Timeline of Dar es Salaam
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Prior to 20th century
- 1862 – Town founded by Majid bin Said of Zanzibar near Mzizima village.[1][2]
- 1872 – Hurricane.[3]
- 1887
- Town "taken by Carl Peters for German East Africa Company."[1]
- Lutheran Mission built.[4]
- Catholic diocese of Southern Zanguebar established.[5]
- 1891 – Capital of German East Africa relocated to Dar es Salaam from Bagamoyo.[6]
- 1893 – Dar es Salaam Botanical Gardens established.[7]
- 1894 – Lighthouse built.[3]
- 1897 – Ocean Road Hospital built.[4]
- 1899 – Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.[8]
- 1900 – "Port facilities" built.[3]
20th century
1900s-1950s
- 1901 - Lutheran Church built.[4]
- 1903 - New Boma (district office) built.[4]
- 1905
- Baugesellschaft Daressalam (construction firm) in business.[9]
- St. Joseph's Cathedral consecrated.
- 1906 – Kaiserhof (hotel) in business.[9]
- 1907 – Morogoro-Dar es Salaam railway built.[9]
- 1911 – Post office built.[4]
- 1914 – Kigoma-Dar es Salaam railway begins operating.[10]
- 1916 – 3 September: Town captured by British forces.[1][11]
- 1919 - Town becomes capital of British Tanganyika Territory.[12]
- 1922 – State House built.[4]
- 1926 – Legislative Council of Tanzania headquartered in Dar es Salaam.[13]
- 1929 – Tanganyika African Association active.[14]
- 1930 - Daily News begins publication.[15]
- 1931 – Sudanese Association formed.[16]
- 1933 - Yacht Club opens.[4]
- 1936 - New Wanyamwezi Association founded.[16]
- 1938 – Wazaramo Union founded.[17]
- 1940 - George V Memorial Museum opens.[7]
- 1945 - Township ward council instituted.[18]
- 1948 - Population: 69,227.[19]
- 1953 – Metropolitan Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam established.[5]
- 1954 – Tanganyika African National Union headquartered in Dar es Salaam.[18]
1960s–1990s
- 1960 – Population: 74,036.[1]
- 1961
- City becomes capital of Tanganyika.
- University College[20] and Alliance Française de Dar es Salaam established.[21]
- 1963 – Tanzania Library Services headquartered in city.[7]
- 1964
- City becomes capital of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.[22]
- Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam established.
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967 - Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School built.[27]
- 1968 – Tazama oil pipeline begins operating.[10][26]
- 1970 – University of Dar es Salaam established.
- 1975
- TAZARA Railway begins operating.[10]
- Population: 517,000.[28]
- 1977 – October: Chama Cha Mapinduzi (political party) convenes in city.[26]
- 1978 – Mlimani Park Orchestra formed.[24][29]
- 1979 – Airport expanded.[citation needed]
- 1985 – Population: 1,046,000 (urban agglomeration).[30]
- 1990 – Population: 1,316,000 (urban agglomeration).[30]
- 1991 – Mkuki na Nyota publisher in business.[31]
- 1992 – "Sustainable Dar es Salaam Program" introduced.[2]
- 1993
- 1995
- 1996 – National Assembly of Tanzania relocated from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
- 1997
- 1998 – 7 August: United States embassy bombing.
- 2000
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- 2001
- 2002 – National Records and Archives Management Department headquartered in city.[7]
- 2005 – Population: 2,683,000 (urban agglomeration).[30]
- 2006 – Adam Kimbisa becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Didas Massaburi becomes mayor.[citation needed]
- May: World Economic Forum on Africa held.[33]
- Population: 3,415,000 (urban agglomeration).[30]
- 2011 - December: Flood.[34]
- 2012
- 2013 - 29 March: Building collapse on Indira Gandhi Street.
- 2018 – Population: 5,147,070 (estimate).[36]
- 2021 – Shooting.
