Timeline of Brazzaville

19th century

• 1880 - Teke trading site at Pool Malebo "ceded...to French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza;" named Ncouna.
• 1884 - Ncouna renamed Brazzaville.
• 1886 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo founded.
• 1892 - Sacred Heart Cathedral built.
• 1893 - Palais Épiscopal built.

20th century

• 1901 - built.
• 1910 - Brazzaville becomes part of colonial French Equatorial Africa.
• 1911 - White residential Poto-Poto neighborhood established.
• 1912 - Town hall built.
• 1927 - Stade Marchand opens.
• 1929 - Urban plan created.
• 1930 - Activist André Matsoua imprisoned; unrest ensues.
• 1931 - Poste Centrale built.
• 1932 - Gare ferroviaire built.
• 1934 - Congo–Ocean Railway begins operating.
• 1940
• * Brazzaville becomes capital of government-in-exile of France during World War II.
• * October: De Gaulle visits city.
• 1943
• * Bacongo arrondissement created.
• * construction begins.
• 1944
• * Brazzaville Zoo opens.
• * January: Meeting of government-in-exile of France held in Brazzaville.
• 1945 - Population: 50,000.
• 1948 - Victor Schoelcher monument erected.
• 1951 - founded.
• 1953 - Vog cinema built.
• 1955 - Palais de Justice built.
• 1956 - 18 November: Moyen-Congo municipal elections, 1956 held; Fulbert Youlou becomes mayor.
• 1958 - Population: 100,000.
• 1959 - Makélékélé and Ouenzé arrondissements created.
• 1960 - City becomes capital of independent Republic of the Congo.
• 1961 - Population: 136,200.
• 1962 - Télé Congo begins broadcasting from Brazzaville.
• 1963 - City hall built.
• 1965
• * Stade de la Révolution opens.
• * July: 1965 All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville.
• 1970
• * Talangaï neighborhood created.
• * Population: 200,000.
• 1971 - University of Brazzaville and Lycée Français Saint-Exupéry de Brazzaville founded.
• 1975 - Sister/twin city agreement signed with Dresden, Germany.
• 1976 - Development Bank of the Central African States branch in business.
• 1977 - 18 March: Assassination of president Ngouabi.
• 1980
• * 5 May: Catholic pope visits city.
• * Commune of Brazzaville detaches from the Pool Department.
• * Population: 422,000.
• 1984 - Population: 596,200.
• 1986 - Nabemba Tower built.
• 1987
• * April: 1987 Central African Games held in city.
• * Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
• 1989 - AS Police formed.
• 1990
• * Mfilou arrondissement officially established.
• * Population: 760,300.
• 1994 - built.
• 1996 - Population: 976,806.
• 1997 - City taken by pro-Sassou Nguesso forces during the Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–99).

21st century

• 2001 - December: Trial of former president Lissouba held in city.
• 2002
• * June: "Government troops battle Ninja rebels in Brazzaville."
• * Population: 1,242,857.
• 2003 - Hugues Ngouelondélé becomes mayor.
• 2004 - July: 2004 African Championships in Athletics held in city.
• 2005 - begins.
• 2006 - Mausolée de Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza erected.
• 2010 - Maya-Maya Airport new terminal opens.
• 2011
• * and Madibou arrondissements created.
• * active.
• 2012
• * 4 March: Brazzaville arms dump blasts.
• * 30 November: Airplane crash occurs.
• 2015
• * Kintélé Sports Complex, Palais des Sports, and Stade Municipal de Kintélé open.
• * 4–19 September: 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville.
• * 27 September: Political protest.
• * October: Political protest; crackdown.
• * Port Authority Headquarters building constructed.
• 2016 - April: Post-election unrest.
• 2017
• * August: Christian Roger Okemba becomes mayor.
• * Long-planned project to build a Brazzaville-Kinshasa Bridge reactivated.