The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Prior to 19th century
1565 AD São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro founded by Portuguese.ImagineRio.org - Searchable atlas that illustrates the social and urban evolution of Rio de Janeiro. Fortaleza de São João built. 1603 - St James of Mercy Fort built. 1663 - Padre Eterno galleon launched. 1693 - Calaboose Prison built. 1736 - founded. 1743 - Paço Imperial built. 1750 - Carioca Aqueduct built. 1752 - founded. 1763 - Portuguese America administrative center moved to Rio de Janeiro from Salvador. 1770 - Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro consecrated. 1783 - Passeio Público constructed. 1792 - Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho founded.
19th century
1803 - Paço de São Cristóvão building erected. 1808 City becomes capital of Kingdom of Portugal. (royal printing press) begins operating. 10 September: Gazeta do Rio de Janeiro newspaper begins publication. 1811 - Candelária Church inaugurated. 1811 - Construction of Valongo Wharf started. 1815 - City becomes capital of United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves 1818 - Royal Museum established. 1822 City becomes capital of independent Brazil. Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden opens. 1826 - founded. 1827 Jornal do Commercio newspaper in publication. founded in Rio. 1838 - Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro headquartered in Rio. 1852 - Theatro Provisório built. 1854 - Catete Palace built. 1858 Dom Pedro II railway begins operating. Central do Brasil inaugurated. 1871 - Theatro D. Pedro II (theatre) inaugurated. 1872 - Population: 274,972. 1877 - Santa Teresa Tram opens. 1884 - Corcovado Rack Railway opens. 1891 - Jornal do Brasil newspaper begins publication. 1894 - Confeitaria Colombo (coffee house) opens. 1896 - Academia Brasileira de Letras founded.
20th century
1900s-1940s 1902 - Universidade Candido Mendes founded. 1904 Vaccine Revolt. Avenida Rio Branco constructed. 1906 - Palácio Monroe erected. 1908 City flag design adopted. Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil held in Urca. 7 April: headquartered in city. 1909 - Teatro Municipal (theatre) inaugurated. 1912 Afonsos Air Force Base built. Civil Police Museum founded. 1914 - Fort Copacabana built. 1917 - Labor strike. 1919 - South American Championship held. 1920 - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro founded. 1922 July: Coup attempt. National Historical Museum (Brazil) created. Population: 1,130,000. August: Hotel Glória built. Morro do Castelo (Castle Hill) demolished—now Castelo neighborhood. Independence Centenary International Exposition held. 1923 - Copacabana Palace Hotel inaugurated. 1925 - O Globo newspaper begins publication. 1926 - Hipódromo da Gávea built. 1927 - Edificio do Jornal A Noite built. 1931 Pedro Ernesto Baptista becomes mayor. Cristo Redentor statue built. 1936 Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport inaugurated. Manguinhos Airport opens. Santos Dumont Airport inaugurated. 1937 - Universidade Santa Úrsula founded. 1938 - Museu Nacional de Belas Artes inaugurated. 1940 - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro founded. 1943 Gustavo Capanema Palace built. Santa Cruz Air Force Base established. 1945 - Quinta da Boa Vista inaugurated. 1947 - South American Basketball Championship held. 1949 - Tribuna da Imprensa newspaper begins publication.
