The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lisbon, Portugal.

Prior to 15th century

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• 205 BCE – Romans in power; Olisipo (Felicitas Julia) designated a municipio in Lusitania province.^[1][2]
• 57 CE – Theatre built.^[1]
• 4th C. CE – Catholic diocese of Olisipo established;^[3] Potamius becomes bishop.^[2]
• 407 CE – Alans in power.^[4][5]
• 585 – Visigoths in power.^[4]
• 710s – Olisipo taken by Moors; renamed "al-Ushbuni".^[4][5]
• 844 – City attacked by Norman forces.^[5]
• 1108 – City taken by Norwegian crusaders.^[2]
• 1110 – City taken by Almoravids under Sir b. Abi Bakr.^[5]
• 1147
  • Siege of Lisbon by Christian forces under Afonso I.^[4][6]
  • Lisbon Cathedral construction begins.^[7]
• 1179 – City receives charter.
• 1184 – City attacked by Muslim forces under Abu Yaqub Yusuf.^[4]
• 1242 – Convento de São Domingos de Lisboa founded.
• 1256 – Lisbon becomes capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.^[1]
• 1290 – University founded.
• 1300 – Castle of São Jorge renovated (approximate date).
• 1344 – Earthquake.^[7](pt)[4]
• 1348 – Plague.^[7]
• 1373 – City sacked by Castilian forces.^[4][7]
• 1375 – Cerca Nova [pt] (city wall) built.^[8]
• 1378 – National Archive installed in the São Jorge Castle (approximate date).
• 1384 – Lisbon besieged by Castilian forces.^[4]
• 1389 – Carmo Convent founded.
• 1394 – Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon established;^[3]
• 1395 – Serviço de Incêndios [pt] (fire brigade) organized.^[8]

15th–17th centuries

• 1422 – Lisbon "made the capital of the kingdom by John I"^[7]
• 1441 – African slave trade begins (abolished in 1836).^[9]
• 1450 – Estaus Palace built (approximate date).
• 1467 – Palácio Almada [pt] (residence) built.^[1]
• 1495 – Printing press in operation (approximate date).^[10]
• 1497 – Vasco da Gama departs from Lisbon on first voyage to India.^[7]
• 1501 – Jerónimos Monastery construction begins.
• 1504 – Hospital Real de Todos os Santos built.
• 1506 – April: Pogrom of Jews.
• 1511 – Ribeira Palace built (approximate date).
• 1514 – Restelo Hermitage built.^[11]
• 1519 – Belém Tower built.
• 1531 – Earthquake.^[12]
• 1554 – Damião de Góis' Urbis Olisiponis Descriptio published.
• 1569 – Plague.^[12]
• 1571 – Casa de Despacho da Santa Inquisição (House of the Holy Inquisition) begins functioning.
• 1572 – Brás de Albuquerque [pt] becomes Câmara Municipal senate president (i.e. mayor).^(pt)
• 1574 – Duarte da Costa becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1580 – 25 August: Battle of Alcântara fought near Lisbon; Spanish in power.^[4][7]
• 1588 – 28 May: Military Spanish Armada departs from Lisbon for England.^[4]
• 1594 – Aula do Risco (school) established.
• 1597
  • Earthquake.^[12](pt)
  • Printer Pedro Craesbeeck [pt] in business.^[14]
• 1598 - São Bento Palace originally built.^[4]
• 1601 – Jerónimos Monastery built.
• 1624 - English College, Lisbon opened.^[4]
• 1629 - Monastery of São Vicente de Fora completed.
• 1640 – December: Coup d'état; Spanish ousted.^[4][7]
• 1647 – Aula de Fortificação e Arquitetura Militar [pt] (school) founded.
• 1668 – February: Peace treaty between Spain and Portugal signed in Lisbon.^[12]
• 1681 – Church of Santa Engrácia construction begins.

