Timeline of Nairobi

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nairobi, Kenya.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1899 - Uganda Railway (Mombasa-Nairobi) begins operating; ^[1] depot built by British.

20th century

1900s-1920s

• 1900 - Incorporated as the Township of Nairobi
• 1901
  • Native Civil hospital opens.
  • The Nairobi Club established
• 1904 - Norfolk Hotel opens. ^[2]
• 1905
  • British East Africa Protectorate capital moves from Mombasa to Nairobi.
  • Nairobi Parsee Zoroastrian Anjuman Religious and Charitable Funds established. ^[3]
• 1906
  • Jamia Mosque construction started.
  • Royal Nairobi Golf Club founded.
• 1907 - British Government House built.
• 1909 - East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established. ^[3]
• 1910
  • East African Standard newspaper headquartered in Nairobi.
  • Museum of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established. ^{[4] [5]}
• 1912 - Theatre Royal opens. ^[6]
• 1913 - Muthaiga Country Club founded.
• 1914 - Shri Vankaner Vidya Prasarak Mandal established. ^[3]
• 1917
  • Anjuman Islamia established. ^[3]
  • East Africa Women's League established. ^[3]
  • Indian Christian Union formed. ^[3]
• 1918 - Punjebhai Club formed. ^[3]
• 1919 - Nairobi Political Association formed. ^[3]
• 1920
  • Social Service Volunteer Corps established. ^[3]
  • Majlis-i-Ahl-i-Kashmeer established. ^[3]

1930s-1950s

• 1930 - Coryndon Museum opens. ^[4]
• 1931 - McMillan lending library (for white settlers) opens. ^{[4] [7]}
• 1934 - Sir Ali Muslim Club (cricket) founded.
• 1935 - Nairobi becomes a municipality. ^[8]
• 1939 - St. Mary's School founded.
• 1944 - Kenya Conservatoire of Music founded. ^[9]
• 1946 - Nairobi National Park established.
• 1947 - Kenya National Archives headquartered in city. ^[10]
• 1948
  • East African Literature Bureau founded. ^[4]
  • Population: 118,976 (urban agglomeration). ^[11]
• 1949 - American Center Library established. ^[10]
• 1950 - Nairobi became a city^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1951 - Railway rerouted via Kibera
• 1952
  • City Council formed. ^[8]
  • Princess Elizabeth Hospital opens. ^[12]
• 1953 - Nairobi Dam constructed.
• 1954
  • Legislative Council (Legco) Building opened
  • Ngong Racecourse opens.
  • European Hospital opens. ^[12]
• 1955
  • Israel Somen elected mayor.
  • Government Indian School renamed Duke of Gloucester School
• 1956
  • Royal Technical College established.
  • East African Library Association headquartered in city. ^[13]
• 1958
  • Nairobi Embakasi Airport opened
  • Embassy Cinema ^[6] opened.
  • Thika Rd Drive-In (later renamed Fox Drive-In) opened
  • Kenya Cinema opened
  • New Donovan Maule Theatre opened
  • Aga Khan Hospital opened

1960s-1970s

• 1961 - Kenya Polytechnic established. ^[9]
• 1962 - Nairobi West Airport renamed Wilson Airport
• 1963
  • City becomes capital of Republic of Kenya. ^[9]
  • Kenya School of Law established.
• 1964 - Abaluhya United Football Club founded.
• 1966 - United Nations Office at Nairobi established.
• 1967
  • National Library Service of Kenya headquartered in city. ^[10]
  • Kenya Open golf tournament begins.
• 1968
  • Gor Mahia Football Club founded.
  • Swedish school founded.
• 1969
  • July: Political leader Tom Mboya assassinated.
  • Hilton Nairobi built.
• 1970
  • University of Nairobi and Nairobi Japanese School established.
  • Margaret Kenyatta becomes mayor.
  • Tusker Football Club founded.
• 1971 - Nairobi Railway Museum opens.
• 1973
  • Kenyatta International Conference Centre and National Social Security Fund building constructed.
  • City administrators develop municipal "master plan." ^[14]
  • Population: 630,000 urban agglomeration. ^[15]
• 1975
  • Uchumi Supermarkets founded.
  • City hosts World Council of Churches conference.
• 1978 - Mazingira Institute founded. ^[16]

