Timeline of Lisbon

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

Prior to 15th century

 * 205 BCE – Romans in power; Olisipo (Felicitas Julia) designated a municipio in Lusitania province.
 * 57 CE – Theatre built.
 * 4th C. CE – Catholic diocese of Olisipo established; Potamius becomes bishop.
 * 407 CE – Alans in power.
 * 585 – Visigoths in power.
 * 710s – Olisipo taken by Moors; renamed "al-Ushbuni".
 * 844 – City attacked by Norman forces.
 * 1108 – City taken by Norwegian crusaders.
 * 1110 – City taken by Almoravids under Sir b. Abi Bakr.
 * 1147
 * Siege of Lisbon by Christian forces under Afonso I.
 * Lisbon Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1179 – City receives charter.
 * 1184 – City attacked by Muslim forces under Abu Yaqub Yusuf.
 * 1242 – Convento de São Domingos de Lisboa founded.
 * 1256 – Lisbon becomes capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.
 * 1290 – University founded.
 * 1300 – Castle of São Jorge renovated (approximate date).
 * 1344 – Earthquake. (pt)
 * 1348 – Plague.
 * 1373 – City sacked by Castilian forces.
 * 1375 – (city wall) built.
 * 1378 – National Archive installed in the São Jorge Castle (approximate date).
 * 1384 – Lisbon besieged by Castilian forces.
 * 1389 – Carmo Convent founded.
 * 1394 – Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon established;
 * 1395 – (fire brigade) organized.

15th–17th centuries

 * 1422 – Lisbon "made the capital of the kingdom by John I"
 * 1441 – African slave trade begins (abolished in 1836).
 * 1450 – Estaus Palace built (approximate date).
 * 1467 – (residence) built.
 * 1495 – Printing press in operation (approximate date).
 * 1497 – Vasco da Gama departs from Lisbon on first voyage to India.
 * 1501 – Jerónimos Monastery construction begins.
 * 1504 – Hospital Real de Todos os Santos built.
 * 1506 – April: Pogrom of Jews.
 * 1511 – Ribeira Palace built (approximate date).
 * 1514 – Restelo Hermitage built.
 * 1519 – Belém Tower built.
 * 1531 – Earthquake.
 * 1554 – Damião de Góis' Urbis Olisiponis Descriptio published.
 * 1569 – Plague.
 * 1571 – Casa de Despacho da Santa Inquisição (House of the Holy Inquisition) begins functioning.
 * 1572 – becomes Câmara Municipal senate president (i.e. mayor).(pt)
 * 1574 – Duarte da Costa becomes mayor.
 * 1580 – 25 August: Battle of Alcântara fought near Lisbon; Spanish in power.
 * 1588 – 28 May: Military Spanish Armada departs from Lisbon for England.
 * 1594 – Aula do Risco (school) established.
 * 1597
 * Earthquake. (pt)
 * Printer in business.
 * 1598 - São Bento Palace originally built.
 * 1601 – Jerónimos Monastery built.
 * 1624 - English College, Lisbon opened.
 * 1629 - Monastery of São Vicente de Fora completed.
 * 1640 – December: Coup d'état; Spanish ousted.
 * 1647 – (school) founded.
 * 1668 – February: Peace treaty between Spain and Portugal signed in Lisbon.
 * 1681 – Church of Santa Engrácia construction begins.

18th century

 * 1715 –  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1720 – founded.
 * 1724 – British Cemetery opens, to cater for Protestants in the city.
 * 1748 – Águas Livres Aqueduct begins operating.
 * 1754 – Belém Palace built (approximate date).
 * 1755
 * 1 November: Earthquake, tsunami, and fire devastate city and killed thousands.
 * Ribeira Palace destroyed.
 * Baixa Pombalina planning begins.
 * 1761 – Real Barraca (royal palace) built in Ajuda near Lisbon.
 * 1764 – Passeio Público (park) opens.
 * 1768 – (garden) founded near city.
 * 1769 – Lisbon Stock Exchange formed.
 * 1774 – Lisbon City Archives moved into Lisbon City Hall.
 * 1775 – erected in the Praça do Comércio.
 * 1779 – Lisbon Science Academy founded.
 * 1780
 * Street lighting installed.
 * Casa Pia orphanage founded.
 * 1787 – Remodelled opens.
 * 1790 – founded.
 * 1793 – Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (theatre) opens.
 * 1796 – Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal established.

