Timeline of Porto Alegre

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1743 – Porto dos Cazaes founded by Azoreans. ^[1]
• 1770 – Settlement becomes official residence of governor Jose Marcellino de Figuereido  [ pt ]; renamed "Porto Alegre." ^[1]
• 1773 – Câmara Municipal (town council) convenes.
• 1779 – Matriz de Porto Alegre  [ pt ] (church) construction begins.
• 1789 – Palacio de Barro  [ es ] built.
• 1803 – Porto Alegre becomes a vila. ^{[1] [2]}
• 1807 – Capital of Portuguese colonial Sao Pedro do Rio Grande moves to Porto Alegre from Rio Grande. ^{[1] (pt)}
• 1822 – Porto Alegre attains city status. ^[3]
• 1824 – Palacete do Visconde de Pelotas  [ pt ] (residence) built.
• 1825 – German immigrants arrive. ^[1]
• 1827 – Diário de Porto Alegre  [ pt ] newspaper begins publication. ^[3]
• 1854 – Ponte de Pedra  [ pt ] (bridge) built.
• 1858 – Praça do Comércio  [ pt ] and São Pedro Theatre founded. ^[4]
• 1864 – Horse-drawn tram begins operating.^(pt)
• 1869 – Public Market built. ^[5]
• 1871 – Biblioteca Pública do Estado (Rio Grande do Sul)  [ pt ] (library) founded.
• 1872
  • Companhia Carris Porto-Alegrense (urban transport entity) formed.
  • Population: 43,998. ^[6]
• 1878 – Sociedade Filarmônica Porto Alegrense (musical group) formed. ^[7]
• 1881 – Exposição Brasileira-Allemã  [ pt ] (international exposition) opens. ^{[2] [8]}
• 1890 – Felicíssimo Manuel de Azevedo  [ pt ] becomes mayor. ^[9]
• 1892 – O Exemplo  [ pt ] newspaper begins publication. ^[10]
• 1895 – Correio do Povo newspaper begins publication. ^[11]
• 1898 – Velodrome built. ^[12]
• 1900 – Population: 73,574. ^[1]

20th century

• 1901
  • Town Hall of Porto Alegre (city hall) built.
  • Academia Rio-Grandense de Letras  [ pt ] (learned society) founded. ^[13]
  • Exposição Agropecuária e Industrial do Rio Grande do Sul de 1901  [ pt ] (exposition) held. ^[14]
• 1903 – Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense founded.
• 1906:
  • Porto Alegre general strike.
  • Arquivo Público do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul  [ pt ] (regional archives) headquartered in city. ^[15]
• 1908 – Electric tram begins operating.^(pt)
• 1909 – Sport Club Internacional (football club) founded.
• 1908 – Instituto de Belas Artes  [ pt ] (art school) founded. ^[7]
• 1910 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre established. ^[16]
• 1913 – Population: 150,343. ^[17]
• 1920 – Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul  [ pt ] (learned society) founded. ^[18]
• 1921 – Piratini Palace built.
• 1925:
  • Banda Municipal de Porto Alegre  [ pt ] (musical group) formed.
  • Diário de Notícias  [ pt ] newspaper begins publication. ^[19]
• 1927 – Auditório Araújo Vianna  [ pt ] (auditorium) opens.
• 1928:
  • Usina do Gasômetro (power plant) commissioned.
  • Bank of the Rio Grande do Sul established.
  • Cine Theatro Capitólio  [ pt ] (cinema) opens. ^{[20] (pt)}
• 1934 – Universidade de Porto Alegre established.
• 1935:
  • Farroupilha Park opens.
  • 20 September: Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair opens.
• 1937 – Usina do Gasômetro 384-foot chimney erected. ^[21]
• 1940 – Palácio do Comércio  [ pt ] built.
• 1941 – Flood.
• 1950:
  • Penitenciária Feminina Madre Pelletier  [ pt ] (prison) begins operating.
  • Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre (musical group) formed.
  • Population: 394,151. ^[6]
• 1954:
  • Biblioteca Pública Infantil Central  [ pt ] (children's library) founded.
  • Estádio Olímpico Monumental (stadium) opens.
• 1955:
  • Porto Alegre Book Fair begins.
  • Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art opens.
• 1958:
  • Palácio Farroupilha  [ pt ] built for the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul. ^[22]
  • Porto Alegre Botanical Garden opens.
• 1959:
  • Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre neighborhood created.
  • Central Prison  [ pt ] begins operating.
• 1960:
  • Edifício Santa Cruz  [ pt ] (hi-rise) built. ^[21]
  • Population: 641,173. ^[6]
• 1961 – Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre founded.
• 1963 – 1963 Summer Universiade sport contest held in city.
• 1964 – Zero Hora newspaper begins publication. ^[23]
• 1969 – Estádio Beira-Rio (stadium) opens.
• 1970:
  • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre inaugurated.
  • Population: 903,175. ^[6]
• 1972 – Rebuilding of Metropolitan Cathedral completed.
• 1974 – Monument to the Azoreans erected.
• 1976:
  • 27 April: Fire.
  • City joins the newly formed Federação das Associações de Municípios do Rio Grande do Sul  [ pt ] (regional city association).
• 1978 – Biblioteca de Porto Alegre  [ pt ] (library) established.
• 1979 – Museu de Porto Alegre  [ pt ] (museum) founded. ^[24]
• 1985:
  • Porto Alegre Metro begins operating.
  • November: Porto Alegre municipal election, 1985  [ pt ] held.
• 1987 - Centro Administrativo Fernando Ferrari (government center) completed. ^[25]
• 1988 – Arquivo Histórico de Porto Alegre Moysés Vellinho  [ pt ] (city archives) founded. ^[26]
• 1989 – Participatory budgeting begins. ^{[27] [28]}
• 1991 – Population: 1,263,239. ^[6]
• 1997 – Bienal do Mercosul  [ pt ] (art exhibit) begins.
• 1999 – City website online (approximate date). ^{[29] [ chronology citation needed ]}
• 2000:
  • City joins the União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas (city association). ^[30]
  • Zona Rural de Porto Alegre  [ pt ] abolished.

