Timeline of Kampala
The following is a timeline of the history of Kampala, Buganda, Uganda.
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- 1881 - Kasubi Tombs built.
- 1885 - Mengo Palace built.
- 1890
- East Africa Protectorate established.[1]
- Anglican church built on Namirembe Hill.
- 1897 - Mengo Hospital founded.
20th century
- 1901 - Kampala Sports Club formed.[1]
- 1903 - Nsambya Hospital founded.
- 1904 - St. Paul's church built in Mengo.[2]
- 1905 - Government station relocated to Nakasero Hill.[1]
- 1906
- 1908 - Uganda Museum founded.
- 1910 - Goan Institute established.[1]
- 1911 - Kamapala Club founded.[1]
- 1913 - Indian Association formed.[1]
- 1915 - Port Bell-Kampala railway begins operating.[4]
- 1917 - Kampala Public Library established.[1]
- 1921 - Central Council of Indian Associations of Uganda headquartered in Kampala.[1]
- 1922
- Technical school established.
- Population: 40,000 (approximate).[5]
- 1925 - Speke Hotel in business.
- 1929 - Entebbe airfield begins operating.
- 1931 - Uganda Railway begins operating.
- 1948 - Catholic Vicariate of Kampala established.[6]
- 1949
- 1950 - 28 July: Knifing at hospital.
- 1955 - Butabika Hospital opens.
- 1957 - Lugogo Cricket Oval in use.
- 1958 - Bulange constructed.
- 1959 - Serwano Kulubya becomes mayor.[3]
- 1962 - Kampala becomes capital of Uganda.[3]
- 1963 - City becomes part of republic of Uganda.[7]
- 1964
- Uganda Public Libraries Board headquartered in city.[8]
- Nommo Gallery established.[9]
- 1965 - Apollo Hotel in business.
- 1966 - Battle of Mengo Hill.
- 1967
- East African Development Bank headquartered in Kampala.
- Ugandan National Theatre established.[10]
- 1968 - Kawempe, Kyambogo, Luzira, Makindye, Mmengo, Nakawa, Nakulabye, Natete, and Ntinda villages become part of Kampala.[3]
- 1969
- Catholic pope visits city.[3]
- Population: 330,700.[11]
- 1970 - Crested Towers built.
- 1971 - 25 January: Coup.
- 1975
- July: Organisation of African Unity summit meeting held.[3]
- Kibuli Hospital founded.
- 1978 - October: Uganda–Tanzania War begins.
- 1979 - 11 April: Fall of Kampala.[12]
- 1980
- Uganda House built.
- Population: 458,503.[11]
- 1986
- City taken by National Resistance Army rebels.[7]
- Watoto Church founded.[13]
- 1991 - Population: 774,241.[11]
- 1994
- 1996
- Nasser Sebaggala becomes mayor.
- International Hospital Kampala founded.
- 1997 - Namboole Stadium opens.
- 1998 - Bugala study center established.
- 1999
- John Ssebaana Kizito becomes mayor.
- Communications House built.
21st century
- 2001
- City limits expanded.
- Red Pepper newspaper begins publication.[15]
- Workers' House and Amamu House built.
- 2002
- 2004 - The Observer newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 2005
- East African Business Week begins publication.[15]
- Uganda Buddhist Centre founded.
- October: Funeral of Milton Obote.
- 2006
- Nasser Sebaggala becomes mayor again.
- Kampala Mosque and skateboarding half-pipe built.[17]
- Kampala Serena Hotel in business.
- 2007
- April: Racial unrest.[7]
- November: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007.[18]
- The Independent news magazine begins publication.[15]
- Uganda Community Libraries Association headquartered in Kampala.[19]
- Imperial Royale Hotel in business.
- Tabu Flo dance troupe formed.[20]
- 2008 - Memonet (media network) formed.[15]
- 2009 - September: Conflict between Buganda partisans and police.[21][22]
- 2010
- March: Student unrest.[23]
- 11 July: Bombing.[7]
- Rolling Stone newspaper begins publication.
- 2011
- April: Economic protest.[24]
- Erias Lukwago becomes mayor.
