title: Timeline of Benguela
text: # Timeline of Benguela
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Benguela, Angola.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
  Part of a series on the :
  
  History of Angola :
  
  | Precolonial history | to 1575 |
  | - | - |
  | Colonization | 1575–1641 |
  | Dutch occupation | 1641–1648 |
  | Colonial history | 1648–1951 |
  | Portuguese province | 1951–1961 |
  | War of Independence | 1961–1974 |
  | Sovereign socialist state | 1975–1992 |
  | Civil War | 1975–2002 |
  
  Post-war Angola’s :
  
  2000s
  
  2010s
  
  2020s :
  
  See also :
  
  Years in Angola :
  
  vte :
  
  * 1617 - Forte de São Filipe de Benguela [pt] founded in Portuguese Angola, under colonial governor Manuel Cerveira Pereira [pt].
  * 1641 - Benguela taken by Dutch.
  * 1648 - Dutch ousted; Portuguese in power again.
  * 1779 - Antonio Jose Pimental de Castro e Mesquita appointed colonial governor of Benguela.
  * 1784 - Pedro Jose Correia de Quevedo Homem e Magalhaes becomes governor.
  * 1792 - Francisco Paim da Camara Ornellas becomes governor (approximate date).
  * 1795 - Alexandre José Botelho de Vasconcelos [pt] appointed governor.
  * 1803 - Francisco Infante de Sequeira Correa da Silva becomes governor (approximate date).
  * 1810 - Jose Maria Doutel d'Almeida becomes governor (approximate date).
  * 1814 - Joao de Alvellos Leiria becomes governor (approximate date).
  * 1816 - Joze Joaquim Marques de Graca becomes governor (approximate date).
  * 1817 - Manoel d'Abreu de Mello e Alvim becomes governor (approximate date).
  * 1828 - Joaquim Aurelio de Oliveira becomes governor (approximate date).
  * 1836 - Slave trade officially abolished.
  * 1900 - Benguella province active.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1912
     * Caminho de Ferro de Benguela (railway) to Huambo begins operating (approximate date).
     * Jornal de Benguela newspaper begins publication.
  * 1915 - Sporting Clube de Benguela formed.
  * 1920 - Clube Nacional de Benguela (football club) formed.
  * 1921 - Império Sport Clube formed
  * 1940 - Population: 14,243.
  * 1960 - Population: 23,256.
  * 1963 - Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora de Fátima (church) built.
  * 1965 - Lomaum Dam built on the Catumbela River in vicinity of Benguela.
  * 1970
     * Population: 40,996 (including 10,175 whites).
     * Roman Catholic Diocese of Benguela established.
  * 1972 - Autódromo de Benguela opens.
  * 1975 - Benguela becomes part of newly independent Republic of Angola.
  * 1981 - Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio (football club) formed.
  * 1983 - Population: 155,000 (estimate).
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2005 - Population: 151,235 (estimate).
  * 2007
     * Pavilhão Acácias Rubras (arena) opens.
     * August: Part of AfroBasket 2007 played in Benguela.
  * 2009
     * Estádio Nacional de Ombaka (stadium) and 4 de Abril Bridge (to Lobito) open.
     * Universidade Katyavala Bwila [pt] founded.
  * 2010 - January: Part of 2010 Africa Cup of Nations football contest played in Benguela.
  * 2011 - City joins the União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas [pt].
  * 2012 - Catumbela Airport opens in vicinity of Benguela.
  * 2018 - Population: 623,777 (estimate, urban agglomeration).
  