1950s-1990s
1950 Rio de Janeiro State University established. Maracanã (stadium) opens. Population: 2,303,063. 1951 - Nova Iguaçu level crossing disaster. 1952 Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada established. Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas founded. Manchete (magazine) headquartered in city. 1953 - Museu do Índio created. 1954 - Ginásio do Maracanãzinho built. 1958 - Train crash. 1960 Brazilian capital moved from Rio to Brasília. Rio becomes Guanabara State, smallest state of Brazil. 1961 Tijuca Forest becomes a national park. Edificio Avenida Central built. 1964 - Museum of Modern Art built. 1965 Rede Globo television begins broadcasting. Flamengo Park created. Banda de Ipanema begins. 1968 - March of the One Hundred Thousand against the military dictatorship happened. 1970 - Population: 4,252,009. 1971 Jacarepaguá Airport opens. Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso founded. 1972 Petrobras Headquarters built. Hotel Horsa Nacional built. 1975 City becomes capital of Rio de Janeiro (state). Marcos Tamoio becomes mayor. Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage created. 1976 - Le Méridien Copacabana opens. 1977 Riocentro built. Rio Othon Palace hotel opens. 1978 - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet built. 1979 Rio de Janeiro Metro founded. Israel Klabin becomes mayor. Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro established. Rio de Janeiro Cathedral built. 1980 Júlio Coutinho becomes mayor. 105 Lélio Gama St. built. 1981 - Barra Shopping opens. 1982 - Rio Sul Center built. 1983 Rede Manchete television begins broadcasting. Jamil Haddad becomes mayor, succeeded by Marcello Alencar. 1984 Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí built. CasaShopping opens. 1985 - City joins the newly formed União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas. 1986 - Roberto Saturnino Braga becomes mayor. 1988 - Jó Antônio Resende becomes mayor. 1989 16 July: 1989 Copa América football tournament held. Marcello Alencar becomes mayor. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio branch) opens. 1990 Eva Klabin Foundation museum established. Escadaria Selarón construction begins. 1991 - Population: 5,473,909. 1992 - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) held. 1993 César Maia becomes mayor. Candelária massacre. Population: 5,547,033 (estimate). 1994 - Metropolitan hall opens. 1995 - Centro Empresarial Internacional Rio built. 1997 Luiz Paulo Conde becomes mayor. Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex opens. 1998 Terra Encantada opens. Project Morrinho begins. Palace II building collapses. 2000 - 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held.
21st century
2001 - César Maia becomes mayor. 2002 - Instituto Superior de Tecnologia em Ciências da Computação do Rio de Janeiro established. 2004 - Torre Almirante built 2007 Cantagalo Station opens. Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos built. HSBC Arena (Rio de Janeiro) opens. 2007 Pan American Games held. Rio de Janeiro train collision. 2008 - Rio International Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship begins. 2009 Eduardo Paes becomes mayor. City wins the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics bid. 2010 World Urban Forum and Homeless World Cup football contest held. Manguinhos Library Park opens in Benfica. Population: 6,320,446. 2011 Cidade das Artes built. April: School shooting killed 12 students. 2012 25 January: Building collapses. 6 June: Transoeste bus inaugurated. 20–22 June: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held. 7 October: held. 2013 - Protest. 2014 - 2014 FIFA World Cup and Street Child World Cup football contest held. 2015 July: Uber protest. December: Museum of Tomorrow opens. 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games held. 2 October: held. 6 October: Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 14 October: Ultra Brasil (electronic music festival) 25 October: Anima Mundi (animation film festival) 2017 - Valongo Wharf designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. 2018 January 19: A car hits a group of pedestrians near the Copacabana Beach, killing an infant. 2 September: National Museum of Brazil fire. 2019 February 6: Heavy rain hits the state of Rio de Janeiro, leaving 6 people dead and 2 missing. February 8: Flamengo training ground fire leaves 10 people dead. April 8: Unusual rain causes landslides, flooding and at least 10 deaths.
See also History of Rio de Janeiro List of mayors of Rio de Janeiro
Other cities in Brazil: Timeline of Brasília Timeline of Curitiba Timeline of Fortaleza Timeline of Manaus Timeline of Recife Timeline of Salvador, Bahia Timeline of São Paulo
References
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
Mary C. Karasch, Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850 (Princeton University Press, 1987) Jeffrey D. Needell, A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro (Cambridge University Press, 1987)
Published in the 21st century
External links
Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1928 Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1982 Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Rio de Janeiro, various dates.