19th century

 * 1801 – Street name signage installed.
 * 1807 – 30 November: French forces take Lisbon.
 * 1808
 * French ousted by British forces.
 *  in publication.
 * 1831 – "Military insurrection...suppressed."
 * 1833 – Prazeres Cemetery established.
 * 1834 – Portuguese Parliament begins meeting in the Palácio das Cortes.
 * 1835 – Public established.
 * 1836 – Academia de Belas-Artes established.
 * 1837 – Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Úteis founded.
 * 1839 – Associação Marítima e Colonial headquartered in Lisbon.
 * 1841 – Alto de São João Cemetery established.
 * 1846
 * National Theatre D. Maria II built.
 * Grémio Literário de Lisboa founded.
 * 1852 – Instituto Industrial established.
 * 1856 – Associação Naval de Lisboa founded.
 * 1859 – Yellow fever outbreak.
 * 1864
 * Diário de Notícias newspaper begins publication.
 * Population: 190,311.
 * 1865 – Santa Apolónia railway station opens.
 * 1867 – Teatro da Trindade theatre opens.
 * 1873
 * Horsecar tram begins operating.
 * Rua Augusta Arch erected.
 * 1874 – Column of Pedro IV erected.
 * 1875
 * Lisbon Geographic Society formed.
 * May: Boating accident on Tagus river kills dozens.
 * 1877 – Construction of Linha do Norte (railway) to Porto completed.
 * 1878
 * Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon and (garden) established.
 * Population: 246,343.
 * 1880 – Alviella aqueduct begins operating.
 * 1882
 * Marquess of Pombal Square laid out.
 * Anglo-Portuguese Telephone Company begins telephone services.
 * 1883 – December: Dockyard fire occurs.
 * 1884
 * National Museum of Ancient Art founded.
 * Lisbon Zoo founded.
 * 1885
 * Glória Funicular begins operating.
 * Covered market built in Praça da Figueira (approximate date).
 * Belém becomes part of city.
 * 1886 – Avenida da Liberdade laid out; Monument to the Restorers unveiled.
 * 1887 – Linha de Sintra (railway) begins operating.
 * 1890
 * Coliseu dos Recreios founded.
 * Population: 300,964.
 * 1891 – Central Station and open.
 * 1892 – Campo Pequeno bullring built.
 * 1893 – National Archaeology Museum founded.
 * 1894
 * June: Bakers conduct labor strike.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1895
 * June: "Chamber of deputies" burns down.
 * Linha de Cascais railway begins operating; Cais do Sodré railway station opens.
 * 1897
 * established.
 * Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso becomes mayor.
 * 1900
 * Santa Justa Lift begins operating.
 * Population: 351,210 city; 709,509 district.

