Timeline of Lomé

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lomé, Togo.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1874 - Lomé founded "by African, British and German traders."
 * 1897 - Lomé becomes capital of German colonial Togoland.



20th century

 * 1902 - Catholic Cathedral built.
 * 1904 - Wharf constructed.
 * 1905
 * Aného-Lomé railway and Palace of the Governors built.
 * 1907
 * Kpalimé-Lomé railway and Protestant church built.
 * 1911 - Atakpamé-Lomé railway built.
 * 1914 - Lomé "annexed by the British from the Gold Coast."
 * 1920 - Lomé becomes capital of colonial French Togoland.
 * 1920s - Boulevard Circulaire laid out.
 * 1922 - Political "council of notables" formed.
 * 1932
 * Municipality established.
 * Étoile Filante du Togo football club formed.
 * 1933 - January: "Riot by women" against taxes.
 * 1955
 * Lonato building constructed.
 * Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé established.
 * 1957 - La Vérité Togolaise newspaper begins publication.
 * 1958 - Tokoin becomes part of Lome.
 * 1960 - City becomes part of independent Togo.
 * 1961 - Dynamic Togolais football club formed.
 * 1962
 * Togo-Presse government newspaper begins publication.
 * Population: 80,000.
 * 1963 - 13 January: 1963 Togolese coup d'état; Sylvanus Olympio assassinated.
 * 1965 - Happy Star Concert Band formed.
 * 1968 - Stade Général Eyadema (stadium) opens.
 * 1969 - Deep-water harbor built.
 * 1970
 * University of Benin founded.
 * Population: 148,156.
 * 1975
 * Togo National Museum opens.
 * City hosts signing of the Lomé Convention.
 * 1980 - Hotel du 2 Fevrier and West African Development Bank built.
 * 1981 - Population: 375,499.
 * 1983 - British School established.
 * 1985
 * Ecobank headquartered in city.
 * Bombings.
 * 1989
 * "Industrial and harbour free zone" established.
 * Dove of Peace statue unveiled in Tokoin.
 * 1990 - 5 October: Anti-government demonstrations begin.
 * 1991 - April: Crackdown on anti-government demonstrators.
 * 1993 - La Dépêche newspaper begins publication.
 * 1997
 * Nouvel Echo newspaper begins publication.
 * Al-Furkan Center built.
 * 1998 - Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (stock exchange) branch established.
 * 1999 - July: City hosts signing of the Lomé Peace Accord.
 * 2000 - Stade de Kégué (stadium) opens.

21st century

 * 2001 - October: Mayor Amousouvi Akakpo arrested.
 * 2005
 * March: Funeral of Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
 * May: Post-election unrest.
 * 2007 - Musée international du Golfe de Guinée (museum) founded.
 * 2011 - Population: 1,524,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 2012
 * June: Political demonstration.
 * University of Science and Technology of Togo established.
 * 2013 - 11 January: Lomé Grand Market fire.
 * 2015 - Population: 1,788,600 (estimate, urban agglomeration).

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