Timeline of Recife

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

1535 - Olinda settlement established by Duarte Coelho.^[1]
1595 - Capture of Recife by English privateer James Lancaster.^[1]
1630 - Siege of Recife by Dutch forces.^[1]^[2]
1637 - Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue built.^[3]
1649 - Second Battle of Guararapes
1654 - Recapture of Recife by Portuguese forces.
1667 - Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos (Recife) [pt] (church) established (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
1710 - War of the Mascates begins.^[4]^[5]
1720 - Igreja Madre de Deus (Recife) [pt] (church) built.
1767 - Basilica and Convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Recife (church) built.
1817 - Pernambucan revolt.^[6]
1824 - Confederation of the Equator
1825 - Diário de Pernambuco newspaper begins publication.^[7]
1848 - Praieira revolt.^[8]
1850 - Santa Isabel Theater opens.
1855 - Malakoff Tower built.
1861 - Hospital Pedro II [pt] completed.^[1]
1862 - Instituto Arqueológico, Histórico e Geográfico Pernambucano [pt] founded.^{[citation needed]}
1866 - Provincial Assembly palace built.^[1]
1872 - Population: 116,671.^[9]
1875 - Mercado de São José built.

1901 - Clube Náutico Capibaribe (sports club) formed.
1904 - Population: 186,000.^[1]
1905 - Sport Club do Recife formed.
1909 - Federal Institute of Pernambuco founded.^[10]
1914 - Santa Cruz Futebol Clube formed.
1917 - Labor strike.^[11]
1919 - Jornal do Commercio (Recife) [pt] newspaper begins publication.
1920 - Population: 238,843.
1929 - Museum of the State of Pernambuco opens.
1938 - Marco Zero (milestone) installed in Praça Rio Branco (Recife) [pt].
1939
- Jardim Zoobotânico de Dois Irmãos (zoo) established.
- Estádio dos Aflitos (stadium) opens.
1940 - Population: 348,424.
1946 - Federal University of Pernambuco established.
1950 - Population: 512,370.^[12]
1958 - Recife Symphony [pt] founded.
1960 - Population: 788,336.
1966 - University of Pernambuco established.^[13]
1970 - Population: 1,046,454.^[14]
1972 - Estádio do Arruda (stadium) opens.
1978 - Galo da Madrugada (parade) begins.
1985 - Recife Metro begins operating.
1986 - Jarbas Vasconcelos becomes mayor.
1991 - Population: 1,296,995.^[9]
1993 - Population: 1,314,857 (estimate).^[15]
1997 - Recife Cinema Festival begins.
2000 - Population: 1,422,905.

2001 - João Paulo Lima e Silva [pt] becomes mayor.
2002 - Ricardo Brennand Institute established.
2004 - Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport terminal built.
2008 - Grande Recife Consórcio de Transporte Metropolitano [pt] established.
2009 - João da Costa Bezerra Filho [pt] becomes mayor.
2010 - Population: 1,546,516.
2011 - 13 July: Airplane crash in Boa Viagem.
2012 - 7 October: Recife 2012 municipal election [pt] held.
2013
- 1 January: Geraldo Júlio becomes mayor.
- 22 May: Arena Pernambuco opens in nearby São Lourenço da Mata.
2014 - Rádio Globo Recife [pt] begins broadcasting.
2016 - 2 October: Recife 2016 municipal election [pt] held.
2021 - 1 January: João Henrique Campos becomes mayor.
2022 - Population: 1,488,920.^[16]

[1]
Britannica 1910.
[2]
Joseph Smith (2013). "Chronology of Main Events". A History of Brazil. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-89021-8.
[3]
"Ancient Synagogue To Reopen in Recife", New York Times, 2 June 2002
[4]
E. Bradford Burns (1993). "Chronology of Significant Dates in Brazilian History". A History of Brazil. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-07954-9.
[5]
C. R. Boxer, The Golden Age of Brazil: 1695-1750, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1962. Ch. V
[6]
Leão, Reinaldo Carneiro. "REVOLUÇÃO REPUBLICANA EM PERNAMBUCO DE 1817 BURGUESIA E MAÇONARIA VERSUS ARISTOCRACIA - IHGB - Instituto Histórico Geográfico Brasileiro". www.ihgb.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
[7]
"Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
[8]
Barman, Roderick James (2001). Citizen emperor: Pedro II and the making of Brazil, 1825 - 1891 (repr. ed.). Stanford, Calif: Stanford Univ. Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-8047-4400-3.
[9]
"Tabela 1.6 - População nos Censos Demográficos, segundo os municípios das capitais - 1872/2010", Sinopse do Censo Demografico 2010 (in Portuguese), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, retrieved 5 September 2018
[10]
"Portal da Câmara dos Deputados". www2.camara.leg.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
[11]
Europa Publications (2003). "Brazil". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. p. 32+. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
[12]
"Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
[13]
"UPE - Universidade de Pernambuco". www.upe.br. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
[14]
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
[15]
United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
[16]
"Censo 2022 - Panorama".

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia and Dutch Wikipedia.

in English

"Recife" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 953–954.
Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Brazil: Pernambuco (Recife)", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office

in Portuguese

J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Recife", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud, hdl:2027/wu.89006303077 – via Hathi Trust
Gilberto Freyre (1934). Guia Prático, Histórico e Sentimental da Cidade do Recife (in Portuguese).

"Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil". Heritage of Portuguese Influence (in English and Portuguese). Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Map of Recife, 1985
Items related to Recife, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] [1]
Britannica 1910.

[Smith2013-2] [2]
Joseph Smith (2013). "Chronology of Main Events". A History of Brazil. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-89021-8.

[3] [3]
"Ancient Synagogue To Reopen in Recife", New York Times, 2 June 2002

[burns1993-4] [4]
E. Bradford Burns (1993). "Chronology of Significant Dates in Brazilian History". A History of Brazil. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-07954-9.

[Boxer2-5] [5]
C. R. Boxer, The Golden Age of Brazil: 1695-1750, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1962. Ch. V

[6] [6]
Leão, Reinaldo Carneiro. "REVOLUÇÃO REPUBLICANA EM PERNAMBUCO DE 1817 BURGUESIA E MAÇONARIA VERSUS ARISTOCRACIA - IHGB - Instituto Histórico Geográfico Brasileiro". www.ihgb.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[europa2003yearbook-7] [7]
"Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.

[8] [8]
Barman, Roderick James (2001). Citizen emperor: Pedro II and the making of Brazil, 1825 - 1891 (repr. ed.). Stanford, Calif: Stanford Univ. Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-8047-4400-3.

[IBGE2010-9] [9]
"Tabela 1.6 - População nos Censos Demográficos, segundo os municípios das capitais - 1872/2010", Sinopse do Censo Demografico 2010 (in Portuguese), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, retrieved 5 September 2018

[10] [10]
"Portal da Câmara dos Deputados". www2.camara.leg.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[europa2003chronology-11] [11]
Europa Publications (2003). "Brazil". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. p. 32+. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.

[12] [12]
"Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.

[13] [13]
"UPE - Universidade de Pernambuco". www.upe.br. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

[14] [14]
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[15] [15]
United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[16] [16]
"Censo 2022 - Panorama".

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