Timeline of Braga

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Braga, Portugal.

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## Prior to 20th century

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Ancient

* Prehistoric Iberia
* Pre-Roman Peoples
* Roman conquest of Hispania
* Romanization of Hispania
* Lusitania
* Gallaecia
* Suebic Kingdom
* Visigothic Kingdom
* Spania

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* Umayyad conquest of Hispania
* Al-Andalus
* Gharb Al-Andalus
* Almoravid dynasty
* County of Portugal
* Reconquista
* Portuguese House of Burgundy
* 1383–1385 Crisis

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* Imperial expansion
* House of Aviz
* Portuguese Renaissance
* Portuguese Empire
* War of the Portuguese Succession
* Iberian Union
* Dutch-Portuguese War

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* Restoration War
* House of Braganza
* Great Lisbon earthquake
* Imperial decline, war, and revolt
* Transfer of Court
* Liberal Wars
* Constitutional Monarchy
* 1910 Revolution

First Republic

* First Republic
* Monarchy of the North
* Portugal during World War I
* 1926 coup d'état

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* Ditadura Nacional
* Portugal during World War II
* Estado Novo
* Portuguese Colonial War

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* Carnation Revolution
* Processo Revolucionário Em Curso
* Transition to democracy
* Third Republic
* Financial crisis (2010–2014)
* COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023)

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* ca. 41 BCE - Installation of Roman milestones begins.[1]
* ca.16 BCE - Roman Bracara Augusta [pt] founded.
* 3rd C. CE - Town walls built.[2]
* ca.300 CE - Victor of Braga is martyred.
* 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Braga established.[3]
* 5th C. CE - Suevi in power.[4]
* ca.450s - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga established.[3]
* ca.485 - Visigoths in power.[4]
* 561-563 - Religious council meets in Braga.[5]
* 572 - Religious council meets in Braga.[5]
* 675 - Religious council meets in Braga.[5]
* 8th C. - Moors in power.[4]
* 1040 - Braga taken by forces of Ferdinand I.[4]
* 1089 - Braga Cathedral consecrated.
* 1093 - Braga becomes seat of royal court (until 1147).[4]
* 1417 - Fernando da Guerra becomes archbishop.[6]
* 1494 - Printing press in operation.[7]
* 1616 - Ponte do Prado (bridge) to Vila Verde rebuilt.
* 1642 - Construction of Igreja de Santa Cruz (church) begins.[8][4]
* 1756 - Braga City Hall built.[9]
* 1841 - Biblioteca Pública de Braga [pt] (library) founded.[10][11]
* 1857 - Public gas lighting installed.[12]
* 1858 - Population: 30,175.[13]
* 1875 - Ramal de Braga (railway) begins operating; Braga railway station [pt] opens.[12]
* 1880 - Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão (street) developed.[12]
* 1882 - Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular begins operating.
* 1888 - Livraria Cruz (bookshop) in business.
* 1893 - Public electric lighting installed.[12]
* 1900 - Population: 24,202.[4]

## 20th century

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* 1911 - Population: 24,647 in town; 382,461 in district.[14]
* 1914 - Braga electric tram [pt] begins operating.
* 1915 - Theatre Circo (theatre) opens.[12]
* 1917 - Arquivo Distrital de Braga [pt] (archive) founded.[15]
* 1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded.[12]
* 1919 - Diário do Minho [pt] newspaper begins publication.[16]
* 1921 - S.C. Braga (football club) formed.
* 1926 - 28 May 1926 coup d'état begins in Braga.[17]
* 1929 - Airfield begins operating in Palmeira.
* 1936 - City becomes seat of newly formed Minho Province.
* 1950 - Estádio Municipal 28 de Maio (stadium) opens.
* 1955 - Jardim de Santa Bárbara (garden) created.[12]
* 1961 - Hospital opens.[12]
* 1963 - Trolleybus begins operating.
* 1973 - University of Minho established.
* 1977 - Mesquita Machado becomes mayor (almost continually until 2013).
* 1978 - Biscainhos Museum opens.
* 1982 - Transportes Urbanos de Braga [pt] (transit entity) established.
* 1993 - Circuito Vasco Sameiro (vehicular racetrack) opens.
* 1999 - Shopping Braga Parque [fr] in business in São Victor.

## 21st century

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* 2001
* Cm-braga.pt website online (approximate date).[18]
* Population: 112,039 in city;[16] 831,366 in district.
* 2002 - Pavilhão das Goladas [pt] (arena) opens.
* 2003 - Estádio Municipal de Braga (stadium) opens.
* 2004
* Completion of the works of modernization and electrification of Oporto–Braga railway line, which included the construction of a new building for Braga railway station. The modernisation allowed the extension of the high-speed Alfa Pendular trains from Oporto to Braga, a service which started on June 5, 2004.[19]
* Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva [pt] (library) opens.
* Part of UEFA Euro 2004 football contest played in Braga.
* 2011 - Population: 181,819 in city; 848,185 in district.
* 2013
* Ricardo Rio becomes mayor.
* União das Freguesias de Braga created.[12]
* 2014 - Organ Festival of Braga begins.

