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Timeline of Zanzibar City

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The following is a timeline of the history of Zanzibar City, Unguja island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. The city is composed of Ng'ambo and Stone Town. Until recently it was known as Zanzibar Town.

Contents

Prior to 19th century

  • 1700 - Old Fort of Zanzibar is built by Omanis (approximate date).
  • 1710 - Fatima in power.
  • 1746 - "Arab garrison" installed in fort.
  • 1753 - Fort "unsuccessfully attacked by Mazrui Arabs from Mombasa."
  • 1784 - Zanzibar becomes part of Oman.

    • 19th century

  • 1830 - Mtoni Palace built near town.
  • 1832 - Capital of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman relocated to Zanzibar from Muscat, Oman by Said bin Sultan.
  • 1836 - United States consulate established.
  • 1841 - British consulate established.
  • 1844 - French consulate established.
  • 1850 - Kidichi Baths built near town.
  • 1856 - Majid bin Said of Zanzibar in power.
  • 1870
  • Barghash ibn Said in power.
  • Population: 70,000 (approximate).
  • 1872 - Cyclone.
  • 1873 - British "forced the closure of the slave market."
  • 1879 - Anglican Christ Church built.
  • 1880 - Marhubi Palace built near town.
  • 1883 - House of Wonders built.
  • 1888 - Hamamni Persian Baths built.
  • 1890 - British in power per Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty.
  • 1896 - 27 August: Anglo-Zanzibar War.
  • 1897 - Slave trade abolished.
  • 1898 - Catholic St. Joseph's Cathedral built.

    • 20th century

  • 1904 - Darajani Market building constructed.
  • 1905
  • Bububu railway constructed.
  • Plague.
  • 1910
  • Law courts built.
  • Population: 35,262.
  • 1914 - 20 September: German SMS Königsberg sinks British HMS Pegasus in harbour.
  • 1925 - Peace Memorial Museum established.
  • 1928 - Rent strike in Ng'ambo.
  • 1935 - Jubilee Gardens laid out.
  • 1948 - General strike.
  • 1957 - Afro-Shirazi Party headquartered in town.
  • 1960 - Population: 45,276.
  • 1961 - June: Unrest.
  • 1964
  • 12 January: Zanzibar Revolution; city becomes capital of People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba.
  • April: Sultanate of Zanzibar becomes part of the new United Republic of Tanzania.
  • City becomes capital of semiautonomous region of Zanzibar.
  • Mtoro Rehani becomes mayor.
  • 1966 - Kikwajuni GDR housing built.
  • 1972 - 7 April: Abeid Karume assassinated.
  • 1973 - Television Zanzibar inaugurated.
  • 1977 - Trains of Michenzani (housing) built (approximate date).
  • 1985 - Economic liberalization begins.
  • 1994
  • Palace Museum established.
  • Stone Town Conservation Plan approved.
  • Old Dispensary building restored.
  • 1997
  • Zanzibar International Film Festival founded.
  • Keele Square rehabilitated.
  • 1999
  • Area of city: 1,600 hectares.
  • Population: 195,000 (estimate).

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - Stone Town designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 2004 - Sauti za Busara (music festival) begins.
  • 2005 - Population: 220,000 (estimate).
  • 2008 - 21 May-19 June: 2008 Zanzibar power blackout.
  • 2009-2010 - 10 December–March: Second Zanzibar power blackout
  • 2009 - Forodhani Gardens rehabilitated.
  • 2012 - Anti-government protests.
  • 2013 - August: Two 18-year-old, British volunteer teachers, Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, were injured by an acid attack by men on a motorcycle near Stone Town.
  • 2014 - June: Mosque bombed.

    • References

    Timeline of Zanzibar City Wikipedia
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