1500
/ 1736
FORSAKING, TEMPORARY OCCUPATION AND LANDING PERIODS |
| Year
|
Occurrence |
|
1500 |
Appears in the planisphere of Juan de la Cosa. |
|
1502 |
Appears in the map of Cantino under the name
"Quaresma". |
|
1503 |
Discovered by Américo Vespúcio,
a member of the Exploratory Expedition under the command of
Gonçalo Coelho. |
|
1504 |
Donated as a Hereditary Land Division to the
portuguese nobleman FERNAN (or FERNÃO) de LORONHA,
financier of the 1503 expedition. |
|
1505 |
Rescue of the last survivors of the 1503 expedition
by a ship coming from Normandy (ship of Binot Paulmier de
Goneville). |
|
1534 |
Landing of the german voyager Ulrich Schmidel,
which remains there for some years. |
|
1556 |
Landing of the French coming from Rio de Janeiro
(Fr. André Thevet, fellow of Villeigagnon). |
|
1558 |
Coasted by the French coming from Rio de Janeiro
(Jean de Lèry, fellow of Villeigagnon). |
|
1577 |
Landing of the English navigator Francis Drake,
which tried to travel over the world. |
|
1612 |
Landing for 15 days of the French going to Maranhão.
(Fr. Claude d'Abeville, fellow of Daniel de la Touche, Sir
of la Ravardière). |
1619 |
Guarded by a portuguese expedition, which disembark
on the island and describes it (Pedro de Castro). |
|
1626 |
Landing of the Dutch, which stopped there for
refreshing purposes. |
|
1629 / 1654 |
Dutch ownership under the command of Corlizon
Jol, the "Wood Leg". |
|
1631 |
Hired to Michel de Pavw (name: "Pavônia"). |
|
1654 |
Delivery of the island after the dutch surrender
in Pernambuco. |
|
1700 |
Island ownership transferred to Pernambuco,
which didn't anything to occupy it. |
|
1736 |
Occupied by the French of the Oriental Indies
Company, which settled down in it for one year (name: "Isle
Delphine" or "Dauphine"). |
1737
/ 2003
OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERIOD |
| Year |
Occurrence |
| 1737 |
Recovered by Pernambuco, construction of the
Village and of the fortified system. Beginning of the Correctional
Colony. |
| 1739 |
All gypsies of Brazil, considered as "idlers",
were banished to Fernando de Noronha. |
| 1745 |
Passing of Juan and Ulloa (Spanish). |
| 1760 |
Visit of a swedish ship. Report of Ekeberg. |
| 1816 |
Passing of a french delegation. Debret paints
the Pico Mount. |
| 1817 |
Insurrection in Pernambuco. Consequence for
Fernando de Noronha: loss of every built thing and all goods,
withdrawn by João de Barros Falcão de Lacerda. |
| 1819 |
Sending of indians from the settlements of Cimbres
and Escada, for agricultural practices on the Island. |
| 1824 |
Only in this year it was known in Fernando de
Noronha that Brazil was independent from Portugal. |
| 1823 / 1827 |
Administration by the Ministry of War. |
| 1832 |
Visit of the scientist Charles Darwin. Description
of the Island. |
| 1844 |
Farroupilha revolutioners banished to Noronha. |
| 1877 / 1891 |
Administration by the Ministry of Justice. |
| 1890 |
All "capoeira" fighters of Brasil,
considered as "rowdies", were banished to Fernando
de Noronha. |
| 1893 |
Installation of the British from the "South
American Cables Ltd.". |
| 1914 |
The concession of the undersea cables is transferred
to the French (Cabo Submarino Francês). |
| 1925 |
Installation of the Italian from Italcable (Cabo
Submarino Italiano). |
| 1927 |
Installation of the Cie. Générale
Aeropostale, (predecessor of Air France). |
| 1930 / 31 |
Operation of german and french airplanes of
the South Air Mail. |
| 1934 |
Construction by the Civil Aviation Department
of the first airport runway in Fernando de Noronha. |
| 1938 |
Delivery of the island to the Union for the
installation of a Political Prison. |
| 1942 |
Installation of the Mixed Detachment for the
war activities in Noronha (World War II).
Installation of an american Navy Base near the Sueste Bay.
The second airport runway is built.
Establishment of the Federal Territory of Fernando
de Noronha:
1942 / 1981 - Army
1981 / 1986 - Air Force
1986 / 1987 - General Staff
1987 / 1988 - Ministry of Home Affairs
|
| 1946 |
Establishment in the island of a Detachment
of the Brazilian Air Force for flight control and meteorological
services. |
| 1957 / 1965 |
Installation of the Americans in the Missile
Observation Station, near Boldró. |
| 1988 |
Establishmento of the National Marine Reserve
in Fernando de Noronha. Reintegration to the State of Pernambuco,
becoming a State District under the command of an administrator
indicated by the State Governor. |
| 2001 |
Designated by UNESCO as a "Site of the
Natural World Patrimony", which title was handed over
in 2002. |
| 2003 |
500 years "discovery" celebration
of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. |
Noronha: informações em Português.