18th century

• 1715 – Gazeta de Lisboa [pt] newspaper begins publication.
• 1720 – Academia Real da História Portuguesa [pt] founded.^[12]
• 1724 – British Cemetery opens, to cater for Protestants in the city.
• 1748 – Águas Livres Aqueduct begins operating.
• 1754 – Belém Palace built (approximate date).
• 1755
  • 1 November: Earthquake, tsunami, and fire devastate city and killed thousands.^[4]
  • Ribeira Palace destroyed.
  • Baixa Pombalina planning begins.^[8]
• 1761 – Real Barraca (royal palace) built in Ajuda near Lisbon.
• 1764 – Passeio Público (park) opens.^[8]
• 1768 – Jardim Botânico da Ajuda [pt] (garden) founded near city.^[15]
• 1769 – Lisbon Stock Exchange formed.
• 1774 – Lisbon City Archives moved into Lisbon City Hall.^[16]
• 1775 – Equestrian statue of José I [pt] erected in the Praça do Comércio.^[4]
• 1779 – Lisbon Science Academy founded.^[7]
• 1780
  • Street lighting installed.^[8]
  • Casa Pia orphanage founded.
• 1787 – Remodelled Rua Nova do Almada [pt] opens.
• 1790 – Academia Real de Fortificação, Artilharia e Desenho [pt] founded.
• 1793 – Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (theatre) opens.^[4]
• 1796 – Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal established.

19th century

• 1801 – Street name signage installed.^[8]
• 1807 – 30 November: French forces take Lisbon.^[6]
• 1808
  • French ousted by British forces.^[6]
  • Telegrafo Portuguez [pt] in publication.[1]
• 1831 – "Military insurrection...suppressed."^[6]
• 1833 – Prazeres Cemetery established.
• 1834 – Portuguese Parliament begins meeting in the Palácio das Cortes.^[4]
• 1835 – Public Ajuda Cemetery [pt] established.^[12]
• 1836 – Academia de Belas-Artes established.
• 1837 – Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Úteis founded.
• 1839 – Associação Marítima e Colonial headquartered in Lisbon.
• 1841 – Alto de São João Cemetery established.
• 1846
  • National Theatre D. Maria II built.^[8]
  • Grémio Literário de Lisboa founded.
• 1852 – Instituto Industrial established.
• 1856 – Associação Naval de Lisboa founded.
• 1859 – Yellow fever outbreak.^[7]
• 1864
  • Diário de Notícias newspaper begins publication.^[17]
  • Population: 190,311.
• 1865 – Santa Apolónia railway station opens.
• 1867 – Teatro da Trindade theatre opens.
• 1873
  • Horsecar tram begins operating.^[12]
  • Rua Augusta Arch erected.
• 1874 – Column of Pedro IV erected.
• 1875
  • Lisbon Geographic Society formed.
  • May: Boating accident on Tagus river kills dozens.^[6]
• 1877 – Construction of Linha do Norte (railway) to Porto completed.
• 1878
  • Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon and Jardim Botânico de Lisboa [pt] (garden) established.^[15]
  • Population: 246,343.^[7]
• 1880 – Alviella aqueduct begins operating.^[4]
• 1882
  • Marquess of Pombal Square laid out.
  • Anglo-Portuguese Telephone Company begins telephone services.
• 1883 – December: Dockyard fire occurs.^[6]
• 1884
  • National Museum of Ancient Art founded.
  • Lisbon Zoo founded.
• 1885
  • Glória Funicular begins operating.
  • Covered market built in Praça da Figueira (approximate date).
  • Belém becomes part of city.^[7]
• 1886 – Avenida da Liberdade laid out; Monument to the Restorers unveiled.
• 1887 – Linha de Sintra (railway) begins operating.
• 1890
  • Coliseu dos Recreios founded.
  • Population: 300,964.
• 1891 – Central Station and Rossio tunnel [pt] open.
• 1892 – Campo Pequeno bullring built.
• 1893 – National Archaeology Museum founded.
• 1894
  • June: Bakers conduct labor strike.^[6]
  • Pedro Augusto Franco [pt] becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1895
  • June: "Chamber of deputies" burns down.^[6]
  • Linha de Cascais railway begins operating; Cais do Sodré railway station opens.
• 1897
  • Olivais Cemetery [pt] established.
  • Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1900
  • Santa Justa Lift begins operating.
  • Population: 351,210 city; 709,509 district.^[4]