## See also

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* Braga history
* History of Braga [pt]
* Ecclesiastical history of Braga
* List of mayors of Braga [pt] since 1836
* List of bishops of Braga
* List of governors of Braga district (in Portuguese)
* List of heritage sites in Braga district [pt]
* Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Coimbra, Funchal (Madeira), Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal

## References

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1. ^ "Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico" [Architectural Heritage Database]. Monumentos.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
2. ^ Cesar Valenca, "Braga", Oxford Art Online Retrieved 10 November 2017
3. ^ a b "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
4. ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
5. ^ a b c López 1907.
6. ^ E. Michael Gerli, ed. (2003). "Braga". Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93918-6.
7. ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
8. ^ Chambers 1901.
9. ^ "Built Heritage". Cm-braga.pt (in English and Portuguese). Município de Braga. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
10. ^ "História da BPB" (in Portuguese). Universidade do Minho. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
11. ^ Alberto Feio (1920), A Biblioteca Pública de Braga: notas históricas (in Portuguese)
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ricardo Graça. "Núcleo urbano da cidade de Braga". Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Retrieved 10 November 2017. (Includes timeline)
13. ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1865). "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590311 - via HathiTrust.
14. ^ "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
15. ^ "Arquivo Distrital de Braga: Apresentação" (in Portuguese). Universidade do Minho. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
16. ^ a b "Portugal". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
17. ^ Douglas L. Wheeler; Walter C. Opello Jr. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Portugal (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7075-8.
18. ^ "Cm-braga.pt" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Braga. Archived from the original on 2 April 2001 - via Wayback Machine.
19. ^ "Alfa Pendular inicia ligações Braga-Faro". Público. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

## Bibliography

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### in English

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* William Smith, ed. (1865) [1854]. "Bracara Augusta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Boston: Little, Brown. hdl:2027/nnc1.0063610590.
* "Braga", Handbook for Travellers in Portugal (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1887, pp. 131+, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha1
* "Braga". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312876.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Tirso López (1907). "Archdiocese of Braga". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York - via Google Books.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* "Braga" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 375–376.
* "Braga", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1913, OCLC 34871901
* "Local History, Portugal: Braga". Catalog of the William B. Greenlee Collection of Portuguese History...in the Newberry Library. Chicago: Newberry Library. 1953. hdl:2027/mdp.39015023946240 - via HathiTrust. (Bibliography)

### in Portuguese

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* Luís Cardoso, ed. (1751). "Braga". Diccionario geografico, ou, Noticia historica de todas as cidades...de Portugal (in Portuguese). Vol. 2\. Lisbon: Regia Officina Sylviana and Academia Real [pt]. OCLC 987786218.+[pt]&rft.date=1751&rft_id=info:oclcnum/987786218&rft_id=https://archive.org/stream/diccionariogeogr02card#page/247/mode/1up&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Braga" class="Z3988">
* Pinho Leal (1873). "Braga". Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario... (in Portuguese). Vol. 1\. Mattos Moreira. pp. 432+.
* "Braga". Diccionario encyclopedico ou novo diccionario da lingua portugueza (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). Lisbon: Francisco Arthur da Silva. 1874. OCLC 14951122.
* Carlos Augusto da Silva Campos, ed. (1886), "Negociantes e industriaes das provincias e ilhas: Braga", Almanach Commercial de Lisboa (in Portuguese), pp. 224–228
* José Augusto Vieira (1887), "Braga", O Minho Pitoresco (in Portuguese), vol. 2, Lisbon: Parceria A. M. Pereira, pp. 7–80
* Bernardino José de Senna Freitas (1890–1891). Memorias de Braga (in Portuguese). Braga: Imprensa Catholica.
* Albano Bellino (1895). Inscripções e lettreiros da cidade de Braga (in Portuguese). Porto: Typographia Occidental.
* Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1906). "Braga". Portugal: Diccionario Historico... (in Portuguese). Vol. 2\. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres. hdl:2027/nyp.33433004990440. OCLC 865826167.
* Eduardo Pires de Oliveira. As alterações toponímicas 1380–1980, Braga, 1982
* Eduardo Pires de Oliveira et al. Braga Evolução da Estrutura Urbana, Braga, 1982
* José Marques. Braga Medieval, Braga, 1983
* Alberto Feio, (1984), Coisas Memoráveis de Braga (in Portuguese)
* José Manuel da Silva Passos, (1996), O Bilhete Postal Ilustrado e a História Urbana de Braga (in Portuguese), Lisbon

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