São Paulo

largest city of Brazil, and capital of the State of São Paulo

11 dated entries naming São Paulo, drawn from 11 separate years between 1554 CE and 2019 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

1554January 25 – São Paulo, Brazil, is founded.source

18th century

1711July 11 – The town of São Paulo, Brazil, is elevated to city status.source

19th century

1890August 23 – The BOVESPA stock exchange is founded in São Paulo, Brazil.source

20th century

1922February 10–17 – Modern Art Week in São Paulo marks the start of Modernism in Brazil.source
1943March 10 – Banco Bradesco is founded in Marília, São Paulo, Brazil.source
1957January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.source
1968August 1 – The Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul is established in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo.source
1974February 1 – Fire breaks out in the Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries.source
1984April 16 – More than one million people, led by Tancredo Neves, occupy the streets of São Paulo to demand direct presidential elections during the Brazilian military government of João Figueiredo. It is the largest protest during the Diretas Já civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history of Brazil. The elections are granted in 1989.source
1992October 2 – A riot breaks out in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, resulting in the Carandiru massacre.source

21st century

2019August 21 – 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires: Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reports fires burning in the Amazon rainforest at a record rate, with more than 36,000 in the year to date, while smoke reaches São Paulo more than 1700 mi km away.source

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