20th century

1900s–1940s

• 1901
  • Electric tram begins operating.
  • António José de Ávila becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1902
  • Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical [pt] established.
  • Ancient "chapel and tombs" discovered.^[6]
• 1903 - Visit by Edward VII commemorated by Eduardo VII Park.^[4]
• 1904
  • António de Azevedo Castelo Branco [pt] becomes mayor.^[13]
  • Grupo Sport Lisboa formed.
• 1905
  • Café A Brasileira opens.
  • National Coach Museum created.
• 1906
  • Colonial School and Sporting Clube de Portugal founded.
  • Lisbon Tropical Botanical Garden opens.^[15]
• 1908 – 1 February: Carlos I and his son, Luís Filipe, are assassinated in the Praça do Comércio.^[18]
• 1909
  • 23 April: Earthquake.^[19]
  • City Museum established.
• 1910
  • Anselmo Braamcamp Freire becomes mayor.^[13]
  • City becomes capital of the First Portuguese Republic.^[2]
• 1911
  • University of Lisbon and Eduardo VII Park established.
  • Cinema Olympia [pt] in business.^[20]
  • Population: 435,359 city; 853,415 district.^[21]
• 1916
  • 23 February: German ships seized at Lisbon; Germany subsequently declares war on Portugal, which officially enters World War I.
  • Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Museum opens.^[22]
• 1919 – Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses founded.
• 1920 – Population: 484,664.
• 1922 – Parque Mayer theater complex opens.^[20]
• 1926
  • Ditadura Nacional (Military dictatorship) begins in Portugal.
  • Setúbal District splits away from the Lisbon District.^[23]
• 1929 – Instituto Português de Heráldica [pt] headquartered in city.
• 1930
  • Technical University of Lisbon established.
  • Lisbon Book Fair begins.
  • Population: 591,939.
• 1931
  • Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa [pt] (periodical library) founded.
  • Teatro Capitólio opens.^[20]
• 1932 – Estação Ferroviária do Sul e Sueste [pt] (railway station) opens.
• 1933 – City becomes capital of the fascist Portuguese Second Republic (Estado Novo) (until 1974).
• 1934 – Monsanto Forest Park formed.
• 1938
  • Duarte Pacheco becomes mayor.^[13]
  • Academia Portuguesa da História [pt] headquartered in Lisbon.
• 1940
  • 23 June: Portuguese World Exhibition opens; closes 2 December.
  • Population: 694,389.
• 1941 – 15 February: Cyclone occurs.^[19]
• 1942 – Lisbon Portela Airport opens.
• 1945 – A Bola sports newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1946 – Clube Oriental de Lisboa founded.
• 1947 – Grupo Surrealista de Lisboa (art group) formed.^[24]
• 1949 – Record sports newspaper begins publication.^[17]

