title: Timeline of Fortaleza
text: # Timeline of Fortaleza
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
  
  ## Prior to 20th century
  
  * 1649 - Fortaleza founded by Dutch.
  * 1810 - Town becomes capital of Ceará.
  * 1823 - Fortaleza attains city status.
  * 1846 - Lighthouse fortress [pt] built.
  * 1854 - Bishopric established.
  * 1864 - Seminário Episcopal do Ceará [pt] (seminary) founded.
  * 1872 - Population: 42,458.
  * 1877 - Drought.
  * 1887 - Instituto do Ceará [pt] (learned society) founded.
  * 1890 - Population: 40,902.
  * 1894 - Academia Cearense de Letras [pt] (literary society) founded.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1910 - Theatro José de Alencar (theatre) opens.
  * 1915 - Drought.
  * 1918 - Fortaleza Sporting Club founded.
  * 1919 - Colégio Militar de Fortaleza [pt] established.
  * 1920 - Population: 78,536
  * 1928 - O Povo newspaper begins publication.
  * 1929 - Ceará Flying Club [pt] founded.
  * 1932
     * Ceará History Museum [pt] established.
     * Drought.
  * 1933 - Ferroviário Atlético Clube (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 shantytown rally.
  * 1966 - Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport 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 - Shopping Center Um [pt] in business.
  * 1979 - Aldeota [pt], Cocó [pt], Meireles [pt], Papicu [pt], and Varjota [pt] development begins (approximate date).
  * 1980
     * Ceará Museum of Image and Sound [pt] established.
     * Population: 1,308,919.
  * 1981
     * TV Cidade Fortaleza begins broadcasting.
     * Diário do Nordeste newspaper begins publication.
  * 1982
     * Federacao de Bairros y Favelas de Fortaleza (community organization) founded.
     * Iguatemi Fortaleza [pt] shopping center in business.
  * 1989 - Cocó Park established.
  * 1990 - Juraci Vieira de Magalhães [pt] becomes mayor.
  * 1991
     * Cearah Periferia (housing organization) established.
     * Population: 1,765,794.
  * 1992 - Central de Artesanato do Ceará [pt] (craft center) built.
  * 1993
     * Hospital São Mateus [pt] established.
     * Population: 1,846,955 (estimate).
  * 1997 - City divided into 7 administrative regions.
  * 1999 - Dragão do Mar Center of Art and Culture inaugurated.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2005 - Luizianne Lins becomes mayor.
  * 2007 - Sobrado of Dr. José Lourenço [pt] (building) restored.
  * 2010 - Population: 2,452,185.
  * 2012
     * Fortaleza Metro begins operating.
     * October: Fortaleza 2012 municipal election [pt] held.
  * 2013
     * June: Protest.
     * Roberto Cláudio becomes mayor.
  * 2014 - July: International 6th BRICS summit held in city.
  * 2016 - 2 October: Fortaleza 2016 municipal election [pt] held.
  * 2019 - 2 June: Dedication of LDS Fortaleza Brazil Temple, 164th in the church.
  