3.2 – Time line

1751 – The Marquês de Pombal suggests the possibility of transferring the capital to the interior.

1823 – José Bonifácio forwards the “Memory regarding the need to build in Brazil a new capital” to the Constituent and Legislative Assembly and suggests the name “Brasilia” for the first time.

1891 – The First Constitution of the Republic establishes a zone for the installation of the future Federal Capital.

1892 – The Cruls Mission is carried out with the objective of identifying and marking out the area destined to be the future capital, establishing the Cruls Quadrilateral.

1922 – In Planaltina, the Cornerstone of Brasilia is laid, landmark for the interiorization of the capital.

1933 – Foundation of Brazlândia, a rural village in the municipality of Luziânia, Goiás.

1938 – The Getúlio Vargas government launches the “Marcha para o Oeste” (March West) seeking to populate and develop the interior of Brazil.

1946 – The Second Constitution of the Republic defines that the capital of the country will be transferred to a central point in Brazil.

1954 – The New Capital Location Commission presents the Belcher Report, which performed photo-interpretation and environmental characterization and indicated the five most favorable sites for building the new capital.

1956 – Juscelino Kubitschek is elected president, having made the campaign promise of moving the country capital.

1956 – Law 2.874 delimited the territory of the new Federal District, in the “Sitio Castanho”, created and organized the Companhia Urbanizadora da Nova Capital (New Capital Urbanization Company) – NOVACAP, and defined the name of Brasilia.

1956 – Construction of Catetinho Palace, the first building in the new capital, in 10 days, to temporarily house the Presidency of the Republic.

1956 – The Cidade Livre (Free City) is born, currently Núcleo Bandeirante.

1956 – Conclusion of the Dom Bosco Hermitage, the first brick and mortar structure of the city.

1957 – Lucio Costa, follower and admirer of modern urbanism, wins the Concurso Nacional do Plano Piloto da Nova Capital.

1957 – Inauguration of the Brasilia Zoological Garden.

1958 – Inauguration of the Our Lady Fatima Church, the Alvorada Palace, the Monument Axis; the Brasilia Palace Hotel and the Taguatinga city.

1959 – Opening of the Bernardo Sayão highway, connecting Belém to Brasilia.

1959 – Beginning of the damming of Paranoá Lake

1959 – Conclusion of work on the National Congress Palace.

1960 – Installation of the Três Poderes da República (Three Powers of the Republic): the Planalto Palace, the National Congress Palace and the Supreme Court Palace (STF).

1960 – The Pilot Plan bus station is delivered.

1960 – 1961 – Demarcation of the Brasilia National Park.

1962 – Inauguration of the University of Brasilia – UnB.

1964 – Article 31 of Federal Law 4.545/1964 determines that the Federal District shall be divided into eight Administrative Regions: Brasília, Taguatinga, Planaltina, Sobradinho, Brazlândia, Gama, Jardim and Paranoá.

1967 – Inauguration of the TV Tower.

1969 – Inauguration of the Acustic Shell and the Buriti Palace.

1970 – Inauguration of the Itamaraty Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Aparecida and the TV Tower Handcrafts Fair.

1971 – Foundation of Ceilandia city and inauguration of the Conjunto Nacional mall.

1972 – Inauguration of the Justice Palace.

1973 – Creation of the President Medici Sports Gymnasium, later known as Nilson Nelson Arena.

1973 – Inauguration of the Army Headquarters and the Drive-In Theater.

1974 – Inauguration of the Mané Garrincha Stadium and the Brasilia Planetarium.

1976 – Conclusion of work on the Jaburu Palace.

1977 – Inauguration of the Choro Cultural Space and the Funarte Cultural Complex.

1978 – Brasilia receives the City Park.

1980 – Inauguration of the Dulcina Theater, the Sarah Kubitschek Hospital and the Rodoferroviária (bus/train station)

1981 – Inauguration of the JK Memorial, the Dulcina de Morais College and the Claudio Santoro National Theater.

1982 – Inauguration of the Press Museum.

1985 – Inauguration of the Brasilia Art Museum, the Botanical Gardens and the Public Archive of the Federal District.

1987 – Brasilia is accepted by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

1989 – District Law 49/1989 alters the number of Administrative Regions to twelve, eliminating Jardim, and creating another five: Cruzeiro, Guará, Núcleo Bandeirante, Samambaia and Ceilândia.

1990 – Brasilia is recognized as a heritage site by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage.

1990 – Inauguration of the Oscar Niemeyer Space and the Candanga Memorial Museum.

1992 – Inauguration of the Lúcio Costa Space.

1993 – Federal District Organic Law published.

1999 – Inauguration of the Memorial of Indigenous People.

2002 – Inauguration of the JK Bridge, over the Paranoá Lake.

2006 – Inauguration of the UnB campus in Planaltina.

2006 – Inauguration of the Cultural Complex of the Republic: National Library and Museum of the Republic.

2008 – Inauguration of the UnB campus in Ceilândia and Gama.

2009 – Work of Athos Bulcão recognized as a heritage.

2010 – Brasilia 50 year anniversary.

2012 – Inauguration of the Digital TV tower.

2013 – Reinauguration of the Planetário de Brasília (Brasilia Planetarium).

2014 – Brasilia hosts games from the World Cup Brazil.

2016 – Brasilia hosts games from the Rio 2016 Olympics.

2017 – Brasilia earns the title of creative design city from UNESCO.

2018 – Inauguration of the Brasilia Technological Park – Biotic.

2019 – Creation of the Arniqueiras administrative region (Law Project 594/2019) and the official definition of the limits of the 33 RAs (Complementary Law 19/2019).