Timeline of Salvador, Bahia

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## Early history

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History of Brazil

Terra Brasilis, Miller Atlas, 1519

Pre-Cabraline

* Indigenous Peoples
* Luzia
* Kuhikugu
* Marajoara culture

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* Treaty of Tordesillas
* Pedro Álvares Cabral's voyage

European discovery

Letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha

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* Captaincies

Brazilwood cycle [pt]
Sugar cycle
Slavery

Slave trade

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Quilombo dos Palmares
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Gold cycle
War of the Emboabas
Mascate War
Vila Rica Revolt
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Treaty of Madrid
Guaraní War
Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777)
Minas Gerais Conspiracy
Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil

Opening of the ports [pt]
Invasion of the Banda Oriental

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* Pernambuco Revolt
* Conquest of French Guiana
* Conquest of the Banda Oriental
* Constituent Cortes of 1820

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* Dia do Fico
* Declaration of Independence
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* Reign of Pedro I

1823 Constituent Assembly
Night of Agony
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April Revolt
1834 Additional Act
Malê Revolt
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Ragamuffin War
Balaiada
Declaration of majority of Pedro II

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Liberal rebellions of 1842
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Eusébio de Queirós Law
Platine War
Christie Affair
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Revolt of the Muckers
Grande Seca
Military Question
Abolition of Slavery
Post–abolition of slavery

Old Republic

* Proclamation of the Republic
* 1891 Constitution
* Republic of the Sword [pt]

Encilhamento
Navy Revolts
Federalist Revolution

* Belle Époque
* Coffee with milk politics
* Coronelism
* Amazon rubber boom
* War of Canudos
* Annexation of Acre
* Vaccine Revolt
* Taubaté Agreement
* Naval arms race
* Revolt of the Lash
* Contestado War
* World War I
* Lieutenant revolts

Vargas Era

* Second Brazilian Republic

Revolution of 1930
Constitutionalist Revolution
1934 Constitution
Communist uprising of 1935

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* Estado Novo

1937 Brazilian coup d'état

1937 Constitution
Integralist Uprising
World War II
Ousting of Getúlio Vargas

Populist Republic

* Lott's preventative coup
* Aragarças Revolt
* Construction of Brasília
* Legality Campaign
* Plano Trienal
* Sailors' Revolt

Military dictatorship

* 1964 Brazilian coup d'état
* Vacancy in the Presidency
* Institutional Acts
* Araguaia Guerrilla War
* March of the One Hundred Thousand
* Brazilian Miracle
* Redemocratization
* Diretas Já

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* Lost Decade
* 1988 Constituent Assembly

1988 Constitution

* Plano Collor
* Impeachment of Fernando Collor
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* 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[1]
* 1549 - Brazilian capital established at Bahia by Tomé de Sousa.[2][3]
* 1551 - Catholic Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos established.[4][2]
* 1624 - Capture of Salvador da Bahia by the Dutch[5][2]
* 1625 - Recapture of Salvador da Bahia by Spanish-Portuguese forces.
* 1635 - Third Order of St. Francis active.[6]
* 1636 - Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis established.[6]
* 1638 - Siege of Salvador da Bahia
* 1672 - Cathedral of Salvador consecrated
* 1674 - Mint established.[5]
* 1676 - Salvador becomes "metropolitan see of the colony's archbishopric."[5]
* 1704 - Church of the Third Order of Our Lady of the Rosary construction begins.
* 1711 - Maneta Revolt, two uprisings (Oct. 17 and Dec. 2) by military and public officials against local taxation[7]
* 1723
* São Francisco Church built.
* Third Order of St. Dominic active.[6]
* 1724 - Academia Brasílica dos Esquecidos [pt] founded.[8]
* 1754 - Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim consecrated.
* 1759 -
* Academia Brasílica dos Renascidos [pt] founded.[8]
* \- December: Expulsion of the Jesuits from Bahia
* 1763 - Brazilian capital relocated from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.[3]
* 1765 - Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (church) consecrated.

## 19th century

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* 1819 - Yellow fever outbreak.[9]
* 1822 - 2 March: Siege of Salvador da Bahia begins.
* 1823 - 2 July: Siege of Salvador da Bahia ends.[10]
* 1834 - Banco Econômico [pt] (bank) established.[9]
* 1835
* Malê revolt, a slave rebellion[11]
* Dois de Julho Society founded.[12]
* 1836 - Campo Santo Cemetery established.
* 1857 - Revolution of the Ganhadores, a labor strike led by slaves and freedmen
* 1858 - Diário da Bahia, a newspaper, begins publication.
* 1860 - Bahia and San Francisco Railway [pt] begins operating.[13]
* 1872 - Population: 129,109.[14]
* 1873 - Elevador Lacerda begins operating.[9]
* 1882 - Baptist congregation founded.[15]
* 1890
* Arquivo Público do Estado da Bahia [pt] established.
* Population: 174,412.[2]
* 1891 - Empório Industrial do Norte begins operating.
* 1894 - Instituto Geográfico e Histórico da Bahia [pt] founded.[16]
* 1899 - Esporte Clube Vitória (football team) formed.
* 1900 - Population: 205,813.[2]

