Timeline of Bukavu

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

20th century

 * 1924 - Bukavu becomes part of the newly formed administrative Province Orientale in colonial Belgian Congo.(fr)
 * 1925 - Seat of Kivu District relocated to Bukavu from Rutshuru.
 * 1927 - Bukavu renamed "Costermansville" after Belgian colonial official Paul Costermans.
 * 1929 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu established.
 * 1927 - Zoological and Forest Reserve of Mount Kahuzi established near Costermansville.
 * 1938 - founded by Catholic Pères Blancs.
 * 1942 - Catholic, Swahili-French language Hodi newspaper begins publication.
 * 1951
 * Catholic Our Lady of Peace Cathedral built.
 * Bushi Football Club founded.
 * 1953
 * Costermansville renamed "Bukavu."
 * La Presse Africaine newspaper begins publication.
 * 1958 - Bukavu attains city status.
 * 1961
 * Denis Maganga Igomokelo becomes mayor.
 * (school) established.
 * 1967 - 9 August: City taken by rebel Katangan forces.
 * 1970 - Kahuzi-Biéga National Park established near city.
 * 1975 - Population: 146,504 (estimate).
 * 1984 - Population: 167,950 (estimate).
 * 1989 - City becomes part of the newly formed South Kivu province.
 * 1993 - begins broadcasting.
 * 1994
 * Rwandan war refugees flee to Bukavu.
 * Population: 201,569 (estimate).
 * 1996 - October: City taken by Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo.
 * 1999 - Panzi Hospital established.
 * 2000 - Congolese war refugees arrive in Bagira.

21st century

 * 2004 - May–June: Violent conflict between rebel and national forces.
 * 2007 - 13 June: Journalist killed.
 * 2008
 * 3 February: 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake.
 * 22 November: Mass graves found on land owned by Rally for Congolese Democracy party member.
 * Zita Kavungirwa Kayange becomes mayor.
 * OC Bukavu Dawa wins Coupe du Congo football contest.
 * 2010
 * 17 October: Women demonstrate "to demand an end to a wave of mass rapes."
 * becomes governor of South Kivu province.
 * 2012 - 12 February: Airplane carrying politicians crashes in Bukavu; killed.
 * 2014
 * February: Political rally; crackdown.
 * 5 June: Prison break occurs.
 * 2015
 * January: 2015 Congolese protests.
 * August: 2015 South Kivu earthquake
 * Population: 295,665 (estimate).
 * Saveur du Kivu coffee event begins.
 * Lusenda refugee camp begins operating in vicinity of Bukavu.
 * 2017
 * 28 July: Prison break occurs.
 * August: Cholera outbreak.
 * 2022
 * 2022 Bukavu floods