The following is a timeline of the

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of the city of

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Prior to 20th century

* 1649 - Fortaleza founded by Dutch. * 1810 - Town becomes capital of

. * 1823 - Fortaleza attains city status. * 1846 - built. * 1854 - Bishopric established. * 1864 - (seminary) founded. * 1872 -

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

: 42,458. * 1877 - Drought. * 1887 - (learned society) founded. * 1890 - Population: 40,902. * 1894 - (literary society) founded.

20th century

* 1910 -

Theatro José de Alencar The Theatro José de Alencar is a Brazilian theater located in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará. History It was officially opened on June 17, 1910, and features eclectic architecture of the theater in the Art Nouveau style, 120-seat auditorium, foye ...

(theatre) opens. * 1915 - Drought. * 1918 - Fortaleza Sporting Club founded. * 1919 - established. * 1920 - Population: 78,536 * 1928 - ''

O Povo ''O Povo'' is a Brazilian tabloid newspaper. Among the oldest Brazilian newspapers, it has been published since 1928. It is and has always been printed in Fortaleza, the capital of the Brazilian state of Ceará. It has a daily circulation of about ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1929 - founded. * 1932 ** established. ** Drought. * 1933 -

Ferroviário Atlético Clube Ferroviário may refer to sports clubs in: Angola * C.D. Ferroviário do Huambo, a football club from Huambo * Clube Ferroviário da Huíla, a football club from Lubango * Clube Ferroviário de Luanda, a football club from Luanda Brazil * Ferrovi ...

(football team) formed. * 1940 - Population: 180,901. * 1942 - Drought. * 1946 - Regional Labor Court headquartered in city. * 1950 - Population: 205,052. * 1957 - ''Tribuna do Ceará'' newspaper begins publication. * 1960 ** Population: 514,818. ** City plan presented by Helio Modesto. * 1962 -

Pirambu Pirambu is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil ...

shantytown rally. * 1966 -

Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport Fortaleza-Pinto Martins International Airport is the international airport serving Fortaleza, Brazil. It is named after ''Euclides Pinto Martins'' (1892–1924) a Ceará-born aviator, who in 1922 was one of the pioneers of the air-link between ...

terminal built. * 1970 - Population: 520,175 city; 828,763 urban agglomeration. * 1971 - Integrated Development Plan for the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza presented. * 1973 - Castelão stadium opens. * 1974 - in business. * 1979 - , , , , and development begins (approximate date). * 1980 ** established. ** Population: 1,308,919. * 1981 ** TV Cidade Fortaleza begins broadcasting. ** ''

Diário do Nordeste Diário do Nordeste is a Brazilian newspaper published in Fortaleza, the capital of the Brazilian state of Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1982 ** Federacao de Bairros y Favelas de Fortaleza (community organization) founded. ** shopping center in business. * 1989 -

Cocó Park The Cocó Ecological Park ( pt, Parque Ecológico do Cocó) is an area on the Rio Cocó that serves as a conservation area and state park. It is located in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, considered of great importance, both for the cit ...

established. * 1990 - becomes mayor. * 1991 ** Cearah Periferia (housing organization) established. **

: 1,765,794. * 1992 - (craft center) built. * 1993 ** established. ** Population: 1,846,955 (estimate). * 1997 - City divided into 7 administrative regions.^{( pt)} * 1999 -

Dragão do Mar Center of Art and Culture The Dragão do Mar Center of Art And Culture (in Portuguese: Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura) is a government funded cultural center in Fortaleza, Ceará in Brazil. The center contains facilities for exhibitions, a theatre, a library, a ci ...

inaugurated.

21st century

* 2005 -

Luizianne Lins Luizianne de Oliveira Lins (born 18 November 1968) is a Brazilian journalist. politician and former mayor of Fortaleza. She was Fortaleza's second female mayor. Luizianne Lins has been affiliated with the Workers' Party since 1989. She declares ...

becomes mayor. * 2007 - (building) restored. * 2010 - Population: 2,452,185. * 2012 **

Fortaleza Metro The Metropolitan of Fortaleza, also known popularly as Metro of Fortaleza or Metrofor, is a system of metropolitan transport that operates in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, operated by Companhia Cearense de Transportes Metropolitanos, company o ...

begins operating. ** October: held. * 2013 ** June: Protest. **

Roberto Cláudio Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra () is a Brazilian politician, the former mayor of Fortaleza, the fifth largest city in Brazil, from 2013 to 2021. Roberto Cláudio (as he is known in politics) is a doctor, graduated from the Federal University ...

becomes mayor. * 2014 - July: International

6th BRICS summit The 6th BRICS summit was the sixth annual diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five- ...

held in city. * 2016 - 2 October: held. * 2019 - 2 June: Dedication of LDS Fortaleza Brazil Temple, 164th in the church.

References

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