# Timeline of Dar es Salaam

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

## Prior to 20th century

* 1862 – Town founded by Majid bin Said of Zanzibar near Mzizima village.
* 1872 – Hurricane.
* 1887
** Town "taken by Carl Peters for German East Africa Company."
** Lutheran Mission built.
** Catholic diocese of Southern Zanguebar established.
* 1891 – Capital of German East Africa relocated to Dar es Salaam from Bagamoyo.
* 1893 – Dar es Salaam Botanical Gardens established.
* 1894 – Lighthouse built.
* 1897 – Ocean Road Hospital built.
* 1899 – Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1900 – "Port facilities" built.

## 20th century
### 1900s-1950s

* 1901 - Lutheran Church built.
* 1903 - New Boma (district office) built.
* 1905
** Baugesellschaft Daressalam (construction firm) in business.
** St. Joseph's Cathedral consecrated.
* 1906 – Kaiserhof (hotel) in business.
* 1907 – Morogoro-Dar es Salaam railway built.
* 1911 – Post office built.
* 1914 – Kigoma-Dar es Salaam railway begins operating.
* 1916 – 3 September: Town captured by British forces.
* 1919 - Town becomes capital of British Tanganyika Territory.
* 1922 – State House built.
* 1926 – Legislative Council of Tanzania headquartered in Dar es Salaam.
* 1929 – Tanganyika African Association active.
* 1930 - Daily News begins publication.
* 1931 – Sudanese Association formed.
* 1933 - Yacht Club opens.
* 1936 - New Wanyamwezi Association founded.
* 1938 – Wazaramo Union founded.
* 1940 - George V Memorial Museum opens.
* 1945 - Township ward council instituted.
* 1948 - Population: 69,227.
* 1953 – Metropolitan Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam established.
* 1954 – Tanganyika African National Union headquartered in Dar es Salaam.

### 1960s–1990s

* 1960 – Population: 74,036.
* 1961
** City becomes capital of Tanganyika.
** University College and Alliance Française de Dar es Salaam established.
* 1963 – Tanzania Library Services headquartered in city.
* 1964
** City becomes capital of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
** Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam established.
* 1965
** Radio Tanzania Dar es Salaam active.
** Bank of Tanzania headquarters and Kilimanjaro Hotel built.
** Public library opens.
* 1966
** Oil refinery begins operating.
** TANU Youth League Centre opens.
* 1967 - Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School built.
* 1968 – Tazama oil pipeline begins operating.
* 1970 – University of Dar es Salaam established.
* 1975
** TAZARA Railway begins operating.
** Population: 517,000.
* 1977 – October: Chama Cha Mapinduzi (political party) convenes in city.
* 1978 – Mlimani Park Orchestra formed.
* 1979 – Airport expanded.
* 1985 – Population: 1,046,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 1990 – Population: 1,316,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 1991 – Mkuki na Nyota publisher in business.
* 1992 – "Sustainable Dar es Salaam Program" introduced.
* 1993
** Mawingu Studio established.
** Aga Khan Primary School opens.
* 1995
** International Medical and Technological University established.
** Doctor's strike.
** Population: 1,668,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 1996 – National Assembly of Tanzania relocated from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
* 1997
** Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology established.
** New Africa Hotel built.
* 1998 – 7 August: United States embassy bombing.
* 2000
** Fish market built.
** Population: 2,116,000 (urban agglomeration).

## 21st century

* 2001
** April: Political demonstration.
** African Stars Entertainment in business.
* 2002 – National Records and Archives Management Department headquartered in city.
* 2005 – Population: 2,683,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 2006 – Adam Kimbisa becomes mayor.
* 2010
** Didas Massaburi becomes mayor.
** May: World Economic Forum on Africa held.
** Population: 3,415,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 2011 - December: Flood.
* 2012
** October: Muslim-Christian unrest.
** Population: 4,364,541 metro.
* 2013 - 29 March: Building collapse on Indira Gandhi Street.
* 2018 – Population: 5,147,070 (estimate).
* 2021 – Shooting.