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of the

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Port Elizabeth Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Sou ...

in the

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality ( af, Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; xh, uMasipala wase Nelson Mandela Bay or ''uMasipala waseBhayi'') is one of eight metropolitan municipalities (also called Category A municipalities) in So ...

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...

province,

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

Prior to 20th century

* 1754 - Dutch settlements at the Cape extended eastwards to adjacent

Algoa Bay Algoa Bay is a maritime bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is located in the east coast, east of the Cape of Good Hope. Algoa Bay is bounded in the west by Cape Recife and in the east by Cape Padrone. The bay is up to deep. The harbour c ...

. * 1799 - Fort Frederick built by

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

during the

Napoleonic wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

. * 1820 - Port Elizabeth settlement founded by

. * 1823 - Population: 319. * 1836 - Made a free warehousing port * 1841 - Jetty constructed in

. * 1845 - ''

Eastern Province Herald The ''Eastern Province Herald'' is a newspaper, founded in 1845 and based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. John Paterson, founder of the ''Eastern Province Herald'' (1822-1880) John Paterson was born in March 1822 in Aberdeen, Scotland, the s ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1856 **

Grey High School Grey High School is a semi-private English speaking high school (grades 8 - 12) for boys situated in the suburb of Mill Park in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is one of the top sporting schools in the country, ...

founded. ** King George VI Art Gallery opens. * 1859 - St George’s Park founded. * 1861 - Town of Port Elizabeth incorporated. * 1862 - Western-Road Synagogue formed. * 1865 - Hill Presbyterian Church consecrated. * 1866 - St. Augustine's Cathedral built. * 1873 -

Railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

building starts. * 1875 **

Uitenhage Uitenhage ( ; ), officially renamed Kariega, is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. Along with the city of Port El ...

-Port Elizabeth railway begins operating. **

Port Elizabeth railway station Port Elizabeth railway station is a railway station, located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In 1873, Prime Minister John Molteno of the Cape Colony commenced work on connecting Port Elizabeth to the developing national railway network, resulti ...

built. * 1880 - Prince Alfred's Guard Drill Hall built. * 1881 - Horsecar

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

begins operating. * 1882 ** Imbumba yama Nyama political group formed. ** Conservatory built in St George's Park. * 1885 - " South African Exhibition" held * 1888 -

Mighty Elephants The Eastern Province Elephants (known as the Multisure Eastern Province Elephants for sponsorship reasons) are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge (South Africa), Rugby Challenge competi ...

rugby team formed. * 1889 -

St George's Park Cricket Ground St George's Park Cricket Ground (also known as St George's Park, Crusaders Ground or simply Crusaders) is a cricket ground in St George's Park,South Africa. It is the home of the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in So ...

in use. * 1892 - Opera House built. * 1897 - Electric

begins operating. * 1899 -

Humewood Road railway station Humewood Road railway station is a railway station located in Humewood, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. A separate station to the main Port Elizabeth railway station, built in 1899, it is the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Avontuur Railway ...

built. * 1900 - Post Office built.

20th century

* 1900-1902 - Port Elizabeth Concentration Camp in operation * 1903 - New Brighton black township established. * 1905 -

Horse Memorial The Horse Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in memory of the horses that served and died during the Second Boer War, where Britain brought a large number of horses to South ...

erected. * 1907 ** (church) founded. **

Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial is a provincial heritage site in St George's Park in Port Elizabeth in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. The memorial is situated on top of Port Elizabeth's second oldest reservoir. On November 6, 1907 the Hon ...

unveiled. * 1908 - Port Elizabeth Orthodox Hebrew Congregation formed. * 1912 - built. * 1913 - Port Elizabeth gains its city status. * 1917 - Airplane flown from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. * 1928 - (church) founded. * 1929 -

Port Elizabeth Airport Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport is an airport serving Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), a city in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. It was formerly known as H. F. Verwoerd Airport and Port Elizabeth International Airport. The air ...

and (church) established. * 1936 - Campanile (belltower) installed. * 1937 - '

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begins publication. * 1940 - (church) founded. * 1940 - Victoria Park High School was founded * 1949 - suburb laid out (approximate date). * 1950 - '

begins publication. * 1951 - (nature reserve) established near city. * 1952 -

Govan Mbeki Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa Mbeki (9 July 1910 – 30 August 2001) was a South African politician, military commander, Communist leader who served as the Secretary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, at its inception in 1961. He was also the son of Chief Sike ...

Raymond Mhlaba Raymond Mphakamisi Mhlaba (12 February 1920 – 20 February 2005) was an anti-apartheid activist, Communist and leader of the African National Congress (ANC) also as well the first premier of the Eastern Cape. Mhlaba spent 25 years of his life ...

and

Vuyisile Mini Vuyisile Mini (8 April 1920 – 6 November 1964) was a unionist, Umkhonto we Sizwe activist, singer and one of the first African National Congress members to be executed by apartheid South Africa. Early life Mini was born in 1920 in Tsomo i ...

were imprisoned for three months in Rooi Hel ('Red Hell' or North End Prison, Port Elizabeth) for participating in the

Defiance Campaign The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was presented by the African National Congress (ANC) at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in December 1951. The Campaign had roots in events leading up the conference. The demonstrations, ...

