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The following is a [[:Category:City timelines|timeline]] of the [[Bulawayo#History|history]] of the [[List of cities and towns in Zimbabwe|city]] of [[Bulawayo]], [[Zimbabwe]].
The following is a [[:Category:City timelines|timeline]] of the [[Bulawayo#History|history]] of the [[List of cities and towns in Zimbabwe|city]] of [[Bulawayo]], [[Zimbabwe]].
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==Prior to 20th century==
==19th century==
{{History of Zimbabwe}}
{{History of Zimbabwe}}


* 1830s - Ndebele [[Mzilikazi]] Khumalo locates seat of [[Mthwakazi]] nation in Bulawayo, in [[Matabeleland#Ndebele_Kingdom|Matabeleland]] (approximate date).{{sfn|Mlambo|2003}}
* 1893 - Ndebele capital GuBulawayo besieged, demolished by [[British South Africa Company]] forces during the [[First Matabele War]].{{sfn|Parpart|2005}}
* 1893 - Ndebele capital "GuBulawayo" besieged, demolished by [[British South Africa Company]] forces during the [[First Matabele War]].{{sfn|Parpart|2005}}

* 1894
* 1894
** Bulawayo established by British South Africa Company.{{sfn|Parpart|2005}}
** Bulawayo town established near former settlement by British South Africa Company.{{sfn|Parpart|2005}}
** Telegraph begins operating.{{sfn|Parpart|2005}}
** Telegraph begins operating.{{sfn|Parpart|2005}}
** ''[[The Chronicle (Zimbabwe)|Chronicle]]'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=SAHO>{{cite web |publisher=[[South African History Online]] |work=Sahistory.org.za |title=Timelines |url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/timelines |accessdate= 13 September 2017 |location=[[Cape Town]], South Africa }}</ref>
** ''[[The Chronicle (Zimbabwe)|Chronicle]]'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=SAHO>{{cite web |publisher=[[South African History Online]] |work=Sahistory.org.za |title=Timelines |url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/timelines |accessdate= 13 September 2017 |location=[[Cape Town]], South Africa }}</ref>
* 1897

** Bulawayo becomes a municipality.{{sfn|Mlambo|2003}}
* 1897 - I.G. Hirschler becomes mayor.
** I.G. Hirschler becomes mayor.
** Railway to South Africa begins operating.{{sfn|Mlambo|2003}}
* 1899 - Railway to [[Harare|Salisbury]] and Mozambique begins operating.{{sfn|Mlambo|2003}}


==20th century==
==20th century==

* 1904 - Statue of [[Cecil Rhodes]] erected.[https://books.google.com/books?id=VbD_mokWhL8C]
* 1904 - Statue of [[Cecil Rhodes]] erected.[https://books.google.com/books?id=VbD_mokWhL8C]
* 1905 - Railway to Victoria Falls and Zambia begins operating.{{sfn|Mlambo|2003}}

* 1919 - [[James Cowden]] becomes mayor.
* 1919 - [[James Cowden]] becomes mayor.

* 1926 - [[Rhodes Matopos National Park]] established near Bulawayo.
* 1926 - [[Rhodes Matopos National Park]] established near Bulawayo.
* 1927 - [[Bulawayo Technical School]] established.

* 1931 - Catholic [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo|Mission of Bulawayo]] established.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Zimbabwe |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/zimbabwe |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo]] |location=Norway |accessdate= 13 September 2017 }}</ref>
* 1931 - Catholic [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo|Mission of Bulawayo]] established.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Zimbabwe |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/zimbabwe |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo]] |location=Norway |accessdate= 13 September 2017 }}</ref>

* 1934 - Bulawayo Club building constructed.
* 1934 - Bulawayo Club building constructed.
* 1943 - Bulawayo attains city status.{{sfn|Mlambo|2003}}

* 1950 - Rainbow Hotel built.<ref name=Emporis />
* 1950 - Rainbow Hotel built.<ref name=Emporis />

* 1960 - Trade fair begins.[http://www.herald.co.zw/zitf-starts-today/]{{timefact|date=September 2017}}
* 1960 - Trade fair begins.[http://www.herald.co.zw/zitf-starts-today/]{{timefact|date=September 2017}}
* 1964 - [[Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe]] opens.

