Timeline of Cape Town

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The following is a timeline of the history of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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Prior to 19th century

A 1757 naval action off of the Cape of Good Hope between 3 British and 2 unidentified vessels. Samuel Scott - Action off the Cape of Good Hope - Google Art Project (2326447).jpg
A 1757 naval action off of the Cape of Good Hope between 3 British and 2 unidentified vessels.

19th century

A diorama of Cape Town was it would have appeared in 1800. Cape Town in 1800.jpg
A diorama of Cape Town was it would have appeared in 1800.
Panoramic view of Cape Town from the roof of the Lutheran Church, Strand Street in 1849. Walter Stanhope Sherwill-Panoramic view of Cape Town from the roof of the Lutheran Church, Strand Street-0639 cropped.jpg
Panoramic view of Cape Town from the roof of the Lutheran Church, Strand Street in 1849.
Crowds gather to hear speeches on the Convict Crisis during the 1849 anti-convict demonstrations. Cape Town - Speeches on the Convict Crisis by T Bowler1849 Cape Archives.jpg
Crowds gather to hear speeches on the Convict Crisis during the 1849 anti-convict demonstrations.

20th century

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1658360—    
17313,157+3.02%
183620,000+1.77%
187545,000+2.10%
189167,000+2.52%
1901171,000+9.82%
1950618,000+2.66%
1955705,000+2.67%
1960803,000+2.64%
1965945,000+3.31%
19701,114,000+3.35%
19751,339,000+3.75%
19801,609,000+3.74%
19851,933,000+3.74%
19902,296,000+3.50%
19962,565,018+1.86%
20012,892,243+2.43%
20073,497,097+3.22%
20113,740,025+1.69%
20143,750,000+0.09%
Note: Census figures (1996–2011) cover figures after 1994 reflect the greater Cape Town metropolitan municipality reflecting post-1994 reforms. Sources: 1658–1904, [35] 1950-1990, [36]

1996, [37] 2001, and 2011 Census; [38]

2007, [39] 2014 Census estimates.[ citation needed ]

1900s–1940s

1950s–1980s

1990s

21st century

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Bibliography

Published in 19th century

  • Robert Semple (1805), "Cape Town", Walks and sketches at the Cape of Good Hope to which is subjoined a journey from Cape Town to Blettenberg's Bay (2nd ed.), London: Printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin
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Published in 20th century

  • A. Samler Brown; G. Gordon Brown, eds. (1906), "Cape Town and Suburbs", Guide to South Africa (14th ed.), London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.
  • "Cape Town"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 252–253.
  • "Cape Town", Official South African Municipal Year Book, Cape Town: Francis G. Pay, 1914, hdl:2027/mdp.39015073264619
  • Dorothea Fairbridge (1922), "Old Cape Town", Historic houses of South Africa, London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, OCLC   2777566
  • "Cape Town"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 30 (12th ed.). 1922. pp. 564–565.
  • John Western (1981). Outcast Cape Town. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-20737-0.
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  • Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Cape Town". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. pp. 165–170. ISBN   1884964036.
  • Kirsten McKenzie (1998). "Franklins of the Cape: the South African Commercial Advertiser and the Creation of a Colonial Public Sphere, 1824–1854". Kronos (25).
  • Grant Saff (1998). Changing Cape Town: Urban Dynamics, Policy, and Planning During the Political Transition in South Africa. University Press of America. ISBN   978-0-7618-1199-2.
  • Nigel Worden; Elizabeth Van Heyningen; Vivian Bickford-Smith (1998), Cape Town: the Making of a City, Claremont, South Africa: D. Philip, ISBN   0864864353
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Published in 21st century

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