The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1493 - Cathedral of Funchal construction begins.
 - 1514 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal established.[1]
 - 1566 - Sack of Funchal.
 - 1835 - Town becomes part of the newly created administrative Funchal District.
 - 1836
- Associação Commercial founded.[2][3]
 - Synagogue of Funchal built (approximate date).
 
 - 1838 - Biblioteca Municipal do Funchal (library) founded.
 - 1846 - José Silvestre Ribeiro becomes district governor.
 - 1851 - Jewish Cemetery of Funchal established.
 - 1876 - Diário de Notícias da Madeira newspaper begins publication.[2]
 - 1883 - Paços do Concelho do Funchal (town hall) in use.
 - 1888 - Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias (theatre) opens.
 - 1893 - Monte Railway and horsecar tram 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 newspaper begins publication.[2]
 - Campo dos Barreiros (sport field) opens.
 
 - 1931 - Arquivo Distrital do Funchal (archive) founded.
 - 1935 - Fernão de Ornelas 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
 - 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 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 in business.
 
 - 2003 - City twinned with Praia, Cape Verde.[7]
 - 2005 - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Funchal 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.
 - 2016
- August: Wildfire.[11]
 - City twinned with Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.[7]
 
 - 2017 - Funchal local election, 2017 held.
 
See also
- Funchal history
 - List of mayors of Funchal
 - 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
 
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Portugal". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
 - ↑ José Silvestre Ribeiro, ed. (1871–1893). Historia dos estabelecimentos scientificos, litterarios e artisticos de Portugal (in Portuguese). Academia Real das Sciencias.
 - ↑ Britannica 1910.
 - ↑ "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
 - 1 2 "Building Directory: Portugal: Madeira: Funchal". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Geminações: Municipio: Funchal". Anmp.pt (in Portuguese). Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
 - ↑ "Associação de Municípios da Região Autónoma da Madeira" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
 - ↑ "Congressos da ANMP" (in Portuguese). Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
 - ↑ "Cm-funchal.pt" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal do Funchal. Archived from the original on 3 September 2000 – via Wayback Machine.
 - ↑ "Madeira wildfires: Three dead as flames reach Funchal", BBC News, 10 August 2016
 
- This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
 
Bibliography
- in English
 
- "Funchal", Handbook for Travellers in Portugal (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1887, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha1
 - A. Samler Brown (1903), "Funchal", Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores (7th ed.), London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
 - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 301.
 - "Funchal", The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
 
- in Portuguese
 
- Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, ed. (1879). "Funchal". Diccionario Popular (in Portuguese). Vol. 5. Lisbon: Diario Illustrado. hdl:2027/mdp.39015087705284.
 - Carlos Augusto da Silva Campos, ed. (1886), "Negociantes e industriaes das provincias e ilhas: Funchal", Almanach Commercial de Lisboa (in Portuguese), pp. 244–245
 - Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1907). "Funchal". Portugal: Diccionario Historico... (in Portuguese). Vol. 3. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres. hdl:2027/nyp.33433004990432. OCLC 865826167.
 
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