## 20th century

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* 1910 - Cine Teatro Jandaia opens.[17]
* 1912 - A Tarde newspaper begins publication.
* 1916 - Avenida Sete de Setembro opens.
* 1918 - Bahia Museum of Art established.
* 1927 - American School established.
* 1930 - Associação Bahiana de Imprensa [pt] headquartered in city.[18]
* 1931 - Esporte Clube Bahia, a football club, formed.
* 1933 - Old Cathedral of Salvador demolished.
* 1942 - Base Aérea de Salvador [pt] (air force base) established.
* 1950 - Population: 274,910 city; 389,422 metro.[10][19]
* 1951 - Estádio Fonte Nova opens.
* 1958 - Castro Alves Theatre [pt] and Martim Gonçalves Theatre [pt] established.
* 1959 - Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce (charity) and Federal University of Bahia's Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais [pt] founded.
* 1960 - Population: 393,207 city.[10]
* 1961 - Catholic University of Salvador established.
* 1962 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[20]
* 1964 - Vila Velha Theater established.
* 1970 - Population: 998,258 city; 1,005,216 urban agglomeration.[21]
* 1972 - Business School of Bahia established.
* 1973 - Pituaçu Metropolitan Park [pt] established.
* 1974
* Avenida Luís Viana Filho [pt] inaugurated.
* Ilê Aiyê musical group formed.[22]
* 1975 - Iguatemi Salvador [pt] shopping center in business.
* 1979 - Olodum cultural organization founded.[22]
* 1983 - 4 November: 1983 Copa América football tournament held.
* 1985 - Historic Center of Salvador designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* 1987 - Shopping Barra [pt] in business.
* 1991 - Population: 2,072,058.[14]
* 1993 - Population: 2,174,072 (estimate).[23]
* 1995 - City joins the União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas [pt].[24]
* 1997 - Salvador Metro construction begins.[25]

## 21st century

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* 2006 - Museu da Gastronomia Bahiana (food museum) opens.[26]
* 2007
* 25 November: Fonte Nova stadium collapses.[27]
* 22 May: Salvador Shopping, a mall, opens.
* 2008 - Espaco Unibanco de Cinema Glauber Rocha opens.[17]
* 2010
* Salvador Norte Shopping, a mall, opens.
* Population: 2,675,656.[14]
* 2012 - October: Salvador 2012 municipal election [pt] held.
* 2013
* Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova opens.
* ACM Neto becomes mayor.
* 2014 - Salvador Metro begins operation.
* 2016 - 2 October: Salvador 2016 municipal election [pt] held.

## See also

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* History of Savador [pt]
* List of mayors of Salvador, Bahia
* History of Bahia [pt]
* List of national heritage sites of Bahia [pt], including Salvador

## References

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1. ^ Piero Bargellini, Ennio Guarnieri, Le strade di Firenze, 4 voll., Firenze, Bonechi, 1977-1978, II, 1977, pp. 337-340.
2. ^ a b c d e Britannica 1910.
3. ^ a b Joseph Smith (2013). "Chronology of Main Events". A History of Brazil. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-89021-8.
4. ^ A.A. MacErlean (1912). "Sao Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. ^ a b c Ring 1995.
6. ^ a b c Russell-Wood 1989.
7. ^ de Mello e Souza, Laura; Reis, João José (2012). "Popular Movements in Colonial Brazil". In Canny, Nicholas; Morgan, Philip (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Atlantic World: 1450-1850. Vol. 1\. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199210879.013.0032.
8. ^ a b Richard Young; Odile Cisneros (2010). "Academias". Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7498-5.
9. ^ a b c Levine 1993.
10. ^ a b c Marley 2005.
11. ^ Bittencourt, Circe, ed. (2007). Dicionário de datas da história do Brasil. São Paulo, SP: Editora Contexto. pp. 37–40\. ISBN 9788572442961.37-40&rft.pub=Editora+Contexto&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9788572442961&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Salvador,+Bahia" class="Z3988">
12. ^ Kraay 1999.
13. ^ Bureau of the American Republics (1901). United States of Brazil. Washington, D.C.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
14. ^ a b c "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 5 September 2018
15. ^ Borges 1993.
16. ^ "Revista Trimensal do Instituto Geográphico e Histórico da Bahia", Revista Commemorativa do Quarto Centenario do Brazil (in Portuguese): 7 v, 1894 - via Hathi Trust
17. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Salvador Bahia, Brazil". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
18. ^ Hérica Lene; Rafael Lopes (2013), Memória e história da imprensa: as associações profissionais e a conformação do ethos jornalístico (PDF) (in Portuguese), Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação
19. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
20. ^ "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
21. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.253-279&rft.date=1976&rft.au=United+Nations+Department+of+Economic+and+Social+Affairs,+Statistical+Office&rft_id=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Salvador,+Bahia" class="Z3988">`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
22. ^ a b "Marching to an African Beat", New York Times, 12 February 2013
23. ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.262-321&rft.date=1997&rft.au=United+Nations+Department+for+Economic+and+Social+Information+and+Policy+Analysis,+Statistics+Division&rft_id=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Salvador,+Bahia" class="Z3988"> `{{cite book}}`: `|author=` has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
24. ^ "Membros: Salvador". Uccla.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2017.
25. ^ Simon Romero (10 November 2013), "A Brazilian Boom Town of 'Eternal Beauty' Faces Its Troubled Side", New York Times
26. ^ Larry Rohter (24 February 2008), "Echoes of Amado in the Dark and the Light", New York Times
27. ^ "Seven Brazil football fans killed". BBC News. 26 November 2007.

