The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Porto, Portugal.
- 5th-4th C. BCE - "Fortified settlement of Cale" active.[1]
- 540 CE - Visigoths in power (approximate date).
- 559 CE - Church of São Martinho de Cedofeita built.
- 588 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto established.[3]
- 716 - Moors in power.
- 997 - Christians in power.
- 1120 - "Ecclesiastical city" founded per "royal endowment."[1]
- 12th C.- Porto Cathedral construction begins.[1]
- 1234 - Church of São Francisco built.[1]
- 1238 - Church of Saint Domingos built.[1]
- 1325 - Custom House built.[1]
- 1370s - Construction of Fernandina Wall completed.[4]
- 1386 - Judiaria do Olival (Jewish quarter) established.[4](pt)
- 1410 - Church of São Francisco rebuilt.
- 1520s - Rua das Flores [pt] (street) opens.
- 1548 - Inquisition begins.
- 1559 - Igreja da Misericórdia do Porto [pt] (church) built.
- 1580 - 24 October: Capture of Porto by Spanish forces.
- 1582 - Tribunal da Relação do Porto [pt] (law court) established.
- 1622 - Printing press in operation.[5]
- 1628 - Tax revolt.
- 1661 - Tax revolt.
- 1692 - Igreja da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco [pt] (church) construction begins.
- 1703 - Methuen Treaty on wines taxes facilitated export of port wine.
- 1734 - Episcopal Palace construction begins.[1]
- 1750s - Clérigos Church built.[1]
- 1756 - Douro Wine Company founded.
- 1757 - Unrest "against the wine monopoly."
- 1762 - Rua de Cedofeita [pt] (street) opens.
- 1763 - Clérigos Church tower built.[7]
- 1764 - Cadeia da Relação [pt] (courthouse and prison) built.[1]
- 1770 - Hospital de Santo António [pt] construction begins.
- 1779 - Igreja da Lapa [pt] (church) consecrated.
- 1790 - British Factory House built.
- 1798 - Teatro do Príncipe (theatre) opens.
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- This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
in English
- "Oporto", Handbook for Travellers in Portugal (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1887, pp. 115+, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha1
- John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Porto", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
- "Oporto". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3bz6g65j.
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- "Porto", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, New York, 1905, hdl:2027/msu.31293024395141
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- "Oporto" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 137–139.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Oporto", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
- "Oporto", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1913, OCLC 34871901
- Nuno Portas; et al. (2004). "Porto Urban Region". In Antonio Font (ed.). Explosion of the City (in Catalan and English). Barcelona: Colegio de Arquitectos de Cataluña. ISBN 8496185184.
- Miguel Serra; Paulo Pinho (2011). "Dynamics of periurban spatial structures: investigating differentiated patterns of change on Oporto's urban fringe". Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. 38 (2): 359–382. doi:10.1068/b36092. S2CID 60820974.
in Portuguese
- Pinho Leal (1876). "Porto". Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario... (in Portuguese). Vol. 7. Mattos Moreira. pp. 268–554. (+ Index)
- Alberto Pimentel (1878). O Porto por fora e por dentro [Porto inside and out] (in Portuguese).
- Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, ed. (1881). "Porto". Diccionario Popular (in Portuguese). Vol. 10. Lisbon: Joaquim Germano de Sousa Neves. pp. 15–34.
- Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1911). "Porto". Portugal: Diccionario Historico... (in Portuguese). Vol. 5. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres. hdl:2027/gri.ark:/13960/t1gj3dx23. OCLC 865826167.
- Damião Peres; et al., eds. (1962–1965). História da Cidade do Porto (in Portuguese). Portucalense editora. OCLC 460632616.
- J. M. P. de Oliveira (1973). O espaço urbano do Porto: Condições naturais e desenvolvimento (in Portuguese). Coimbra.
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- Marie-Therèse Mandroux-França (1984). Quatro fases de urbanização do Porto no século XVIII (in Portuguese).
- Francisco Ribeiro da Silva (1988). O Porto e o seu Termo - Os homens, as instituições e o poder (1580-1640) (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal do Porto.
- Congresso sobre o Porto de Fim do Século (1880-1910) (in Portuguese), Ateneu Comercial do Porto, 1991 – via Biblioteca Nacional Digital
- Porto a Património Mundial (in Portuguese), 1993
- Agostinho Rebelo da Costa (2001). Descripção Topografica e Histórica da Cidade do Porto (in Portuguese) (3rd ed.). Edições Frenesi.
- Luís Miguel Duarte (2001). História do Porto em BD (in Portuguese). Edições ASA.
- Luís António de Oliveira Ramos, ed. (2001). História do Porto (in Portuguese) (3rd ed.). Porto Editora.