title: Timeline of Setúbal
text: # Timeline of Setúbal
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Setúbal, Portugal.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
  * 1249 - Foral (charter) initiated.
  * ca. 1490
     * Monastery of Jesus of Setúbal founded.
     * Setúbal Aqueduct built.
  * 1531 - 26 January: Earthquake.
  * 1570 - Our Lady of Grace church built.
  * 1755 - 1 November: Earthquake.
  * 1765 - Poet Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage born in Setubal.
  * 1814 - Roman ruins of Tróia discovered near Setubal.
  * 1836 - Doca Delpeut (dock) built.
  * 1850 - Roman ruins of Tróia near Setubal excavated.
  * 1858 - Earthquake.
  * 1859 - Cisne do Sado newspaper begins publication.
  * 1860
     * Correio de Setúbal newspaper begins publication.
     * Setúbal attains city status.
  * 1861 - Setúbal Station [pt] opens; Linha do Sul begins operating.
  * 1871 - Bocage monument erected.
  * 1899 - Comércio de Setúbal newspaper begins publication.
  * 1900 - Population: 22,074.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1909
     * Republican Congress held.
     * Benavente earthquake causes some damage.
  * 1910
     * 4–5 October: City Hall burns down.
     * Vitória F.C. (football club) formed.
  * 1911 - Population: 30,346.
  * 1913 - Campo dos Arcos (sport field) established.
  * 1917 - União Futebol Comércio e Indústria football club formed.
  * 1920 - Apeadeiro de Fontainhas - Sado [pt] railway station opens.
  * 1923 - Junta Autónoma das Obras do Porto e Barra de Setúbal e do Rio Sado established to oversee the Port of Setúbal [pt].
  * 1926 - City becomes seat of the newly formed Setúbal District.
  * 1927 - Setúbal Football Association organized.
  * 1933 - Banco de Portugal building constructed.
  * 1956 - Cineclube de Setúbal formed.
  * 1962 - Estádio do Bonfim (stadium) opens.
  * 1965 - Arquivo Distrital de Setúbal (archive) established.
  * 1966 - Cais Comercial (commercial pier) built in the port.
  * 1975 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Setúbal established; Manuel da Silva Martins becomes bishop.
  * 1976 - Teatro Animação de Setúbal (theatre) founded.
  * 1981 - Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal [pt] opens.
  * 1982 - City twinned with Beauvais, France.
  * 1983 - City joins the Associação de Municípios do Distrito de Setúbal.
  * 1985
     * Rádio Azul [pt] begins broadcasting.
     * Roll-on/roll-off terminal built in the port.
  * 1986 - 14 July: Bombing by Organização Revolucionária Armada.
  * 1993 - Ford automotive plant begins operating (approximate date).
  * 1998 - Gilberto Canavarro dos Reis [pt] becomes bishop.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2001
     * Mun-setubal.pt website online (approximate date).
     * Population: 113,934.
     * Carlos de Sousa becomes mayor.
  * 2006 - Maria das Dores Meira [pt] becomes mayor.
  * 2011
     * Population: 121,185.
  * 2015 - José Ornelas Carvalho becomes bishop.
  
  ## Images
  
  * View of Setubal, 1860
  