Timeline of Freetown

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Prior to 19th century

* 1787
** 9 May: Settlers arrive from Portsmouth, England.
** Granville Town, Province of Freedom established by the London-based Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor.
* 1789 - Granville Town burned down.
* 1792 - Freetown, Sierra Leone, Freetown established by black American ex-slaves (called the Nova Scotian Settlers (Sierra Leone), Nova Scotian Settlers) under the auspices of the Sierra Leone Company.
* 1794 - September: Settler Town attacked by French.
* 1800
** September: Rebellion of Nova Scotian Settlers.
** Jamaican Maroons, Jamaican Maroon settlers arrive.

19th century

* 1805 - Martello Tower#Sierra Leone, Martello Tower built.
* 1808
** Freetown settlement becomes a British crown colony.
** "Slavers court" established.
* 1811 - Population: 1,900.
* 1812 - Wilberforce, Sierra Leone, Wilberforce suburb founded for Sierra Leone Liberated African, Liberated Africans."
* 1816 - Krootown established.
* 1822
** Rawdon Street Methodist Church built.
** Population: 4,785.
* 1827 - Fourah Bay College established.
* 1828 - St. George's Cathedral, Freetown built.
* 1830s - Foulah Town Mosque built.
* 1845
** Sierra Leone Grammar School, Church Mission Society Grammar School founded.
** John Ezzidio becomes mayor.
* 1846 - Cline Town, Sierra Leone, Cline Town established.
* 1847 - Female Institution (school) founded.
* 1853 - Inhabitants become "British subjects."
* 1865 - Samuel Lewis (Sierra Leone), Samuel Lewis becomes mayor.
* 1866 - St. Edward's Primary School founded.
* 1867 - Government Wharf built.
* 1872 - Pope Hennessy Day festival begins.
* 1873 - ''Independent'' List of newspapers in Sierra Leone, newspaper begins publication.
* 1874 - Wesleyan High School for Boys opens.
* 1875 - ''West African Reporter'' List of newspapers in Sierra Leone, newspaper begins publication.
* 1884
** ''Sierra Leone Weekly News'' begins publication.
** Leopold Educational Institute opens.
** Fire.
* 1891 - Population: 30,033.
* 1893 - Town attains city status; Freetown City Council established.
* 1895 - State House (Sierra Leone), Governor's residence built.
* 1898 - Bank of British West Africa branch and ice factory established.
* 1899 - Songo Town-Freetown railway begins operating.

20th century

* 1901 - Population: 34,463.
* 1904
** John Henry Malamah Thomas becomes mayor.
** Albert Academy founded.
* 1905
** Madrasa Islamia active.
** Alphonso Lisk-Carew, Lisk-Carew photo studio in business.
* 1918 - Population: 34,000 (approximate).
* 1919 - July: Strike and anti-Syrian riot.
* 1922 - St. Edward's Secondary School founded.
* 1923 - Girls' Industrial and Technical Training School established.
* 1925 - Prince of Wales School (Freetown, Sierra Leone), Prince of Wales School founded.
* 1926
** January: Railway strike.
** December: City Council dissolved; Municipal Board established.
* 1928 - East End Lions F.C., East End Lions Football Club formed.
* 1930 - Women granted Suffrage, right to vote.
* 1932
** Muslim Congress created.
** ''Sierra Leone Daily Mail'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1938
** West African Youth League and League of Coloured Peoples branch headquartered in Freetown.
** Freetown Secondary School for Girls established.
* 1948
** Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings becomes mayor.
** Population: 64,576.
* 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II Quay, Deep Water Quay construction begins.
* 1961 - City becomes capital of Sierra Leone (1961–1971), independent Sierra Leone.
* 1962 - Siaka Stevens becomes mayor.
* 1963 - Population: 127,917.
* 1964 - Bank of Sierra Leone headquartered in city.
* 1965 - Sierra Leone Port Authority established.
* 1966 - Constance Cummings-John becomes mayor.
* 1971 - City becomes capital of the Republic of Sierra Leone.
* 1974 - Population: 214,443.
* 1977 - Ode-lay Society (social club) formed.
* 1980 - National Stadium (Sierra Leone), Siaka Stevens Stadium opens.
* 1983 - ''For Di People'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1985 - Population: 469,776.

1990s

* 1990 - Population: 529,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 1995 - Population: 603,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 1996 - Freetown/New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven Sister Cities established.
* 1997
** 25 March: "Rebels move into Freetown;" prisoners freed from the Pademba Road prison.
** 30 May: Foreigners evacuated.
** 2 June: Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, AFRC Sierra Leone Civil War, conflict.
* 1998
** February: "Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group, Ecomog storms Freetown and drives rebels out."
** Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Kabbah returns to Freetown.
* 1999
** January: City besieged by Armed Forces Revolutionary Council/Revolutionary United Front.
** November: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, United Nations troops arrive.
* 2000
** 2 May: City Hotel burns down.
** 8 May: Peace demonstration.
** Center for Media, Technology and Education established.
** Population: 688,000 (urban agglomeration).

21st century

* 2002
** Sierra Leone Civil War ends.
** Special Court for Sierra Leone and FC Kallon, Kallon Football Club established.
* 2003 - 14 April: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Sierra Leone) convenes.
* 2004
** Winstanley Bankole Johnson becomes mayor.
** Population: 772,873.
* 2005 - Njala University College established.
* 2010 - Population: 945,423.
* 2012
** Cholera epidemic.
** Sam Franklyn Gibson becomes mayor.
* 2015 - Population: 1,055,964.

See also

* Freetown#History, Freetown history
* Freetown#Notable secondary schools in Freetown, Schools in Freetown
* List of mayors of Freetown
* History of Sierra Leone

References

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* H. R. Jarrett. The Port and Town of Freetown, Geography, Vol. 40, 1955, pp. 108–118.
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* Michael Banton. West African City: A Study of Tribal Life in Freetown. London: Oxford University, 1957.
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* M.B. Gleave. "Port activities and the spatial structure of cities: the case of Freetown, Sierra Leone." Journal of Transport Geography 5.4 (1997): 257–275.
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* Kenneth Lynch et al. "Meeting the urban challenge? Urban agriculture and food security in post-conflict Freetown, Sierra Leone." Applied Geography (2012).
* Roy Maconachie, Tony Binns, and Paul Tengbe. "Urban farming associations, youth and food security in post-war Freetown, Sierra Leone." Cities 29.3 (2012): 192–200.
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