Timeline of Kisangani
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Prior to 20th century
- 1875 - Town besieged by Arabs.
- 1883 - Europeans arrive.
- 1887 - Tippu Tip becomes governor of the Stanley Falls District in the colonial Congo Free State.
- 1899 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire built.
20th century
- 1904 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls established.
- 1906 - Ponthiérville-Stanleyville begins operating.
- 1908 - Town becomes part of the colonial Belgian Congo.
- 1913 - Justin Malfeyt becomes governor of Orientale Province.
- 1921 - Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert airline begins operating.
- 1930 - October: Tornado occurs.
- 1935 - Town becomes seat of the newly formed Stanleyville province.
- 1947 - Town becomes seat of the Orientale Province.
- 1955 - AS Nika formed.
- 1957 - Bralima Brewery plant begins operating.
- 1959 - Population: 126,533.
- 1960
- * 30 June: City becomes part of newly independent Republic of the Congo.
- * July: Unrest.
- 1964
- * City taken by rebels during the Simba rebellion.
- * November: occurs.
- * Stanleyville becomes capital of the newly created People's Republic of the Congo.
- 1966
- * July: Mercenaries' Mutiny attempted.
- * Stanleyville renamed "Kisangani."
- 1967 - Second Mercenaries' Mutiny occurs.
- 1970
- * Belgian king Baudouin visits city.
- * Population: 216,526.
- 1971
- * Société Textile de Kisangani begins operating.
- * City becomes seat of Haut-Zaïre province.
- 1975 - Population: 297,888.
- 1980 - May: Catholic pope visits Kisangani.
- 1981 - University of Kisangani established.
- 1984 - Population: 317,581.
- 1986 - "Diamond deposits...first discovered."
- 1991 - September: City "pillaged...by rampaging soldiers."
- 1992 - November: Riverboat shutdown begins.
- 1993 - December: City again looted by soldiers.
- 1994 - Population: 417,517.
- 1996 - November: City besieged by "Zairian soldiers fleeing the war zone" during the First Congo War.
- 1997
- * March: City taken by rebel forces.
- * City becomes seat of Haut-Congo province.
- 2000 - June: Rwanda-Uganda armed conflict occurs in Kisangani.
21st century
- 2002 - 14–15 May: Massacre.
- 2003 - August: Arrival via Congo river of "first commercial delivery from the capital since the fighting began in 1998."
- 2007 - Médard Autsai Asenga becomes provincial governor.
- 2008 - Guy Shilton Baendo Tofuli becomes mayor.
- 2010 - National military Camp Base in operation.
- 2011 - 8 July: Airplane crash occurs at Bangoka International Airport.
- 2013 - Jean Bamanisa Saïdi becomes provincial governor.
- 2015 - City becomes seat of Tshopo province.
- 2016 - becomes governor of Tshopo province.
- 2017 - Constant Lomata becomes governor of Tshopo province.