- Population: 1,659,000.[25]
- 2012 - Mapeera House (Centenary Bank) built.
- 2013
- Google office in business.[26]
- Writivism Literary Festival begins.[27]
- Air pollution in Kampala reaches annual mean of 104 PM2.5 and 170 PM10, much higher than recommended.[28]
- 2014
- DFCU Group & DFCU Bank move into their new headquarters at DFCU House.[29]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Red Book 1922-23: Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate. Nairobi: East African Standard Ltd. 1922.
- ↑ "Uganda", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 David Kiyaga-Mulindwa (2004). "Kampala". In Kevin Shillington. Encyclopedia of African History. Routledge. pp. 731–2. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2.
- ↑ "Railway Age Gazette". New York. 1915.
- ↑ "Uganda", Encyclopaedia Britannica (12th ed.), London: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1922
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Uganda". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Uganda Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ C.J. Endra (2002), "Public and School Libraries in Uganda", Proceedings of the PanAfrican PanArab Conference on Public and School Libraries, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, ISBN 9070916851
- ↑ "Uganda National Cultural Centre". Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ Don Rubin, ed. (1997), World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, London: Routledge
- 1 2 3 4 "Uganda". www.citypopulation.de. Oldenburg, Germany: Thomas Brinkhoff. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ "Uganda". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 0203409957.
- ↑ "Watotochurch.com". Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ "Uganda: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Karen Fung (ed.). "Uganda: News". Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources. USA: Stanford University. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ Ari Nave (2010). "Kampala". In Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates. Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
- ↑ Bosman, Julie (15 July 2012). "Big Air In Kampala". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ Andreas Mehler; et al., eds. (2008). "Uganda". Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2007. 4. Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 90-04-16805-2.
- ↑ "Uganda Community Libraries Association". Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Economist". 24 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ "Kampala hit by renewed violence". BBC News. 11 September 2009.
- ↑ "Nine Dead in Kampala Riots". Global Voices. 11 September 2009.
- ↑ "Uganda: Students riot, Kampala burns". Global Voices. 17 March 2010.
- ↑ "Protests in Uganda Over Rising Prices Grow Violent", New York Times, 21 April 2011
- ↑ "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.
- ↑ "Company: Locations". Google Inc. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013.
- ↑ "We need to create awareness about African literature produced here", The EastAfrican, 4 July 2014
- ↑ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva
- ↑ Ladu, Ismail Musa (27 June 2014). "Dfcu Shareholders Get Dividends Despite Difficult Business Times". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 20 June 2015.
Further reading
- David Parkin (1969). Neighbours and Nationals in an African City Ward. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-53248-1. (about Kampala)
- Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Kampala". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. ISBN 1884964036.
- Kampala City Development Strategy, UN-HABITAT, 2003
- Creole and Tribal Designs: Dar Es Salaam and Kampala as Ethnic Cities in Coalescing Nation States, London: Crisis States Research Centre, 2008 – via International Relations and Security Network
- T. Goodfellow (2010). “’The bastard child of nobody’? Anti-planning and the institutional crisis in Kampala”, Crisis Research Centre.
- S. Lwasa (2010). “Adapting urban areas in Africa to climate change: the case of Kampala”, Current Opinion in Environment and Sustainability, Vol. 2.
- T. Goodfellow and K. Titeca. (2012). ‘Presidential intervention and the changing ‘politics of survival’ in Kampala’s informal economy’, Cities, Vol. 29 (4).
- Philip Briggs (2013). "Kampala". Uganda. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 133+. ISBN 978-1-84162-467-9.
- Tom Goodfellow. ‘Urban planning in Africa and the politics of implementation: contrasting patterns of state intervention in Kampala and Kigali’, in: Arlt, V. and Macamo, E. and Obrist, B., (eds.) Living the City. Zurich: Lit Verlag, 2013.
- E.N. Sabiiti; C.B. Katongole (2014). "Urban Agriculture: a Response to the Food Supply Crisis in Kampala City, Uganda". In Basant Maheshwari. Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN 978-94-017-8878-6.
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