Timeline of Port Harcourt

This is a timeline of the history of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.

20th century

 * 1925 - Braithwaite Memorial Hospital begins operating.
 * 1961 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt established.
 * 1965 - Port Harcourt Refining Company founded.
 * 1971 - Newspaper The Tide begins publication.
 * 1972
 * Rivers State College of Science and Technology opens.
 * Sharks football club formed.
 * 1975
 * University College, Port Harcourt created
 * Port Harcourt Zoo established.
 * 1977 - University College gains University status becomes University of Port Harcourt.
 * 1980
 * Rivers State University of Science and Technology replaces Rivers State College of Science and Technology.
 * University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in operation.
 * 1981 - Radio Rivers begins broadcasting.
 * 1984 - Rivers State School of Basic Studies commences in Port Harcourt.
 * 1985 - Rivers State Television inaugurated.
 * 1988 - Dolphins football club is founded.
 * 1993 - Sister-city relationship with Kansas City formed.
 * 1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni Nine buried in Port Harcourt Cemetery.
 * 1996 - Meridian Hospital begins operating.
 * 1999 - Rivers State School of Basic Studies revamped and renamed to Rivers State College of Arts and Science.

21st century

 * 2001 - Liberation Stadium opens.


 * 2004
 * Population: 1,133,400.
 * National Network newspaper begins publication.
 * 2005 - Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes.
 * 2006
 * Port Harcourt International Airport stop operations for maintenance.
 * Population: 1,382,592.
 * 2008
 * Garden City Literary Festival begins.
 * Street Rhymes Studios in business.
 * 2009 - Port Harcourt International Airport named Nigeria's third busiest airport.
 * 2010 - Bus electrocutions accident.
 * 2011 - 91.7 FM begins broadcasting.
 * 2012
 * Port Harcourt selected 2014 World Book Capital.
 * Massacre of four Uniport students.
 * 2013
 * Kelsey Harrison and Rivers State Dental and Maxillofacial hospitals start to function.
 * I'm on Fire becomes most successful mixtape by a Port Harcourt-based artist.
 * Port Harcourt International Fashion Week begins.
 * Garden City Literary Festival gets new name: Port Harcourt Book Festival.
 * 2014 - Port Harcourt World Book Capital takes place.