Timeline of Kampala

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Prior to 20th century

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• 1881 - Kasubi Tombs built.
• 1885 - Mengo Palace built.
• 1890
  • East Africa Protectorate established.^[1]
  • Anglican church built on Namirembe Hill.
• 1897 - Mengo Hospital founded.

20th century

• 1901 - Kampala Sports Club formed.^[1]
• 1903 - Nsambya Hospital founded.
• 1904 - St. Paul's church built in Mengo.^[2]
• 1905 - Government station relocated to Nakasero Hill.^[1]
• 1906
  • Kampala designated a township; its area includes Mengo, Nakasero, Namirembe, Nsambya, and Lubaga hills.^[1]
  • Population: 30,000.^[3]
• 1908 - Uganda Museum founded.
• 1910 - Goan Institute established.^[1]
• 1911 - Kamapala Club founded.^[1]
• 1913 - Indian Association formed.^[1]
• 1915 - Port Bell-Kampala railway begins operating.^[4]
• 1917 - Kampala Public Library established.^[1]
• 1921 - Central Council of Indian Associations of Uganda headquartered in Kampala.^[1]
• 1922
  • Technical school established.
  • Population: 40,000 (approximate).^[2]
• 1925 - Speke Hotel in business.
• 1929 - Entebbe airfield begins operating.
• 1931 - Uganda Railway begins operating.
• 1948 - Catholic Vicariate of Kampala established.^[5]
• 1949
  • Kampala gains "municipal status".^[3]
  • Population: 58,000.^[3]
• 1950 - 28 July: Knifing at hospital.
• 1955 - Butabika Hospital opens.
• 1957 - Lugogo Cricket Oval in use.
• 1958 - Bulange constructed.
• 1959 - Serwano Kulubya becomes mayor.^[3]
• 1962 - Kampala becomes capital of Uganda.^[3]
• 1963 - City becomes part of republic of Uganda.^[6]
• 1964
  • Uganda Public Libraries Board headquartered in city.^[7]
  • Nommo Gallery established.^[8]
• 1965 - Apollo Hotel in business.
• 1966 - Battle of Mengo Hill.
• 1967
  • East African Development Bank headquartered in Kampala.
  • Ugandan National Theatre established.^[9]
• 1968 - Kawempe, Kyambogo, Luzira, Makindye, Mmengo, Nakawa, Nakulabye, Natete, and Ntinda villages become part of Kampala.^[3]
• 1969
  • Catholic pope visits city.^[3]
  • Population: 330,700.^[10]
• 1970 - Crested Towers built.
• 1971 - 25 January: Coup.
• 1975
  • July: Organisation of African Unity summit meeting held.^[3]
  • Kibuli Hospital founded.
• 1978 - October: Uganda–Tanzania War begins.
• 1979 - 11 April: Fall of Kampala.^[11]
• 1980
  • Uganda House built.
  • Population: 458,503.^[10]
• 1986
  • City taken by National Resistance Army rebels.^[6]
  • Watoto Church founded.^[12]
• 1991 - Population: 774,241.^[10]
• 1994
  • Monitor newspaper begins publication.
  • 26 June: Shooting at wedding.
  • Sanyu TV begins broadcasting.^[13]
• 1996
  • Nasser Sebaggala becomes mayor.
  • International Hospital Kampala founded.
• 1997 - Namboole Stadium opens.
• 1998 - Bugala study center established.
• 1999
  • John Ssebaana Kizito becomes mayor.
  • Communications House built.

21st century

• 2001
  • City limits expanded.
  • Red Pepper newspaper begins publication.^[14]
  • Workers' House and Amamu House built.
• 2002
  • Baganda political demonstration.^[15]
  • Population: 1,189,142.^[10]
• 2004 - The Observer newspaper begins publication.^[14]
• 2005
  • East African Business Week begins publication.^[14]
  • Uganda Buddhist Centre founded.
  • October: Funeral of Milton Obote.
• 2006
  • Nasser Sebaggala becomes mayor again.
  • Kampala Mosque and skateboarding half-pipe built.^[16]
  • Kampala Serena Hotel in business.
• 2007
  • April: Racial unrest.^[6]
  • November: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007.^[17]
  • The Independent news magazine begins publication.^[14]
  • Uganda Community Libraries Association headquartered in Kampala.^[18]
  • Imperial Royale Hotel in business.
  • Tabu Flo dance troupe formed.^[19]
• 2008 - Memonet (media network) formed.^[14]
• 2009 - September: Conflict between Buganda partisans and police.^[20][21]
• 2010
  • March: Student unrest.^[22]
  • 11 July: Bombing.^[6]
  • Rolling Stone newspaper begins publication.
• 2011
  • April: Economic protest.^[23]
  • Erias Lukwago becomes mayor.
  • Population: 1,659,000.^[24]
• 2012 - Mapeera House (Centenary Bank) built.
• 2013
  • Google office in business.^[25]
  • Writivism Literary Festival begins.^[26]
• 2014
  • DFCU Group & DFCU Bank move into their new headquarters at DFCU House.^[27]

See also

• Kampala Capital City Authority
• History of Uganda

References

Further reading

• David Parkin (1969). Neighbours and Nationals in an African City Ward. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-53248-1.  (about Kampala)
• Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Kampala". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. ISBN 1884964036. 
• Kampala City Development Strategy, UN-HABITAT, 2003 
• Creole and Tribal Designs: Dar Es Salaam and Kampala as Ethnic Cities in Coalescing Nation States, London: Crisis States Research Centre, 2008 – via International Relations and Security Network 
• T. Goodfellow (2010). “’The bastard child of nobody’? Anti-planning and the institutional crisis in Kampala”, Crisis Research Centre.
• S. Lwasa (2010). “Adapting urban areas in Africa to climate change: the case of Kampala”, Current Opinion in Environment and Sustainability, Vol. 2.
• T. Goodfellow and K. Titeca. (2012). ‘Presidential intervention and the changing ‘politics of survival’ in Kampala’s informal economy’, Cities, Vol. 29 (4).
• Philip Briggs (2013). "Kampala". Uganda. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 133+. ISBN 978-1-84162-467-9. 
• Tom Goodfellow. ‘Urban planning in Africa and the politics of implementation: contrasting patterns of state intervention in Kampala and Kigali’, in: Arlt, V. and Macamo, E. and Obrist, B., (eds.) Living the City. Zurich: Lit Verlag, 2013.
• E.N. Sabiiti; C.B. Katongole (2014). "Urban Agriculture: a Response to the Food Supply Crisis in Kampala City, Uganda". In Basant Maheshwari. Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN 978-94-017-8878-6. 

External links

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• "(Articles related to Kampala)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. 

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