21st century

• 2001 – In January, the first World Social Forum of counter-hegemonic globalizers meets in Porto Alegre.
• 2002 – World Social Forum meets again in Porto Alegre. ^[31]
• 2003 – World Social Forum meets yet again in Porto Alegre.
• 2005 – Festival de Cinema Fantástico de Porto Alegre  [ pt ] begins.
• 2010 – José Fortunati becomes mayor.
• 2011 – 25 February: Cycling incident  [ pt ] occurs in Cidade Baixa. ^[32]
• 2012 – Arena do Grêmio (stadium) opens.
• 2013 – Parada Gráfica (cultural event) begins.
• 2014 – in June, part of 2014 FIFA World Cup (football contest) was held in Porto Alegre. ^{[33] [34]}
• 2016:
  • October: The 2016 Porto Alegre municipal election  [ pt ] was held.
  • Population: 1,481,019. ^[35]
• 2017 – Nelson Marchezan Júnior  [ pt ] becomes mayor.

Images

• 
  Velodrome, built 1898 (photo c. 1900)
• 
  Opening of exposition, 1901
• 
  City Band, 1925
• 
  Brazilian Revolution of 1930 in Porto Alegre
• 
  View of Palácio do Comércio, built 1940 (taken in 2011)
• 
  Aerial view of Porto Alegre, 2016

See also

• History of Porto Alegre
• List of mayors of Porto Alegre
• History of transport in Porto Alegre  [ pt ]
• History of classical music in Porto Alegre
• Arquivo Histórico do Rio Grande do Sul  [ pt ] (regional archives)

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Coruja 1888.
3. "Cronologia de Porto Alegre, No periodo de 1827 a 1837". Recuperacao e Memoria da Imprensa no Rio Grande do Sul: Preservacao da Memoria da Imprensa de Porto Alegre, 1827-1836 (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. 2007.
4. "História - Theatro São Pedro". Theatro São Pedro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-09-10.
5. Azevedo Lima 1890.
6. "Tabela 1.6 - População nos Censos Demográficos, segundo os municípios das capitais - 1872/2010", Sinopse do Censo Demografico 2010 (in Portuguese), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística , retrieved 10 September 2018
7. Winter 2009.
8. Krawczyk 1997.
9. Porto-Alegre 1918.
10. "O Exemplo: Jornal do Povo". Ihgrgs.org.br (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
11. Alberto Bessa (1904). O jornalismo: esboço historico da sua origem e desenvolvimento até aos nossos dias, ampliado, com a resenha chronologica e alphabetica do jornalismo no Brasil [Journalism: a historical sketch of its origin and development up to the present day, expanded with the chronological and alphabetic review of journalism in Brazil] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Viuva Travares Cardoso.
12. Mazo 2006.
13. "Sobre". Arl.org.br (in Portuguese). Academia Rio-Grandense de Letras. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
14. Catalogo da Exposição Estadual de 1901 (in Portuguese), Officina typographica deGundlach & Becker, 1901
15. "Quem Somos: Histórico". Arquivo Público do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
16. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Brazil". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 10 September 2018.
17. "Brazil". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
18. "Quem Somos". Ihgrgs.org.br (in Portuguese). Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
19. "UF:RS - Periodo". Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil . Retrieved 10 September 2018.
20. Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. "Bens Tombados: Cidade: Porto Alegre". Iphae.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul . Retrieved 10 September 2018.
21. "Buildings in Porto Alegre". Emporis.com . Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
22. Luccas 2000.
23. "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN   978-1-85743-255-8.
24. "Museu de Porto Alegre Joaquim Felizardo". Portoalegre.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
25. "Exposição marca os 25 anos de existência do Centro Administrativo Fernando Ferrari". Portal do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
26. Porto Alegre, Lei no 6.099, de 03 de março de 1988 (in Portuguese)
27. "Histórico do Orçamento Participativo" [History of Participatory Budgeting]. Portoalegre.rs.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
28. "Participatory democracy in Porto Alegre", The Guardian , UK, 10 September 2012
29. "Portoalegre.rs.gov.br" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 May 1999. Retrieved 19 October 2021– via Wayback Machine.
30. "Membros: Brasil". Uccla.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
31. "Going global", The Economist, UK, 1 February 2002
32. "Driver Accused of Injuring Brazil Cyclists", New York Times, 11 March 2011
33. "Porto Alegre threatens to pull out of hosting Brazil World Cup matches", The Guardian, 25 March 2014
34. Police break up anti-FIFA protest in Porto Alegre, Reuters, 18 June 2014
35. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

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in English

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