Timeline of Harare

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 20th century

• 1890 – Fort Salisbury founded in Mashonaland by British South Africa Company.
• 1891 – Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times begins publication.
• 1896 – Salisbury Polo Club formed.
• 1897
  • Harare Township built.
  • Salisbury attains municipal status.
• 1899 – Beira-Salisbury railway begins operating.

20th century

• 1902
  • Botswana-Salisbury railway begins operating.
  • Queen Victoria Memorial Library founded.
• 1915 – Meikles Hotel in business.
• 1923 – Town becomes capital of British Southern Rhodesia.
• 1927 – Salisbury Technical School established.
• 1933 – Town House built.
• 1936 – Library of the National Archives founded.
• 1945 – Railway strike.
• 1946 – Reformed Industrial and Commercial Workers Union established.
• 1948
  • General strike.
  • Zimbabwe College of Music established.
• 1950 – Gwebe College of Agriculture established.
• 1951 – Stock exchange established.
• 1953
  • City becomes capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
  • Helping Hand Club (women's group) formed.
• 1955 – University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Salisbury City Youth League established.
• 1956
  • Salisbury Airport commissioned.
  • Bus boycott.
• 1957 – Rhodes National Gallery opens.
• 1959 – Pearl Assurance House built.
• 1960 – Central Film Laboratories in business.
• 1962
  • First International Congress of African Culture held in city.
  • Queen Victoria Memorial Library rebuilt.
• 1964 – Greenwood Park established.
• 1969 – The Financial Gazette begins publication.
• 1970 – Chapungu Sculpture Park founded.
• 1972
  • Zimbabwe National Library and Documentation Service headquartered in city.
  • Construction of New Mabvuku begins.
• 1975 – Mabvuku High School opens in Mabvuku.
• 1977 – 6 August: Bombing.
• 1978 – Oil storage tanks set on fire by the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army.

1980s–1990s

• 1980 – City becomes part of independent Republic of Zimbabwe.
• 1981
  • December: Bombing of ZANU-PF headquarters.
  • National Heroes Acre (Zimbabwe) monument built near city.
• 1982 – City renamed "Harare."
• 1984 - Harare Publishing House established.
• 1985 – Karigamombe Centre built.
• 1986 – September: City hosts Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.
• 1990 - Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.
• 1991 – October: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991; Harare Declaration issued.
• 1995 – September: City hosts 1995 All-Africa Games.
• 1996
  • Rainbow City Cinema in business.
  • Eastgate built.
  • Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe headquartered in city.
• 1997 – New Reserve Bank tower built.
• 1998
  • Economic protest.
  • Zimbabwe International Film Festival begins.
  • December: City hosts meeting of World Council of Churches.
• 1999
  • Daily News begins publication.
  • Zimbabwe Catholic University established.
  • Harare International Festival of the Arts begins.
  • Media Monitoring Project headquartered in city.

21st century

2000s

• 2000 – Millennium Towers built.
• 2001 – Harare Tribune begins publication.
• 2002 – Elias Mudzuri becomes mayor.
• 2003
  • Water shortage.
  • Sekesai Makwavarara becomes acting mayor.
• 2004 – Harare International Airport terminal built (approximate date).
• 2005 – Operation Murambatsvina.
• 2008
  • Emmanuel Chiroto elected mayor, succeeded by Muchadeyi Masunda.
  • Harare Residents Trust organised.
  • Cholera outbreak.
• 2009
  • First Floor Gallery Harare in business.
  • Population: 1,513,173.

2010s

• 2010
  • NewsDay begins publication.
  • Zimbabwe Fashion Week begins.
  • Joina City tower built.
• 2013 - Bernard Gabriel Manyenyeni becomes mayor.

See also

• Harare history
• List of mayors of Harare

Further reading

Published in the 20th century

Published in the 21st century