Timeline of Rio de Janeiro

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century

• 1565 AD
  • São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro founded by Portuguese. ^[1]
  • Fortaleza de São João built.
• 1603 - St James of Mercy Fort built.
• 1663 - Padre Eterno galleon launched.
• 1693 - Calaboose Prison built.
• 1736 - Academia dos Felizes  [ pt ] founded. ^[2]
• 1743 - Paço Imperial built.
• 1750 - Carioca Aqueduct built.
• 1752 - Academia dos Seletos  [ pt ] founded. ^[2]
• 1763 - Portuguese America administrative center moved to Rio de Janeiro from Salvador.
• 1770 - Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro consecrated.
• 1783 - Passeio Público constructed.
• 1792 - Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho founded.

19th century

Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1895

• 1803 - Paço de São Cristóvão building erected.
• 1808
  • City becomes capital of Kingdom of Portugal. ^[3]
  • Impressão Régia  [ pt ] (royal printing press) begins operating. ^[4]
  • 10 September: Gazeta do Rio newspaper begins publication. ^[4]
• 1811 - Candelária Church inaugurated.
• 1811 - Construction of Valongo Wharf started.
• 1815 - City becomes capital of United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
• 1818 - Royal Museum established.
• 1822
  • City becomes capital of independent Brazil.
  • Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden opens. ^[5]
• 1826 - Academia Imperial de Belas Artes  [ pt ] founded. ^[6]
• 1827
  • Jornal do Commercio newspaper in publication. ^[7]
  • Sociedade Auxiliadora da Indústria Nacional  [ pt ] founded in Rio. ^[8]
• 1838 - Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro headquartered in Rio. ^[9]
• 1852 - Theatro Provisório built.
• 1854 - Catete Palace built.
• 1858
  • Dom Pedro II railway begins operating. ^[10]
  • Central do Brasil inaugurated.
• 1871 - Theatro D. Pedro II (theatre) inaugurated.
• 1872 - Population: 274,972. ^[11]
• 1877 - Santa Teresa Tram opens.
• 1884 - Corcovado Rack Railway opens.
• 1891 - Jornal do Brasil newspaper begins publication.
• 1894 - Confeitaria Colombo (coffee house) opens.
• 1896 - Academia Brasileira de Letras founded. ^[2]

20th century

Rio de Janeiro, ca.1910s

Rio de Janeiro, 1967

Fort Copacabana, 2016

Christ the Redeemer, 2006

1900s-1940s

• 1902 - Universidade Candido Mendes founded.
• 1904
  • Vaccine Revolt. ^[12]
  • Avenida Rio Branco constructed.
• 1906 - Palácio Monroe erected.
• 1908
  • City flag design adopted.
  • Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil held in Urca.
  • 7 April: Associação Brasileira de Imprensa  [ pt ] headquartered in city. ^{[13] [4]}
• 1909 - Teatro Municipal (theatre) inaugurated.
• 1912
  • Afonsos Air Force Base built.
  • Civil Police Museum founded.
• 1914 - Fort Copacabana built.
• 1917 - Labor strike. ^[14]
• 1919 - South American Championship held.
• 1920 - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro founded.
• 1922
  • July: Coup attempt. ^[14]
  • National Historical Museum (Brazil) created.
  • Population: 1,130,000. ^[15]
  • August: Hotel Glória built.
  • Morro do Castelo (Castle Hill) demolished—now Castelo neighborhood. ^[16]
• 1923 - Copacabana Palace Hotel inaugurated.
• 1925 - O Globo newspaper begins publication.
• 1926 - Hipódromo da Gávea built.
• 1927 - Edificio do Jornal A Noite built.
• 1931
  • Pedro Ernesto Baptista becomes mayor.
  • Cristo Redentor statue built.
• 1936
  • Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport inaugurated.
  • Manguinhos Airport opens.
  • Santos Dumont Airport inaugurated.
• 1937 - Universidade Santa Úrsula founded.
• 1938 - Museu Nacional de Belas Artes inaugurated.
• 1940 - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro founded.
• 1943
  • Gustavo Capanema Palace built.
  • Santa Cruz Air Force Base established.
• 1945 - Quinta da Boa Vista inaugurated.
• 1947 - South American Basketball Championship held.
• 1949 - Tribuna da Imprensa  [ pt ] newspaper begins publication.

