Timeline of Bulawayo

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

19th century

  • 1830s - Ndebele Mzilikazi Khumalo locates seat of Mthwakazi nation in Bulawayo, in Matabeleland (approximate date).[1]
  • 1893 - Ndebele capital "GuBulawayo" besieged, demolished by British South Africa Company forces during the First Matabele War.[2]
  • 1894
    • Bulawayo town established near former settlement by British South Africa Company.[2]
    • Telegraph begins operating.[2]
    • Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • 1897
    • Bulawayo becomes a municipality.[1]
    • I.G. Hirschler becomes mayor.
    • Railway to South Africa begins operating.[1]
  • 1899 - Railway to Salisbury and Mozambique begins operating.[1]

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. Mlambo 2003.
  2. Parpart 2005.
  3. "Timelines". Sahistory.org.za. Cape Town, South Africa: South African History Online. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Zimbabwe". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. "Zimbabwe: Bulawayo". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279. Southern Rhodesia
  7. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1986). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1984 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 257–285.
  8. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
  9. "Zimbabwe's south becomes a zone of fear", The Guardian, UK, 23 June 2000
  10. "An ill wind from the south-west", The Economist, UK, 28 September 2000
  11. "Political Violence Strikes Zimbabwe's Second Largest City", New York Times, 17 November 2001
  12. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
  13. "Nkomo statue mounted", Herald.co.zw, 18 December 2013
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