• Source: Timeline of Bissau

      • Bissau is a city in Guinea-Bissau, 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.
      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) 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 formed.
      1937 - Estrela Negra de Bissau football club formed.
      1941 - Capital of colonial Portuguese Guinea moves to Bissau from Bolama.
      1944 - Sport Bissau e Benfica (football club) formed.
      1948 - City Market construction begins.
      1950s - Craveiro Lopes (airport) built.
      1950 - Population: 18,309.
      1959 - 3 August: Dockworkers strike at Porto Pidjiguiti; crackdown.
      1960 - Canal do Impernal (channel) dries up; Bissau no longer an island in the Geba River estuary.
      1968 - City besieged during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence.
      1971 - City besieged during the War of Independence.
      1973 - Africa Bottling Company Lda in business.
      1974 - City becomes capital of newly independent Guinea-Bissau.
      1977 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau established.
      1979 - Population: 109,214.
      1984 - National Library of Guinea-Bissau headquartered in city.
      1985 - City joins the newly formed União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas.
      1989 - Estádio 24 de Setembro (stadium) opens.
      1990 - 27 January: Catholic pope visits city.
      1991
      Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Guinea-Bissau) headquartered in city.
      Population: 197,600.
      1992 - Correio-Bissau newspaper begins publication.
      1996 - Rádio Bombolom begins broadcasting.
      1998
      7 June: Guinea-Bissau Civil War 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 Palácio Colinas de Boé built.
      2008 - TV Guiné-Bissau begins broadcasting.
      2009
      2 March: Assassination of president Vieira.
      Population: 387,909.
      2010 - Hospital Amizade China-Guine-Bissau opens.
      2012 - 12 April: 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état.
      2022 - 1 February: 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt


      See also


      Bissau history (de)
      List of governors of Portuguese Guinea, seated at Bissau 1941-1974
      History of Guinea-Bissau


      References




      Bibliography




      External links



      "Bissau, Guinea-Bissau". BlackPast.org. US. 9 October 2014.

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