Timeline of Benguela
The following is atimelineof thehistoryof thecityofBenguela,Angola.
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- 1617 -Forte de São Filipe de Benguelafounded inPortuguese Angola,under colonial governorManuel Cerveira Pereira.[1]
- 1641 - Benguela taken by Dutch.[1]
- 1648 - Dutch ousted; Portuguese in power again.[1]
- 1779 - Antonio Jose Pimental de Castro e Mesquita appointed colonial governor of Benguela.[2]
- 1784 - Pedro Jose Correia de Quevedo Homem e Magalhaes becomes governor.[2]
- 1792 - Francisco Paim da Camara Ornellas becomes governor (approximate date).[3]
- 1795 -Alexandre José Botelho de Vasconcelosappointed governor.[3]
- 1803 - Francisco Infante de Sequeira Correa da Silva becomes governor (approximate date).[3]
- 1810 - Jose Maria Doutel d'Almeida becomes governor (approximate date).[3]
- 1814 - Joao de Alvellos Leiria becomes governor (approximate date).[3]
- 1816 - Joze Joaquim Marques de Graca becomes governor (approximate date).[3]
- 1817 - Manoel d'Abreu de Mello e Alvim becomes governor (approximate date).[3]
- 1828 - Joaquim Aurelio de Oliveira becomes governor (approximate date).[3]
- 1836 -Slave tradeofficially abolished.[1]
- 1900 - Benguella province active.[4]
20th century
[edit]- 1912
- Caminho de Ferro de Benguela(railway) toHuambobegins operating (approximate date).[1]
- Jornal de Benguelanewspaperbegins publication.
- 1915 -Sporting Clube de Benguelaformed.
- 1920 -Clube Nacional de Benguela(football club) formed.
- 1921 -Império Sport Clubeformed
- 1940 - Population: 14,243.[5]
- 1960 - Population: 23,256.[5]
- 1963 -Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora de Fátima(church) built.
- 1965 - Lomaum Dam built on theCatumbela Riverin vicinity of Benguela.
- 1970
- Population: 40,996 (including 10,175 whites).[6][1]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Benguelaestablished.[7]
- 1972 -Autódromo de Benguelaopens.
- 1975 - Benguela becomes part of newly independent Republic of Angola.[4]
- 1981 -Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio(football club) formed.
- 1983 - Population: 155,000 (estimate).[8]
21st century
[edit]- 2005 - Population: 151,235 (estimate).[citation needed]
- 2007
- Pavilhão Acácias Rubras(arena) opens.[citation needed]
- August: Part ofAfroBasket 2007played in Benguela.
- 2009
- Estádio Nacional de Ombaka(stadium)[1]and4 de Abril Bridge(toLobito) open.
- Universidade Katyavala Bwilafounded.
- 2010 - January: Part of2010 Africa Cup of Nationsfootball contest played in Benguela.
- 2011 - City joins theUnião das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas.[9]
- 2012 -Catumbela Airportopens in vicinity of Benguela.
- 2018 - Population: 623,777 (estimate, urban agglomeration).[10]
See also
[edit]- Benguela history
- Reino de Benguela(1617-1869)
- Timeline of Luanda
References
[edit]- ^abcdefgW. Martin James (2011),Historical Dictionary of Angola(2nd ed.), US:Scarecrow Press,ISBN9780810871939
- ^abCandido 2013.
- ^abcdefghJoseph C. Miller(1988).Way of Death: Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730–1830.University of Wisconsin Press.ISBN978-0-299-11563-0.
- ^abGwillim Law (1999). "Angola".Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998.US:McFarland & Company.pp. 27–29.ISBN0786407298.
- ^abIlídio do Amaral[in Portuguese](1978)."Contribuição para o conhecimento do fenómeno de urbanização em Angola".Finisterra(in Portuguese).13(25). Centro de Estudos Geográficos da Universidade de Lisboa.ISSN0430-5027.
- ^"Angola".Africa South of the Sahara 2004.Regional Surveys of the World.Europa Publications.2004.ISBN1857431839.
- ^"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Angola".Norway:Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo.Retrieved27 October2017.
- ^"Angola: Städte & Orte".Citypopulation.de(in German). Oldenburg, Germany: Thomas Brinkhoff.Retrieved27 October2017.
- ^"Membros: Benguela".Uccla.pt(in Portuguese).Retrieved1 November2017.
- ^"Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants",Demographic Yearbook – 2018,United Nations
Bibliography
[edit]- Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1906)."Benguella".Portugal: Diccionario Historico...(in Portuguese). Vol. 2. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres.hdl:2027/gri.ark:/13960/t6m081q3b.OCLC865826167.
- Mariana P. Candido (2013).An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World: Benguela and Its Hinterland.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-1-107-01186-1.
External links
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