Timeline of Brazzaville

The following is a timeline 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.(fr)

20th century

 * 1901 - built.
 * 1910 - Brazzaville becomes part of colonial French Equatorial Africa.
 * 1911 - White residential Poto-Poto neighborhood established.
 * 1912 - Town hall built.(fr)
 * 1927 - Stade Marchand (stadium) opens.
 * 1929 - Urban plan created.(fr)
 * 1930 - Activist André Matsoua imprisoned; unrest ensues.
 * 1931 - Poste Centrale (post office) built.(fr)
 * 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.(fr)
 * 1955 - Palais de Justice (courthouse) built.(fr)
 * 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.(fr)
 * 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.(fr)
 * 2009 - 26 August: Airplane crash occurs.
 * 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.