1900s–1940s

 * 1901
 * Electric tram begins operating.
 * António José de Ávila becomes mayor.
 * 1902
 * established.
 * Ancient "chapel and tombs" discovered.
 * 1903 - Visit by Edward VII commemorated by Eduardo VII Park.
 * 1904
 * becomes mayor.
 * Grupo Sport Lisboa formed.
 * 1905
 * Café A Brasileira opens.
 * National Coach Museum created.
 * 1906
 * Colonial School and Sporting Clube de Portugal founded.
 * Lisbon Tropical Botanical Garden opens.
 * 1908 – 1 February: Carlos I and his son, Luís Filipe, are assassinated in the Praça do Comércio.
 * 1909
 * 23 April: Earthquake.
 * City Museum established.
 * 1910
 * Anselmo Braamcamp Freire becomes mayor.
 * City becomes capital of the First Portuguese Republic.
 * 1911
 * University of Lisbon and Eduardo VII Park established.
 * in business.
 * Population: 435,359 city; 853,415 district.
 * 1916
 * 23 February: German ships seized at Lisbon; Germany subsequently declares war on Portugal, which officially enters World War I.
 * Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Museum opens.
 * 1919 – Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses founded.
 * 1920 – Population: 484,664.
 * 1922 – Parque Mayer theater complex opens.
 * 1926
 * Ditadura Nacional (Military dictatorship) begins in Portugal.
 * Setúbal District splits away from the Lisbon District.
 * 1929 – headquartered in city.
 * 1930
 * Technical University of Lisbon established.
 * Lisbon Book Fair begins.
 * Population: 591,939.
 * 1931
 * (periodical library) founded.
 * Teatro Capitólio opens.
 * 1932 – (railway station) opens.
 * 1933 – City becomes capital of the fascist Portuguese Second Republic (Estado Novo) (until 1974).
 * 1934 – Monsanto Forest Park formed.
 * 1938
 * Duarte Pacheco becomes mayor.
 * headquartered in Lisbon.
 * 1940
 * 23 June: Portuguese World Exhibition opens; closes 2 December.
 * Population: 694,389.
 * 1941 – 15 February: Cyclone occurs.
 * 1942 – Lisbon Portela Airport opens.
 * 1945 – A Bola sports newspaper begins publication.
 * 1946 – Clube Oriental de Lisboa founded.
 * 1947 – Grupo Surrealista de Lisboa (art group) formed.
 * 1949 – Record sports newspaper begins publication.

1950s–1990s

 * 1950
 * opens.
 * Population: 783,226 city.
 * 1952 – Centro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa founded.
 * 1953 - Hospital de Santa Maria opened.
 * 1954 – Estádio da Luz (stadium) opens.
 * 1956
 * Estádio José Alvalade (stadium) and Teatro ABC open.
 * Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established.
 * 1959
 * Lisbon Metro begins operating.
 * becomes mayor.
 * Cristo Rei statue erected.
 * 1960 – Padrão dos Descobrimentos monument erected.
 * 1963 – Navy Museum opens.
 * 1965
 * National Museum of Ethnology established.
 * Museu Nacional do Azulejo formed.
 * 1966 – 25 de Abril Bridge opens.
 * 1968 – A Capital newspaper begins publication.
 * 1969
 * Teatro Maria Matos opens.
 * Calouste Gulbenkian Museum opens.
 * 1970
 * becomes mayor.
 * Population: 769,410 city; 1,611,887 metro.
 * 1971 – (Public Consortium for the Urbanization of Lisbon) founded.
 * 1972 – António Jorge da Silva Sebastião becomes mayor.
 * 1973
 * Teatro da Cornucópia founded.
 * English College, Lisbon closed.
 * 1974
 * 25 April: Military coup d'état; Lisbon subsequently becomes capital of the democratic Third Portuguese Republic.
 * Joaquim Caldeira Rodrigues becomes mayor.
 * 1975
 * Lino José Góis Ferreira becomes mayor.
 * Teatro Aberto formed.
 * 1977
 * Aquilino Ribeiro Machado becomes mayor.
 * National Museum of Costume and Fashion inaugurated.
 * 1979 – Correio da Manhã newspaper begins publication.
 * 1980
 * headquartered in city.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1981 – Population: 807,167 city.
 * 1985
 * Lisbon joins the newly formed União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas.
 * built.
 * IAAF World Cross Country Championships held.
 * 1986
 * Lisbon Marathon begins.
 * March: meets in Lisbon.
 * 1989 – Diário Económico newspaper begins publication.
 * 1990
 * Público newspaper begins publication.
 * Electricity Museum opens.
 * Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio becomes mayor.
 * 1991 – Population: 663,394 city.
 * 1992 – Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo formed.
 * 1993 – Belém Cultural Center built.
 * 1994
 * World Junior Championships in Athletics held.
 * unveiled.
 * 1995
 * Blue Line (Lisbon Metro) and Yellow Line (Lisbon Metro) in operation.(pt)
 * Macau Science and Culture Centre initiated.
 * João Barroso Soares becomes mayor.
 * 1996 – Community of Portuguese Language Countries summit held.
 * 1998
 * Fado Museum, Gare do Oriente (railway station), Lisbon Oceanarium, Teatro Camões, and Vasco da Gama Bridge open.
 * Expo '98 and Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held in Lisbon.
 *  newspaper begins publication.
 * Pavilhão Atlântico and Vasco da Gama Tower built.
 * Dom Fernando II e Glória restored.
 * Cm-lisboa.pt website online (approximate date).
 * Green Line (Lisbon Metro) and Red Line (Lisbon Metro) in operation.

