# Timeline of Braga

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

## Prior to 20th century

* ca. 41 BCE - Installation of Roman milestones begins.
* ca.16 BCE - Roman Bracara Augusta [pt] founded.
* 3rd C. CE - Town walls built.
* ca.300 CE - Victor of Braga is martyred.
* 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Braga established.
* 5th C. CE - Suevi in power.
* ca.450s - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga established.
* ca.485 - Visigoths in power.
* 561-563 - Religious council meets in Braga.
* 572 - Religious council meets in Braga.
* 675 - Religious council meets in Braga.
* 8th C. - Moors in power.
* 1040 - Braga taken by forces of Ferdinand I.
* 1089 - Braga Cathedral consecrated.
* 1093 - Braga becomes seat of royal court (until 1147).
* 1417 - Fernando da Guerra becomes archbishop.
* 1494 - Printing press in operation.
* 1616 - Ponte do Prado (bridge) to Vila Verde rebuilt.
* 1642 - Construction of Igreja de Santa Cruz (church) begins.
* 1756 - Braga City Hall built.
* 1841 - Biblioteca Pública de Braga [pt] (library) founded.
* 1857 - Public gas lighting installed.
* 1858 - Population: 30,175.
* 1875 - Ramal de Braga (railway) begins operating; Braga railway station [pt] opens.
* 1880 - Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão (street) developed.
* 1882 - Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular begins operating.
* 1888 - Livraria Cruz (bookshop) in business.
* 1893 - Public electric lighting installed.
* 1900 - Population: 24,202.

## 20th century

* 1911 - Population: 24,647 in town; 382,461 in district.
* 1914 - Braga electric tram [pt] begins operating.
* 1915 - Theatre Circo (theatre) opens.
* 1917 - Arquivo Distrital de Braga [pt] (archive) founded.
* 1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded.
* 1919 - Diário do Minho [pt] newspaper begins publication.
* 1921 - S.C. Braga (football club) formed.
* 1926 - 28 May 1926 coup d'état begins in Braga.
* 1929 - Airfield begins operating in Palmeira.
* 1936 - City becomes seat of newly formed Minho Province.
* 1950 - Estádio Municipal 28 de Maio (stadium) opens.
* 1955 - Jardim de Santa Bárbara (garden) created.
* 1961 - Hospital opens.
* 1963 - Trolleybus begins operating.
* 1973 - University of Minho established.
* 1977 - Mesquita Machado becomes mayor (almost continually until 2013).
* 1978 - Biscainhos Museum opens.
* 1982 - Transportes Urbanos de Braga [pt] (transit entity) established.
* 1993 - Circuito Vasco Sameiro (vehicular racetrack) opens.
* 1999 - Shopping Braga Parque [fr] in business in São Victor.

## 21st century

* 2001
** Cm-braga.pt website online (approximate date).
** Population: 112,039 in city; 831,366 in district.
* 2002 - Pavilhão das Goladas [pt] (arena) opens.
* 2003 - Estádio Municipal de Braga (stadium) opens.
* 2004
** Completion of the works of modernization and electrification of Oporto–Braga railway line, which included the construction of a new building for Braga railway station. The modernisation allowed the extension of the high-speed Alfa Pendular trains from Oporto to Braga, a service which started on June 5, 2004.
** Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva [pt] (library) opens.
** Part of UEFA Euro 2004 football contest played in Braga.
* 2011 - Population: 181,819 in city; 848,185 in district.
* 2013
** Ricardo Rio becomes mayor.
** União das Freguesias de Braga created.
* 2014 - Organ Festival of Braga begins.