Timeline of Brazzaville

The following is a of the history of the city of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

19th century

• 1880 - Teke trading site at Pool Malebo "ceded...to French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza;" named Ncouna.
• 1884 - Ncouna renamed Brazzaville.
• 1886 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo founded.
• 1892 - Sacred Heart Cathedral built.
• 1893 - Palais Épiscopal built.⁽⁾

20th century

• 1901 - built.
• 1910 - Brazzaville becomes part of colonial French Equatorial Africa.
• 1911 - White residential Poto-Poto neighborhood established.
• 1912 - Town hall built.⁽⁾
• 1927 - Stade Marchand (stadium) opens.
• 1929 - Urban plan created.⁽⁾
• 1930 - Activist André Matsoua imprisoned; unrest ensues.
• 1931 - Poste Centrale (post office) built.⁽⁾
• 1932 - Gare ferroviaire (train station) built.
• 1934 - Congo–Ocean Railway (Pointe-Noire-Brazzaville) begins operating.
• 1940
• Brazzaville becomes capital of government-in-exile of France (Free France) during World War II.
• October: De Gaulle visits city.
• 1943
• Bacongo arrondissement created.
• (church) construction begins.
• 1944
• Brazzaville Zoo opens.
• January: Meeting of government-in-exile of France held in Brazzaville.
• 1945 - Population: 50,000 (approximate).
• 1948 - Victor Schoelcher monument erected.
• 1951 - founded.
• 1953 - Vog cinema built.⁽⁾
• 1955 - Palais de Justice (courthouse) built.⁽⁾
• 1956 - 18 November: Moyen-Congo municipal elections, 1956 held; Fulbert Youlou becomes mayor.
• 1958 - Population: 100,000 (approximate).
• 1959 - Makélékélé and Ouenzé arrondissements created.
• 1960 - City becomes capital of independent Republic of the Congo.
• 1961 - Population: 136,200.
• 1962 - Télé Congo (television) begins broadcasting from Brazzaville.
• 1963 - City hall built.⁽⁾
• 1965
• Stade de la Révolution (stadium) opens.
• July: 1965 All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville.
• 1970
• Talangaï neighborhood created.
• Population: 200,000 (approximate).
• 1971 - University of Brazzaville and Lycée Français Saint-Exupéry de Brazzaville (school) founded.
• 1975 - Sister/twin city agreement signed with Dresden, Germany.
• 1976 - Development Bank of the Central African States branch in business.
• 1977 - 18 March: Assassination of president Ngouabi.
• 1980
• 5 May: Catholic pope visits city.
• Commune of Brazzaville detaches from the Pool Department.
• Population: 422,000 (approximate).
• 1984 - Population: 596,200.
• 1986 - Nabemba Tower built.
• 1987
• April: 1987 Central African Games held in city.
• Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
• 1989 - AS Police (football club) formed.
• 1990
• Mfilou arrondissement officially established.
• Population: 760,300 (estimate).
• 1994 - built.
• 1996 - Population: 976,806 (estimate).
• 1997 - City taken by pro-Sassou Nguesso forces during the Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–99).

21st century

• 2001 - December: Trial of former president Lissouba held in city.
• 2002
• June: "Government troops battle Ninja rebels in Brazzaville."
• Population: 1,242,857 (estimate).
• 2003 - Hugues Ngouelondélé becomes mayor.
• 2004 - July: 2004 African Championships in Athletics held in city.
• 2005 - (music festival) begins.
• 2006 - Mausolée de Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (memorial) erected.⁽⁾
• 2010 - Maya-Maya Airport new terminal opens.
• 2011
• and Madibou arrondissements created.
• active.
• 2012
• 4 March: Brazzaville arms dump blasts.
• 30 November: Airplane crash occurs.
• 2015
• Kintélé Sports Complex, Palais des Sports, and Stade Municipal de Kintélé (stadium) open.
• 4–19 September: 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville.
• 27 September: Political protest.
• October: Political protest; crackdown.
• Port Authority Headquarters building constructed.
• 2016 - April: Post-election unrest.
• 2017
• August: Christian Roger Okemba becomes mayor.
• Long-planned project to build a Brazzaville-Kinshasa Bridge reactivated.

See also

• Brazzaville history
• List of mayors of Brazzaville
• Timeline and history of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (city across Congo River from Brazzaville)

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Martin, Phyllis 1995, Leisure and Society in Colonial Brazzaville, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

in French

External links

• (Bibliography)
• (Bibliography of open access articles)
• Items related to Brazzaville, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Brazzaville, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)