Bissau is a city in

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

, 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 Papels also known as Moium, Oium, Papei, Pepel or Pelels, are an ethnic group primarily located in Guinea Bissau, though are also found in Casamance (Senegal) and Guinea. Its population in Guinea Bissau is 183,000, with 9,000 living outside of th ...

. * 1692 - Portuguese colonial Captaincy of Bissau founded. * 1707 - Portuguese fort dismantled and abandoned. * 1753 - Portuguese overcome Papel resistance, rebuild fort. * 1775 -

Fortaleza de São José da Amura Fort São José of Amura (Fortaleza de São José da Amura in Portuguese), also known locally as Amura Fort (Fortaleza de Amura), is a fortification located in the city of Bissau, region of Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa. Histor ...

(fort) built. * 1859 - Municipal Council founded. * 1863 - Bissau attains town status. * 1869 ** Bissau becomes capital of the colonial district of Guinea. ** Population: 573.

20th century

* 1917 - Bissau attains city status. * 1935 - Bissau Cathedral built. * 1936 -

Sporting Clube de Bissau Sporting Clube de Bissau, usually known as Sporting de Bissau, is a football (soccer) club from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. History The club was founded on 30 January 1936 in Bissau, the club named after to that of the Portuguese club Sporting CP of ...

formed. * 1937 -

Estrela Negra de Bissau Estrela Negra de Bissau, usually known simply as Estrela Negra, is a traditional football (soccer) club based in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Stadium The club plays their home matches at Estádio Lino Correia Estádio Lino Correia is a multi-use st ...

football club formed. * 1941 - Capital of colonial

Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Guinea ( pt, Guiné), called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a West African colony of Portugal from 1588 until 10 September 1974, when it gained independence as Gu ...

moves to Bissau from Bolama. * 1944 - Sport Bissau e Benfica (football club) formed. * 1948 - City Market construction begins. * 1950s -

Craveiro Lopes Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes (; 12 April 1894 – 2 September 1964) was a Portuguese Air Force officer and politician who served as the 12th president of Portugal from 1951 to 1958. Early life and career Born in Lisbon, he was a son o ...

(airport) built. * 1950 - Population: 18,309. * 1959 - 3 August: Dockworkers strike at Porto Pidjiguiti;

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. * 1960 - Canal do Impernal (channel) dries up; Bissau no longer an

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in the

Geba River The Geba is a river of West Africa that rises in the northernmost area of Guinea in the Fouta Djallon highlands, passes through southern Senegal, and reaches the Atlantic Ocean in Guinea-Bissau. It is about in total length. In Senegal, the r ...

estuary. * 1968 - City besieged during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. * 1971 - City besieged during the War of Independence. * 1973 - in business. * 1974 - City becomes capital of newly independent Guinea-Bissau. * 1977 -

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau ( la, Bissagen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bissau in Guinea-Bissau. History Pope Pius XII created a Mission “sui iuris” comprising the then overseas colony of Portuguese Guinea on September 4 ...

established. * 1979 - Population: 109,214. * 1984 - National Library of Guinea-Bissau headquartered in city. * 1985 - City joins the newly formed . * 1989 - Estádio 24 de Setembro (stadium) opens. * 1990 - 27 January: Catholic pope visits city. * 1991 ** headquartered in city. ** Population: 197,600. * 1992 - ''Correio-Bissau''

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begins publication. * 1996 - Rádio Bombolom begins

broadcasting Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting beg ...

. * 1998 ** 7 June:

Guinea-Bissau Civil War The Guinea-Bissau Civil War was fought from 7 June 1998 to 10 May 1999 and was triggered by an attempted coup d'état against the government of President João Bernardo Vieira led by Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané.Uppsala Conflict Data Progra ...

begins; residents flee from the city. ** Hotel Hotti Bissau in business. * 1999 - 10 May: Guinea-Bissau Civil War ends.

21st century

* 2002 - Population: 292,000. * 2005 - National People's Assembly built. * 2008 - begins

. * 2009 ** 2 March: Assassination of president

Vieira Vieira is a Portuguese and Galician term which in Portuguese and Galician stands for the Great Pilgrim Mussel from the scallop family (Pectinidae). The term derives its use as a place and family name. History The use of the term can be traced, ...

. ** Population: 387,909. * 2010 - Hospital Amizade China-Guine-Bissau opens. * 2012 - 12 April:

2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état On 12 April 2012, a coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau was staged by elements of the armed forces about two weeks before the second round of a presidential election between Carlos Gomes Júnior and Kumba Ialá. The coup started in the evening with m ...

. * 2022 - 1 February:

2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt A coup d'état was attempted in Guinea-Bissau on 1 February 2022. A few hours later, president Umaro Sissoco Embaló declared the coup over, he said that "many" members of the security forces had been killed in a "failed attack against democracy" ...

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