Important dates during the commemoration:

• 27th September 1957 – Beginning of the eruption
  
  
• 16th December 1957 – First Lava eruption
  
  
• 2nd February 2000 – Capelo’s Parish Day
  
  
• 12th and 13th May 1958 – Earthquake that shacked Praia do Norte and Capelo’s Parishes
  
  
• 4th July 1833 – Horta’s City Anniversary
  
  
• 1st August 1903 – Capelinhos Lighthouse inauguration