21st century

 * 2001
 * IAAF World Indoor Championships held.
 * Population: 564,657.
 * 2002
 * Euronext Lisbon founded.
 * Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes becomes mayor.
 * 2003
 * Doclisboa film festival begins.
 * Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade (stadiums) built.
 * 2004
 * built.
 * António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues becomes mayor.
 * Allied Joint Command Lisbon formed.
 * 2005 – Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes becomes mayor, succeeded by António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues.
 * 2006
 * 29 January: Snow storm occurs.
 * W.A.K.O. European Championships held.
 * 2007
 * December: EU Treaty signed in Lisbon.
 * António Luís dos Santos da Costa becomes mayor.
 * Berardo Collection Museum established.
 * 2008
 * 7 August: Kidnapping of hostages at Banco Espírito Santo branch in Campolide parish.
 * Museum of the Orient opens.
 * Contraditório headquartered in city.
 * 2011 – Population: 547,733 city; 2,821,876 metro.
 * 2012 –14 November: Anti-austerity protests.
 * 2015 – Population: 504,471.
 * 2017 – 1 October: Portuguese local election, 2017 held.

in English

 * (Bibliography)
 * Neill Lochery (2011). Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1945. New York: Public Affairs.
 * Annemarie Jordan Gschwend and K.J.P. Lowe, eds. (2015). The Global City: On the Streets of Renaissance Lisbon. London: Paul Holberton Publishing.
 * Barry Hatton (2018). Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon. London: C. Hurst & Co. Ltd.
 * Joke Langens and Dirk Timmerman (2022). 10 Lisbon Stories. Algés, Portugal: Casa Das Letras. Nonfiction.
 * (Bibliography)
 * Neill Lochery (2011). Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1945. New York: Public Affairs.
 * Annemarie Jordan Gschwend and K.J.P. Lowe, eds. (2015). The Global City: On the Streets of Renaissance Lisbon. London: Paul Holberton Publishing.
 * Barry Hatton (2018). Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon. London: C. Hurst & Co. Ltd.
 * Joke Langens and Dirk Timmerman (2022). 10 Lisbon Stories. Algés, Portugal: Casa Das Letras. Nonfiction.
 * (Bibliography)
 * Neill Lochery (2011). Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1945. New York: Public Affairs.
 * Annemarie Jordan Gschwend and K.J.P. Lowe, eds. (2015). The Global City: On the Streets of Renaissance Lisbon. London: Paul Holberton Publishing.
 * Barry Hatton (2018). Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon. London: C. Hurst & Co. Ltd.
 * Joke Langens and Dirk Timmerman (2022). 10 Lisbon Stories. Algés, Portugal: Casa Das Letras. Nonfiction.
 * Annemarie Jordan Gschwend and K.J.P. Lowe, eds. (2015). The Global City: On the Streets of Renaissance Lisbon. London: Paul Holberton Publishing.
 * Barry Hatton (2018). Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon. London: C. Hurst & Co. Ltd.
 * Joke Langens and Dirk Timmerman (2022). 10 Lisbon Stories. Algés, Portugal: Casa Das Letras. Nonfiction.
 * Joke Langens and Dirk Timmerman (2022). 10 Lisbon Stories. Algés, Portugal: Casa Das Letras. Nonfiction.

in Portuguese

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