Timeline of Nairobi
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1899 - Uganda Railway (Mombasa-Nairobi) begins operating;[1] depot built by British.
20th century
1900s
- 1901 - Native Civil hospital opens.
- 1904 - Norfolk Hotel opens.[2]
- 1905
- British East Africa Protectorate capital moves to Nairobi from Mombasa.
- Nairobi Parsee Zoroastrian Anjuman Religious and Charitable Funds established.[3]
- 1906
- Jamia Mosque built.
- Royal Nairobi Golf Club founded.
- 1907 - British Government House built.
- 1909 - East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established.[3]
1910s-1920s
- 1910
- East African Standard newspaper headquartered in Nairobi.
- Museum of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established.[4][5]
- 1912 - Theatre Royal opens.[6]
- 1913 - Muthaiga Country Club founded.
- 1914 - Shri Vankaner Vidya Prasarak Mandal established.[3]
- 1917
- 1918 - Punjebhai Club formed.[3]
- 1919 - Nairobi Political Association formed.[3]
- 1920
1930s-1940s
- 1930 - Coryndon Museum opens.[4]
- 1931 - McMillan lending library (for white settlers) opens.[4][7]
- 1934 - Sir Ali Muslim Club (cricket) founded.
- 1935 - Nairobi becomes a municipality.[8]
- 1944 - Kenya Conservatoire of Music.[9]
- 1946 - Nairobi National Park established.
- 1947 - Kenya National Archives headquartered in city.[10]
- 1948 - East African Literature Bureau founded.[4]
- 1949 - American Center Library established.[10]
1950s
- 1950 - Nairobi became a city
- 1952
- 1953 - Nairobi Dam constructed.
- 1954
- Ngong Racecourse opens.
- European Hospital opens.[11]
- 1955 - Israel Somen elected mayor.
- 1956
- Royal Technical College established.
- East African Library Association headquartered in city.[12]
- 1958 - Nairobi Embakasi Airport and Embassy Cinema[6] open.
1960s
- 1961 - Kenya Polytechnic established.[9]
- 1963
- City becomes capital of Republic of Kenya.[9]
- Kenya School of Law established.
- 1964 - Abaluhya United Football Club founded.
- 1966 - United Nations Office at Nairobi established.
- 1967
- National Library Service of Kenya headquartered in city.[10]
- Kenya Open golf tournament begins.
- 1968
- Gor Mahia Football Club founded.
- Swedish school founded.
- 1969
- July: Political leader Tom Mboya assassinated.
- Hilton Nairobi built.
1970s
- 1970
- University of Nairobi and Nairobi Japanese School established.
- Margaret Kenyatta becomes mayor.
- Tusker Football Club founded.
- 1971 - Nairobi Railway Museum opens.
- 1973
- Kenyatta International Conference Centre and National Social Security Fund building constructed.
- City administrators develop municipal "master plan."[13]
- 1975
- Uchumi Supermarkets founded.
- City hosts World Council of Churches conference.
- 1978 - Mazingira Institute founded.[14]
1980s
- 1980 - Nairobi Records Centre of the Kenya National Archives established.[4]
- 1981
- City hall building expanded.
- ICEA Building and Cooperative Bank House built.
- 1983
- Sarit Centre shopping mall opens.
- Nyayo National Stadium and Nyayo House built.
- 1985 - Kenyatta University established.
- 1987
- Moi International Sports Centre built.
- City hosts All-Africa Games.
- 1989 - Kenya College of Accountancy founded.
1990s
- 1990
- Kenya Television Network founded.
- Lonrho House built.
- Population: 1,380,000 (urban agglomeration).[15]
- 1992 - Anniversary Towers built.
- 1994 - Mathare United Football Club founded.
- 1995 - The Village Market shopping center opens.
- 1998 - U.S. embassy bombed.
- 1997 - Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis headquartered in city.[14]
- 1999
- Rahimtulla Tower built.
- Nairobi Java House opens.
21st century
2000s
- 2000
- New Central Bank Tower built.
- Population: 2,230,000 (urban agglomeration).[15]
- 2001
- I&M Bank Tower built.
- Nairobi Women's Hospital founded.
- Coalition for Peace in Africa headquartered in Nairobi.[14]
- Unrest in Kibera.[16]
- 2002
- Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology established.
- World Urban Forum held.
- 2003
- Nairobi Marathon begins.
- Dorman's Coffee opens.[17]
- Kwani? literary journal begins publication.
