Timeline of Monrovia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Monrovia, Liberia.

19th century

 * 1822
 * April: Settlement of Christopolis established by the American Colonization Society in Pepper Coast area.
 * Providence Baptist Church founded.
 * 1824 - Settlement renamed "Monrovia" named after United States president James Monroe.
 * 1826 - Liberia Herald newspaper begins publication.
 * 1839 - Monrovia Seminary founded.
 * 1847
 * June 25: Constitutional Convention held in Monrovia to discuss creation of the state of Liberia.
 * July 26: Monrovia becomes part of newly formed Republic of Liberia.
 * October 5: First Liberian general election held.
 * Monrovia becomes seat of newly formed Montserrado County.
 * 1853 - Photographer Augustus Washington in business.
 * 1862 - Supreme Court building constructed.
 * 1863
 * Liberia College opens.
 * Trinity Church consecrated.
 * 1867 - Masonic Order of Liberia organized in Monrovia.
 * 1872 - January 1: Inauguration of Liberian president Joseph Roberts (second term).
 * 1890s - built.
 * 1892 - Arthur Barclay becomes mayor.

20th century

 * 1904 - College of West Africa active.
 * 1918 - Battle of Monrovia.
 * 1920 - Population: 6,000 (estimate).
 * 1940s - West Point settlement formed.
 * 1940 - Population: 12,000.
 * 1943 - Invincible Eleven football club formed.
 * 1945 - Gbarnga-Monrovia highway constructed.
 * 1947 - erected.
 * 1948 - Freeport of Monrovia begins operating on nearby Bushrod Island.
 * 1951
 * Liberia Chamber of Commerce headquartered in city.
 * University of Liberia active.
 * 1954
 * University's Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law opens.
 * Monrovia Elementary School built.(de)
 * 1956 - Nathan C. Ross becomes mayor.
 * 1958 - Capitol building constructed.
 * 1960 - Ducor Hotel in business.
 * 1961 - September: Labor strike held.
 * 1962
 * Liberian National Museum established on.
 * Population: 80,992.
 * 1964
 * Executive Mansion (presidential residence) built.
 * National Cultural Centre created in nearby Kendeja, Paynesville.
 * 1965 - Temple of Justice built.
 * 1970s - built over Saint Paul River.
 * 1970 - Population: 96,226.
 * 1971 - John F. Kennedy Medical Center opens.
 * 1974 - Seat of Montserrado County moved from Monrovia to Bensonville.
 * 1976 - People's Bridge built over Mesurado River.
 * 1977 - Liberian Center for National Documents and Records headquartered in Monrovia.
 * 1979
 * July: Organisation of African Unity meeting held at Hotel Africa in nearby Virginia.
 * "Civil unrest."
 * 1980
 * April 12: 1980 Liberian coup d'état; president Tolbert assassinated in the Presidential Palace. Subsequent unrest occurs.
 * Monrovia Black Star FC (football club) formed.
 * 1981 - Liberian Observer newspaper begins publication.
 * 1984 - Population: 421,053.
 * 1986 - Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex opens.
 * 1990
 * May 13: besieged on Capitol Hill during the First Liberian Civil War.
 * July: Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia "seized control in part of the capital."
 * July: at St. Peter's Lutheran church in Sinkor.
 * August 24: Peacekeeping forces of Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group begin operating.
 * September 9: Assassination of president Doe.
 * 1997 - STAR radio begins broadcasting.
 * 1998 - 1998 Monrovia clashes.
 * 1999 - erected on Broad Street.
 * 2000 - Daily Talk news chalkboard launched.

21st century

 * 2001 - Ophelia Hoff Saytumah becomes mayor.
 * 2003
 * April: Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace begins demonstrating.
 * July 18–August 14: Siege of Monrovia occurs during the Second Liberian Civil War.
 * 2004 - October: "Riots in Monrovia."
 * 2006 - July: Government "switches on generator-powered street lights in the capital, which has been without electricity for 15 years."
 * 2008 - Population: 970,824 urban agglomeration.
 * 2009 - Mary Broh becomes mayor.
 * 2011 - built.
 * 2012 - Coconut Plantation settlement razed.
 * 2013 - Henry Reed Cooper becomes mayor.
 * 2014
 * Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia occurs.
 * Clara Doe-Mvogo becomes mayor.
 * 2015 - George M. Weah becomes Senator of Montserrado County.
 * 2017 - George M. Weah elected president.
 * 2018 - First Presidential transition occurred since 1944.