Timeline of Monrovia

The following is a of the history of the city of Monrovia, Liberia.

19th century

• 1822
• April: Settlement of Christopolis established by the American Colonization Society in Pepper Coast area.
• Providence Church founded.https://www.jstor.org/stable/23916665http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/lcp/whitten/VAC1139-00553
• 1824 - Settlement renamed "Monrovia" named after United States president James Monroe.
• 1826 - Liberia Herald newspaper begins publication.
• 1839 - Monrovia Seminary founded.
• 1847
• June 25: Constitutional Convention held in Monrovia to discuss creation of the state of Liberia.
• July 26: Monrovia becomes part of newly formed Republic of Liberia.
• October 5: First Liberian general election held.
• Monrovia becomes seat of newly formed Montserrado County.
• 1853 - Photographer Augustus Washington in business.
• 1862 - Supreme Court building constructed.
• 1863
• Liberia College opens.
• Trinity Church consecrated.https://books.google.com/books?id=nlw4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA186
• 1867 - Masonic Order of Liberia organized in Monrovia.
• 1872 - January 1: Inauguration of Liberian president Joseph Roberts (second term).
• 1890s - built.
• 1892 - Arthur Barclay becomes mayor.

20th century

• 1904 - College of West Africa active.
• 1918 - German bombing of Monrovia.
• 1920 - Population: 6,000 (estimate).
• 1940s - West Point settlement formed.
• 1940 - Population: 12,000.
• 1943 - Invincible Eleven football club formed.
• 1945 - Gbarnga-Monrovia highway constructed.https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBNaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77
• 1947 - erected.
• 1948 - Freeport of Monrovia begins operating on nearby Bushrod Island.
• 1951
• Liberia Chamber of Commerce headquartered in city.
• University of Liberia active.
• 1954
• University's Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law opens.
• Monrovia Elementary School built.⁽⁾
• 1956 - Nathan C. Ross becomes mayor.
• 1958 - Capitol building constructed.
• 1960 - Ducor Hotel in business.
• 1961 - September: Labor strike held.
• 1962
• Liberian National Museum established on .
• Population: 80,992.
• 1964
• Executive Mansion (presidential residence) built.
• National Cultural Centre created in nearby Kendeja, Paynesville.
• 1965 - Temple of Justice built.
• 1970s - built over Saint Paul River.
• 1970 - Population: 96,226.
• 1971 - John F. Kennedy Medical Center opens.
• 1974 - Seat of Montserrado County moved from Monrovia to Bensonville.
• 1976 - People's Bridge built over Mesurado River.
• 1977 - Liberian Center for National Documents and Records headquartered in Monrovia.
• 1979
• July: Organisation of African Unity meeting held at Hotel Africa in nearby Virginia.
• "Civil unrest."
• 1980
• April 12: 1980 Liberian coup d'état; president Tolbert assassinated in the Presidential Palace. Subsequent unrest occurs.
• Monrovia Black Star FC (football club) formed.
• 1981 - Liberian Observer newspaper begins publication.
• 1984 - Population: 421,053.
• 1986 - Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex opens.
• 1990
• May 13: besieged on Capitol Hill during the First Liberian Civil War.
• July: Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia "seized control in part of the capital."
• July: at St. Peter's Lutheran church in Sinkor.
• August 24: Peacekeeping forces of Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group begin operating.
• September 9: Assassination of president Doe.
• 1997 - STAR radio begins broadcasting.
• 1998 - 1998 Monrovia clashes.
• 1999 - erected on Broad Street.
• 2000 - Daily Talk news chalkboard launched.

21st century

• 2001 - Ophelia Hoff Saytumah becomes mayor.
• 2003
• April: Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace begins demonstrating.
• July 18–August 14: Siege of Monrovia occurs during the Second Liberian Civil War.
• 2004 - October: "Riots in Monrovia."
• 2006 - July: Government "switches on generator-powered street lights in the capital, which has been without electricity for 15 years."
• 2008 - Population: 970,824 urban agglomeration.
• 2009 - Mary Broh becomes mayor.
• 2011 - built.
• 2012 - Coconut Plantation settlement razed.
• 2013 - Henry Reed Cooper becomes mayor.
• 2014
• Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia occurs.
• Clara Doe-Mvogo becomes mayor.
• 2015 - George M. Weah becomes Senator of Montserrado County.
• 2017 - George M. Weah elected president.
• 2018 - First Presidential transition occurred since 1944.

See also

• Monrovia history
• List of mayors of Monrovia
• History of Liberia

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• (written in 1870s-1880s). 1890 German edition

External links

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• Items related to Monrovia, various dates (via Europeana) (Images, etc.)
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• U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs division. Images related to Monrovia