. * 1954 - 20th Century Theatre in business. * 1960 **

Boet Erasmus Stadium EPRU Stadium, also known by its original name of Boet Erasmus Stadium, was a stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The letters "EPRU" in the name represent the Eastern Province Rugby Union, the stadium's historic primary tenants, whose team i ...

opens. **

Alliance Française of Port Elizabeth The Alliance Française of Port Elizabeth is a South African non-profit organisation supported by the French Embassy in South Africa. History The team is composed of a committee of around 10 members, a director appointed by the French Embassy ...

founded. * 1961 - 16 December: Bomb explosions occur. * 1964 -

University of Port Elizabeth The University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) was a public university located in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. UPE was founded on 31 January 1964, by an act of parliament, and held its first academic year in 1965. It off ...

established. * 1965 - Walmer, South Africa becomes part of Port Elizabeth. * 1969 -

Kouga Dam The Kouga Dam is an arch dam on the Kouga River about west of Patensie in Kouga Local Municipality, South Africa. It supplies irrigation water to the Kouga and Gamtoos valleys as well as drinking water to the Port Elizabeth metropolitan area v ...

begins operating in vicinity of city. * 1979 - Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation founded. * 1984 ** Port Elizabeth Youth Congress founde

** Development of Motherwell, Eastern Cape, Motherwell begins near city. * 1985 ** March: Labor strike. ** 8 May: Disappearance of "

Pebco Three The Pebco Three were three black South African anti-apartheid activists – Sipho Hashe, Champion Galela, and Qaqawuli Godolozi – who were abducted and subsequently murdered in 1985 by members of the South African security police. History ...

" anti-apartheid activists. ** 27 June: The death of "

The Cradock Four upright=1.35, Funeral of the Cradock Four. Photo taken by Gille de Vlieg The Cradock Four were a group of four anti-apartheid activists who were abducted and murdered by South African security police in June 1985, named as such as all four were ...

" political activists. * 1986 - established.^{( de)} * 1991 - Population: 303,353 city; 853,205 metro. * 1995 ** Nceba Faku elected mayor. ** Part of

1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in Sou ...

contest played in Port Elizabeth. * 1996 - Part of

1996 Africa Cup of Nations The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to 16 teams, sp ...

football contest played in Port Elizabeth.

21st century

* 2001 ** Port Elizabeth becomes seat of newly created

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality ( af, Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; xh, uMasipala wase Nelson Mandela Bay or ''uMasipala waseBhayi'') is one of eight metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipalities (als ...

. ** Anti-apartheid leader

dies at ages 91 years. * 2004 -

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''Mandelametro.gov.za'' launched. * 2005 ** First

premier of the Eastern Cape The Premier of the Eastern Cape is the head of government of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The current Premier of the Eastern Cape is Oscar Mabuyane, a member of the African National Congress, who was elected in the 2019 election. ...

and anti-apartheid leader

dies at the ages of 85 years. **

Nelson Mandela University Nelson Mandela University (formerly known as ''Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)'' ) and before that - the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), the Port Elizabeth Technikon and Vista University's Port Elizabeth campus. This South Afr ...

formed. **

Red Location Museum The Red Location Museum is a museum in the New Brighton township of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The museum was opened to the public on 10 November 2006 as a tribute to the struggle against Apartheid. It is situated in a shack settlement that ...

of Apartheid opens. * 2006 ** 1 March:

South African municipal elections, 2006 Municipal elections were held in South Africa on 1 March 2006, to elect members to the local governing councils in the municipalities of South Africa. The municipalities form the local government of South Africa and are subdivisions of the provin ...

held. ** Nondumiso Maphazi becomes mayor.^{( fr)} **

Bay United F.C. Bay United was a South African professional association football, football (soccer) club based first in the city of Port Elizabeth and later Polokwane. It played in the South African Premier Division and National First Division. The club came in ...

(football club) formed. * 2009 **

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a soccer and rugby union stadium in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, It hosted 2010 FIFA World Cup matches and the third place play off. It is the home of Chippa United Football Club and formerly of r ...

opens. ** Zanoxolo Wayile becomes mayor.^{( fr)} **

Southern Kings The Southern Kings were a South African professional rugby union team that competed in Super Rugby and Pro14. They were based in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province and played their home matches at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. They wer ...

rugby team formed. * 2010 **

Gelvandale Stadium Gelvandale Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The stadium is equipped with an athletics track, football pitch and floodlights. It is currently used mostly as a community sports ground, and by local amateur fo ...

opens. ** Part of

2010 FIFA World Cup , image = 2010 FIFA World Cup.svg , size = 200px , caption = ''Ke Nako. (Tswana and Sotho for "It's time") Celebrate Africa's Humanity'It's time. Celebrate Africa's Humanity'' (English)''Dis tyd. Vier Afrika se mensd ...

football contest played in Port Elizabeth. * 2011 -

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

: 312,392. * 2013 ** Part of

2013 Africa Cup of Nations The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized ...

football contest played in Port Elizabeth. ** Ben Fihla becomes mayor. * 2015 **

Danny Jordaan Daniel Alexander "Danny" Jordaan (born 3 September 1951) is the president of the South African Football Association (South African Football Association, SAFA). He is a former lecturer, politician and anti-apartheid activist. He led South Africa's ...

becomes mayor. **

Chippa United F.C. Chippa United Football Club (often known as Chilli boys or Chippa) is a South African professional football club based in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province, having previously being based in Nyanga suburb of the city of Cape Town. The club's f ...

moved to the city from

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

* 2016 -

Athol Trollip Roland Athol Price Trollip (born 12 March 1964) is a South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape. He was previously a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), serving as the Federal Chairperson of the DA from ...

becomes mayor. *2021 **Name officially changed from Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha.

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