Timeline of Harare

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Harare, Zimbabwe.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1890 – Fort Salisbury founded in Mashonaland by British South Africa Company.
 * 1891 – Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times newspaper begins publication.
 * 1896 – Salisbury Polo Club formed.
 * 1897
 * Harare Township built.
 * Salisbury attains municipal status.
 * 1899 – Beira-Salisbury railway begins operating.

20th century

 * 1902
 * Botswana-Salisbury railway begins operating.
 * Queen Victoria Memorial Library founded.
 * 1915 – Meikles Hotel in business.
 * 1923 – Town becomes capital of Southern Rhodesia, a self-governing British colony.
 * 1927 – Salisbury Technical School established.
 * 1933 – Town House built.
 * 1936 – Library of the National Archives founded.
 * 1939 – Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.
 * 1945 – Railway strike.
 * 1946
 * Reformed Industrial and Commercial Workers Union established.
 * Population: 54,090.
 * 1948
 * General strike.
 * Zimbabwe College of Music established.
 * 1950 – Gwebe College of Agriculture established.
 * 1951
 * Stock exchange established.
 * Population: 90,024.
 * 1953
 * City becomes capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
 * Helping Hand Club (women's group) formed.
 * 1955 – University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Salisbury City Youth League established.
 * 1956
 * Salisbury Airport commissioned.
 * Bus boycott.
 * 1957 – Rhodes National Gallery opens.
 * 1959 – Pearl Assurance House built.
 * 1960 – Central Film Laboratories in business.
 * 1962
 * First International Congress of African Culture held in city.
 * Queen Victoria Memorial Library rebuilt.
 * 1964 – Greenwood Park established.
 * 1969 – The Financial Gazette begins publication.
 * 1970 – Chapungu Sculpture Park founded.
 * 1972
 * Zimbabwe National Library and Documentation Service headquartered in city.
 * Construction of New Mabvuku begins.
 * 1973 - Population: 502,000 urban agglomeration.
 * 1975 – Mabvuku High School opens in Mabvuku.
 * 1977 – 6 August: Bombing.
 * 1978 – Oil storage tanks set on fire by the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army.

1980s–1990s

 * 1980 18 April: City becomes part of independent Republic of Zimbabwe.
 * 1981
 * December: Bombing of ZANU-PF headquarters.
 * National Heroes' Acre monument built near city.
 * 1982 18 April: City renamed "Harare."
 * 1984 – Harare Publishing House established.
 * 1985 – Karigamombe Centre built.
 * 1986 – September: City hosts Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.
 * 1990
 * Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, US.
 * ZANU–PF Building is completed
 * 1991 – October: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991; Harare Declaration issued.
 * 1992 - Population: 1,189,103.
 * 1995 – September: City hosts 1995 All-Africa Games.
 * 1996
 * Rainbow City Cinema in business.
 * Eastgate built.
 * Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe headquartered in city.
 * 1997 – New Reserve Bank tower built.
 * 1998
 * Weaver Press publishing house established
 * Economic protest.
 * Zimbabwe International Film Festival begins.
 * December: City hosts meeting of World Council of Churches.
 * 1999
 * Daily News begins publication.
 * Zimbabwe Catholic University established.
 * Harare International Festival of the Arts begins.
 * Media Monitoring Project headquartered in city.
 * 2000 – Millennium Towers built.

2000s

 * 2001 – Harare Tribune newspaper begins publication.
 * 2002 – Elias Mudzuri becomes mayor.
 * 2003
 * Water shortage.
 * Sekesai Makwavarara becomes acting mayor.
 * 2004 – Harare International Airport terminal built (approximate date).
 * 2005 – Operation Murambatsvina.
 * 2008
 * Emmanuel Chiroto elected mayor, succeeded by Muchadeyi Masunda.
 * Harare Residents Trust organised.
 * Cholera outbreak.
 * 2009
 * First Floor Gallery Harare in business.
 * Population: 1,513,173.

2010s

 * 2010
 * NewsDay begins publication.
 * Zimbabwe Fashion Week begins.
 * Joina City tower built.
 * 2012 - Population: 1,485,231.
 * 2013 - Bernard Gabriel Manyenyeni becomes mayor.
 * 2017 - The military of Zimbabwe seize power and place the president under house arrest.

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