notícias (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1889 - Wine industry strike; crackdown.
* 1890 - Population: 138,860.
* 1891
** January: Republican insurrection [pt]; crackdown.
** 22 November: "Exhibition of National Manufactures" opens.
** Funicular dos Guindais begins operating.
* 1893 - FC Porto (football club) formed.
* 1894 - Igreja Matriz do Bonfim [pt] (church) built.
* 1895 - Electric tram begins operating.
* 1896 - Paz dos Reis' [pt] A Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Confiança filmed on Rua de Santa Catarina [pt].
* 1900 - Population: 167,955.

## 20th century

* 1903 - Boavista F.C. (football club) formed.
* 1906 - 29 August: Floor collapses in newspaper office, killing several.
* 1908 - High Life cinema in business.
* 1909 - Population: 189,663.
* 1911
** University of Porto established.
** Estádio do Bessa (stadium) opens.
** Population: 194,009 in city; 679,978 in district.
* 1912 - Invicta Film [pt] and Olympia cinema in business.
* 1913 - Campo da Constituição football playground opens.
* 1919 - January–February: Porto becomes capital of the short-lived revolutionary Monarchy of the North.
* 1920 - City Hall [pt] built.
* 1923 - Rivoli Theatre in business.
* 1926 - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto active.
* 1932 - Garagem do Comércio do Porto built.
* 1934 - Portuguese colonial exhibition held
* 1938 - Kadoorie Synagogue built.
* 1941 - Coliseu do Porto (theatre) opens.
* 1944 - Porto Editora (publisher) in business.
* 1946 - Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto public transit entity founded.
* 1951 - University of Porto's Botanical Garden established.
* 1952 - Estádio das Antas (stadium) opens.
* 1978 - Torre do Foco built.
* 1979 - Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto established.
* 1982 - City joins the regional Serviço Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto.
* 1985 - Banco Comercial Português and Banco Português de Investimento headquartered in Porto.
* 1988 - April: Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [pt] meets in Porto.
* 1996 - Porto designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* 1997 - Portuguese Centre of Photography founded.
* 1999
** Serralves museum and Hotel Vila Galé built.
** Nuno Cardoso [pt] becomes mayor.
* 2000 - Cm-porto.pt website online (approximate date).

## 21st century

* 2001
** Oliveira's Porto of My Childhood documentary film released.
** 4 March: Hintze Ribeiro Bridge disaster, collapse of a bridge near Porto kills 59 people.
* 2002 - Rui Rio becomes mayor.
* 2003 - Estádio do Dragão (stadium) opens.
* 2013 - Rui Moreira becomes mayor.
* 2016 - City joins the União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas [pt].
* 2017 - 1 October: Portuguese local election, 2017 held.