Timeline of Lusaka

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lusaka, Zambia.

20th century

 * 1905
 * Railway begins operating.
 * European settlement formed.
 * 1913 - Village Management Board established.
 * 1926 - "District administrative headquarters" relocated to Lusaka from Chilanga (approximate date).
 * 1935 - Capital of British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia relocated to Lusaka from Livingstone.
 * 1937 - City of Lusaka Football Club formed.
 * 1948 - Central African Post newspaper begins publication.
 * 1950 - Population: 27,100.
 * 1951 - Lusaka Playhouse built.
 * 1952 - African Listener radio programme begins broadcasting.
 * 1954 - F. Payne becomes mayor.
 * 1956 - Lusaka African Marketeers' Cooperative Society organized.
 * 1958 - Waddington Theatre Club founded.
 * 1959 - 20th Century cinema opens (approximate date).
 * 1960
 * Lusaka attains city status.
 * African Mail newspaper begins publication.
 * Palace cinema opens (approximate date).
 * Luburma market established (approximate date).
 * 1963
 * National Archives of Zambia headquartered in city.
 * International School of Lusaka founded.
 * Population: 87,495.
 * 1964
 * City becomes capital of the newly independent Republic of Zambia.
 * Independence Stadium (Zambia) opens.
 * 1965
 * Rhodes Park School established.
 * Green Buffaloes F.C. founded.
 * 1966 - University of Zambia founded.
 * 1967
 * Mtendele "squatter township" opens.
 * Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries established in Lusaka.
 * 1968
 * Zambia Daily Mail newspaper in publication.
 * Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, US.
 * 1969 - Zambian News Agency headquartered in city.
 * 1970
 * "Greater Lusaka created."
 * September: International 3rd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in city.
 * 1971 - Chikwakwa Theatre established at the University of Zambia.
 * 1972
 * Chunga market built.
 * Population: 448,000 urban agglomeration.
 * 1976
 * Housing Project Unit established.
 * United Nations Institute for Namibia inaugurated.
 * Libala, Kaunda Square, and Longacres markets established (approximate date).
 * 1978 - Racial unrest.
 * 1979
 * August: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1979.
 * Zambia Consumer Buying Corporation opens.
 * 1980 - Population: 498,837 city; 535,830 urban agglomeration.
 * 1985
 * Zanaco Football Club formed.
 * Non-governmental Organisations' Co-ordinating Committee established.
 * 1990 - Population: 982,362 city.
 * 1991 - Weekly Post newspaper begins publication (approximate date).
 * 1994
 * 31 October: Lusaka Protocol initiated.
 * Lusaka Stock Exchange opens.
 * Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa headquartered in Lusaka.
 * 1996 - Lusaka National Museum opens.
 * 1997
 * Umar Al Farook mosque opens.
 * Sustainable Lusaka Project launched.
 * 1999 - University of Lusaka founded.
 * 2000 - Population: 1,057,212.

21st century



 * 2001 - Munali Girls High School established.
 * 2001 - Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) established. ICOZ was Founded by Rev David Musonda Masupa with the help of the 2nd Republican President Fredrick Chiluba.
 * 2006 - October: Post-election unrest.
 * 2010
 * Daniel Chisenga becomes mayor.
 * Population: 1,747,152.
 * 2012 - February: Celebration of Zambia's winning 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
 * 2017 - March: Stampede occurs.