Timeline of Bulawayo
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19th century
- 1830s - Ndebele Mzilikazi Khumalo locates seat of Mthwakazi nation in Bulawayo, in Matabeleland (approximate date).[1]
- 1893 - Ndebele capital "GuBulawayo" besieged, demolished by British South Africa Company forces during the First Matabele War.[2]
- 1894
- Bulawayo town established near former settlement by British South Africa Company.[2]
- Telegraph begins operating.[2]
- Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1896/97 - Siege of Bulawayo during the Second Matabele War[4]
- 1897
- Bulawayo becomes a municipality.[1]
- State House, Bulawayo completed as "Government House".[4]
- I.G. Hirschler becomes mayor.
- Railway to South Africa begins operating.[1]
- 1899 - Railway to Salisbury and Mozambique begins operating.[1]
- 1900 - Beira–Bulawayo railway opened.[4]
20th century
- 1902 - Cecil Rhodes was buried at the Matoppo Hills at Malindidzimu[4]
- 1904
- Statue of Cecil Rhodes erected.[4]
- "White" population: 3,840.[4]
- 1905 - Railway to Victoria Falls and Zambia begins operating.[1]
- 1919 - James Cowden becomes mayor.
- 1926 - Rhodes Matopos National Park established near Bulawayo.
- 1927 - Bulawayo Technical School established.
- 1931 - Catholic Mission of Bulawayo established.[5]
- 1934 - Bulawayo Club building constructed.
- 1943 - Bulawayo attains city status.[1]
- 1950 - Rainbow Hotel built.[6]
- 1957 - Bulawayo Thermal Power Station (coal-fired thermal power plant) opens.
- 1960 - Trade fair begins.[chronology citation needed]
- 1964 - Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe opens.
- 1970 - National Gallery of Zimbabwe branch opens.
- 1972 - Bulawayo Railway Museum opens.
- 1973 - Population: 307,000 (estimate).[7]
- 1981 - February: 1981 Entumbane uprising.
- 1983 - Population: 429,000 (estimate).[8]
- 1985 - National Railways of Zimbabwe headquarters building constructed.[6]
- 1991 - National University of Science and Technology established.
- 1992 - Population: 621,742.[9]
- 1999 - Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (Beitbridge-Bulawayo) begins operating.
- 2000 - June: Political activist Patrick Nabanyama of the Movement for Democratic Change kidnapped.[10]
21st century
- 2001
- August: Municipal election postponed by Mugabe administration.[11]
- November: Political unrest.[12]
- Japhet Ndabeni Ncube becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Patrick Thaba-Moyo becomes mayor.
- 2012 - Population: 653,337.[13]
- 2013
- Joshua Nkomo statue erected.[14]
- Martin Moyo becomes mayor.
- Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport new terminal opens.
2024: Zoe Ncube is born
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