Timeline of Gqeberha

The following is a of the history of Gqeberha in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

Prior to 20th century

• 1754 - Dutch settlements at the Cape extended eastwards to adjacent Algoa Bay.
• 1799 - Fort Frederick built by British during the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1820 - Port Elizabeth settlement founded by British.
• 1823 - Population: 319.
• 1836 - Made a free warehousing port
• 1841 - Jetty constructed in Algoa Bay.
• 1845 - Eastern Province Herald newspaper begins publication.
• 1856
• Grey High School founded.
• King George VI Art Gallery opens.
• 1859 - St George's Park founded.
• 1861 - Town of Port Elizabeth incorporated.
• 1862 - Western-Road Synagogue formed.
• 1865 - Hill Presbyterian Church consecrated.
• 1866 - St. Augustine's Cathedral built.
• 1873 - Railway station building starts.
• 1875
• Uitenhage-Port Elizabeth railway begins operating.
• Port Elizabeth railway station built.
• 1880 - Prince Alfred's Guard Drill Hall built.
• 1881 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
• 1882
• Imbumba yama Nyama political group formed.
• Conservatory built in St George's Park.
• 1885 - "South African Exhibition" held
• 1888 - Mighty Elephants rugby team formed.
• 1889 - St George's Park Cricket Ground in use.
• 1892 - Opera House built.
• 1897 - Electric tram begins operating.
• 1899 - Humewood Road railway station built.
• 1900 - Post Office built.

20th century

• 1900-1902 - Port Elizabeth Concentration Camp in operation
• 1903 - New Brighton black township established.
• 1905 - Horse Memorial erected.
• 1907
• (church) founded.
• Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial unveiled.
• 1908
• Port Elizabeth Orthodox Hebrew Congregation formed.
• Devastating flooding
• 1912 - built.
• 1913 - Port Elizabeth gains city status.
• 1917 - Airplane flown from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth.
• 1928 - (church) founded.
• 1929 - Port Elizabeth Airport and (church) established.
• 1936 - Campanile (belltower) installed.
• 1937 - ' newspaper begins publication.
• 1940 - (church) founded.
• 1940 - Victoria Park High School was founded
• 1949 - suburb laid out (approximate date).
• 1950 - ' newspaper begins publication.
• 1951 - (nature reserve) established near city.
• 1952 - Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba and Vuyisile Mini were imprisoned for three months in Rooi Hel ('Red Hell' or North End Prison, Port Elizabeth) for participating in the Defiance Campaign.
• 1954 - 20th Century Theatre in business.
• 1960
• Boet Erasmus Stadium opens.
• Alliance Française of Port Elizabeth founded.
• 1961 - 16 December: Bombings.
• 1964 - University of Port Elizabeth established.
• 1965 - Walmer, South Africa becomes part of Port Elizabeth.
• 1969 - Kouga Dam begins operating in vicinity of city.
• 1979 - Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation founded.
• 1984
• Port Elizabeth Youth Congress founded.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/05/24/south-africa-spawns-a-new-underground/ca9c1622-f5e0-4334-ad75-bb7eedca3d62/
• Development of Motherwell begins near city.
• 1985
• March: Labor strike.
• 8 May: Disappearance of "Pebco Three" anti-apartheid activists.
• 27 June: The deaths of "The Cradock Four" political activists.
• 1986 - established.⁽⁾
• 1991 - Population: 303,353 city; 853,205 metro.
• 1995
• Nceba Faku elected mayor.
• Part of 1995 Rugby World Cup contest played in Port Elizabeth.
• 1996 - Part of 1996 Africa Cup of Nations football contest played in Port Elizabeth.

21st century

• 2001
• Port Elizabeth becomes the seat of the newly created Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
• Anti-apartheid leader Govan Mbeki dies at age 91.
• 2004 - Website Mandelametro.gov.za launched.
• 2005
• First premier of the Eastern Cape and anti-apartheid leader Raymond Mhlaba dies at the ages of 85 years.
• Nelson Mandela University formed.
• Red Location Museum of apartheid opens.
• 2006
• 1 March: South African municipal elections, 2006 held.
• Nondumiso Maphazi becomes mayor.⁽⁾
• Bay United F.C. (football club) formed.
• 2009
• Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium opens.
• Zanoxolo Wayile becomes mayor.⁽⁾
• Southern Kings rugby team formed.
• 2010
• Gelvandale Stadium opens.
• Part of 2010 FIFA World Cup football contest played in Port Elizabeth.
• 2011 - Population: 312,392.
• 2013
• Part of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football contest played in Port Elizabeth.
• Ben Fihla becomes mayor.
• 2015
• Danny Jordaan becomes mayor.
• Chippa United F.C. moved to the city from Cape Town.
• 2016 - Athol Trollip becomes mayor.
• 2021
• Name officially changed from Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha.
• 2023 - Eight people are killed in a mass shooting.

See also

• History of Gqeberha
• List of heritage sites in Gqeberha
• of other cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria

References

This article incorporates information from the Afrikaans Wikipedia, French Wikipedia, and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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