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

## Bibliography

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### in English

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* John Mawe (1812), "(Capitania of Bahia)", Travels in the Interior of Brazil, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
* Abraham Rees (1819), "Salvador", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
* Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Bahia". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. Vol. 1\. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064786.
* Michael George Mulhall; E.T. Mulhall (1877). "Bahia". Handbook of Brazil. Buenos Ayres. hdl:2027/mdp.39015014192523.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Lamoureux, Andrew Jackson (1910). "Bahia (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). p. 210.
* Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Brazil: Bahia", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
* A. J. R. Russell-Wood (1989). "Prestige, Power, and Piety in Colonial Brazil: The Third Orders of Salvador". Hispanic American Historical Review. 69 (1): 61–89\. doi:10.1215/00182168-69.1.61. JSTOR 2516163.61-89&rft.date=1989&rft_id=info:doi/10.1215/00182168-69.1.61&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2516163#id-name=JSTOR&rft.au=A.+J.+R.+Russell-Wood&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1215%2F00182168-69.1.61&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Salvador,+Bahia" class="Z3988">
* Dain Borges (1993). "Salvador's 1890s: Paternalism and Its Discontents". Luso-Brazilian Review. 30 (2): 47–57\. JSTOR 3513953.47-57&rft.date=1993&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3513953#id-name=JSTOR&rft.au=Dain+Borges&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Salvador,+Bahia" class="Z3988">
* Robert M. Levine (1993). "The Singular Brazilian City of Salvador". Luso-Brazilian Review. 30 (2): 59–69\. JSTOR 3513954.59-69&rft.date=1993&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3513954#id-name=JSTOR&rft.au=Robert+M.+Levine&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Salvador,+Bahia" class="Z3988">
* Mieko Nishida (1993). "Manumission and Ethnicity in Urban Slavery: Salvador, Brazil, 1808-1888". Hispanic American Historical Review. 73 (3): 361–391\. doi:10.2307/2517695. JSTOR 2517695.361-391&rft.date=1993&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/2517695&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2517695#id-name=JSTOR&rft.au=Mieko+Nishida&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Salvador,+Bahia" class="Z3988">
* Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin, ed. (1995). "Salvador (Bahia, Brazil)". Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 586+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
* Hendrik Kraay (1999). "Between Brazil and Bahia: Celebrating Dois de Julho in Nineteenth-Century Salvador". Journal of Latin American Studies. 31 (2): 255–286\. doi:10.1017/S0022216X99005283. JSTOR 157905. S2CID 145151506.255-286&rft.date=1999&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145151506#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/157905#id-name=JSTOR&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S0022216X99005283&rft.au=Hendrik+Kraay&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Salvador,+Bahia" class="Z3988">
* David Marley (2005), "Salvador", Historic Cities of the Americas, vol. 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 710+, ISBN 1576070271
* João José Reis [in Portuguese] (2013). "African Nations in Nineteenth-Century Salvador, Bahia". In Jorge Canizares-Esguerra; et al. (eds.). Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0813-9.

### in Portuguese

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* J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Bahia", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud, hdl:2027/wu.89006303085 - via Hathi Trust
* Jorge Amado (1945). Bahia de Todos os Santos (in Portuguese).

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* "Salvador, Bahia, Brazil". Heritage of Portuguese Influence (in English and Portuguese). Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
* Items related to Salvador, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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