page_title: Timeline of Lagos
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Lagos / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: Detail showing Lagos, Nigeria. From: "Map to Illustrate the Question of the Niger" (1:4,435,200). Detail of: Maps to Illustrate the Niger and Upper Nile Questions Author: W. &amp; A. K. Johnston Publisher: Johnston, W. &amp; A. K. Date: 1898 Location: Africa, Africa, North, Africa, West, Darfur (Sudan), Niger River, Nigeria, Nile River, Sudan Dimension: 51.0 x 44.0 cm. Call Number: G8201.P53 1898 .J65
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria.
context_section_description: 1829 - Oba Idewu Ojulari in power.
  1837 - Oba Oluwole in power.
  1841 - Akitoye becomes Oba.
  1845 - Oba Kosoko in power.
  1851 - British bombardment of Lagos.
  1852 - British consulate established.
  1853 - King Dosunmu in power.
  1859- The CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society
  1860 - Catholic church established.
  1861 - Lagos annexed by the British.
  1862 - Lagos becomes a British colony.
  1866 - Population: 25,083.
  1878 - Methodist Boys' High School founded.
  1881 - Population: 37,452.
  1885 - Oba Oyekan I in power.
  1886 - Telephone cables connect Lagos to London.
  1888 - Lagos Chamber of Commerce established.
  1889 - Court House built.
  1894
  Lagos Echo and Lagos Standard newspapers begin publication.
  Bank of British West Africa established.
  1898 - Electric street lighting commences operation.
  1899
  Anglo-African Bank established.
  Briton William MacGregor becomes governor of Lagos Colony.
  1900 - Ibadan-Lagos railway begins operating.
caption: Detail of 1898 map showing Lagos, Nigeria
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