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Timeline of Salvador, Bahia

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil.

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Early history

  • 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.

    • 19th century

  • 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.

    • 20th century

  • 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.

    • 21st century

  • 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.

    • References

    Timeline of Salvador, Bahia Wikipedia
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