Timeline of Kisangani

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1875 - Town besieged by Arabs.
 * 1883 - Europeans arrive.
 * 1887 - Tippu Tip becomes governor of the Stanley Falls District in the colonial Congo Free State.
 * 1899 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire built.

20th century

 * 1904 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls established.
 * 1906 - Ponthiérville-Stanleyville begins operating.
 * 1908 - Town becomes part of the colonial Belgian Congo.
 * 1913 - Justin Malfeyt becomes governor of Orientale Province.
 * 1921 - Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (Leopoldville-Stanleville) airline begins operating.
 * 1930 - October: Tornado occurs.
 * 1935 - Town becomes seat of the newly formed Stanleyville province.
 * 1947 - Town becomes seat of the Orientale Province.
 * 1955 - AS Nika (football club) formed.
 * 1957 - Bralima Brewery plant begins operating.
 * 1959 - Population: 126,533 (estimate).
 * 1960
 * 30 June: City becomes part of newly independent Republic of the Congo.
 * July: Unrest.
 * 1964
 * City taken by rebels during the Simba rebellion.
 * November: occurs.
 * Stanleyville becomes capital of the newly created People's Republic of the Congo.
 * 1966
 * July: Mercenaries' Mutiny attempted.
 * Stanleyville renamed "Kisangani."
 * 1967 - Second Mercenaries' Mutiny occurs.
 * 1970
 * Belgian king Baudouin visits city.
 * Population: 216,526.
 * 1971
 * Société Textile de Kisangani (manufactory) begins operating.
 * City becomes seat of Haut-Zaïre province.
 * 1975 - Population: 297,888 (estimate).
 * 1980 - May: Catholic pope visits Kisangani.
 * 1981 - University of Kisangani established.
 * 1984 - Population: 317,581.
 * 1986 - "Diamond deposits...first discovered."
 * 1991 - September: City "pillaged...by rampaging soldiers."
 * 1992 - November: Riverboat shutdown begins.
 * 1993 - December: City again looted by soldiers.
 * 1994 - Population: 417,517.
 * 1996 - November: City besieged by "Zairian soldiers fleeing the war zone" during the First Congo War.
 * 1997
 * March: City taken by rebel forces.
 * City becomes seat of Haut-Congo province.
 * 2000 - June: Rwanda-Uganda armed conflict occurs in Kisangani.

21st century

 * 2002 - 14–15 May: Massacre.
 * 2003 - August: Arrival via Congo river of "first commercial delivery from the capital since the fighting began in 1998."
 * 2007 - Médard Autsai Asenga becomes provincial governor.
 * 2008 - Guy Shilton Baendo Tofuli becomes mayor.
 * 2010 - National military Camp Base in operation (approximate date).
 * 2011 - 8 July: Airplane crash occurs at Bangoka International Airport.
 * 2013 - Jean Bamanisa Saïdi becomes provincial governor.
 * 2015 - City becomes seat of Tshopo province (officially created in 2006).
 * 2016 - becomes governor of Tshopo province.
 * 2017 - Constant Lomata becomes governor of Tshopo province.