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of the

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of the city of

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

Coast Province The Coast Province ( sw, Mkoa wa Pwani) of Kenya, along the Indian Ocean, was one of Kenya's eight provinces. It comprises the Indian Ocean coastal strip with the capital city at Mombasa and was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili, among oth ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...

14th-18th centuries

* 1331 - Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan traveler, visits Mombasa. * 1498 - 8 April: Vasco da Gama anchors in port. * 1505 - Town sacked by Portuguese forces of

Francisco de Almeida Dom Francisco de Almeida (), also known as the Great Dom Francisco (c. 1450 – 1 March 1510), was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer. He distinguished himself as a counsellor to King John II of Portugal and later in the wars against ...

. * 1507 - Mandhry Mosque built. * 1528 - Town sacked by Portuguese forces of

Nuno da Cunha Nuno da Cunha (c. 1487 – March 5, 1539) was a Portuguese admiral who was governor of Portuguese possessions in India from 1529 to 1538. He was the governor of Portuguese Asia that ruled for more time in the sixteenth century in a total of nine y ...

. * 1529 - Portuguese in power. * 1588 - Town captured by Amir Ali Bey. * 1593 - Town under rule of

Malindi Malindi is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Sabaki River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. The population of Malindi was 119,859 as of the 2019 census. It is the largest urban cent ...

. * 1594 -

Fort Jesus Fort Jesus (Portuguese: ''Forte Jesus de Mombaça, Spanish: Fuerte de Jesús'') is a fort located on Mombasa Island. Designed by Italian Giovanni Battista Cairati, it was built between 1593 and 1596 by order of King Felipe II of Castille, ...

built by Portuguese. * 1597 - Augustinian mission initiated. * 1631 - Portuguese "expelled." The sultan of Mombasa, christened Dom Jerónimo Chingulia, assassinated the Portuguese governor, reclaimed his Muslim name of Yusuf ibn al-Hasan, and ordered all Christians in the city to convert to Islam. * 1632 - Town besieged by Portuguese forces. * 1635 -

repaired by Francisco de Seixas e Cabreira. * 1661 - Town sacked by

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

i forces. * 1696 - Siege of Fort Jesus by

i forces. * 1698 -

Sultanate of Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

in power. * 1728/9 - A Portuguese force from Goa again held Mombasa, but were driven out by the Muscat Arabs. * 1734 -

Mazrui The Mazrui or Mazar'i () were an Omani Arab clan that reigned over some areas of East Africa, especially Kenya, from the 18th to the 20th century. In the 18th century they governed Mombasa and other coastal places and opposed the Omani Al Bu Sa ...

in power.

19th century

* 1837 -

Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman Sayyid Saïd bin Sultan al-Busaidi ( ar, سعيد بن سلطان, , sw, Saïd bin Sultani) (5 June 1791 – 19 October 1856), was Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the fifth ruler of the Busaid dynasty from 1804 to 4 June 1856. His rule commenced fol ...

in power. * 1875 - A revolt against Zanzibar was put down with British assistance. * 1885 - Hinduism in Africa Formation of the Hindu Union, and creation of Lord Shiva Temple (Shivaalay) in Central Mombasa. * 1887 - Mombasa "leased to the British East Africa Company;" town becomes capital of British

East Africa Protectorate East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was an area in the African Great Lakes occupying roughly the same terrain as present-day Kenya from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west. Controlled by Britai ...

. * 1895 - Government Press established. * 1896 **

Kilindini Harbour Kilindini Harbour is a large, natural deep-water inlet extending inland from Mombasa, Kenya. It is at its deepest center, although the controlling depth is the outer channel in the port approaches with a dredged depth of . It serves as the harbo ...

inaugurated. ** National Bank of India branch and Mombasa Club established. * 1897 - Population on island: 15,000-20,000 (estimate). * 1899 - Post office built.

20th century

* 1901 **

Uganda Railway The Uganda Railway was a metre-gauge railway system and former British state-owned railway company. The line linked the interiors of Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya. After a series of mergers and splits, the li ...

(

Kisumu Kisumu ( ) is the third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa (census 2019). It is the third-largest city after Kampala and Mwanza in the Lake Victoria Basin. Apart from being an important polit ...

