Timeline of Zanzibar City

The following is a of the history of Zanzibar City, Unguja island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. The city is composed of Ng'ambo and Stone Town. Until recently it was known as Zanzibar Town.

Prior to 19th century

• 1700 – Old Fort of Zanzibar is built by Omanis (approximate date).
• 1710 – Queen Fatima in power.
• 1746 – "Arab garrison" installed in fort.
• 1753 – Fort "unsuccessfully attacked by Mazrui Arabs from Mombasa."
• 1784 – Zanzibar becomes part of Oman.

19th century

• 1822 – Moresby Treaty.
• 1828 – The sultan orders a particular portion of the land to be cultivated in to cloe plantations. This result in an expansion of slave import.
• 1830 – Mtoni Palace built near town.
• 1832 – Capital of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman relocated to Zanzibar from Muscat, Oman by Said bin Sultan.
• 1836 – United States consulate established.
• 1841 – British consulate established.
• 1844 – French consulate established.
• 1845 – Hamerton Treaty.
• 1850 - Kidichi Baths built near town.
• 1856 – Majid bin Said of Zanzibar in power.
• 1870
• Barghash ibn Said in power.
• Population: 70,000 (approximate).
• 1872 - Cyclone.
• 1873 – Frere Treaty. British "forced the closure of the slave market."
• 1879 – Anglican Christ Church built.
• 1880 – Marhubi Palace built near town.
• 1883 – House of Wonders built.
• 1888 – Hamamni Persian Baths built.
• 1890 – British in power per Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty.
• The purchase and selling of slaves is prohibited; slavery itself is preserved.
• 1896 – 27 August: Anglo-Zanzibar War.
• 1897 – Slavery in Zanzibar abolished except in the case of concubines (abolished in 1909).
• 1898 – Catholic St. Joseph's Cathedral built.

20th century

• 1904 – Darajani Market building constructed.
• 1905
• Bububu railway constructed.
• Plague.
• 1909 – Slavery in Zanzibar fully abolished with the abolition of slave concubinage.
• 1910
• Law courts built.
• Population: 35,262.
• 1914 – 20 September: German SMS Königsberg sinks British HMS Pegasus in harbour.
• 1925 – Peace Memorial Museum established.
• 1928 - Rent strike in Ng'ambo.
• 1935 - Jubilee Gardens laid out.
• 1948
• General strike.
• Population: 45,284.
• 1957 – Afro-Shirazi Party headquartered in town.
• 1961 – June: Unrest.
• 1964
• 12 January: Zanzibar Revolution; city becomes capital of People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba.
• April: Sultanate of Zanzibar becomes part of the new United Republic of Tanzania.
• City becomes capital of semiautonomous region of Zanzibar.
• Mtoro Rehani becomes mayor.
• 1966 - Kikwajuni GDR housing built.
• 1972 - 7 April: Abeid Karume assassinated.
• 1973 - Television Zanzibar inaugurated.
• 1977 - Trains of Michenzani (housing) built (approximate date).
• 1985
• Economic liberalization begins.
• Population: 133,000 (estimate).
• 1994
• Palace Museum established.
• Stone Town Conservation Plan approved.
• Old Dispensary building restored.
• 1997
• Zanzibar International Film Festival founded.
• Keele Square rehabilitated.
• 1999
• Area of city: 1,600 hectares.
• Population: 195,000 (estimate).
• 2000 – Stone Town designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

21st century

• 2004 – Sauti za Busara (music festival) begins.
• 2005 – Population: 220,000 (estimate).
• 2008 – 21 May – 19 June: 2008 Zanzibar power blackout.
• 2009–2010 – 10 December–March: Second Zanzibar power blackout
• 2009 – Forodhani Gardens rehabilitated.
• 2012 – Anti-government protests.
• 2013 – August: Two 18-year-old, British volunteer teachers, Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, were injured by an acid attack by men on a motorcycle near Stone Town.
• 2014 – June: Mosque bombed.

See also

• History of Stone Town
• History of Ng'ambo
• Wards of Zanzibar City
• History of Zanzibar (islands)
• List of sultans of Zanzibar
• Zanzibar Urban/West Region (Zanzibar City is capital)
• List of football clubs in Zanzibar
• of other cities in Tanzania: Dar es Salaam

References

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