Timeline of Brazzaville
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
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.