Timeline of Mombasa
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mombasa, Coast Province, Kenya.
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- 1331 - Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan traveler, visits Mombasa.[1]
- 1498 - 8 April: Vasco da Gama anchors in port.[2]
- 1505 - Town sacked by Portuguese forces of Francisco de Almeida.[2]
- 1507 - Mandhry Mosque built.[3]
- 1528 - Town sacked by Portuguese forces of Nuno da Cunha.[2]
- 1529 - Portuguese in power.[4]
- 1588 - Town captured by Amir Ali Bey.[2]
- 1593 - Town under rule of Malindi.[5]
- 1594 - Fort Jesus built by Portuguese.[6]
- 1597 - Augustinian mission initiated.[7]
- 1631 - Portuguese "expelled."[8][9]
- 1632 - Town besieged by Portuguese forces.[7]
- 1661 - Town sacked by Omani forces.[10]
- 1696 - Siege of Fort Jesus by Omani forces.[10]
- 1698 - Sultanate of Oman in power.[7]
- 1734 - Mazrui in power.[7]
19th century
- 1837 - Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman in power.[7]
- 1887 - Mombasa "leased to the British East Africa Company;"[7] town becomes capital of British East Africa Protectorate.[4]
- 1895 - Government Press established.[11]
- 1896
- Kilindini Harbour inaugurated.
- National Bank of India branch[12][13] and Mombasa Club established.[14]
- 1897 - Population on island: 15,000-20,000 (estimate).[6]
- 1899 - Post office built.[15]
20th century
- 1901
- Uganda Railway (Kisumu-Mombasa) begins operating.[16]
- African Standard newspaper begins publication.[16]
- Jevanjee mosque built.[15]
- 1902 - Court of Kenya established.[17]
- 1903 - Seif Bin Salim public library founded.[18]
- 1904 - Africa Hotel in business.[15]
- 1905
- 1907 - Slavery abolished.[20]
- 1920 - Town becomes part of British Protectorate of Kenya.
- 1927 - Kenya Daily Mail newspaper begins publication.[21]
- 1931 - Nyali Bridge built.
- 1944 - Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa established.
- 1951 - Mombasa Institute of Muslim Education opens.[22]
- 1955 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mombasa and Zanzibar established.
- 1958 - Oceanic Hotel built.[3]
- 1960 - Population: 57,324.[4]
- 1963
- Msanifu Kombo becomes mayor.[23]
- Town becomes part of Republic of Kenya.
- 1973 - 27 April: MV Globe Star ship runs aground near Mombasa.
- 1979 - Moi International Airport expanded.
- 1980 - New Nyali Bridge built.
- 1981
- Mombasa Records Centre of the Kenya National Archives established.[18]
- Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.[24]
- 1984 - New Burhani Mosque built.[3]
- 1985 - Mombasa Marathon begins.
- 1986 - Marine Park established.
- 1990 - Population: 476,000 (urban agglomeration).[25]
- 1998 - Najib Balala becomes mayor.
- 1999
- Mombasa Republican Council formed.
- Coast Gymkhana Club Ground in use.
21st century
- 2000 - Population: 687,000 (urban agglomeration).[25]
- 2002 - 28 November: 2002 Mombasa attacks.
- 2003 - Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa established in Kilindini.[3]
- 2005 - Population: 830,000 (urban agglomeration).[25]
- 2007 - Mombasa Polytechnic University College established.[22]
- 2009
- 2012
- 15 May: Grenade attack in Bella Vista nightclub.
- 27 August: Cleric Aboud Rogo killed; unrest ensues.[28][29]
- 2013
- October: Cleric Sheikh Ibrahim killed; unrest ensues.[28]
- Mombasa polytechnic university college was promoted to a fully developed university now known as Technical University Of Mombasa.
See also
- other cities in Kenya
References
- ↑ Ibn Battuta, "The Journeys of Ibn Battuta
- 1 2 3 4 Sue Montgomery (1996), "Mombasa", in Trudy Ring, Middle East and Africa, International Dictionary of Historic Places, Routledge, pp. 512–516, ISBN 9781884964039
- 1 2 3 4 ArchNet.org. "Mombasa". Massachusetts, USA: MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011.
- 1 2 3 Webster's Geographical Dictionary, USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, OL 5812502M
- ↑ Marc J. Swartz (1979). "Religious Courts, Community, and Ethnicity among the Swahili of Mombasa: An Historical Study of Social Boundaries". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute 49. JSTOR 1159503.
- 1 2 Algernon F.R. de Horsey (1897), "(Mombasa)", Africa Pilot (6th ed.), London: Great Britain. Admiralty
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Mombasa". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 9004153888.
