# Timeline of Brazzaville

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

## 19th century

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| Kingdom of Loango | 1550–1883 |
| Kongo Civil War | 1665–1709 |
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| Atlantic slave trade | |
| French Congo | 1882–1910 |
| French Equatorial Africa | 1910–1958 |
| Fulbert Youlou | |
| Trois Glorieuses | 1963 |
| 1968 coup d'état | 1968 |
| People's Republic of the Congo | 1970–1992 |
| 1990s | |
| First Civil War | 1993–1994 |
| Second Civil War | 1997–1999 |
| 2002 constitutional referendum | 2002 |
| 2015 constitutional referendum | 2015 |
| COVID-19 crisis | 2020–present |
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* 1880 - Teke trading site at Pool Malebo "ceded...to French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza;" named Ncouna.
* 1884 - Ncouna renamed Brazzaville.
* 1886 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo founded.
* 1892 - Sacred Heart Cathedral built.
* 1893 - Palais Épiscopal built.

## 20th century

* 1901 - Palais du Peuple (Brazzaville) [fr] built.
* 1910 - Brazzaville becomes part of colonial French Equatorial Africa.
* 1911 - White residential Poto-Poto neighborhood established.
* 1912 - Town hall built.
* 1927 - Stade Marchand (stadium) opens.
* 1929 - Urban plan created.
* 1930 - Activist André Matsoua imprisoned; unrest ensues.
* 1931 - Poste Centrale (post office) built.
* 1932 - Gare ferroviaire (train station) built.
* 1934 - Congo–Ocean Railway (Pointe-Noire-Brazzaville) begins operating.
* 1940
** Brazzaville becomes capital of government-in-exile of France (Free France) during World War II.
** October: De Gaulle visits city.
* 1943
** Bacongo arrondissement created.
** Basilique Sainte-Anne-du-Congo de Brazzaville [fr] (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 - École des peintres de Poto-Poto [fr] founded.
* 1953 - Vog cinema built.
* 1955 - Palais de Justice (courthouse) built.
* 1956 - 18 November: Moyen-Congo municipal elections, 1956 held; Fulbert Youlou becomes mayor.
* 1958 - Population: 100,000 (approximate).
* 1959 - Makélékélé and Ouenzé 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.
* 1965
** Stade de la Révolution (stadium) opens.
** July: 1965 All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville.
* 1970
** Talangaï neighborhood created.
** Population: 200,000 (approximate).
* 1971 - University of Brazzaville and Lycée Français Saint-Exupéry de Brazzaville (school) founded.
* 1975 - Sister/twin city agreement signed with Dresden, 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.
** Population: 422,000 (approximate).
* 1984 - Population: 596,200.
* 1986 - Nabemba Tower built.
* 1987
** April: 1987 Central African Games held in city.
** Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
* 1989 - AS Police (football club) formed.
* 1990
** Mfilou arrondissement officially established.
** Population: 760,300 (estimate).
* 1994 - Centre culturel français [fr] built.
* 1996 - Population: 976,806 (estimate).
* 1997 - City taken by pro-Sassou Nguesso forces during the Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–99).

## 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 becomes mayor.
* 2004 - July: 2004 African Championships in Athletics held in city.
* 2005 - Feux de Brazza [fr] (music festival) begins.
* 2006 - Mausolée de Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (memorial) erected.
* 2010 - Maya-Maya Airport new terminal opens.
* 2011
** Djiri [fr] and Madibou arrondissements created.
** Institut français du Congo [fr] active.
* 2012
** 4 March: Brazzaville arms dump blasts.
** 30 November: Airplane crash occurs.
* 2015
** Kintélé Sports Complex, Palais des Sports, and Stade Municipal de Kintélé (stadium) open.
** 4–19 September: 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville.
** 27 September: Political protest.
** October: Political protest; crackdown.
** Port Authority Headquarters building constructed.
* 2016 - April: Post-election unrest.
* 2017
** August: Christian Roger Okemba becomes mayor.
** Long-planned project to build a Brazzaville-Kinshasa Bridge reactivated.