Timeline of Bulawayo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

19th century

1830s - Ndebele Mzilikazi Khumalo locates seat of Mthwakazi nation in Bulawayo, in Matabeleland.
1893 - Ndebele capital "GuBulawayo" besieged, demolished by British South Africa Company forces during the First Matabele War.
1894
* Bulawayo town established near former settlement by British South Africa Company.
* Telegraph begins operating.
* Chronicle newspaper begins publication.
1896/97 - Siege of Bulawayo during the Second Matabele War
1897
* Bulawayo becomes a municipality.
* State House, Bulawayo completed as "Government House".
* I.G. Hirschler becomes mayor.
* Railway to South Africa begins operating.
1899 - Railway to Salisbury and Mozambique begins operating.
1900 - Beira–Bulawayo railway opened.

1902 - Cecil Rhodes was buried at the Matoppo Hills at Malindidzimu
1904
* Statue of Cecil Rhodes erected.
* "White" population: 3,840.
1905 - Railway to Victoria Falls and Zambia begins operating.
1919 - James Cowden becomes mayor.
1926 - Rhodes Matopos National Park established near Bulawayo.
1927 - Bulawayo Technical School established.
1931 - Catholic Mission of Bulawayo established.
1934 - Bulawayo Club building constructed.
1943 - Bulawayo attains city status.
1950 - Rainbow Hotel built.
1957 - Bulawayo Thermal Power Station opens.
1960 - Trade fair begins.
1964 - Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe opens.
1970 - National Gallery of Zimbabwe branch opens.
1972 - Bulawayo Railway Museum opens.
1973 - Population: 307,000.
1981 - February: 1981 Entumbane uprising.
1983 - Population: 429,000.
1985 - National Railways of Zimbabwe headquarters building constructed.
1991 - National University of Science and Technology established.
1992 - Population: 621,742.
1999 - Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway begins operating.
2000 - June: Political activist Patrick Nabanyama of the Movement for Democratic Change kidnapped.

2024: Zoe Ncube is born