- GoDown Arts Centre founded.[18]
- 2004 - Dick Wathika elected mayor.
- 2005
- 2006 - www.sheng.co.ke Kenya's first online Sheng Dictionary goes live after major overhaul.
- 2007
- Nairobi Province administrative districts created.
- December - Post-election unrest.
- 2008
- Google office in business.[19][20]
- Nairobi National Museum building expanded.[5]
- 2009 - Population: 3,138,369.[21]
2010s
- 2010
- Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa resigns.[22]
- Nairobi County administrative division created.
- City hosts African Championships in Athletics.
- IHub opens.
- June: Blast occurs during protest in Uhuru Park.[22]
- 2011
- Petrol pipeline explosion, Sinai slum.[23]
- Hay Festival of literature held.[24]
- George Aladwa elected mayor.
- 2012
- 2013
- 4 March: Election held for governor and National Assembly.
- 7 August: Nairobi airport fire.
- September: 2013 Women's African Volleyball Championship held.
- 21–24 September: Westgate shopping mall attack.
- 14 December: Bus attack in Eastleigh.
- 2014 - Caramel restaurant in business.[27]
- 2015 - July: US president Obama visits city.[28]
See also
References
- ↑ R.T. Ogonda (1992). "Transport and Communications in the Colonial Economy". In William Robert Ochieng and Robert M. Maxon. Economic History of Kenya. East African Publishers. p. 129+. ISBN 996646963X.
- ↑ J. Gettleman (March 18, 2007). "36 Hours in Nairobi, Kenya". New York Times.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Red Book 1922-23: Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate. Nairobi: East Africa Standard Ltd. 1922.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Irene Muthoni Kibandi; et al. (2010), "Kenya: Libraries, Museums and Archives", in Marcia J. Bates, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
- 1 2 "Nairobi National Museum". National Museums of Kenya. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Nairobi, Kenya". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Anthony Olden (1995), "The Kenya (Carnegie) Circulating Libraries and the McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi", Libraries in Africa, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810830930
- 1 2 "City Council of Nairobi". Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- 1 2 3 Office of Public Communications (2008). "About Kenya: Nairobi". Republic of Kenya. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- 1 2 3 World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011, ISBN 9783110230710
- 1 2 "About The Nairobi Hospital: History". Nairobi Hospital. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Kenya Library Association". Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ↑ Nairobi Urban Sector Profile. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2006.
- 1 2 3 "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 "The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2010.
- 1 2 "Kenya Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Xan Rice (August 3, 2007). "Nairobi cafes buzzing as real coffee finally comes home". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Kenya". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ↑ "Google Africa Blog". July 2008 – via Blogspot.
- ↑ "Corporate Information: Google Offices". Google Inc. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- 1 2 Nic Cheeseman (2011). "Kenya". In Andreas Mehler; et al. Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2010. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 345–358. ISBN 90-04-20556-X.
- ↑ "A fatal explosion". Economist.com. Sep 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Hay-on-Nairobi". Economist.com. Sep 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Kenyan capital Nairobi gets new train". BBC News. November 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Raleigh's Sister Cities". USA: City of Raleigh. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Nairobi's Latest Novelty: High-End Mac and Cheese, Served by Whites", New York Times, 16 October 2014
- ↑ "Bustling Nairobi deserted ahead of Obama arrival", People Daily, Kenya: Mediamax, July 25, 2015
Further reading
- Diana Lee-Smith and Davinder Lamba (2000). "Social transformation in a post-colonial city: the case of Nairobi". In Mario Polèse and Richard E. Stren. The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8320-3.
- "Nairobi". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
- David Levinson, ed. (2004). "Nairobi". Encyclopedia of Homelessness. Sage Publications. p. 403+. ISBN 978-0-7619-2751-8.
- "Inventing a City: Nairobi", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 208, 2005
- Urban Integration in Africa: A Socio-Demographic Survey of Nairobi, Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2009
- Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Nairobi, London: Overseas Development Institute, 2011 – via International Relations and Security Network
- Simon Bekker and Goran Therborn, ed. (2011), "Nairobi", Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness, Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, ISBN 978-2- 8697-8495-6
External links
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- "Thesaurus: Nairobi". Kenya Indexing Project. Nairobi.
Index of the articles published in Nairobi newspapers since 1980
- "(Items related to Nairobi)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library.
- "(Articles related to Nairobi)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.
- Europeana. Items related to Nairobi, various dates.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Nairobi, various dates
- U.S. Library of Congress. Photos of Nairobi, various dates.
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