* 1970 - [[National Gallery of Zimbabwe]] branch opens.
* 1972 - [[Bulawayo Railway Museum]] opens.
* 1972 - [[Bulawayo Railway Museum]] opens.

* 1973 - Population: 307,000 (estimate).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |author=[[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]], Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253-279 |quote= Southern Rhodesia }}</ref>
* 1973 - Population: 307,000 (estimate).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |author=[[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]], Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253-279 |quote= Southern Rhodesia }}</ref>

* 1981 - February: [[1981 Entumbane uprising]].
* 1981 - February: [[1981 Entumbane uprising]].

* 1983 - Population: 429,000 (estimate).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm |title=1984 Demographic Yearbook |year=1986 |author=[[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]], Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=257-285 }}</ref>
* 1983 - Population: 429,000 (estimate).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm |title=1984 Demographic Yearbook |year=1986 |author=[[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]], Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=257-285 }}</ref>

* 1985 - [[National Railways of Zimbabwe]] headquarters [[List of tallest buildings in Zimbabwe|building]] constructed.<ref name=Emporis>{{cite web |url= https://www.emporis.com/city/100178/bulawayo-zimbabwe/status/all-buildings |title=Zimbabwe: Bulawayo |work=[[Emporis.com]] |publisher=Emporis GmbH |location=Hamburg |accessdate= 13 September 2017 }}</ref>
* 1985 - [[National Railways of Zimbabwe]] headquarters [[List of tallest buildings in Zimbabwe|building]] constructed.<ref name=Emporis>{{cite web |url= https://www.emporis.com/city/100178/bulawayo-zimbabwe/status/all-buildings |title=Zimbabwe: Bulawayo |work=[[Emporis.com]] |publisher=Emporis GmbH |location=Hamburg |accessdate= 13 September 2017 }}</ref>
* 1991 - [[National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe|National University of Science and Technology]] established.

* 1992 - Population: 621,742.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2000.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 2000 |year= |publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]] |title= Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}</ref>
* 1992 - Population: 621,742.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2000.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 2000 |year= |publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]] |title= Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}</ref>

* 1999 - [[Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway]] ([[Beitbridge]]-Bulawayo) begins operating.
* 1999 - [[Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway]] ([[Beitbridge]]-Bulawayo) begins operating.

* 2000 - June: Political activist Patrick Nabanyama of the [[Movement for Democratic Change (prior to 2005)|Movement for Democratic Change]] kidnapped.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jun/24/zimbabwe.andrewmeldrum |title=Zimbabwe's south becomes a zone of fear |date=23 June 2000 |work=The Guardian |location=UK }}</ref>
* 2000 - June: Political activist Patrick Nabanyama of the [[Movement for Democratic Change (prior to 2005)|Movement for Democratic Change]] kidnapped.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jun/24/zimbabwe.andrewmeldrum |title=Zimbabwe's south becomes a zone of fear |date=23 June 2000 |work=The Guardian |location=UK }}</ref>


==21st century==
==21st century==

* 2001
* 2001
** August: Municipal election postponed by [[Robert Mugabe|Mugabe]] administration.<ref>{{citation |work=The Economist |location=UK |url=http://www.economist.com/node/381863 |title=An ill wind from the south-west |date=28 September 2000 }}</ref>
** August: Municipal election postponed by [[Robert Mugabe|Mugabe]] administration.<ref>{{citation |work=The Economist |location=UK |url=http://www.economist.com/node/381863 |title=An ill wind from the south-west |date=28 September 2000 }}</ref>
** November: Political unrest.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |title=Political Violence Strikes Zimbabwe's Second Largest City |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/world/political-violence-strikes-zimbabwe-s-second-largest-city.html |date= 17 November 2001 }}</ref>
** November: Political unrest.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |title=Political Violence Strikes Zimbabwe's Second Largest City |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/world/political-violence-strikes-zimbabwe-s-second-largest-city.html |date= 17 November 2001 }}</ref>
** [[Japhet Ndabeni Ncube]] becomes mayor.
** [[Japhet Ndabeni Ncube]] becomes mayor.

