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. Retrieved 10 November 2017 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 (until 1147). 1417 – Fernando da Guerra becomes archbishop. 1494 – Printing press in operation. 1616 – Ponte do Prado (bridge) to Vila Verde rebuilt. 1642 – Construction of Igreja de Santa Cruz (church) begins. 1756 – Braga City Hall built. 1841 – (library) founded. 1857 – Public gas lighting installed. 1858 – Population: 30,175. 1875 – Ramal de Braga (railway) begins operating; opens. 1880 – Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão (street) developed. (Includes timeline) 1882 – Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular begins operating. 1888 – Livraria Cruz (bookshop) 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 (theatre) opens. 1917 – (archive) founded. 1918 – D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded. 1919 – newspaper begins publication. 1921 – S.C. Braga (football club) 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 (stadium) opens. 1955 – Jardim de Santa Bárbara (garden) created. 1961 – Hospital opens. 1963 – Trolleybus begins operating. 1973 – University of Minho established. 1977 – Mesquita Machado becomes mayor (almost continually until 2013). 1978 – Biscainhos Museum opens. 1982 – (transit entity) established. 1993 – Circuito Vasco Sameiro (vehicular racetrack) opens. 1999 – Braga Parque in business in São Victor.

21st century 2001 Cm-braga.pt website online (approximate date). Population: 112,039 in city; 831,366 in district. 2002 – (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. (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. 2014 – Organ Festival of Braga begins. 2016 – Nova Arcada opens, after years of suspended work from its previous owner.

Timeline of Braga

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