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 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 - (library) founded.
 * 1857 - Public gas lighting installed.
 * 1858 - Population: 30,175.
 * 1875 - Ramal de Braga (railway) begins operating; 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 - begins operating.
 * 1915 - Theatre Circo (theatre) opens.
 * 1917 - (archive) founded.
 * 1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded.
 * 1919 -  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 - (transit entity) established.
 * 1993 - Circuito Vasco Sameiro (vehicular racetrack) opens.
 * 1999 - 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 - (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.
 * (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.

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in Portuguese

 * Eduardo Pires de Oliveira. As alterações toponímicas 1380–1980, Braga, 1982
 * Eduardo Pires de Oliveira et al. Braga Evolução da Estrutura Urbana, Braga, 1982
 * José Marques. Braga Medieval, Braga, 1983
 * Alberto Feio, (1984), Coisas Memoráveis de Braga (in Portuguese)
 * José Manuel da Silva Passos, (1996), O Bilhete Postal Ilustrado e a História Urbana de Braga (in Portuguese), Lisbon
 * Eduardo Pires de Oliveira. As alterações toponímicas 1380–1980, Braga, 1982
 * Eduardo Pires de Oliveira et al. Braga Evolução da Estrutura Urbana, Braga, 1982
 * José Marques. Braga Medieval, Braga, 1983
 * Alberto Feio, (1984), Coisas Memoráveis de Braga (in Portuguese)
 * José Manuel da Silva Passos, (1996), O Bilhete Postal Ilustrado e a História Urbana de Braga (in Portuguese), Lisbon
 * José Marques. Braga Medieval, Braga, 1983
 * Alberto Feio, (1984), Coisas Memoráveis de Braga (in Portuguese)
 * José Manuel da Silva Passos, (1996), O Bilhete Postal Ilustrado e a História Urbana de Braga (in Portuguese), Lisbon