* 2008 - Patrick Thaba-Moyo becomes mayor.
* 2008 - Patrick Thaba-Moyo becomes mayor.

* 2012 - Population: 653,337.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2015.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 2015 |year=2016 |publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]] |title= Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}</ref>
* 2012 - Population: 653,337.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2015.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 2015 |year=2016 |publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]] |title= Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}</ref>

* 2013
* 2013
** [[Joshua Nkomo]] statue erected.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.herald.co.zw/nkomo-statue-mounted/ |title=Nkomo statue mounted |date=18 December 2013 |work =[[The Herald (Zimbabwe)|Herald.co.zw]] }}</ref>
** [[Martin Moyo]] becomes mayor.
** [[Martin Moyo]] becomes mayor.
** [[Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport]] new terminal opens.
** [[Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport]] new terminal opens.
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
{{Refbegin}}
{{Refbegin}}
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* {{cite book|author= [[Henry Morton Stanley]] |title=Through South Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNIoAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |year= 1898
* {{cite book|author= [[Henry Morton Stanley]] |title=Through South Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNIoAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |year= 1898
}} (Includes description of Bulawayo)
}} (Includes description of Bulawayo)

* {{cite book|editor1=Walter H. Wills|editor2=J. Hall, Jr.|title=Bulawayo Up-to-date |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDgXAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. |location=London |year=1899
* {{cite book|editor1=Walter H. Wills|editor2=J. Hall, Jr.|title=Bulawayo Up-to-date |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDgXAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. |location=London |year=1899
}}
}}

* {{cite book|title= Guide to South Africa |editor1=A. Samler Brown |editor2=G. Gordon Brown |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYdJAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. |location=London |year=1906
* {{cite book|title= Guide to South Africa |editor1=A. Samler Brown |editor2=G. Gordon Brown |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYdJAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. |location=London |year=1906
|chapter=Bulawayo |page=342+
|chapter=Bulawayo |page=342+
}}
}}

* {{Citation
* {{Citation
| title = [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]]
| title = [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]]
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| ref = {{harvid|Britannica|1910}}
| ref = {{harvid|Britannica|1910}}
}}
}}
* {{cite book |title=Bulawayo: a century of development 1894-1994 |editor1=Michael Hamilton |editor2= Mike Ndubiwa |location=Harare |publisher= Argosy Press |isbn=0908309295 |year=1994

}}
* Miriam R. Grant. Difficult Debut: Social and Economic Identities of Urban Youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2/3, 2003.
* Miriam R. Grant. Difficult Debut: Social and Economic Identities of Urban Youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2/3, 2003.

* {{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History |editor1= [[Paul Tiyambe Zeleza]] |editor2= Dickson Eyoh |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0415234794 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjolgQhpFtoC |year=2003
* {{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History |editor1= [[Paul Tiyambe Zeleza]] |editor2= Dickson Eyoh |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0415234794 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjolgQhpFtoC |year=2003
|chapter= Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
|chapter= Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
|author= Alois Mlambo
| ref = {{harvid|Mlambo|2003}}
}}
}}

* {{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of African History |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |isbn=978-1-57958-245-6 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Ftz_gtO-pngC |editor= [[Kevin Shillington]] |year= 2005
* {{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of African History |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |isbn=978-1-57958-245-6 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Ftz_gtO-pngC |editor= [[Kevin Shillington]] |year= 2005
|chapter= Bulawayo
|chapter= Bulawayo
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| ref = {{harvid|Parpart|2005}}
| ref = {{harvid|Parpart|2005}}
}}
}}

* {{cite journal |title=City Versus State in Zimbabwe: Colonial Antecedents of the Current Crisis |author=[[Terence Ranger|Terence O. Ranger]] |journal=[[Journal of Eastern African Studies]] |volume=1 |doi=10.1080/17531050701452390 |year=2007
* {{cite journal |title=City Versus State in Zimbabwe: Colonial Antecedents of the Current Crisis |author=[[Terence Ranger|Terence O. Ranger]] |journal=[[Journal of Eastern African Studies]] |volume=1 |doi=10.1080/17531050701452390 |year=2007
}} {{free access}} (Includes information about Bulawayo)
}} {{free access}} (Includes information about Bulawayo)

* {{cite book|author= Terence O. Ranger |title=Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2mvIIYquwmEC|year=2010|publisher=[[Boydell & Brewer]] |location=UK |isbn=978-1-84701-020-9
* {{cite book|author= Terence O. Ranger |title=Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2mvIIYquwmEC|year=2010|publisher=[[Boydell & Brewer]] |location=UK |isbn=978-1-84701-020-9
}}
}}
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File:Southern Rhodesia (1909) (14598319617).jpg|Statue of Rhodes unveiled in 1904
File:Southern Rhodesia (1909) (14598319617).jpg|Statue of Rhodes unveiled in 1904
File:Bulawayo, Rhodesia -- 1976.jpg|View of Bulawayo, 1976
File:Bulawayo, Rhodesia -- 1976.jpg|View of Bulawayo, 1976
File:Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo.jpg|Statue of Nkomo erected in 2013 (photo 2017)
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Revision as of 18:23, 13 September 2017

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

19th century

Part of a series on the
History of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Bird
Ancient history
Leopard's Kopje c. 650 – c. 1075
Mapungubwe Kingdom c. 1220 – c. 1300
Zimbabwe Kingdom c. 1300 – c. 1450
Mutapa Kingdom c. 1430–1760
Butua Kingdom c. 1450–1683
White settlement pre-1923
Rozvi Empire c. 1660–1866
Mthwakazi 1840–1893
Rudd Concession 1888
BSA Company rule 1890–1923
First Matabele War 1893–1894
Second Matabele War 1896–1897
World War I involvement 1914–1918
Colony of Southern Rhodesia 1923–1965
World War II involvement 1939–1945
Malayan Emergency
involvement		 1948–1960
Federation with Northern
Rhodesia and Nyasaland		 1953–1963
Rhodesian Bush War 1964–1979
1965
Rhodesia 1965–1979
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia June–December 1979
December 1979
British Dependency 1979–1980
Zimbabwe 1980–present
Gukurahundi 1982–1987
Second Congo War 1998–2003
Coup d'état 2017
  • 1830s - Ndebele Mzilikazi Khumalo locates seat of Mthwakazi nation in Bulawayo, in Matabeleland (approximate date).[1]
  • 1893 - Ndebele capital "GuBulawayo" besieged, demolished by British South Africa Company forces during the First Matabele War.[2]
  • 1894
    • Bulawayo town established near former settlement by British South Africa Company.[2]
    • Telegraph begins operating.[2]
    • Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • 1897
    • Bulawayo becomes a municipality.[1]
    • I.G. Hirschler becomes mayor.
    • Railway to South Africa begins operating.[1]
  • 1899 - Railway to Salisbury and Mozambique begins operating.[1]

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Mlambo 2003.
  2. ^ a b c Parpart 2005.
  3. ^ "Timelines". Sahistory.org.za. Cape Town, South Africa: South African History Online. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Zimbabwe". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Zimbabwe: Bulawayo". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279. Southern Rhodesia{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1986). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1984 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 257–285.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
  9. ^ "Zimbabwe's south becomes a zone of fear", The Guardian, UK, 23 June 2000
  10. ^ "An ill wind from the south-west", The Economist, UK, 28 September 2000
  11. ^ "Political Violence Strikes Zimbabwe's Second Largest City", New York Times, 17 November 2001
  12. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
  13. ^ "Nkomo statue mounted", Herald.co.zw, 18 December 2013
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Bibliography

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  • Statue of Rhodes unveiled in 1904
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    View of Bulawayo, 1976
  • Statue of Nkomo erected in 2013 (photo 2017)
    Statue of Nkomo erected in 2013 (photo 2017)
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