Timeline of Harare
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Prior to 20th century
- 1890 – Fort Salisbury founded in Mashonaland by British South Africa Company.[1]
- 1891 – Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1896 – Salisbury Polo Club formed.
- 1897
- Harare Township built.[1]
- Salisbury attains municipal status.[1]
- 1899 – Beira-Salisbury railway begins operating.[1][3]
20th century
- 1902
- 1915 – Meikles Hotel in business.
- 1923 – Town becomes capital of Southern Rhodesia,[5] a self-governing British colony.
- 1927 – Salisbury Technical School established.[1]
- 1933 – Town House built.[6]
- 1936 – Library of the National Archives founded.[7]
- 1939 – Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.[8]
- 1945 – Railway strike.[9]
- 1946
- 1948
- 1950 – Gwebe College of Agriculture established.[1]
- 1951
- Stock exchange established.
- Population: 90,024.[11]
- 1953
- City becomes capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
- Helping Hand Club (women's group) formed.[12]
- 1955 – University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Salisbury City Youth League[13] established.
- 1956
- Salisbury Airport commissioned.
- Bus boycott.[14]
- 1957 – Rhodes National Gallery opens.[15][16]
- 1959 – Pearl Assurance House built.
- 1960 – Central Film Laboratories in business.[17]
- 1962
- 1964 – Greenwood Park established.[6]
- 1969 – The Financial Gazette begins publication.
- 1970 – Chapungu Sculpture Park founded.[6]
- 1972
- Zimbabwe National Library and Documentation Service headquartered in city.[7]
- Construction of New Mabvuku begins.[citation needed]
- 1973 - Population: 502,000 urban agglomeration.[19]
- 1975 – Mabvuku High School opens in Mabvuku.
- 1977 – 6 August: Bombing.
- 1978 – Oil storage tanks set on fire by the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army.[20]
1980s–1990s
- 1980 18 April: City becomes part of independent Republic of Zimbabwe.
- 1981
- December: Bombing of ZANU-PF headquarters.[21]
- National Heroes' Acre monument built near city.[22]
- 1982 18 April: City renamed "Harare."[23]
- 1984 – Harare Publishing House established.[24]
- 1985 – Karigamombe Centre built.
- 1986 – September: City hosts Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.
- 1990
- Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, US.[25]
- ZANU–PF Building is completed
- 1991 – October: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991; Harare Declaration issued.
- 1992 - Population: 1,189,103.[26]
- 1995 – September: City hosts 1995 All-Africa Games.
- 1996
- 1997 – New Reserve Bank tower built.
- 1998
- Weaver Press publishing house established
- Economic protest.[30]
- Zimbabwe International Film Festival begins.
- December: City hosts meeting of World Council of Churches.
- 1999
- Daily News begins publication.
- Zimbabwe Catholic University established.[citation needed]
- Harare International Festival of the Arts begins.
- Media Monitoring Project headquartered in city.[31]
- 2000 – Millennium Towers built.
21st century
2000s
- 2001 – Harare Tribune newspaper begins publication.
- 2002 – Elias Mudzuri becomes mayor.[32][33]
- 2003
- Water shortage.[34]
- Sekesai Makwavarara becomes acting mayor.[35]
- 2004 – Harare International Airport terminal built (approximate date).
- 2005 – Operation Murambatsvina.[33]
- 2008
- Emmanuel Chiroto elected mayor, succeeded by Muchadeyi Masunda.[36]
- Harare Residents Trust organised.[37]
- Cholera outbreak.
- 2009
- First Floor Gallery Harare in business.
- Population: 1,513,173.[38]
2010s
- 2010
- 2012 - Population: 1,485,231.[41]
- 2013 - Bernard Gabriel Manyenyeni becomes mayor.[42]
- 2017 - The military of Zimbabwe seize power and place the president under house arrest.
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