# Timeline of Ouagadougou

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

## Pre-19th century

* 11-12th centuries - founding of Wagadugu by Soninke Wangara merchants.
* 14th century - conquest of Wagadugu by the Mossi people. According to legend, they were led by Oubri, a grandson of Ouedraogo.
* 15th century - founding of the Wagadugu Kingdom
* c. 1495 - Wagadugu assumes an important position among the Mossi States.

## 19th century

* early 19th century - Moro-Naba Doulougou converts to Islam, builds the first mosque in Ouagadougou.
* 24 September 1886 - Gottlob Adolf Krause becomes the first known European to visit Ouagadougou.
* 5 September 1896 - Ouagadougou taken by French forces; city burned.

## 20th century

Part of a series on the :
History of Burkina Faso :
| Bura Bura-Asinda | Prehistoric c. 3rd–13th century |
| Mossi Kingdoms | c. 11th century – 1896 |
| Kong Empire | c. 1710 – 1898 |
| French Upper Volta | 1919–1932 1947–1958 |
| Republic | 1958–1984 |
Burkina Faso (1984–present) :
| Agacher Strip War | 1985 |
| Assassination of Sankara | 1987 |
| Compaoré rule | 1987–2014 |
| Burkinabè revolution | 2014 |
| Transitional period | 2014–2015 |
| Jihadist insurgency | 2015–present |
| Burkinabé coup d'état | 2015 |
| 2015 elections and aftermath | 2015–2022 |
| January and September coup d'état | 2022 |
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* 1904 - Population: 4,000 (estimate).
* 1919 - Ouagadougou designated capital of French colonial Upper Volta. Lt. Governor Edouard Hesling begins a large building program.
* 1920 - Population: 19,332.
* 1921 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Ouagadougou established.
* 1932 - Upper Volta becomes part of Côte d'Ivoire; capital moves from Ouagadougou.
* 1936 - Ouagadougou Cathedral built.
* December 1954 - Railway link to Abidjan opens. Population begins to grow rapidly.
* 1955
** Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway begins operating.
** Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou (football club) formed.
* 1956 - Joseph Ouédraogo becomes mayor.
* 1960 - City becomes capital of independent Burkina Faso.
* 1961
** Population: 59,126.
** Joseph Conombo becomes mayor.
* 1966 - Population: 77,500 (estimate).
* 1969 - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou begins.
* 1972 - Koupéla-Ouagadougou road built.
* 1974 - University of Ouagadougou founded.
* 1977 - Santos FC (football club) formed.
* 1982 - Boromo-Ouagadougou road built.
* 1983 - Population: 307,937 (estimate).
* 1984 - Stade du 4 Août (stadium) opens.
* 1986 - Bobo-Dioulasso-Ouagadougou road built.
* 1990 - AS SONABEL (football club) formed.
* 1991
** Le Pays newspaper begins publication.
** Population: 634,479 (estimate).
* 1995 - Simon Compaoré becomes mayor.
* 1996
** Radio Salankoloto begins broadcasting.
** Population: 709,736.
* 1998 - 28 February: 1998 African Cup of Nations Final football contest played in Ouagadougou.

## 21st century

* 2004
** November: Meeting of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie held in city.
** Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
* 2006 - Population: 1,475,223.
* 2007
** August: 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships held in city.
** United States military drone base established at airport.
* 2014 - October–November: 2014 Burkinabé uprising.
* 2016
** 15 January: 2016 Ouagadougou attacks by militant Islamists occur.
** Armand Béouindé becomes mayor.
* 2017 - 13 August: 2017 Ouagadougou attack.