Timeline of Bissau
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Bissau is a city in Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly part of the kingdom of Kaabu and part of the Mali Empire.
Prior to 20th century
- 1687 – Portuguese trading post established in region of Papel people.[1]
- 1692 – Portuguese colonial Captaincy of Bissau founded.[2]
- 1707 – Portuguese fort dismantled and abandoned.[2]
- 1753 – Portuguese overcome Papel resistance, rebuild fort.
- 1775 – Fortaleza de São José da Amura (fort) built.[2]
- 1859 – Municipal Council founded.[2]
- 1863 – Bissau attains town status.[2]
- 1869
20th century
- 1917 – Bissau attains city status.[2]
- 1935 – Bissau Cathedral built.
- 1936 – Sporting Clube de Bissau formed.
- 1937 – Estrela Negra de Bissau football club formed.
- 1941 – Capital of colonial Portuguese Guinea moves to Bissau from Bolama.[1]
- 1944 – Sport Bissau e Benfica (football club) formed.
- 1948 – City Market construction begins.[4]
- 1950s – Craveiro Lopes (airport) built.[citation needed]
- 1950 – Population: 18,309.[5]
- 1959 – 3 August: Dockworkers strike at Porto Pidjiguiti; crackdown.[3]
- 1960 – Canal do Impernal (channel) dries up; Bissau no longer an island in the Geba River estuary.[2]
- 1968 – City besieged during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence.[2]
- 1971 – City besieged during the War of Independence.[2]
- 1973 – Africa Bottling Company Lda in business.
- 1974 – City becomes capital of newly independent Guinea-Bissau.[3]
- 1977 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau established.[6]
- 1979 – Population: 109,214.[7]
- 1984 – National Library of Guinea-Bissau headquartered in city.
- 1985 – City joins the newly formed União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas.
- 1989 – Estádio 24 de Setembro (stadium) opens.
- 1990 – 27 January: Catholic pope visits city.
- 1991
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Guinea-Bissau) headquartered in city.
- Population: 197,600.[8]
- 1992 – Correio-Bissau newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1996 – Rádio Bombolom begins broadcasting.[9]
- 1998
- 7 June: Guinea-Bissau Civil War begins; residents flee from the city.[10]
- Hotel Hotti Bissau in business.
- 1999 – 10 May: Guinea-Bissau Civil War ends.[11]
21st century
- 2002 – Population: 292,000.[3]
- 2005 – National People's Assembly Palácio Colinas de Boé built.
- 2008 – TV Guiné-Bissau begins broadcasting.
- 2009
- 2010 – Hospital Amizade China-Guine-Bissau opens.[2]
- 2012 – 12 April: 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état.[15]
- 2022 – 1 February: 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt
See also
- Bissau history (de)
- List of governors of Portuguese Guinea, seated at Bissau 1941–1974
- History of Guinea-Bissau
