Timeline of Brava, Cape Verde

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

See also

• Timeline of Boa Vista, Cape Verde
• Timeline of Fogo, Cape Verde
• Timeline of Maio, Cape Verde
• Timeline of Sal, Cape Verde
• Timeline of Santiago, Cape Verde
• Timeline of Santo Antão, Cape Verde
• Timeline of São Nicolau, Cape Verde
• Timeline of São Vicente, Cape Verde

References

1. Reitmaier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.415. Bielefeld 2009.
2. Roberts, Edmund (1837). Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 17.
3. Reitmeier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.415. Bielefeld 2009.
4. Reitmaier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.418. Bielefeld 2009.
5. 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.
6. Source: Statoids
7. Osang, Rolf: Kapverdische Inseln, p.151. Cologne 2001.
8. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
9. Portal do Instituto Nacional de Estatística: INE - CENSO 2010.
10. "Brava recebe Kriola com entusiasmo (com fotos actualizadas)". A Semana (in Portuguese). 10 January 2011.