Timeline of Santo Antão, Cape Verde

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

Prehistoric era

• Up to about 5,000 years ago: The island was larger and compromised an estimate size of 1,500 km2 of land, the name of the island that included São Vicente and Santa Luzia and two other islets was likely called the "Northwestern Island". Flooding took place and broke up into three main islands and other islands, one became the current island of Santo Antão, the São Vicente Channel was formed.

Colonial era

• 1462 - around the time with nearby São Vicente was discovered, Santo Antão was discovered
• 1548 - First settlement (either Fontainhas or Ponta do Sol) established on the island, first time the island was populated
• Mid-17th century - People from Santiago, Fogo along with people from northern Portugal inhabited the area around today's Ribeira Grande, a settlement would be founded there
• 1732 - Ribeira Grande elevated to a town
• 1832 - Approximate population: 24,000^[1]
  

  Cove of Ribeira Grande in the mid 19th century
• 1859 - Along with São Nicolau, slavery was abolished and was both the second in Cape Verde to do so
• Late 19th century - Municipality of Santo Antão formed after the merger of Ribeira Grande and Paul municipalities
• 1886 - Farol de Ponto Tumbo (then Fontes Pereira de Melo) completed
• 1900 - Approximate population: around 30,000
• 1940 - Population: 35,976^[2]
• 1950 - Population: 28,379^[2]
• 1956 - Sporting Clube do Porto Novo established, the first football (soccer) and sports club on the island
• 1960 - Population: 33,953^[2]
• 1970 - Population: 44,623^[2]
• 1971 - Unilateral division of the Municipality of Santo Antão into three municipalities
• 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 - July 5: Cape Verde declared independence from Portugal and became and independent nation
• 1980 - Population: 43,321^[2]
• 1981
  • February 14: Associação Académica do Porto Novo football (soccer) club established
  • September 25: CS Marítimo football (soccer) club established
  • November: Paulense Desportivo Clube football (soccer) club established
• 1984 - February 4: FC Esperança football (soccer) club established, in 1996, they would be known as Os Sanjoanenses, after the patron saint of Porto Novo
• 1990
  • Municipality of Santo Antão abolished, broken into three municipalities, Paul, Porto Novo and Ribeira Grande
  • Population: 43,845^[2]
• 1994 - GDRC Fiorentina football (soccer) club in Porto Novo established
• 1997
  • Santo Antão Island League competitions split into two, the North and the South Zones, the island competition would only contain a single final match for a year.
  • Porto Novo Cup established
• 1999 - Continuation of full competition of the Santo Antão Island League.

21st century

• 2000 - Population: 47,170,^[3] the highest population recorded on the island
• 2002 - September: Full breakup of the Island/Regional League into the North and South Zones.
• 2004 - Start of construction of the road linking Porto Novo and Paul through the easternmost point of the island
• 2005 - August 14: Clube Desportivo São Pedro Apóstolo, based in the parish that includes Chã de Igreja and Garça de Cima founded
• Late 2000s - Agostinho Neto Airport closed
• 2008 - January 9: Resumption of food exports to Sal and Boa Vista islands due to the agricultural pest, the Cape Verdean millipede (Spinotarsus caboverdus)^[4]
• 2009
  • Estrada da Corda, the Ribeira Grande-Paul-Porto Novo Road running through the island's easternmost point completed.
  • Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo completed, its location is next to the former stadium
• 2010
  • Population: 44,104^[3]
  • Plans to revive the airport and surveying the area to locate it in a new safe location without crosswinds, its location around Porto Sul, 7 kilometers from Porto Novo^[5]
• 2012 - Enlargement of the port at Porto Novo
• 2013 - Tarrafal FC de Monte Trigo football (soccer) club established
• 2014 - November 16: Canto de Cagarra Dam (Barragem de Canto de Cagarra) dam completed,^[6] the only large dam on the island.
• 2015
  • early September: Hurricane Fred ruined carrot, cabbage, and tomato plantations were destroyed in the village of Alto Mira west of Porto Novo,^[7] rainfalls filled up Canto de Cagarra approximately south of Ribeira Grande.^[8]
  • December: First Santo Antão Super Cup took place
• 2016 - January: First Santo Antão Cup took place featuring all clubs from the two zones, the two zone's cup competition also competes with a single island cup.

See also

• Timeline of Boa Vista, Cape Verde
• Timeline of Fogo, Cape Verde
• Timeline of Sal, Cape Verde
• Timeline of Santiago, Cape Verde
• Timeline of São Vicente, Cape Verde

References

1. Roberts, Edmund. "Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat". Harper & Brothers. pp. 14–15.
2. Source: Statoids
3. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
4. "Agriculture producers from Santo Antão can now export to Sal and Boa Vista". A Semana (in Portuguese). 9 January 2008.
5. "Novo aeroporto de Santo Antão será em Ponte Sul, no Porto Novo" (in Portuguese). Neves Travel. 1 February 2010.
6. "Santo Antão: Barragem de Canto de Cagarra foi inaugurada hoje" [Canto de Cagarra Dam to be Completed Today]. Inforpress (in Portuguese). 15 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
7. "Santo Antão: Agricultores de Alto Mira querem apoio do MDR para compensar estragos nas culturas". Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
8. "Chuvas fazem transbordar barragens de Faveta e de Canto de Cagarra" [Rainfall Filled Up the Dams of Faveta and Canto de Cagarra]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-09-20.