Timeline of Ibadan
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Prior to 20th century
- Early 19th century – Lagelu founded two war camps, Eba Odan and Eba'dan, which eventually became Ibadan
- 1835 – Oluyole becomes Olubadan
- 1851 – Anglican Church Mission established by David Hinderer.[1][2]
- 1893 – The British colonial secretary of Lagos Colony, George Chardin Denton, struck a treaty with the Baale of Ibadan for the town to become a British protectorate.[3]
- 1900 – Lagos-Ibadan railway begins operating
20th century
- 1913 – Ibadan Grammar School established.
- 1916 – Moor Plantation established near Ibadan.[4]
- 1929 – Government College founded.
- 1947 – Economic protest.[5]
- 1948 – University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established.[1][6]
- 1949 – Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1951 – Ibadan Peoples Party organized.
- 1952 – Population: 459,196.[8]
- 1954 – Nigerian Records Office headquartered in Ibadan.[9]
- 1955
- Historical Society of Nigeria founded in Ibadan.[10]
- Isaac Babalola Akinyele becomes Olubadan.
- 1957 – Black Orpheus literary magazine begins publication.[1][11]
- 1958 – Nigerian National Archives headquartered in city.[9]
- 1959 – Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) television begins broadcasting (later NTA Ibadan).[12]
- 1960
- Liberty Stadium opens.
- Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research headquartered in city.[13]
- 1961 – Mbari Writers and Artists Club formed.[11]
- 1962 – University of Ibadan active;[14] Institute of African Studies founded.[15]
- 1963 – Population: 627,380.[16]
- 1965 – Cocoa House built.
- 1967 – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- 1975
- Population: 847,000.[17]
- David Jemibewon becomes governor of Oyo State.
- 1976
- 1982 – Leventis United football team formed.
- 1989 – Egbeda, Ido, and Ona Ara semi-urban local governments created.[18]
- 1991 – Ibadan North, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-East, and Ibadan South-West urban local governments created.[18]
- 1999 – Yinusa Ogundipe Arapasowu I becomes Olubadan
21st century
- 2003
- Ibadan Internet Exchange commissioned.
- Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja becomes governor of Oyo State.
- 2007 – Oyekunle Ayinde Olukotun becomes Olubadan.[citation needed]
- 2011
- Abiola Ajimobi becomes governor of Oyo State.
- Population: 2,949,000 (urban agglomeration).[19]
- 2024
- Oyo State coup attempt by Yoruba separatists[20]
See also
- Ibadan history
- List of Olubadan
- Timelines of other cities in Nigeria: Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt
