1565
The founding of Rio de Janeiro shown in a tiled mural.Image: world · Americas
The Portuguese found Rio de Janeiro
On 1 March 1565 the Portuguese commander Estácio de Sá landed at the entrance to Guanabara Bay and founded the settlement of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, named after King Sebastião of Portugal and his patron saint. The Jesuits Manuel da Nóbrega and José de Anchieta were with him. The aim was to drive out the French, who had built a colony in the bay a decade earlier. Estácio de Sá was mortally wounded by an arrow in the fighting, but the city survived and grew into one of the great cities of the Americas.
Source: Rio de Janeiro City Hall (MultiRio): A fundação da cidade de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro ↗
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