Timeline of Lubumbashi

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

20th century

1900s-1950s

• 1909
• 1 September: Elisabethville site designated seat of Katanga province; named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium.
• 27 September: begins operating.
• 1910
• Union Minière du Haut Katanga (mining entity) active.
• (hospital) and Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga established.
• Population: 360.
• Émile Wangermée becomes vice governor-general of Katanga.
• 1910s - "Governor's Residence and Imara and Twendelee schools" built.
• 1911
• Journal du Katanga newspaper begins publication.
• Population: 1,000.
• Etoile mining begins near Elisabethville.
• Catholic schools Institut Marie-José and Collège Saint-François de Sales established.⁽⁾
• 1912
• Racially segregated "native city" established per ordinance.
• Elisabethville becomes seat of Upper Luapula district.
• 1918 - begins operating.
• 1919
• Population: 8,000 (approximate).
• Ruashi mining begins in vicinity of Elisabethville.
• 1920
• "Management of the Union Minière was transferred from the British to the Belgians."
• Catholic Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral built.
• 1920s - "Makutano Club, Jerusalem United Methodist Church, and the Jewish synagogue" built.
• 1921 - Development of Albert I township begins.
• 1928
• begins operating.
• L'Essor du Congo newspaper begins publication.
• 1930s- "Courthouse and Mazembe stadium" built.
• 1931 - L'Écho du Katanga newspaper begins publication.
• 1932 - Wallace Memorial Church built.
• 1937 - (museum) founded.
• 1939 - Football clubs FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo and FC Saint-Georges formed.
• 1941
• Elisabethville attains city status.
• Development of Kenya township begins.
• 1944 - Premiere of Joseph Kiwele's Cantate à la gloire de la Belgique.
• 1945 - Union Africaine des Arts et Lettres founded.https://books.google.com/books?id=BQNtgjs8WVQC&pg=PA331
• 1946 - Académie d'Art Populaire d'Elisabethville founded.https://books.google.com/books?id=rQbiP0M5tCUC&pg=PA234
• 1949 - Athénée royal built.
• 1950 - Development of Katuba township begins.
• 1950s - "Post office,...CSK headquarters, the theater, St. Mary's Basilica, and the railway headquarters" built.
• 1951 - Académie des Beaux-Arts d'Elisabethville founded.https://books.google.com/books?id=rQbiP0M5tCUC&pg=PA234
• 1954
• Development of Ruashi township begins.
• City seal in use.
• 1956 - Université officielle du Congo et du Rwanda-Urundi opens.
• 1957
• City "divided into 5 communes, one for Europeans and 4 for Africans."
• December: held.
• 1959
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Elisabethville established.
• Population: 183,711 (estimate).

1960s-1990s

• 1960
• June: City becomes part of independent Republic of the Congo.
• July: City becomes capital of breakaway State of Katanga during the Congo Crisis.
• becomes (mayor).
• 1960s - "Gecamines tower and the 2 hospitals" built.
• 1961 - 15 September: Airport bombed by Katangese Air Force.
• 1963 - ' newspaper begins publication.
• 1964 - Stade Albert (stadium) opens.
• 1966 - City becomes capital of Katanga Province.
• 1967
• La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (mining entity) headquartered in city.
• opens.
• 1970
• Elisabethville renamed "Lubumbashi."
• (museum) active.
• 1970s - "Hotel Karavia and Mobutu Stadium" built.
• 1971 - City becomes part of Shaba Province in the Republic of Zaire.
• 1972
• Kampemba created.
• University's Centre d'études des littératures romanes d'inspiration africaine active.https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/474250826https://books.google.com/books?id=lrJaD1bwBCoC&pg=PA138
• 1974 - Société nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo (national railway) headquartered in Lubumbashi.
• 1975 - Population: 480,875 (estimate).
• 1977 - created.
• 1981 - University of Lubumbashi active.
• 1984 - Population: 543,268.
• 1990 - May: Student demonstration at University of Lubumbashi; crackdown.
• 1994 - Population: 851,381 (estimate).
• 1997
• April: Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo take city during the First Congo War.
• Floribert Kaseba Makunko becomes mayor.
• May: City becomes part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.