Timeline of Ouagadougou
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Pre-19th century
- 11-12th centuries - founding of Wagadugu by Soninke Wangara merchants.[1][2]
- 14th century - conquest of Wagadugu by the Mossi people. According to legend, they were led by Oubri, a grandson of Ouedraogo.[3]
- 15th century - founding of the Wagadugu Kingdom[4]
- c. 1495 - Wagadugu assumes an important position among the Mossi States.[5]
19th century
20th century
- 1904 - Population: 4,000 (estimate).[7]
- 1919 - Ouagadougou designated capital of French colonial Upper Volta.[7] Lt. Governor Edouard Hesling begins a large building program.[6]
- 1920 - Population: 19,332.[8]
- 1921 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou established.[9]
- 1932 - Upper Volta becomes part of Côte d'Ivoire; capital moves from Ouagadougou.[7]
- 1936 - Ouagadougou Cathedral built.
- December 1954 - Railway link to Abidjan opens. Population begins to grow rapidly.[6]
- 1955
- Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway begins operating.[7]
- Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou (football club) formed.
- 1956 - Joseph Ouédraogo becomes mayor.
- 1960 - City becomes capital of independent Burkina Faso.[7]
- 1961
- Population: 59,126.[10]
- Joseph Conombo becomes mayor.
- 1966 - Population: 77,500 (estimate).[11]
- 1969 - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou begins.[12]
- 1972 - Koupéla-Ouagadougou road built.[13]
- 1974 - University of Ouagadougou founded.
- 1977 - Santos FC (football club) formed.
- 1982 - Boromo-Ouagadougou road built.[13]
- 1983 - Population: 307,937 (estimate).[14]
- 1984 - Stade du 4 Août (stadium) opens.
- 1986 - Bobo-Dioulasso-Ouagadougou road built.[13]
- 1990 - AS SONABEL (football club) formed.
- 1991
- 1995 - Simon Compaoré becomes mayor.
- 1996
- Radio Salankoloto begins broadcasting.[16]
- Population: 709,736.[17]
- 1998 - 28 February: 1998 African Cup of Nations Final football contest played in Ouagadougou.
21st century
- 2004
- November: Meeting of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie held in city.
- Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
- 2006 - Population: 1,475,223.[18]
- 2007
- August: 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships held in city.
- United States military drone base established at airport.
- 2014 - October–November: 2014 Burkinabé uprising.
- 2016
- 15 January: 2016 Ouagadougou attacks by militant Islamists occur.[19]
- Armand Béouindé becomes mayor.[20]
- 2017 - 13 August: 2017 Ouagadougou attack.
- 2019 population at 2,415,266 at 2019 census
- 2026 Population expected to hit 3,689,330 by the end of the year.
