Timeline of Funchal

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

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 20th century

• 1493 - Cathedral of Funchal construction begins.
• 1514 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal established.^[1]
• 1566 - Sack of Funchal [pt].
• 1835 - Town becomes part of the newly created administrative Funchal District [pt].
• 1836
  • Associação Commercial founded.^[2][3]
  • Synagogue of Funchal built (approximate date).^{[chronology citation needed]}
• 1838 - Biblioteca Municipal do Funchal [pt] (library) founded.
• 1846 - José Silvestre Ribeiro [pt] becomes district governor.
• 1851 - Jewish Cemetery of Funchal established.
• 1876 - Diário de Notícias da Madeira [pt] newspaper begins publication.^[2]
• 1883 - Paços do Concelho do Funchal [pt] (town hall) in use.
• 1888 - Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias [pt] (theatre) opens.
• 1893 - Monte Railway and horsecar tram [pt] begin operating.
• 1900 - Population: 20,850.^[4]

20th century

• 1910 - C.D. Nacional and C.S. Marítimo (football clubs) formed.
• 1911 - Population: 24,687 in town; 169,777 in district.^[5]
• 1927
  • Jornal da Madeira [pt] newspaper begins publication.^[2]
  • Campo dos Barreiros (sport field) opens.
• 1931 - Arquivo Distrital do Funchal [pt] (archive) founded.
• 1935 - Fernão de Ornelas [pt] becomes mayor.
• 1940 - Mercado dos Lavradores (market) built.
• 1957 - Estádio dos Barreiros (stadium) built.
• 1964 - Madeira Airport begins operating.
• 1972 - Duas Torres (hi-rise) built.^[6]
• 1976 - Casino da Madeira in business.^[6]
• 1979 - City twinned with Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.^[7]
• 1980 - City twinned with Livingstone, Zambia.^[7]
• 1984 - City twinned with New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.^[7]
• 1985
  • City joins the regional Associação de Municípios da Região Autónoma da Madeira.^[8]
  • City twinned with Maui, Hawaii, United States.^[7]
• 1987
  • Correio da Madeira newspaper begins publication.^[2]
  • Horários do Funchal (transit entity) established.
  • City twinned with Cape Town, South Africa.^[7]
• 1988
  • University of Madeira and Banco Internacional do Funchal^[2] established.
  • City twinned with Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.^[7]
• 1991 - City twinned with Herzliya, Israel.^[7]
• 1992 - May: Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [pt] meets in Funchal.^[9]
• 1993 - City twinned with Oakland, California, United States.^[7]
• 1994
  • Miguel Albuquerque becomes mayor.
  • City twinned with Marrickville, Australia.^[7]
• 1996 - City twinned with Fremantle, Australia, and Leichlingen, Germany.^[7]
• 1998 - Estadio Eng. Rui Alves (stadium) opens.
• 2000
  • Cm-funchal.pt website online (approximate date).^[10]
  • Funchal Cable Car begins operating.

21st century

• 2001
  • Population: 103,961.^[2]
  • MadeiraShopping [pt] in business.
• 2003 - City twinned with Praia, Cape Verde.^[7]
• 2005 - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Funchal [pt] begins.
• 2008 - City twinned with Ílhavo, Portugal, and Saint Helier, United Kingdom.^[7]
• 2009 - City twinned with Gibraltar, United Kingdom.^[7]
• 2010 - 20 February: 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides.
• 2013 - Paulo Cafôfo becomes mayor.
• 2014 - Iº Sarau Anual de Poesia Madeirense
• 2016
  • August: Wildfire.^[11]
  • City twinned with Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.^[7]
• 2017 - Funchal local election, 2017 [pt] held.

See also

• Funchal history
• List of mayors of Funchal [pt]
• List of governors of Funchal District (in Portuguese)
• List of bishops of Funchal
• History of Madeira
• Timelines of other cities/municipalities in Portugal: Braga, Coimbra, Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal