Timeline of Portuguese Cape Verde

This is a timeline of Portuguese Cape Verde from 1456 to independence on July 5, 1975.

For earlier times, see Uninhabited Cape Verde

For modern Cape Verde after indepedence on July 5, 1975, see Timeline of modern Cape Verde

15th century

• 1456 - First discovery of the Cape Verdean islands, the first was Boa Vista Island, then Fogo by Vicente Dias
• 1460
  • Santiago was discovered by Antonio da Noli
  • May 1: Maio Island discovered and gave its name to the date that it discovered
  • December 3: the island of Llana discovered (Modern Portuguese: Plana), the island is now known as Sal
• 1461 - December 6: São Nicolau Island discovered
• 1462
  • The remaining islands discovered by Diogo Afonso:
    • Brava Island discovered
    • Early January: Santa Luzia island discovered
    • Early January: Santo Antão, island discovered
    • January 22: São Vicente island discovered
  • Cape Verde's first settlement named Ribeira Grande (now known as Cidade Velha) founded
• 1481 - Pêro Lourenço was the first corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1494 - The old Treaty of Tordesillas which was put on June 7, 1494 between Portugal and the Kingdom of Castile that determined the division of the areas of influences of the Iberian countries it marked the line of discovered and then undiscovered lands with an imaginary line located 370 leagues (1,770 km) west of the island, marked at the westernmost point west of Monte Trigo in the island of Santo Antão

16th century

• 1517 - Pêro de Guimarães ended his term as the second corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde, João Alemão became the third corregedor
• 1520 - Santiago Island's and Cape Verde's first pillory constructed
• 1521 - Leonis Correia became fourth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1527 - 28 August - Gaspar Correia became fifth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1533 - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago created by the Bull "Pro excellenti praeeminentia" of Pope Clement VII.
• 1534 - Estêvão de Lagos became sixth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1536 - André Feio became seventh corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1539 - Simão Afonso became eighth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1541
  • Pěro Moniz became ninth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • Santiago island was raided by Barbary pirates
• 1544 - António Ferreira became tenth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1547 - Pěro de Araújo became eleventh corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1550 - Jorge Pimentel became twelfth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1556 - Manuel de Andrade became thirteenth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1559 - Luís Martins de Evangelho became fourteenth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1562 - Barnardo de Alpoim became fifteenth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1571 - António Velho Tinoco became sixteenth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1577 - Cristóvão Soares de Melo became seventeenth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1578 - The first English corsairs and pirates attacked Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) on Santiago Island
• 1579 - Diogo Dias Magro became the eighteenth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1580 - Philippine Dynasty in power
• 1584 - Gaspar de Andrade became the nineteenth corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1585
  • Capture of Santiago (1585) happened on the island of Santiago,^[1][2] this was part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585)
    

    Drake at Santiago, Cape Verde, 1589 hand-colored engraving, by Baptista Boazio, 1589
  • November 17 - Plans for Fort Real de São Filipe started on Santiago
• 1588
  • Amador Gomes Raposo became the last corregedor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • Duarte Lobo da Gama became the first governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1589 - Engraving about the raid on Ribeira Grande (common name was Cape Verde City or Cidade de Cabo Verde, now Cidade Velha) finished by Giovanni Battista Boazio, the first engraving and its hand colored made about Cape Verde or any of its island
• 1591 - Brás Soares de Melo became the second governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1593 - Forte Real de São Filipe was built, the first fort in Cape Verde
• 1597 - Francisco Lobo da Gama became the third governor of Portuguese Cape Verde

17th century

• 1603 - Fernão de Mesquita de Brito became the fourth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1606 - Francisco Correia da Silva became the fifth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1611 - Francisco Martins de Sequeira became the sixth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1614 - Nicolau de Castlho became the seventh governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1615 - Praia de Santa Maria appeared on the previous settlement on the plateau in southern Santiago
• 1618 - Francisco de Moura became the eighth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1620 - Saltpans attracted English captains on the island of Boa Vista, slaves mined the salt, Sal Rei was later founded
• 1622 - Francisco Roulim became the ninth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1624 - Manuel Afonso de Guerra became acting governor for Francisco Roulim
• 1628 - Francisco Vasconcelos da Cunha became the tenth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1632 - Cristòvão de Calbral became the eleventh governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1636 - Jorge de Castilho became the twelfth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1629 - Jerónimo de Cavalcanti e Albuquerque became the thirteenth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 17th and 18th centuries: Brava's coast raided by pirate attacks
• 1640 - João Serrão da Cunha became the fourtheenth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1645
  • Philippine Dynasty ends
  • Lourenço Garro became the fifteenth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1646 - Jorge de Araújo became the sixteenth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  

  Santiago Island, a 1647 painting by Caspar Schmalkalden
• 1648
  • Roque de Barros do Rêgo became the seventeenth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde for a few months
  • The Council of Government began
• 1649
  • The Council of government ended, the Philippine dynasty completed ended in Cape Verde
  • 12 June - Gonçalo de Gamboa Ayala became the eighteenth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1650
  • Final end of the Habsburg rule in the Portuguese colonies
  • Pedro Semedo Cardoso became the twentieth governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1651 - Jorge de Mesquita Castelo Branco became the 21st governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1653 - Pedro Ferreira Barreto became the 22nd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1655 - São Filipe on the island of Fogo was destroyed by Flemish pirates^[3]
• 1658 - Francisco de Figueroa became the 23rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1663 - António Galvão became the 24th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1667
  • Fortim Carlota built to prevent further pirate attacks on the island of Fogo
  • Manuel da Costa Pessoa became the 25th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde and served his first term
• 1671 - Manuel Pacheco de Melo became the 26th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1675 - The last eruption on the main cone on Fogo that would later create a larger eruption
• 1676
  • April 30: João Cardoso Pássaro became the 27th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • Late-1676: The Second Council of Government took place
• 1678 - The Second Council of Government ended
  • 15 March: Manuel da Costa Pessoa became the 28th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde and served his second term
• 1680 - A major eruption took place in Pico do Fogo and devastated much of the island, many inhabitants fled the island, several would settle in nearby Brava, the eruption continued for a few years, it would receive the island name Fogo (Portuguese for fire).
• 1681 - Inácio de Franca Barbosa became the 29th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1687 - Veríssimo Carvalho da Costa became the 30th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1688 - Vitoriano da Costa became the 31st governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1690
  • Diogo Ramires Esquível became the 32nd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • Cacheu and Cape Verde Company, a trading company established
• 1691 - The Third Council of Government took place
• 1692
  • The Third Council of Government finished
  • Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara became the 33rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1696 - António Gomes Mena became the 34th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • 7 June: The Fourth Council of Government began
• 1698
  • The Fourth Council of Government finished
  • 4 November: António Salgado became the 35th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 18th century - Jewish people inhabited a part of the island and founded Sinagoga on Santo Antão

18th century

• 1702
  • 10 February: Jorge Cotrim de Mello became the 36th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • 12 April: Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas became the 37th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1707 - 11 May: Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca became the 38th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1710 - 12 February: José Pinheiro da Câmara became the 39th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1712
  • Cidade Velha along with its fort were destroyed by French corsairs commanded by Jacques Cassard in the Cassard expedition
  • Because of the raid, Ribeira Grande no longer served as island capital, the name became Cidade Velha
• 1715 - 16 December: Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sa became the 40th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1719 - April 9: Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho became the 41st governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1720 - March 11: António Vieira became the 42nd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1724 - the British posessed and ruled the island of Santo Antão, it was soon returned to the Portuguese
• 1726 - January 24: Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega Vasconcelos became the 43rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1728 - 10 July: Francisco de Oliveira Grans became the 44th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1733 - Bento Gomes Coelho became the 45th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1734 - São Vicente's first fortification built to protect against British, French and Dutch pirates.
• mid-18th century: The English merchant ships started trading salt to England from Porto Inglês, slaves mined the salt, the Portuguese shipped it from Calheta do Maio to Portugal
• 1736 - May 1: José da Fonseca Barbosa became the 46th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1738 - August 7: The Fourth Chamber of Senate began
• 1741 - 10 June: The Fourth Chamber ends, João Zuzarte de Santa Maria became the 47th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1751 - March 6: António José d'Eça e Faria became 47th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1752 - Luís António da Cunha d'Eça became the 48th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1756 - Manuel Antònio de Sousa e Meneses became the 49th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1757 - Cacheu and Cape Verde Company became part of the Grão-Pará and Maranhão General Trading Company based in Portuguese controlled Brazil
• 1761 - March 5: Marcelino Pereira de Ávila became the 50th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1764 - Bartolomey de Sousa de Brito Tigre became the 51st governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1766 - João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques became the 52nd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1768 - 25 November: Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lobo became the 53rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1769 - Pico do Fogo erupted, the last time it erupted from the top
• 1770 - The island of Santiago's and the colonial capital officially transferred from Ribeira Grande to Praia (then Porto Praya)
  

  Santiago Island in 1772
• 1777
  • António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses became the 54th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • Trading rights became part of the Cape Verde Islands, Bissau and Cacheu Monopoly Trading Company
• 1780s - First wave of emigration began on Brava as American whaling ships headed to the area within the island, some people emigrated
• 1781
  • Pirate raids continued to raid São Vicente, a plan for a new settlement was made
  • February 19: Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de Almeida became the 55th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • April 16: - Though Portugal was neutral throughout the conflict (Anglo-French War, American Revolutionary War), the Battle of Porto Praya took place off modern day Praia and the island between Great Britain and France
    

    A depiction of Praia during the Battle of Porto Praya
• 1782 - Francisco de São Simão became the 55th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1784 - 23 August: António Machado de Faria e Maia became the 56th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1785
  • Pico do Fogo erupted, the following eruptions would occur in the lower parts
  • Start of emigration on Fogo
• 1786 - African Coast Trading Company replaced the Cape Verde Islands, Bissau and Cachey Monopoly Trading Company
• 1789 - April 2: Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro became the 56th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1793 - September 27: José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça became the 57th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1794 - Cotton first produced in the island of Santiago and Cape Verde^[4]
• 1795 - The island's first permanent settlement Mindelo on São Vicente, then as Aldeia de Nossa Senhora da Luz was founded
• 1796 - Marcelino António de Bastos became the 58th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1799 - Salt deposits discovered on Sal

19th century

• 1803 - May 12: António Coutinho de Lencastre became the 59th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1804 - Cape Verde's first tunnel constructed at Pedra de Lume on Sal
  

  Porto Praya (now Praia) in 1806
• 1806 - The English ship The Lady Burgess sank over the João Valente reef between Boa Vista and Maio islands^[5]
• 1815 - Sal Rei on Boa Vista sacked by pirates
• 1817 - Sal Rei sacked for the second time
• 1818
  • A pirate ship from South America seized the fort in Sal Rei, likely one of the last pirate raids in any of the Cape Verde islands.
  • February 6: António Pusich became the 60th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1820 - Forte Duque de Bragança (today, commonly known as Forte de Sal Rei) built on Ilhéu de Sal Rei, Boa Vista completed
• 1822
  • A riot broke out in Praia in Santiago instigated by Manuel António Martins which overthrew António Pusich and put João da Mata Chapuzet as colonial governor^[6]
  • May 8: João da Mata Chapuzet was the 61st governor of Cape Verde up to around September 1826. He was engineer and military architect and underwent large modernization of the city of Praia, capital of the archipelago^[7]
• 1826 - September 7: Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos became the 62nd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1830 - Duarte da Costa e Sousa de Macedo became teh 63rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1831
  • José Coutinho de Lencastre became the 64th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • The first famine strucked most of Cape Verde
• 1831 or 1833 - the village of Santa Luzia became abandoned due to desertification
• 1832 - Scientist Charles Darwin along with the Beagle's visit to the island of Santiago and its then colonial capital Praia (then as Porto Praya),^[8] he also visited Ilhéu de Santa Maria^[9]
• 1833 - The first wave of famine ended
• 1834
  • Manuel António Martins became the 64th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • February 14: Portuguese colonial governor Manuel António Martins decided to transfer the colonial seat from Praia to Picos, this had never happened^[10]
• 1835
  • The Fontean Rebellion took place on Santiago Island
  • Joaquim Pereira Marinho became the 66th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde and served his first term
• 1836 - Domingos Correia Arouca became the 67th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1837 - Joaquim Pereira Marinho became the 68th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde and served his second term
• 1838 - Mindelo became the official name of the capital of the island of São Vicente
• 1839 - João de Fontes Pereira de Melo became the 69th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde and served his first term
• 1842 - April 5: Francisco de Paula Bastos became the 70th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1843
  • The Anglo-Portuguese Commission on the Abolition of Slavery took place in Boa Vista, it would be abolished 44 years later.
  • USS Yorktown visited Santiago
• 1845 - June 26: José Miguel de Noronha became the 71st governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1847
  • An eruption struck the area of Pico do Fogo, earthquakes killed several people
  • July 28: João de Fontes Pereira de Melo became the 72nd governor of Portuguee Cape Verde and served his second term
• 1849 - January: Sloop USS Yorktown visited Porto Praya (now Praia), one of the first American ships and one of the first American sloop to visit Porto Praya and Santiago Island.
• 1850
  • June: USS Yorktown returned to Porto Praya (now Praia)
    

    Cove of Ribeira Grande in the mid 19th century
  • September 4: USS Yorktown sunk first American ships and likely its first sloop to sink in Cape Verdean waters and Maio island.
• 1851
  • June 25: Fortunato José Barros became the 73rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • Botanist Johann Anton Schmidt visited the islands to study and find flora
• 1852
  • The lower part of Pico do Fogo erupted
  • Fortim d'El-Rei or Fortim do Mindelo built
• 1854 - April 6: António Maria Barreiros Arrobas became the 74th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1855 - Much of the island of Santiago suffered a famine, the governor temporarily moved the residence from Praia (then Porto Praya) to Picos, Praia remained colonial capital^[11]
• 1857
  • The lower part of Pico do Fogo erupted again
  • November 25: Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros Meneses became the 75th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1859 - The islands of Santo Antão and São Nicolau abolished slavery
• 1860 - Januário Correia de Almeida became the 76th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • September 6: Carlos Joaquim Franco became the 77th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1861 - Two custom houses, one in Praia in Santiago and another in the port of Mindelo, São Vicente were built by governor Januário Correia de Almeida.^[12]
• 1863 - José Gudes de Carvalho e Meneses became the 78th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1865 - The first branch of the Portuguese bank for the colonies, the Banco Nacional Ultramarina was opened, it would be replaced with the Bank of Cape Verde in 1975 after it became an independent nation
• 1869: February 11 - Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque became the 79th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1874 - Two submarine or telegraph cables linked with the island of São Vicente, they are now as communication cables or lines, via Madeira, it connected with Brazil in the capital of Pernambuco, Recife, one of the first in Cape Verde
• 1875 - Coal shipping company Cory Brothers established in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente
• 1877 - G.C. Lopes de Macedo became the 80th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1878 - Slavery abolished in the island of Boa Vista
• 1879
  • Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses became the 81st governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • 669 ships were refueled each year at Mindelo, São Vicente
• 1880 - Mindelo Library (Biblioteca do Mindelo) first opened, one of the first two libraries opened in Cape Verde^[13]
• 1882 - António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio became the 82nd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1885 - A telegraph line with Mindelo on São Vicente and Cameroon via Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia established
• 1886 - João Paes de Vasconcellos became the 83rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1887
  • João Césario became the 84th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • Forte de São José on Maio became a lighthouse
  • Salt production went into decline after Brazil nationalized its salt production to Portugal
• 1890 - Augusto Cesário Carlos de Carvalho became the 85th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1891 - José Guedes Brandão de Melo became the 86th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  

  The view of Praia and its plateau in around 1896
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• 1897 - Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto became the 87th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1898 - João Cesário da Lacerda became the 88th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde

20th century

• 1901 - Arlando de Novalis Guedes Rebelo became the 89th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  

  Old postcard of Mindelo from the early 20th century
• 1902 - Francisco de Paula Cid became the 90th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1903 - António Alfredo Barjoa de Freitas became the 91st governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1905 - Amâncio Alpoim de Cerqueira Borges Cabral became the 92nd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1907 - Bernardo António da Costa de Macedo became the 93rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1909 - Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro became the 94th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1910
  • The Ribeirão Manuel Rebellion took place
  • A civil revolution in Portugal drew aristocracy and large land-owners from Fogo back to Portugal and left civilians behind, Fogo was the last island to have slavery abolished
• 1911
  • Artur Marinha de Campos became the 95th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • Joaquím Pedro Vieira Índice Bicker became the 96th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1912 - Mindelo on the island of São Vicente was the most used Transatlantic telegraph station for some time
• 1915 - Abel Fontoura da Costa became the 97th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1918 - Téofilo Duarte became the 98th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1920 - French salt company Le Salines du Cap-Vert mined for salt production from Sal to France
• 1921 - Manuel Firmino de Almeida da Maia Magalhães became the 99th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1922
  • Estado Novo regime established, emigration to other countries including the United States would not be permitted for around 60 years
  • May 25: CS Mindelense, Cape Verde's first football (soccer) club established
• 1924 - Júlio Henriques d'Abreu became the 100th governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1927
  • João da Almeida became the 101st governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • António Álvares Guedes Vaz became the 102nd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1930s - Economic crisis started mainly after the Great Depression and famines struck all the inhabited islands of Cape Verde
• 1931 - Anadeu Gomes de Figueiredo became the 103rd governor of Portuguese Cape Verde
• 1936 - Claridade, a literary review inaugurated in Mindelo
  

  Praia and the locality of Gamboa or Cha das Aldeias in 1936
• 1938 - Cape Verde's first football (soccer) competition began, the São Vicente Island League began, it was also a national competition that was unofficial until 1953
• 1939 - Sal Island: Italian government after granted authorization by the Portuguese government constructed Cape Verde's first major and international airport primarily to serve as a stopover for flights between Rome and South America.
• 1940
  • As a consequence of World War II in Europe, the Italians left, airport construction abandoned
  • The diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde included exclusively Cape Verde
• 1941 - José Diogo Ferreira Martins became the 104th governor of Cape Verde
• 1943 - João de Figueiredo became the 105th governor of Cape Verde
• 1944, March - Cape Verdean review Certeza started publishing in Praia,^[14] a milestone in Cape Verdean literature, it was later banned by the censors a year later.^[15][16]
• 1945 - Radio Clube de Cabo Verde (now Radio Praia) started broadcasting and was the first radio station in Cape Verde
• 1946 - A petition took place in Assomada and other parts of Santiago
• 1947 - Sal Island: The Portuguese purchased the airport installations from the Italians, the Portuguese constructed the rest
• 1949 - The settlement of Preguiça, named after a settlement in São Nicolau was founded in the island of Sal, it is now known as Espargos due to its abundances of asparagus grown in the sandy areas of the area
• 1950s - Brava devastated by famine, some of the people emigrated nearly southeast to São Tomé and Príncipe, at the time, another Portuguese colony
• 1950 - Carlos Alberto Garcia Alves Roçadas became the 106th governor of Cape Verde
• 1951 - A small eruption affected the island of Fogo in the area of Pico do Fogo, the next eruption in 94 years
• 1953
  • Both the Cape Verdean Colonial Championships and the Santiago Championships started its first edition
  • Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral became the 107th governor of Cape Verde
• 1957 - António Augusto Peixoto Correia became acting governor for Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral
• 1958 - Silvino Silvério Marques became the 108th governor of Cape Verde
• 1961 - Praia Airport first opened, after independence, the nation's third airport or aerodrome opened, it would operate for 44 years before a new airport opened in the northeast
• 1962
  • The first attacks ordered by the guerrillas of the PAIGC, this started the struggle against the oppression of Portugal, months later the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence broke out in Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau), due to logistical reasons, Cape Verde didn't take part
  • The port at Porto Novo completed on the island of Santo Antão, the village name of Carvoeiros changed its name to Porto Novo
• 1963 - Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro became the 109th governor of Cape Verde
• 1967 - Sal Island: South African Airways (SAA) used as a refueling stop for flights to and from Europe, since SAA was denied landing rights by most African countries due to the international boycott of apartheid.
• 1969 - March 13: António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos became the 110th governor of Cape Verde
• 1970
  • Spring: Student rebellion took place in Assomada and on Santiago Island
• 1974
  • April: the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Estado Novo regime collapsed, Cape Verde became an autonomous province
  • August 6: Henrique da Silva Horta became the 111th governor of Cape Verde
  • September 21 Vicente Almeida d'Eça became the 112th and last governor of Cape Verde
  • December 30: Vicente Almeida d'Eça became the only high commissioner of Cape Verde
• 1975 - July 5: Portuguese Cape Verde dissolved, Cape Verde became and indepedent nation

See also

• Portuguese Empire
• Portuguese Cape Verde
• History of Cape Verde

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