- ↑ Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Mombaca", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- ↑ G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, ed. (1980), The Mombasa rising against the Portuguese, 1631, London: Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, ISBN 0197259928
- 1 2 Mano Sassoon (1982). "Sinking of the Santo Antonio de Tanna in Mombasa Harbour". Paideuma 28: 101–108. JSTOR 41409877.
- ↑ "Government Press". Nairobi: Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ Andrew K. Mullei and Joshua M. Ng'elu (1990). "Evolution, Structure and Performance of Kenya's Financial System". Savings and Development 14. JSTOR 25830234.
- ↑ Robert M. Maxon (1992). "Colonial Financial System". In William Robert Ochieng and Robert M. Maxon. Economic History of Kenya. East African Publishers. p. 249+. ISBN 996646963X.
- ↑ P.J.L. Frankl (2001). "The Early Years of the Mombasa Club: A Home Away from Home for European-Christians". History in Africa 28.
- 1 2 3 Brian Hoyle (2001). "Urban renewal in East African port cities: Mombasa's Old Town waterfront". GeoJournal 53. JSTOR 41147599.
- 1 2 R.T. Ogonda (1992). "Transport and Communications in the Colonial Economy". In William Robert Ochieng and Robert M. Maxon. Economic History of Kenya. East African Publishers. p. 129+. ISBN 996646963X.
- 1 2 Savita Nair (2008), "Shops and Stations: Rethinking Power and Privilege in British/Indian East Africa", in John C. Hawley, India in Africa, Africa in India, Indiana University Press, ISBN 9780253351210
- 1 2 Irene Muthoni Kibandi; et al. (2010), "Kenya: Libraries, Museums and Archives", in Marcia J. Bates, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
- ↑ P.J.L. Frankl (2008). "Mombasa Cathedral and the CMS Compound: The Years of the East Africa Protectorate". History in Africa 35. JSTOR 25483723.
- ↑ Margaret Strobel (1975). "Women's Wedding Celebrations in Mombasa, Kenya". African Studies Review 18. JSTOR 523720.
- ↑ "Mombasa (Kenya) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- 1 2 "History". Technical University of Mombasa. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ Richard Stren (1970). "Factional Politics and Central Control in Mombasa, 1960-1969". Canadian Journal of African Studies 4. JSTOR 483741.
- ↑ "Seattle's 21 Sister Cities". USA: City of Seattle. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 "The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2010.
- ↑ "Mayor faces tough battle in poll". Daily Nation. 12 June 2011.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- 1 2 "Kenya Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved September 2014.
- ↑ "Kenya: Murder of Muslim Cleric in Mombasa Sparks Riots". Global Voices. 6 September 2012.
Further reading
- Published in the 20th century
- "Mombassa". Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon (in German). 1906.
- "Mombasa", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Frederick Treves (1910), "Mombasa", Uganda for a holiday, London: Smith, Elder & Co., OCLC 33285047
- "Mombasa". The Red Book 1922-23: Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate. Nairobi: East Africa Standard Ltd. 1922.
- John Milner Gray (1957), The British in Mombasa, 1824-1826, London: Macmillan, OCLC 2629449
- C.R. Boxer (1960), Fort Jesus and the Portuguese in Mombasa, 1593-1729, London: Hollis & Carter, OCLC 939150
- Irene S. van Dongen (1963). "Mombasa in the Land and Sea Exchanges of East Africa". Erdkunde 17. doi:10.3112/erdkunde.1963.01.02.
- F.J. Berg (1968). "The Swahili Community of Mombasa, 1500-1900". Journal of African History 9.
- Harm J. De Blij (1968), Mombasa: an African city, Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press
- Hyder Kindy (1972). Life and Politics in Mombasa.
- G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, ed. (1975), "History of Mombasa", The East African Coast: Select Documents (2nd ed.), London: Collings, ISBN 0901720852
- John H. A. Jewell (1976), Mombasa, the friendly town, Nairobi: East African Pub. House
- Kurula Varkey and Klaus Roesch, ed. (1981). Report on Pilot Study for Conservation and Revitalization of Old Town Mombasa. Nairobi.
- James Kirkman (1983). "The Muzungulos of Mombasa". International Journal of African Historical Studies 16.
- J. Maitland-Jones; et al. (1985). Old Town Mombasa: A Historical Guide. Mombasa: Friends of Fort Jesus.
- Published in the 21st century
- Demand for housing in urban Kenya: The case of households in Nairobi and Mombasa counties, 2013 – via Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
- Isolde Brielmaier (2013). "Mombasa on Display: Photography and the Formation of an Urban Public, from the 1940s Onward". In John Peffer and Elisabeth L. Cameron. Portraiture and Photography in Africa. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-00872-7.
External links
Media related to Mombasa at Wikimedia Commons
- "(Articles related to Mombasa)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Mombasa, various dates
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