The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Harare, Zimbabwe.
Prior to 20th century
1890 – Fort Salisbury founded in Mashonaland by British South Africa Company. 1891 – Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times newspaper 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 Southern Rhodesia, a self-governing British colony. 1927 – Salisbury Technical School established. 1933 – Town House built. 1936 – Library of the National Archives founded. 1939 – Honorary Consulate of Poland opened. 1945 – Railway strike. 1946 Reformed Industrial and Commercial Workers Union established. Population: 54,090. 1948 General strike. Zimbabwe College of Music established. 1950 – Gwebe College of Agriculture established. 1951 Stock exchange established. Population: 90,024. 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. 1973 - Population: 502,000 urban agglomeration. 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 18 April: City becomes part of independent Republic of Zimbabwe. 1981 December: Bombing of ZANU-PF headquarters. National Heroes' Acre monument built near city. 1982 18 April: 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, US. ZANU–PF Building is completed 1991 – October: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991; Harare Declaration issued. 1992 - Population: 1,189,103. 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 Weaver Press publishing house established 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. 2000 – Millennium Towers built.
21st century
2000s
2001 – Harare Tribune newspaper 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. 2012 - Population: 1,485,231. 2013 - Bernard Gabriel Manyenyeni becomes mayor. 2017 - The military of Zimbabwe seize power and place the president under house arrest.
See also Harare history List of mayors of Harare Timeline of Bulawayo
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