1950s–1990s

• 1950
  • Cinema São Jorge [pt] opens.
  • Population: 783,226 city.
• 1952 – Centro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa founded.
• 1953 - Hospital de Santa Maria opened.
• 1954 – Estádio da Luz (stadium) opens.
• 1956
  • Estádio José Alvalade (stadium) and Teatro ABC open.
  • Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established.
• 1959
  • Lisbon Metro begins operating.
  • António Vitorino da França Borges [pt] becomes mayor.^[13]
  • Cristo Rei statue erected.^[2]
• 1960 – Padrão dos Descobrimentos monument erected.
• 1963 – Navy Museum opens.
• 1965
  • National Museum of Ethnology established.
  • Museu Nacional do Azulejo formed.^{[citation needed]}
• 1966 – 25 de Abril Bridge opens.^[2]
• 1968 – A Capital newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1969
  • Teatro Maria Matos opens.
  • Calouste Gulbenkian Museum opens.^[24]
• 1970
  • Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro [pt] becomes mayor.^[13]
  • Population: 769,410 city; 1,611,887 metro.^[25]
• 1971 – Empresa Pública de Urbanização de Lisboa [pt] (Public Consortium for the Urbanization of Lisbon) founded.^[26]
• 1972 – António Jorge da Silva Sebastião becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1973
  • Teatro da Cornucópia founded.
  • English College, Lisbon closed.
• 1974
  • 25 April: Military coup d'état; Lisbon subsequently becomes capital of the democratic Third Portuguese Republic.^[27]
  • Joaquim Caldeira Rodrigues becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1975
  • Lino José Góis Ferreira [pt] becomes mayor.^[13]
  • Teatro Aberto formed.
• 1977
  • Aquilino Ribeiro Machado becomes mayor.^[13]
  • National Museum of Costume and Fashion inaugurated.
• 1979 – Correio da Manhã newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1980
  • Instituto Português do Livro [pt] headquartered in city.
  • Nuno Krus Abecasis [pt] becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1981 – Population: 807,167 city.^[25]
• 1985
  • Lisbon joins the newly formed União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas.
  • Torres das Amoreiras [pt] built.^[28]
  • IAAF World Cross Country Championships held.
• 1986
  • Lisbon Marathon begins.
  • March: Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [pt] meets in Lisbon.^[29]
• 1989 – Diário Económico newspaper begins publication.
• 1990
  • Público newspaper begins publication.^[17]
  • Electricity Museum opens.
  • Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1991 – Population: 663,394 city.
• 1992 – Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo formed.^[30]
• 1993 – Belém Cultural Center built.
• 1994
  • World Junior Championships in Athletics held.
  • Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar [de] unveiled.
• 1995
  • Blue Line (Lisbon Metro) and Yellow Line (Lisbon Metro) in operation.^(pt)
  • Macau Science and Culture Centre initiated.
  • João Barroso Soares becomes mayor.^[13]
• 1996 – Community of Portuguese Language Countries summit held.
• 1998
  • Fado Museum, Gare do Oriente (railway station), Lisbon Oceanarium, Teatro Camões, and Vasco da Gama Bridge open.
  • Expo '98 and Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held in Lisbon.
  • 24 Horas [pt] newspaper begins publication.
  • Pavilhão Atlântico and Vasco da Gama Tower built.
  • Dom Fernando II e Glória restored.
  • Cm-lisboa.pt website online (approximate date).^[31]
  • Green Line (Lisbon Metro) and Red Line (Lisbon Metro) in operation.

21st century

• 2001
  • IAAF World Indoor Championships held.
  • Population: 564,657.^[32]
• 2002
  • Euronext Lisbon founded.
  • Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes becomes mayor.^[13]
• 2003
  • Doclisboa film festival begins.
  • Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade (stadiums) built.
• 2004
  • Torre São Rafael [pt] built.^[28]
  • António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues becomes mayor.^[13]
  • Allied Joint Command Lisbon formed.
• 2005 – Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes becomes mayor, succeeded by António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues.
• 2006
  • 29 January: Snow storm occurs.
  • W.A.K.O. European Championships held.
• 2007
  • December: EU Treaty signed in Lisbon.^[18]
  • António Luís dos Santos da Costa becomes mayor.^[13]
  • Berardo Collection Museum established.
• 2008
  • 7 August: Kidnapping of hostages at Banco Espírito Santo branch in Campolide parish.^[33]
  • Museum of the Orient opens.
  • Contraditório headquartered in city.
• 2011 – Population: 547,733 city;^[32] 2,821,876 metro.
• 2012 –14 November: Anti-austerity protests.^[34]
• 2015 – Population: 504,471.
• 2017 – 1 October: Portuguese local election, 2017 held.