# Timeline of Harare

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Harare, Zimbabwe.

## Prior to 20th century

Part of a series on the :
History of Zimbabwe :
| Leopard's Kopje | c. 650 – c. 1075 |
| Mapungubwe Kingdom | c. 1220 – c. 1300 |
| Zimbabwe Kingdom | c. 1300 – c. 1450 |
| Mutapa Kingdom | c. 1430–1760 |
| Butua Kingdom | c. 1450–1683 |
| Rozvi Empire | c. 1660–1866 |
| Mthwakazi | 1840–1893 |
| Rudd Concession | 1888 |
| BSA Company rule | 1890–1923 |
| First Matabele War | 1893–1894 |
| Second Matabele War | 1896–1897 |
| World War I involvement | 1914–1918 |
| Colony of Southern Rhodesia | 1923–1965 |
| World War II involvement | 1939–1945 |
| Malayan Emergency involvement | 1948–1960 |
| Federation with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 1953–1963 |
| Rhodesian Bush War | 1964–1979 |
| Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) | 1965 |
| Rhodesia | 1965–1979 |
| Zimbabwe-Rhodesia | June–December 1979 |
| Lancaster House Agreement | December 1979 |
| British Dependency | 1979–1980 |
| Zimbabwe | 1980–present |
| Gukurahundi | 1982–1987 |
| Second Congo War | 1998–2003 |
| Coup d'état | 2017 |
vte :
* 1890 – Fort Salisbury founded in Mashonaland by British South Africa Company.
* 1891 – Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times newspaper begins publication.
* 1896 – Salisbury Polo Club formed.
* 1897
** Harare Township built.
** Salisbury attains municipal status.
* 1899 – Beira-Salisbury railway begins operating.

## 20th century

* 1902
** Botswana-Salisbury railway begins operating.
** Queen Victoria Memorial Library founded.
* 1915 – Meikles Hotel in business.
* 1923 – Town becomes capital of Southern Rhodesia, a self-governing British colony.
* 1927 – Salisbury Technical School established.
* 1933 – Town House built.
* 1936 – Library of the National Archives founded.
* 1939 – Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.
* 1945 – Railway strike.
* 1946
** Reformed Industrial and Commercial Workers Union established.
** Population: 54,090.
* 1948
** General strike.
** Zimbabwe College of Music established.
* 1950 – Gwebe College of Agriculture established.
* 1951
** Stock exchange established.
** Population: 90,024.
* 1953
** City becomes capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
** Helping Hand Club (women's group) formed.
* 1955 – University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Salisbury City Youth League established.
* 1956
** Salisbury Airport commissioned.
** Bus boycott.
* 1957 – Rhodes National Gallery opens.
* 1959 – Pearl Assurance House built.
* 1960 – Central Film Laboratories in business.
* 1962
** First International Congress of African Culture held in city.
** Queen Victoria Memorial Library rebuilt.
* 1964 – Greenwood Park established.
* 1969 – The Financial Gazette begins publication.
* 1970 – Chapungu Sculpture Park founded.
* 1972
** Zimbabwe National Library and Documentation Service headquartered in city.
** Construction of New Mabvuku begins.
* 1973 - Population: 502,000 urban agglomeration.
* 1975 – Mabvuku High School opens in Mabvuku.
* 1977 – 6 August: Bombing.
* 1978 – Oil storage tanks set on fire by the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army.

### 1980s–1990s

* 1980 18 April: City becomes part of independent Republic of Zimbabwe.
* 1981
** December: Bombing of ZANU-PF headquarters.
** National Heroes' Acre monument built near city.
* 1982 18 April: City renamed "Harare."
* 1984 – Harare Publishing House established.
* 1985 – Karigamombe Centre built.
* 1986 – September: City hosts Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.
* 1990
** Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, US.
** ZANU–PF Building is completed
* 1991 – October: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991; Harare Declaration issued.
* 1992 - Population: 1,189,103.
* 1995 – September: City hosts 1995 All-Africa Games.
* 1996
** Rainbow City Cinema in business.
** Eastgate built.
** Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe headquartered in city.
* 1997 – New Reserve Bank tower built.
* 1998
** Weaver Press publishing house established
** Economic protest.
** Zimbabwe International Film Festival begins.
** December: City hosts meeting of World Council of Churches.
* 1999
** Daily News begins publication.
** Zimbabwe Catholic University established.
** Harare International Festival of the Arts begins.
** Media Monitoring Project headquartered in city.
* 2000 – Millennium Towers built.

## 21st century
### 2000s

* 2001 – Harare Tribune newspaper begins publication.
* 2002 – Elias Mudzuri becomes mayor.
* 2003
** Water shortage.
** Sekesai Makwavarara becomes acting mayor.
* 2004 – Harare International Airport terminal built (approximate date).
* 2005 – Operation Murambatsvina.
* 2008
** Emmanuel Chiroto elected mayor, succeeded by Muchadeyi Masunda.
** Harare Residents Trust organised.
** Cholera outbreak.
* 2009
** First Floor Gallery Harare in business.
** Population: 1,513,173.

### 2010s

* 2010
** NewsDay begins publication.
** Zimbabwe Fashion Week begins.
** Joina City tower built.
* 2012 - Population: 1,485,231.
* 2013 - Bernard Gabriel Manyenyeni becomes mayor.
* 2017 - The military of Zimbabwe seize power and place the president under house arrest.