-Mombasa) begins operating. ** '' African Standard'' newspaper begins publication. ** Jevanjee mosque built. * 1902 - Court of Kenya established. * 1903 - Seif Bin Salim public library founded. * 1904 - Africa Hotel in business. * 1905 ** Mombasa Cathedral opens. ** Court of Kenya relocated from Mombasa to Nairobi. * 1907 - Slavery abolished. * 1910 - Population: about 30,000. * 1920 - Town becomes part of British Protectorate of Kenya. * 1927 - ''Kenya Daily Mail''

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begins publication. * 1929 - Makupa Causeway built. * 1931 -

Nyali Bridge The Nyali Bridge is a concrete girder bridge connecting the city of Mombasa on Mombasa Island to the mainland of Kenya. The bridge crosses Tudor Creek (a tidal inlet) to the north-east of the island. The bridge is one of three road links ou ...

built. * 1937 -

Likoni Ferry The Likoni Ferry is a ferry service across the Kilindini Harbour, serving the Kenyan city of Mombasa between the Mombasa island side and the mainland suburb of Likoni. Two - four double-ended ferries alternate across the harbour, carrying bo ...

begins operating. * 1944 - Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa established. * 1951 - Mombasa Institute of Muslim Education opens. * 1955 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mombasa and Zanzibar established. * 1958 - Oceanic Hotel built. * 1962 - Population: 179,575 urban agglomeration. *1962 - 1963 David Kayanda becomes the first African Mayor of Mombasa. ** Msanifu Kombo becomes mayor. ** Town becomes part of

Republic of Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

. * 1973 ** 27 April: MV Globe Star ship runs aground near Mombasa. ** Population: 301,000 urban agglomeration. * 1979 -

Moi International Airport Moi International Airport is an international airport in Mombasa, the second-largest city in Kenya. In 2020 the airport was heralded as the "Best Airport in Africa" (with under 2 million passengers annually) by Airports Council International. ...

expanded. * 1980 - New

built. * 1981 ** Mombasa Records Centre of the Kenya National Archives established. **

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relationship established with

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, US. * 1984 - New Burhani Mosque built. * 1985 -

Mombasa Marathon The Mombasa International Marathon (formerly known as the Mombasa Marathon) is an annual marathon hosted in Mombasa, Kenya. Currently sponsored by County Government of Mombasa and Safaricom Safaricom PLC is a listed Kenyan mobile network ope ...

begins. * 1986 - Marine Park established. * 1990 - Population: 476,000 (urban agglomeration). * 1998 -

Najib Balala Najib Balala (born 20 September 1967) is a Kenyan politician, the former Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, and the immediate former. He traces his ancestral origin to the hadhrami people of Yemen. M.P. for Mvita Constituency. He has been the pa ...

becomes mayor. * 1999 ** Mombasa Republican Council formed. ** Coast Gymkhana Club Ground in use. * 2000 - Population: 687,000 (urban agglomeration).

21st century

* 2002 - 28 November:

2002 Mombasa attacks The 2002 Mombasa attacks was a two-pronged terrorist attack on 28 November 2002 in Mombasa, Kenya against an Israeli-owned hotel and a plane belonging to Arkia Airlines. An all-terrain vehicle crashed through a barrier outside the Paradise Hot ...

. * 2003 - Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa established in Kilindini. * 2005 - Population: 830,000 (urban agglomeration). * 2007 - Mombasa Polytechnic University College established. * 2009 ** Ahmed Mohdhar elected mayor. ** Population: 523,183. * 2010 - Population: 905,627 (estimate). * 2012 ** 15 May: Grenade attack in Bella Vista nightclub. ** 27 August: Cleric

Aboud Rogo Aboud Rogo Mohammed (1968 – 27 August 2012) was a Kenyan Ulama, Muslim cleric. He was alleged to have been an Islamic terrorism, Islamist extremist and was accused of arranging funding for the Al-Shabaab (militant group), al-Shabaab militia in ...

killed; unrest ensues. * 2013 ** October: Cleric Sheikh Ibrahim killed; unrest ensues. ** Mombasa polytechnic university college was promoted to a fully developed university now known as

Technical University of Mombasa Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) is a public university located in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya Tudor, along Tom Mboya avenue. It is amongst the oldest institution of higher learning in Kenya. It is one of the National Polytechnics ...

. * 2017 -

Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway The Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway is a standard-gauge railway (SGR) in Kenya that connects the large Indian Ocean city of Mombasa with Nairobi, the country's capital and largest city. This SGR runs parallel to the narrow-gauge Uganda R ...

begins operating.

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