1950s-1990s

• 1950
  • Rio de Janeiro State University established.
  • Maracanã (stadium) opens.
  • Population: 2,303,063. ^[17]
• 1951 - Nova Iguaçu level crossing disaster.
• 1952
  • Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada established.
  • Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas founded.
  • Manchete (magazine) headquartered in city. ^[7]
• 1953 - Museu do Índio created. ^[18]
• 1954 - Ginásio do Maracanãzinho built.
• 1958 - Train crash.
• 1960
  • Brazilian capital moved from Rio to Brasília. ^[19]
  • Rio becomes Guanabara State, smallest state of Brazil.
• 1961
  • Tijuca Forest becomes a national park.
  • Edificio Avenida Central built.
• 1964 - Museum of Modern Art built. ^[20]
• 1965
  • Rede Globo television begins broadcasting.
  • Flamengo Park created.
  • Banda de Ipanema begins.
• 1968 - March of the One Hundred Thousand against the military dictatorship happened. ^[21]
• 1970 - Population: 4,252,009. ^[22]
• 1971
  • Jacarepaguá Airport opens.
  • Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso founded.
• 1972
  • Petrobras Headquarters built.
  • Hotel Horsa Nacional built.
• 1975
  • City becomes capital of Rio de Janeiro (state).
  • Marcos Tamoio becomes mayor.
  • Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage created.
• 1976 - Le Méridien Copacabana opens.
• 1977
  • Riocentro built.
  • Rio Othon Palace hotel opens.
• 1978 - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet built.
• 1979
  • Rio de Janeiro Metro founded.
  • Israel Klabin becomes mayor.
  • Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro established.
  • Rio de Janeiro Cathedral built.
• 1980
  • Júlio Coutinho becomes mayor.
  • 105 Lélio Gama St. built.
• 1981 - Barra Shopping opens.
• 1982 - Rio Sul Center built.
• 1983
  • Rede Manchete television begins broadcasting.
  • Jamil Haddad becomes mayor, succeeded by Marcello Alencar.
• 1984
  • Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí built.
  • CasaShopping opens.
• 1985 - City joins the newly formed União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas  [ pt ].
• 1986 - Roberto Saturnino Braga becomes mayor.
• 1988 - Jó Antônio Resende becomes mayor.
• 1989
  • 16 July: 1989 Copa América football tournament held.
  • Marcello Alencar becomes mayor.
  • Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio branch) opens.
• 1990
  • Eva Klabin Foundation museum established.
  • Escadaria Selarón construction begins.
• 1991 - Population: 5,473,909. ^[11]
• 1992 - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) held. ^[23]
• 1993
  • César Maia becomes mayor.
  • Candelária massacre.
  • Population: 5,547,033 (estimate). ^[24]
• 1994 - Metropolitan hall opens.
• 1995 - Centro Empresarial Internacional Rio built.
• 1997
  • Luiz Paulo Conde becomes mayor.
  • Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex opens.
• 1998
  • Terra Encantada opens.
  • Project Morrinho begins.
  • Palace II building collapses.
• 2000 - 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held.

21st century

Rio de Janeiro, 2008

• 2001 - César Maia becomes mayor.
• 2002 - Instituto Superior de Tecnologia em Ciências da Computação do Rio de Janeiro established.
• 2004 - Torre Almirante built.
• 2006 - Koni Store founded.
• 2007
  • Cantagalo Station opens.
  • Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos built.
  • HSBC Arena (Rio de Janeiro) opens.
  • 2007 Pan American Games held.
  • Rio de Janeiro train collision.
• 2008 - Rio International Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship begins.
• 2009
  • Eduardo Paes becomes mayor. ^[25]
  • City wins the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics bid.
• 2010
  • World Urban Forum and Homeless World Cup football contest held.
  • Manguinhos Library Park opens in Benfica.
  • Population: 6,320,446. ^[26]
• 2011
  • Cidade das Artes built.
  • April: School shooting killed 12 students. ^[27]
• 2012
  • 25 January: Building collapses.
  • 6 June: Transoeste bus inaugurated.
  • 20–22 June: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held.
  • 7 October: Rio de Janeiro 2012 municipal election  [ pt ] held.
• 2013 - Protest.
• 2014 - 2014 FIFA World Cup and Street Child World Cup football contest held.
• 2015
  • July: Uber protest. ^[28]
  • December: Museum of Tomorrow opens.
• 2016
  • Olympic Games and Paralympic Games held.
  • 2 October: Rio de Janeiro 2016 municipal election  [ pt ] held.
  • 6 October: Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
  • 14 October: Ultra Brasil (electronic music festival)
  • 25 October: Anima Mundi (animation film festival)
• 2017 - Valongo Wharf designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 2018
  • January 19: A car hits a group of pedestrians near the Copacabana Beach, killing an infant. ^[29]
  • 2 September: National Museum of Brazil fire. ^[30]

• 2019
  • February 6: Heavy rain hits the state of Rio de Janeiro, leaving 6 people dead and 2 missing. ^{[31] [32] [33]}
  • February 8: Flamengo training ground fire leaves 10 people dead. ^{[34] [35]}
  • April 8: Unusual rain causes landslides, flooding and at least 10 deaths. ^[36]

See also

• History of Rio de Janeiro
• List of mayors of Rio de Janeiro

Other cities in Brazil:

• Timeline of Brasília
• Timeline of Curitiba
• Timeline of Fortaleza
• Timeline of Manaus
• Timeline of Recife
• Timeline of Salvador, Bahia
• Timeline of São Paulo

References

1. ImagineRio.org - Searchable atlas that illustrates the social and urban evolution of Rio de Janeiro.
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Published in the 19th century

• John Mawe (1812), "Description of Rio de Janeiro", Travels in the Interior of Brazil, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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Published in the 20th century

• "Rio de Janeiro", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
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Published in the 21st century

• "Rio de Janeiro". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
• Thomas H. Holloway (2008). "Doing Favors for Street People: Official Responses to Beggars and Vagrants in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro". In Beier and Ocobock (ed.). Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical Perspective. Ohio University Press. p. 162+. ISBN   978-0-89680-262-9.
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External links

• "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". Heritage of Portuguese Influence (in English and Portuguese). Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
• Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1928
• Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1982
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Rio de Janeiro, various dates.
• (Conference papers related to Rio), 2012 – via International Planning History Society

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