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Timeline of Lomé

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lomé, Togo.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1874 - Lomé founded "by African, British and German traders."
  • 1897 - Lomé becomes capital of German colonial Togoland.

    • 20th century

  • 1902 - Catholic Cathedral built.
  • 1904 - Wharf constructed.
  • 1905
  • Aného-Lomé railway and Palace of the Governors built.
  • 1907
  • Kpalimé-Lomé railway and Protestant church built.
  • 1911 - Atakpamé-Lomé railway built.
  • 1914 - Lomé "annexed by the British from the Gold Coast."
  • 1920 - Lomé becomes capital of colonial French Togoland.
  • 1920s - Boulevard Circulaire laid out.
  • 1922 - Political "council of notables" formed.
  • 1932
  • Municipality established.
  • Étoile Filante du Togo football club formed.
  • 1933 - January: "Riot by women" against taxes.
  • 1955
  • Lonato building constructed.
  • Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé established.
  • 1957 - La Vérité Togolaise newspaper begins publication.
  • 1958 - Tokoin becomes part of Lome.
  • 1960
  • City becomes part of independent Togo.
  • Population: 86,000.
  • 1961 - Dynamic Togolais football club formed.
  • 1962 - Togo-Presse government newspaper begins publication.
  • 1963 - 13 January: 1963 Togolese coup d'état; Sylvanus Olympio assassinated.
  • 1965 - Happy Star Concert Band formed.
  • 1968 - Stade Général Eyadema (stadium) opens.
  • 1969 - Deep-water harbor built.
  • 1970 - University of Benin founded.
  • 1972 - Population: 170,000.
  • 1975
  • Togo National Museum opens.
  • City hosts signing of the Lomé Convention.
  • 1980 - Hotel du 2 Fevrier and West African Development Bank built.
  • 1981 - Population: 375,499.
  • 1983 - British School established.
  • 1985
  • Ecobank headquartered in city.
  • Bombings.
  • 1989
  • "Industrial and harbour free zone" established.
  • Dove of Peace statue unveiled in Tokoin.
  • 1990 - 5 October: Anti-government demonstrations begin.
  • 1991 - April: Crackdown on anti-government demonstrators.
  • 1993 - La Dépêche newspaper begins publication.
  • 1997
  • Nouvel Echo newspaper begins publication.
  • Al-Furkan Center built.
  • 1998 - Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (stock exchange) branch established.
  • 1999 - July: City hosts signing of the Lomé Peace Accord.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - Stade de Kégué (stadium) opens.
  • 2001 - October: Mayor Amousouvi Akakpo arrested.
  • 2005
  • March: Funeral of Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
  • May: Post-election unrest.
  • 2007 - Musée international du Golfe de Guinée (museum) founded.
  • 2011 - Population: 1,524,000 (urban agglomeration).
  • 2012
  • June: Political demonstration.
  • University of Science and Technology of Togo established.
  • 2013 - 11 January: Lomé Grand Market fire.

    • References

    Timeline of Lomé Wikipedia
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