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of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.


19th century

* 1880 -
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trading site at
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"ceded...to French explorer
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, later known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza; 26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905), was an Italian-born, naturalized French explorer. With his family's financial help, he explored the Ogoou ...
;" named Ncouna. * 1884 - Ncouna renamed Brazzaville. * 1886 - Catholic
Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville ( la, Archidioecesis Brazzapolitana) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. History On 4 June 1886, Pope Leo XIII established the Apo ...
founded. * 1892 - Sacred Heart Cathedral built. * 1893 - Palais Épiscopal built.( fr)


20th century

* 1901 - built. * 1910 - Brazzaville becomes part of colonial
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. * 1911 -
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residential Poto-Poto neighborhood established. * 1912 - Town hall built.( fr) * 1927 - Stade Marchand (stadium) opens. * 1929 -
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created.( fr) * 1930 - Activist André Matsoua imprisoned; unrest ensues. * 1931 - Poste Centrale (post office) built.( fr) * 1932 - Gare ferroviaire (train station) built. * 1934 -
Congo–Ocean Railway The Congo–Ocean Railway (COR; french: Chemin de fer Congo-Océan, ) links the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noire (now in the Republic of Congo) with Brazzaville, a distance of . It bypasses the rapids on the lower Congo River; from Brazzaville, r ...
( Pointe-Noire-Brazzaville) begins operating. * 1940 ** Brazzaville becomes capital of government-in-exile of France (
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) during World War II. ** October:
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visits city. * 1943 ** Bacongo arrondissement created. ** (church) construction begins. * 1944 ** Brazzaville Zoo opens. ** January: Meeting of government-in-exile of France held in Brazzaville. * 1945 - Population: 50,000 (approximate). * 1948 - Victor Schoelcher monument erected. * 1951 - founded. * 1953 - Vog cinema built.( fr) * 1955 - Palais de Justice (courthouse) built.( fr) * 1956 - 18 November: Moyen-Congo municipal elections, 1956 held;
Fulbert Youlou Abbé Fulbert Youlou (29 June,In ''African Powder Keg: Revolt and Dissent in Six Emergent Nations'', author Ronald Matthews lists Youlou's date of birth as 9 June 1917. This date is also listed in ''Annuaire parlementaire des États d'Afrique noi ...
becomes mayor. * 1958 - Population: 100,000 (approximate). * 1959 - Makélékélé and
Ouenzé Ouenzé is one of the arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo. It is located in the north of the capital. Brazzaville is divided into seven arrondissements, or districts: Makélékélé (1), Bacongo (2), P ...
arrondissements created. * 1960 - City becomes capital of independent Republic of the Congo. * 1961 - Population: 136,200. * 1962 - Télé Congo (television) begins broadcasting from Brazzaville. * 1963 - City hall built.( fr) * 1965 ** Stade de la Révolution (stadium) opens. ** July:
1965 All-Africa Games The 1st All-Africa Games – Brazzaville 1965 was a multi-sport event played from July 18, 1965, to July 25, 1965, in Brazzaville, Congo. History The first games to open to the entire African continent occurred a full forty years after they w ...
held in Brazzaville. * 1970 ** Talangaï neighborhood created. ** Population: 200,000 (approximate). * 1971 -
University of Brazzaville Marien Ngouabi University (French: ''Université Marien Ngouabi'', UMNG) is the only state-funded university in the Republic of Congo. It is located in the capital of Brazzaville. History The University of Brazzaville was founded on 4 December 19 ...
and Lycée Français Saint-Exupéry de Brazzaville (school) founded. * 1975 - Sister/twin city agreement signed with
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, Germany. * 1976 - Development Bank of the Central African States branch in business. * 1977 - 18 March: Assassination of president Ngouabi. * 1980 ** 5 May: Catholic pope visits city. ** Commune of Brazzaville detaches from the
Pool Department Pool ( kg, Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Lékoumou, and Plateaux. Internationally, it borders the Democratic Republic ...
. ** Population: 422,000 (approximate). * 1984 - Population: 596,200. * 1986 -
Nabemba Tower The Nabemba Tower, also known as Elf Tower, is a high-rise office block in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, located directly on the Congo River in the south of the city. At 106 metres and 30 floors it is the tallest building in the Republic of t ...
built. * 1987 ** April:
1987 Central African Games The 1987 Central African Games was the third and final edition of the international multi-sport event between the nations of Central Africa. It was held from 18–30 April 1987 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, with the Stade Alphonse Massemb ...
held in city. ** Meeting of the
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held in city. * 1989 - AS Police (football club) formed. * 1990 ** Mfilou arrondissement officially established. ** Population: 760,300 (estimate). * 1994 - built. * 1996 - Population: 976,806 (estimate). * 1997 - City taken by pro-
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forces during the
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.


21st century

* 2001 - December: Trial of former president Lissouba held in city. * 2002 ** June: "Government troops battle Ninja rebels in Brazzaville." ** Population: 1,242,857 (estimate). * 2003 -
Hugues Ngouelondélé Hugues Ngouélondélé is a Congolese politician who was Mayor of Brazzaville from 2003 to 2017. He also served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville beginning in 2002. He has served in the government as Minister of Sports sin ...
becomes mayor. * 2004 - July:
2004 African Championships in Athletics The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition was contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics. Thus some top athletes shun ...
held in city. * 2005 - (music festival) begins. * 2006 - Mausolée de Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (memorial) erected.( fr) * 2009 - 26 August:
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occurs. * 2010 -
Maya-Maya Airport Maya–Maya Airport is the international airport of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo. Facilities In 2010, a new long runway and a new terminal with three air bridges were opened. The older runway was repaired and now is ...
new terminal opens. * 2011 ** and Madibou arrondissements created. ** active. * 2012 ** 4 March:
Brazzaville arms dump blasts On 4 March 2012, a series of blasts occurred at an army arms dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo. At least 300 people were killed by the explosions. Additional bodies were said to be "unfindable." Among the dead were s ...
. ** 30 November:
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occurs. * 2015 ** Kintélé Sports Complex, Palais des Sports, and Stade Municipal de Kintélé (stadium) open. ** 4–19 September:
2015 African Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host aw ...
held in Brazzaville. ** 27 September: Political protest. ** October: Political protest; crackdown. ** Port Authority Headquarters building constructed. * 2016 - April: Post-
election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
unrest. * 2017 ** August: Christian Roger Okemba becomes mayor. ** Long-planned project to build a Brazzaville-Kinshasa Bridge reactivated.


See also

* Brazzaville history *
List of mayors of Brazzaville The following is a list of mayors of the city of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The Republic of the Congo became independent of French colonial rule in 1960. * Fulbert Youlou (1956) * Dominique Nzalakanda (1956-1959) * Simon Bilondo (1956-1 ...
*
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and history of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (city across
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from Brazzaville)


References

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Bibliography

;in English * Martin, Phyllis 1995, Leisure and Society in Colonial Brazzaville, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * * * ;in French * * * * *


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