The following is a timeline of the island of Maio, Cape Verde.
Prehistoric and precolonial era
136 to 113 million years ago: The seamount that is now known as Maio started to form
20 to 18 million years ago in the Burdigalian age, rocks formed
15 to 7 million years ago in Langhian and Messinian ages, rocks formed
Around 11 million years ago in the Tortonian age, rocks started to form
9 to 7 million years ago in the Tortonian age, rocks formed and created the Monte Branco Rock Formation
During the Ice Age, the island was possibly connected with Maio, though a third of that island was underwater, it formed a part of the "East Island". Its size was approximately 3,000 to 3,500 km2 at the time. It was north-south, it was about 150–200 km long and its width was 20 km and 50 km in the northern part
Around 6,000 to 5,000 BC: The Eastern Island of Cape Verde broken up into Boavista, Middle and Maio Islands, the Middle Island would later be underwater and became a nearly shallow part of the ocean.
1974 BC - July 24: A total solar eclipse took place in the island
1776 BC - November 19: A total solar eclipse took place in the morning in the island
1475 BC - March 30: An annular solar eclipse took place at the start of afternoon in the island
748 BC - August 27: An annular solar eclipse probably took place in late morning in the island
477 BC - August 1: A total solar eclipse took place late morning in the south of the island
65 BC - December 14: An annular solar eclipse took place before noon in a part of the island, the remainder was visibly partial
197 AD - June 3: An annular solar eclipse took place a few Roman miles (or kilometers) southeast of the island, it was visibly partial on the island
751 - August 25: An annular solar eclipse took place in the island
1112 - April 7: A total solar eclipse took place in the island
1260 - October 15: A total solar eclipse probably took place in the island, the remainder was visibly partial
1431 - February 20: A total solar eclipse took place in the island
The island was discovered on May 1, 1460 and gave its name to the date that it discovered
Mid-16th century: The first populated settlement on the island
1580 - Population around 50
1650 - Population: around 120
1676 - June 11: An annular solar eclipse took place in the island
1750 - Population: around 250
1752 - May 13: A total solar eclipse took place before sunset and the umbral part included the island
1800 - Population: around 700
mid-18th century: The English merchant ships started trading salt to England from Porto Inglês, slaves mined the salt, the Portuguese shipped it from Calheta do Maio to Portugal
1814 - 23 January: The inconclusive Battle of Maio was fought between British and French frigate squadrons off the island's southern coast on 23 January 1814 in the last stages of the Napoleonic Wars, the Portuguese Empire was also at war at the time and allied against France.
1832 - Estimate population: 2,500
1843 - USS Yorktown was making its way to visit the nearby island of Santiago and some other African places, it visited Maio on September 4, instead, it sunk around the island on September 6 making it one of the first American ships and likely its first sloop to sink in Cape Verdean waters and Maio island. The crew stayed for over a month until October 8 when the USS Dale arrived to pick up the crew and they were transferred to the Portsmouth.
1865 - October 19: an annular solar eclipse took place in the island
1872 - A church opened financed by the salt taxes
Late 19th century: Maio was strickened by drought and famine
1887 - Forte de São José became a lighthouse
1900 - Population: 1 900
1928 - Airfield first opened, the first in Cape Verde
1930 - Population: around 2 000
1930s - Economic crisis started mainly after the Great Depression and famines struck the island, the hardest was in 1950 where people emigrated to North America and western Europe
1940 - Population: 2 237
1950 - Population: 1 924
1960 - Population: 2 680
1970 - Population: 3 466
1974 - April: the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Estado Novo regime collapsed, Cape Verde became an autonomous province
1975
July 5: Cape Verde declared independence from Portugal and became and independent nation
The island capital Porto Inglês changed its name to Vila do Maio, residents still calls it by the former name today
1976 - Onze Unidos football (soccer) club established
1977 - Barreirense football (soccer) club established
1978 - Beira-Mar football (soccer) club established
1979 - Académica do Maio football (soccer) club established in Calheta
1980 - Population: 4 098
1983 - July 6: Académico 83 do Porto Inglês football (soccer) club established
1990 - Population: 4 969Maio Island League football (soccer) competition established
2000 - Population: 6 754 - the largest 10-year population addition
2008 - Estádio 20 de Janeiro opened in the eastern part of the city
Around 2009: The eastern island road becomes paved
2010
Population: 8 303
Taça da Ilha do Maio or Taça Djarmai and the Super-Taça da Ilha do Maio or Super-Taça Djarmai was established
2015 - The Second Division was installed to the Maio Island League
2016 - Real Marìtimo participates in the Premier Division for the first time, also won their regional Champion's Cup, while Beira-Mar was the first football (soccer) club to be relegated to the Second Division
Timeline of Maio, Cape Verde Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
