Colonial era Timeline of São Vicente, Cape Verde

1462 - january 22 - island discovered on saint vincent s day
1593 - may 30: total solar eclipse took place before noon, maximum eclipse seen in barlavento islands except of são nicolau, sal , boa vista, remainder saw partial, first total eclipse (umbral part) seen people in cape verde
1624 - dutch fleet had 3,300 sailors, commanded admiral jacob willekens passed through porto grande bay before captured bahia in brazil
1734 - island s first fortification built protect against british, french , dutch pirates.
1781 - pirate raids continued raid, plan new settlement made.
1795 - island s first permanent settlement mindelo, aldeia de nossa senhora da luz founded
1819

population: 120
nossa senhora da luz planned rename leopoldinha after empress maria leopoldina of austria, wife of peter iv of portugal


1821 - population: 295
1835 - englishman john lewis visited island objective of finding port s conditions serving scale english ships british india company.
1838

porto grande became coal deposit established supply ships on atlantic routes
the city adopted new name mindelo after military expedition in beaches of mindelo, portugal during wars of liberation.
mindelo planned become capital of cape verde replacing praia, many people wanted capital remain in praia, capital did not move.


1845 - construction began on our lady of light pro-cathedral or mindelo pro-cathedral, not completed until 1963
1850

population: around 1,400
royal mail stream brought first coal deposited island used ships , south atlantic , india


1852

fortim d el-rei or fortim mindelo built
santo antão municipality, santo antão-são vicente (northwestern cape verde) municipality split santo antão , são vicente municipalities, santa luzia, belonged são nicolau municipality integrated municipality of são vicente


1857

march 10: slavery abolished on island, first in cape verde
mindelo elevated town, first on island


1861

a custom house in port of mindelo built governor januário correia de almeida.
yellow fever strucked mindelo reducing population half, migration other islands restored population few years later


1862 - population: around 800
1870 - population: around 1,500
1873 - provincial council established obligation people of mindelo plant tree every 3 square meters of backyard
1874 - 2 submarine or telegraph cables linked island, communication cables or lines, via madeira, connected brazil in capital of pernambuco, recife.
1875 - coal shipping company cory brothers established
1879

669 ships refueled each year @ mindelo
mindelo elevated city, of today, island s city


1880

mindelo library (biblioteca mindelo) first opened, 1 of first 2 libraries opened in cape verde
the first stones construction of mindelo hospital put

porto grande bay, island s north , northwest , telegraph lines in 1884 map imray





mindelo s police station opened
1882 - don luis lighthouse (farol de d. luis) on nearby ilhéu dos passaros built
1884 - india rubber gutta established telegraph line praia along west , southern africa , united states
1885 - telegraph line cameroon via bathurst (now banjul), gambia established
1886 - canal receiving water madeiral , madeiralzinho completed, first settlement outside of mindelo, madeiral established
1889 - 1,927 ships stopped @ porto grande - highest ever reached
1890 - population: 6,666
1891 - empresa das Águas da cidade de mindelo (city of mindelo water company) established
1894

farol de d. amélia in southwest of island built
a branch of portuguese bank colonies, banco national ultramarino opened, remain until 1975 when replaced bank of cape verde


1899 - in revista de cabo veede magazine - opted creation of lyceum on island
1900

as gasoline fuel used ships increased, usage of coal dropped

old postcard of mindelo 20th century



people demanded minister of overseas create secondary aschool , foreign language school


1912

mindelo used transatlantic telegraph station time
around 4,000 coal workers went on strike on drop in food products due lack of rain , insufficient work @ port


1921 - liceu nacional de infante d. henrique (now escola de jorge barbosa) opened
1922

eden park, picture house, nation s first cinema opened
april 5: aviators gago coutinho , sacadura cabral , plane lusitânia stopped @ porto grande bay part of flight south atlantic started in lisbon , ended in rio de janeiro, brazil, @ time national capital, stopped repairs
apri; 17: 2 aviators left rio de janeiro, brazil , stopping @ praia on island of santiago
may 25: cs mindelense, cape verde s first football (soccer) club established


1923 - february 18: gs castilho football (soccer) club established
1924 - people of mindelo demanded petition governor accepted prohibition of alcohol including brandy on island
1929 - august 5: fc derby football (soccer) club established
1930 - population: 14,639
1930s

economic crisis started after great depression , famines struck island, foreign ships services ceased
possible foundation of football (soccer) club gd amarante


1934 - june 7: riots sparked across mindelo, protesters expressed against hunger caused food shortages , shops , warehouses looted, darkest of cape verde s history
1936:

gd amarantes football (soccer) club established
march: claridade, literary review inaugurated in mindelo

claridade, literary review published in mindelo between 1936 , 1960, cultural , social movement towards , independent cape verde





1938

estádio da fontinha (now known estádio municipal adérito sena completed)
cape verde s first football (soccer) competition began, são vicente island league began, national competition unofficial until 1953


1940

population: 15 848
april 1: académica mindelo football (soccer) club founded


1941 - drought brought famine strucked island 3 years (see famine in cape verde)
1946 - drought brought famine strucked island 3 years, several people emigrated fields of são tomé island (see famine in cape verde)
1950 - population: 19 576
1952 - last refueling of coal ship done, remainder done diesel
1960

population: 20 705
são pedro airport first opened, country s second airport opened, since 2011, known cesária Évora airport
august 19: falcões norte football (soccer) club founded
december: claridade review ceased publications


1960s - henrique teixeira de sousa president of são vicente island during 1960s
1962 - porto grande expanded
1963 - our lady of light pro-cathedral or mindelo cathedral completed
1968 - living conditions improved aid brought cape verdean emigrants united states , europe
1970 - population: 31 578 (the largest 10-year population addition in percentage numbers: 52.514%)
1974:

rádio barlavento started radio broadcasting, cape verde s first radio station
april: carnation revolution took place in portugal, estado novo regime collapsed, cape verde became autonomous province
mid-year: final cape verdean colonial championships took place






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^ source: statoids