1980s-1990s

• 1980 - Nairobi Records Centre of the Kenya National Archives established. ^[4]
• 1981
  • City hall building expanded.
  • ICEA Building and Cooperative Bank House built.
• 1983
  • Sarit Centre shopping mall opens.
  • Nyayo National Stadium and Nyayo House built.
  • Phoenix Players theatre troupe active.
• 1985
  • Kenyatta University established.
  • Third UN World Conference on Women held from 15 to 26 July 1985
• 1987
  • Moi International Sports Centre built.
  • City hosts All-Africa Games.
• 1989 - Kenya College of Accountancy founded.
• 1990
  • Kenya Television Network founded.
  • Lonrho House built.
  • Population: 1,380,000 (urban agglomeration). ^[17]
• 1992 - Anniversary Towers built.
• 1994 - Mathare United Football Club founded.
• 1995 - The Village Market shopping center opens.
• 1998 - U.S. embassy bombed.
• 1997 - Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis headquartered in city. ^[16]
• 1999
  • Rahimtulla Tower built.
  • Nairobi Java House opens.
• 2000
  • New Central Bank Tower built.
  • Population: 2,230,000 (urban agglomeration). ^[17]

21st century

View of Nairobi, 2007

Nairobi, 2011

Kibera, Nairobi, 2015

2000s

• 2001
  • I&M Bank Tower built.
  • Nairobi Women's Hospital founded.
  • Coalition for Peace in Africa headquartered in Nairobi. ^[16]
  • Unrest in Kibera. ^[18]
• 2002
  • Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology established.
  • World Urban Forum held.
• 2003
  • Nairobi Marathon begins.
  • Dorman's Coffee opens. ^[19]
  • Kwani? literary journal begins publication.
  • GoDown Arts Centre founded. ^[20]
• 2004 - Dick Wathika elected mayor.
• 2005
  • July: Political protest. ^[18]
  • Population: 2,814,000 (urban agglomeration). ^[17]
• 2006 - www.sheng.co.ke Kenya's first online Sheng Dictionary goes live after major overhaul.
• 2007
  • Nairobi Province administrative districts created.
  • December - Post-election unrest.
• 2008
  • Google office in business. ^{[21] [22]}
  • Nairobi National Museum building expanded. ^[5]
• 2009 - Population: 3,138,369. ^[23]

2010s

• 2010
  • Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa resigns. ^[24]
  • City hosts African Championships in Athletics.
  • IHub opens.
  • June: Blast occurs during protest in Uhuru Park. ^[24]
  • Population: 3,109,861 (estimate). ^[25]
• 2011
  • Petrol pipeline explosion, Sinai slum. ^[26]
  • Hay Festival of literature held. ^[27]
  • George Aladwa elected mayor.
• 2012
  • Nairobi-Syokimau railway begins operating. ^[28]
  • IMAX Nairobi (cinema) opens. ^[6]
  • Sister city relationship established with Raleigh, US. ^[29]
• 2013
  • Nairobi County administrative division effected.^{[ citation needed ]}
  • 4 March: Election held for governor and National Assembly.
  • 7 August: Nairobi airport fire.
  • September: 2013 Women's African Volleyball Championship held.
  • 21–24 September: Westgate shopping mall attack.
  • 14 December: Bus attack in Eastleigh.
• 2014 - Caramel restaurant in business. ^[30]
• 2015 - July: US president Obama visits city. ^[31]
• 2017
  • Two Rivers Shopping Complex at the northern boundary shopping centre of Ruaka opened
  • June 1-The first phase of the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, built by the China Road & Bridge Construction Company mainly funded by China Exim Bank and the Government of Kenya is inaugurated by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
• 2018 - Part of 2018 African Nations Championship football contest to be played in Nairobi.

See also

• History of Nairobi
• List of mayors of Nairobi, 1923-2012
• Timelines of other cities in Kenya: Mombasa

References

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• Karen Blixen (1937). Out of Africa . London: Putnam. ISBN   0679600213. (Memoir set in Nairobi area circa 1920s)
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• "Thesaurus: Nairobi". Kenya Indexing Project. Nairobi. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Index of the articles published in Nairobi newspapers since 1980
• "(Nairobi)". Directory of Open Access Journals . UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
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• "(Nairobi)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
• "(Nairobi)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
• "(Nairobi)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa . Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
• "(Nairobi)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
• "(Nairobi)". AfricaBib.org . (Bibliography)
• Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Nairobi)". Research Papers in Economics . St. Louis, US: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
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• "Nairobi, Kenya". BlackPast.org . US. 21 May 2010.
• "Kenya: Nairobi". ArchNet . Archived from the original on 25 February 2007.

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