The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil.
1502 - Amerigo Vespucci names the bay in honour to his hometown parish church "San Salvatore di Ognissanti" (San Salvador de Todos os Santos) in Florence
1549 - Brazilian capital established at Salvador.
1551 - Catholic Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos established.
1624 - Capture of Bahia by the Dutch
1625 - Recapture of Bahia by Spanish-Portuguese forces.
1635 - Third Order of St. Francis active.
1636 - Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis established.
1638
First Battle of Salvador da Bahia.
April: Second Battle of Salvador da Bahia.
1672 - Cathedral of Salvador consecrated.
1674 - Mint established.
1676 - Salvador becomes "metropolitan see of the colony's archbishopric."
1704 - Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos (Salvador) (church) construction begins.
1723
São Francisco Church built.
Third Order of St. Dominic active.
1724 - Academia Brasílica dos Esquecidos founded.
1754 - Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim consecrated.
1759 - Academia Brasílica dos Renascidos founded.
1763 - Brazilian capital relocated from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.
1765 - Basílica Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia (church) consecrated.
1819 - Yellow fever outbreak.
1822 - 2 March: Siege of Salvador begins.
1823 - 2 July: Siege of Salvador ends.
1834 - Banco Econômico (bank) established.
1835
Malê revolt, a slave rebellion
Dois de Julho Society founded.
1836 - Campo Santo Cemetery established.
1858 - Diário da Bahia, a newspaper, begins publication.
1860 - Bahia and San Francisco Railway begins operating.
1873 - Elevador Lacerda begins operating.
1882 - Baptist congregation founded.
1890
Arquivo Público do Estado da Bahia established.
Population: 174,412.
1891 - Empório Industrial do Norte begins operating.
1894 - Instituto Geográfico e Histórico da Bahia founded.
1899 - Esporte Clube Vitória (football team) formed.
1900 - Population: 205,813.
1910 - Cine Teatro Jandaia opens.
1912 - A Tarde newspaper begins publication.
1916 - Avenida Sete de Setembro opens.
1918 - Bahia Museum of Art established.
1927 - American School established.
1931 - Esporte Clube Bahia, a football club, formed.
1950 - Population: 274,910 city; 389,422 metro.
1951 - Estádio Fonte Nova opens.
1958 - Castro Alves Theatre and Martim Gonçalves Theatre established.
1959 - Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce (charity) and Federal University of Bahia's Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais founded.
1960 - Population: 393,207 city.
1961 - Catholic University of Salvador established.
1962 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
1964 - Vila Velha Theatre established.
1972 - Business School of Bahia established.
1973 - Pituaçu Metropolitan Park established.
1974
Avenida Luís Viana Filho inaugurated.
Ilê Aiyê musical group formed.
1975 - Iguatemi Salvador shopping center in business.
1979 - Olodum cultural organization founded.
1983 - 4 November: 1983 Copa América football tournament held.
1987 - Shopping Barra in business.
1997 - Salvador Metro construction begins.
2006 - Museu da Gastronomia Bahiana (food museum) opens.
2007
25 November: Fonte Nova stadium collapses.
22 May: Salvador Shopping, a mall, opens.
2008 - Espaco Unibanco de Cinema Glauber Rocha opens.
2010
Salvador Norte Shopping, a mall, opens.
Population: 2,675,656.
2013
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova opens.
ACM Neto becomes mayor.
2014 - Salvador Metro begins operation.
Timeline of Salvador, Bahia Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA