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São Paulo

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

21 dated entries naming São Paulo, drawn from 17 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
  • 189371.2% of the working population of São Paulo is foreign-born.source
  • 1896Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales becomes governor of São Paulo.source
  • 19007 May - The first line of electric trams in São Paulo starts operating.source

20th century

  • 192211-18 February - Modern Art Week is held in São Paulo, marking the beginning of Brazilian Modernism.source
  • 1922February 10–17 – Modern Art Week in São Paulo marks the start of Modernism in Brazil.source
  • 19331 June – The Federal University of São Paulo is founded in São Paulo, Brazil.source
  • 193320 July – New airline Aerolloyd Iguassu goes into operation, with flights between Curitiba and São Paulo.source
  • 1943March 10 – Banco Bradesco is founded in Marília, São Paulo, Brazil.source
  • 1944The Banco Nacional is founded in São Paulo.source
  • 1957January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.source
  • 1957January 26: The Ibirapuera Planetarium in São Paulo opens to the public. It is the first planetarium in the Southern Hemisphere.source
  • 1968August 1 – The Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul is established in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo.source
  • 197224 February: A fire at the Pirani Building (now the Andraus Building), leaves 16 dead and 330 injured in São Paulo, making it one of the biggest tragedies in the city's history.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
  • 19741 February: A fire at the Joelma Building in São Paulo kills 177 people and injures 293; 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 1,700 mi away.source

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