Timeline of Braga
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Braga, Portugal.
Prior to 20th century
- ca. 41 BCE - Installation of Roman milestones begins.
- ca.16 BCE - Roman founded.
- 3rd C. CE - Town walls built.
- ca.300 CE - Victor of Braga is martyred.
- 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Braga established.
- 5th C. CE - Suevi in power.
- ca.450s - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga established.
- ca.485 - Visigoths in power.
- 561-563 - Religious council meets in Braga.
- 572 - Religious council meets in Braga.
- 675 - Religious council meets in Braga.
- 8th C. - Moors in power.
- 1040 - Braga taken by forces of Ferdinand I.
- 1089 - Braga Cathedral consecrated.
- 1093 - Braga becomes seat of royal court.
- 1417 - Fernando da Guerra becomes archbishop.
- 1494 - Printing press in operation.
- 1616 - Ponte do Prado to Vila Verde rebuilt.
- 1642 - Construction of Igreja de Santa Cruz begins.
- 1756 - Braga City Hall built.
- 1841 - founded.
- 1857 - Public gas lighting installed.
- 1858 - Population: 30,175.
- 1875 - Ramal de Braga begins operating; opens.
- 1880 - Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão developed.
- 1882 - Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular begins operating.
- 1888 - Livraria Cruz in business.
- 1893 - Public electric lighting installed.
- 1900 - Population: 24,202.
20th century
- 1911 - Population: 24,647 in town; 382,461 in district.
- 1914 - begins operating.
- 1915 - Theatre Circo opens.
- 1917 - founded.
- 1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded.
- 1919 - newspaper begins publication.
- 1921 - S.C. Braga formed.
- 1926 - 28 May 1926 coup d'état begins in Braga.
- 1929 - Airfield begins operating in Palmeira.
- 1936 - City becomes seat of newly formed Minho Province.
- 1950 - Estádio Municipal 28 de Maio opens.
- 1955 - Jardim de Santa Bárbara created.
- 1961 - Hospital opens.
- 1963 - Trolleybus begins operating.
- 1973 - University of Minho established.
- 1977 - Mesquita Machado becomes mayor.
- 1978 - Biscainhos Museum opens.
- 1982 - established.
- 1993 - Circuito Vasco Sameiro opens.
- 1999 - Braga Parque in business in São Victor.
21st century
- 2001
- * Cm-braga.pt website online.
- * Population: 112,039 in city; 831,366 in district.
- 2002 - opens.
- 2003 - Estádio Municipal de Braga 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.
- * 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.
- 2014 - Organ Festival of Braga begins.
- 2016 - Nova Arcada opens, after years of suspended work from its previous owner.
in English
*in Portuguese
- 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,, Coisas Memoráveis de Braga
- José Manuel da Silva Passos,, O Bilhete Postal Ilustrado e a História Urbana de Braga, Lisbon