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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.[1]
- ca.16 BCE - Roman Bracara Augusta 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 (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 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]
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20th century
- 1911 - Population: 24,647 in town; 382,461 in district.[14]
- 1914 - Braga electric tram begins operating.
- 1915 - Theatre Circo (theatre) opens.[12]
- 1917 - Arquivo Distrital de Braga (archive) founded.[15]
- 1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded.[12]
- 1919 - Diário do Minho 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 (transit entity) established.
- 1993 - Circuito Vasco Sameiro (vehicular racetrack) opens.
- 1999 - Shopping Braga Parque in business in São Victor.
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21st century
- 2001
- 2002 - Pavilhão das Goladas (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 (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
- Braga history
- History of Braga
- Ecclesiastical history of Braga
- List of mayors of Braga since 1836
- List of bishops of Braga
- List of governors of Braga district (in Portuguese)
- List of heritage sites in Braga district
- Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Coimbra, Funchal (Madeira), Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal
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