Timeline of Bissau

Bissau is a city in Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly part of the kingdom of Kaabu and part of the Mali Empire.

Prior to 20th century

1917 - Bissau attains city status.
1935 - Bissau Cathedral built.
1936 - Sporting Clube de Bissau formed.
1937 - Estrela Negra de Bissau football club formed.
1941 - Capital of colonial Portuguese Guinea moves to Bissau from Bolama.
1944 - Sport Bissau e Benfica formed.
1948 - City Market construction begins.
1950s - Craveiro Lopes built.
1950 - Population: 18,309.
1959 - 3 August: Dockworkers strike at Porto Pidjiguiti; crackdown.
1960 - Canal do Impernal dries up; Bissau no longer an island in the Geba River estuary.
1968 - City besieged during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence.
1971 - City besieged during the War of Independence.
1973 - in business.
1974 - City becomes capital of newly independent Guinea-Bissau.
1977 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau established.
1979 - Population: 109,214.
1984 - National Library of Guinea-Bissau headquartered in city.
1985 - City joins the newly formed.
1989 - Estádio 24 de Setembro opens.
1990 - 27 January: Catholic pope visits city.
1991
* headquartered in city.
* Population: 197,600.
1992 - Correio-Bissau newspaper begins publication.
1996 - Rádio Bombolom begins broadcasting.
1998
* 7 June: Guinea-Bissau Civil War begins; residents flee from the city.
* Hotel Hotti Bissau in business.
1999 - 10 May: Guinea-Bissau Civil War ends.