Timeline of Lubumbashi

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

20th century

1900s-1950s

* 1909
** 1 September: Elisabethville site designated seat of Katanga province; named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium.
** 27 September: begins operating.
* 1910
** Union Minière du Haut Katanga (mining entity) active.
** (hospital) and Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga established.
** Population: 360.
** Émile Wangermée becomes vice governor-general of Katanga.
* 1910s - "Governor's Residence and Imara and Twendelee schools" built.
* 1911
** ''Journal du Katanga'' newspaper begins publication.
** Population: 1,000.
** Etoile mining begins near Elisabethville.
** Catholic schools Institut Marie-José and Collège Saint-François de Sales established.^{( fr)}
* 1912
** Racially segregated "native city" established per ordinance.
** Elisabethville becomes seat of Upper Luapula district.
* 1918 - begins operating.
* 1919
** Population: 8,000 (approximate).
** Ruashi mining begins in vicinity of Elisabethville.
* 1920
** "Management of the Union Minière was transferred from the British to the Belgians."
** Catholic Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral built.
* 1920s - "Makutano Club, Jerusalem United Methodist Church, and the Jewish synagogue" built.
* 1921 - Development of Albert I township begins.
* 1928
** begins operating.
** ''L'Essor du Congo'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1930s- "Courthouse and Mazembe stadium" built.
* 1931 - '' L'Écho du Katanga'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1932 - Wallace Memorial Church built.
* 1937 - (museum) founded.
* 1939 - Football clubs FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo and FC Saint-Georges formed.
* 1941
** Elisabethville attains city status.
** Development of Kenya township begins.
* 1944 - Premiere of Joseph Kiwele's ''Cantate à la gloire de la Belgique.''
* 1945 - Union Africaine des Arts et Lettres founde

* 1946 - Académie d'Art Populaire d'Elisabethville founde

* 1949 - Athénée royal built.
* 1950 - Development of Katuba township begins.
* 1950s - "Post office,...CSK headquarters, the theater, St. Mary's Basilica, and the railway headquarters" built.
* 1951 - Académie des Beaux-Arts d'Elisabethville founde

* 1954
** Development of Ruashi township begins.
** City seal in use.
* 1956 - University of Lubumbashi, Université officielle du Congo et du Rwanda-Urundi opens.
* 1957
** City "divided into 5 communes, one for Europeans and 4 for Africans."
** December: held.
* 1959
** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Elisabethville established.
** Population: 183,711 (estimate).

1960s-1990s

* 1960
** June: City becomes part of independent Republic of the Congo.
** July: City becomes capital of breakaway State of Katanga during the Congo Crisis.
** becomes bourgmestre (mayor).
* 1960s - "Gecamines tower and the 2 hospitals" built.
* 1961 - 15 September: Airport bombed by Katangese Air Force.
* 1963 - ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1964 - Stade Albert (stadium) opens.
* 1966 - City becomes capital of Katanga Province.
* 1967
** La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (mining entity) headquartered in city.
** opens.
* 1970
** Elisabethville renamed "Lubumbashi."
** (museum) active.
* 1970s - "Hotel Karavia and Mobutu Stadium" built.
* 1971 - City becomes part of Shaba Province in the Republic of Zaire.
* 1972
** Kampemba commune created.
** University's Centre d'études des littératures romanes d'inspiration africaine activ

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* 1974 - Société nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo (national railway) headquartered in Lubumbashi.
* 1975 - Population: 480,875 (estimate).
* 1977 - created.
* 1981 - University of Lubumbashi active.
* 1984 - Population: 543,268.
* 1990 - May: Student demonstration at University of Lubumbashi; crackdown.
* 1994 - Population: 851,381 (estimate).
* 1997
** April: Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo take city during the First Congo War.
** Floribert Kaseba Makunko becomes mayor.
** May: City becomes part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

21st century

* 2007 - Moïse Katumbi becomes governor of Katanga Province.
* 2008 - becomes mayor.
* 2010
** becomes mayor.
** Congo Express airline (Kinshasa-Lubumbashi) begins operating.
** Centennial of founding of city.
* 2011
** February: Airport attacked by secessionist Tigers.
** June: Unrest.
** 7 September: Prison break; escapees include warlord Gédéon Kyungu.
** Stade TP Mazembe (stadium) opens in Kamalondo.
* 2013 - March: Secessionist Mai-Mai Kata Katanga unrest.
* 2014 - January: Mai-Mai Kata Katanga unrest.
* 2015
** City becomes capital of the newly formed Haut-Katanga Province.
** Population: 2,015,502 (estimate).
* 2016 - December: Political protest.

See also

* Lubumbashi#History
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* List of cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Timeline of Bukavu
* Timeline of Goma
* Timeline of Kinshasa
* Timeline of Kisangani

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Images

File:UMHK 1917.jpg, Union Minière du Haut Katanga mining facility at Elisabethville, 1917
File:UN Baluba camp.jpg, Baluba refugee camp near Elisabethville, 1962, during Congo Crisis
File:1978 Lubumbashi map txu-oclc-55759020 3.jpg, Map of central Lubumbashi, 1978
File:OpenStreetMap in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.JPG, OpenStreetMap activity in Lubumbashi, 2014

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