Timeline of Brava, Cape Verde

Part of a series on the
History of Cape Verde

Colonial history
Portuguese Cape Verde Portuguese Empire Immigration to the USA Atlantic slave trade
Independence struggle
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde Portuguese Colonial War Pidjiguiti Massacre
Cape Verde portal

The following is a timeline of the island of Brava, Cape Verde.

Prehistoric era

About 20 million years ago: The seamount formed
Around 3 to 2 million years ago: The island now known as Brava formed
Around 5,000 years ago, as the sea level rose, Monte Fontainhas' elevation would mark under 1,000 meters.

Colonial era

1462 - The island was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Diogo Afonso
1573 - The island's first settlement established, the first settlers were from the Portuguese islands of Madeira and the Azores, slavery was absent in the first few decades
1579 - Sir Francis Drake visited the island
1580 - Approximate population: 100
17th and 18th centuries: Brava's coast raided by pirate attacks
1650 - Approximate population: 400
1680 - A influx of immigrants from the island of Fogo poured after the volcano erupted and lava began to flow and devastate the island
1720 - Approximate population: 1 200
1800 - Approximate population: 3 000
1826 - Nossa Senhora do Monte village founded^[1]
1832 - Estimate population: 8,000^[2]
1843
- The port of Furna founded^[3]
- The American consulate on Brava opened, it once served as a consulate of Cape Verde, then a subdivision of the Portuguese Empire, after independence in 1975, it became the American embassy of Cape Verde and is now housed in Praia, the capital.
1862 - Nossa Senhora do Monte became a place of pilgrimage^[4]
1867 - October 18: Eugénio Tavares was born, he would become the greatest Cape Verdean poet
1780s - First wave of emigration began as American whaling ships headed to the area within the island, some people emigrated, whaling was an important source of income on the island
1880 - Nova Sintra's Catholic church opened
1890 - Population: 9 784, the highest population reached
1900 - Population: 9 200
1922 - Estado Novo regime established, emigration to other countries including the United States would not be permitted for around 60 years
1930 - Population: 6 383
1930s - Economic crisis started mainly after the Great Depression and famines struck the island
1930s - The first Protestant church opened on the island, the Seventh Day Adventist church opened by missionaries from the United States^[5]
1940 - Population: 8 528^[6]
1943 - August 21: The ship Matilde sunk, nearly every family in Fajã de Água lost one or more relatives.
1950 - Population: 7 937^[6]
1950s - Brava devastated by famine, some of the people emigrated nearly southeast to São Tomé and Príncipe, at the time, another Portuguese colony
1960 - Population: 8 625^[6]
1970 - Population: 7 756^[6]
1974 - April: the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Estado Novo regime collapsed, Cape Verde became an autonomous province

After independence in 1975-1999

1975
- March 12: Nô Pintcha football (soccer) club established
- July 5: Cape Verde declared independence from Portugal and became and independent nation
1980
- Population: 6 985^[6]
- SC Morabeza football (soccer) club established
Since 1980, a small wave of emigration much of it to Western Europe continued for the next few decades up to 2010
1982
- tropical storm Beryl hitted Brava, the port was flooded 10 meteres causing damages to boats^[7]
- Seismic activity occurred on the island, this happened at Cadamosto seamount, 20 km southwest, the first of four happened in 22 years
1984 - Brava Island League founded
1988 - Sporting Clube da Brava football (soccer) club established
1990 - Population: 6 975^[6]
1990 - Second seismic activity from the Cadamosto seamount happened on the island
1992 - Esperadinha Airport first opened, the latest air transportation hub opened in Cape Verde
1993 - Brava Island League resumed
1998 - Third seismic activity from the Cadamosto seamount happened on the island

21st century

2000
- Population: 6 804^[8]
- The port of Furna was improved
2004
- GD Corôa football (soccer) club established
- Esperadinha Airport shut due to high winds
Fourth and final seismic activity from the Cadamosto seamount happened on the island, it measured 4.3 on the Richter scale
2010
- Population: 5 971^[9]
- March 13: Juventude da Furna football (soccer) club established
- Brava Island Cup and Super Cup held their first editions
2011 - 10 January: The new ferry boat,the Kriola connected the ports of São Filipe in Fogo and Praia in Santiago,^[10] it is slightly faster than the previous ferry boat once used for fishing and only served Fogo

References

↑ Reitmaier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.415. Bielefeld 2009.
↑ Roberts, Edmund (1837). Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 17.
↑ Reitmeier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.415. Bielefeld 2009.
↑ Reitmaier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.418. Bielefeld 2009.
↑ Land, Gary (2005). Historical Dictionary of Seventh-Day Adventists (= Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements. Lanham MD: Scarecrow. p. 55. ISBN 0-8108-5345-0.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Source: Statoids
↑ Osang, Rolf: Kapverdische Inseln, p.151. Cologne 2001.
↑ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
↑ Portal do Instituto Nacional de Estatística: INE - CENSO 2010.
↑ "Brava recebe Kriola com entusiasmo (com fotos actualizadas)". A Semana (in Portuguese). 10 January 2011.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.