Timeline of Bangui

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bangui, Central African Republic.

19th century

1889 - French military post established at crossing of Mpoko River and Ubangi River.^[1]
1891 - French military post relocated to present site of city.^[1]

20th century

1904 - 1 July: Bangui becomes administrative seat of French colonial Ubangi-Shari.^[1]
1906 - 11 December: Bangui becomes administrative seat of French colonial Ubangi-Shari-Chad.^[1]
1912
- Bangui becomes a commune mixte [fr].^[2]
- Jean Marchessou becomes mayor.^(fr)
1916 - Population: 4,003.^[2]
1920 - Hôtel du Gouverneur built.^[3]
1932 - Population: 16,903.^[2]
1935 - Chamber of Commerce established.^[2]
1937 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame built.
1945 - Olympic Real de Bangui (football club) formed.
1947 - City Hall^[4] and Ngaragba Central Prison built.
1955
- Bangui becomes a commune de plein exercice [fr].^[2]
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui established.^[5]
1956
- Municipal election held; Barthélemy Boganda elected mayor.^[2]
- Population: 72,000.^[2]
1958
- Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine headquartered in city.^[6]
- General hospital [fr] active.^{[citation needed]}
1960 - City becomes part of independent Central African Republic.
1963 - Bangui designated headquarters of the Organisation of African Unity.
1964
- Bangui becomes a commune autonome.^[2]
- Population: 111,266.^[7]
1966 - Boganda National Museum opens.
1967 - Bangui M'Poko Airport begins operating.
1969 - University of Bangui founded.
1971
- Population: 187,000 (estimate).^[8]
- Across river from Bangui, town of Zongo founded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1977 - 4 December: Coronation of Bokassa I.
1979
- April: Student protest; crackdown.^[9]
- September: Operation Caban.
1981 - March: Post-election unrest.^{[citation needed]}
1984 - Population: 473,817 (estimate).^[10]
1986 - E le Songo newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1987 - DFC 8ème Arrondissement (football club) formed.
1990 - National Société Centrafricaine de Télécommunications headquartered in city.^[6]
1996 - May: Military mutiny occurs in Bangui.^[11]
2000
- Radio Ndeke Luka [fr] begins broadcasting from Bangui.
- Cécile Guéret becomes mayor.^[2]

21st century

2003
- 15 March: Bozizé stages governmental coup in Bangui.^[11]
- Bozizé replaces Guéret with Jean-Barkès Gombé-Ketté [fr].
- Population: 531,000.^[1]
2005 - August: Flood.^[11]
2006 - Barthélemy Boganda Stadium opens.^[2]
2009 - March: "French troops reportedly deploy in Bangui after rebels infiltrate the capital."^[11]
2010 - 15 January: Solar eclipse.
2012 - Population: 750,000.^[12]
2013
- 23 March: "Séléka rebels overrun the capital and seize power" during the Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present).^[11]
- March–December: Violent unrest; many killed.^[13]
- Residents flee city; refugee camps develop around airport and elsewhere.^[14]
- June: Catherine Samba-Panza appointed mayor.^[2]
2014
- February: Hyacinthe Wodobodé becomes mayor.^[15]
- May: European Union Force RCA "troops take charge of security at the airport in Bangui."^[11]
- 28 May: Church of Fatima attacked.^[16]
2015
- September: "Communal clashes break out in Bangui after Muslim taxi-driver attacked."^[11]
- November: Catholic pope visits city.^[11]
2016
- May: Émile Gros Raymond Nakombo becomes mayor.
- October: Anti-UN protest; crackdown.^[17]
- December: Refugee camp at airport dismantled.^[14]
2018 - 1 May: Attack occurs at Notre Dame de Fatima church.^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Young 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Richard Bradshaw; Juan Fandos-Rius (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7992-8.
^ Bangui 2013.
^ Fraternité Boganda 2011.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Central African Republic". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Central African Republic: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1857431834.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1980. New York. pp. 225–252.
^ "Nightmares From Bokassa's Empire", Washington Post, 1 October 1979
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Central African Republic Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Bangui, Central African Republic". BlackPast.org. US. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Violence in Central African Republic Killed Over 600 in a Week, U.N. Says", New York Times, 13 December 2013
^ ^a ^b "'Now we're back it's even worse': the Bangui residents who preferred a refugee camp to their home city". Guardian. Cities. UK. 5 July 2017.
^ "En Centrafrique, Hyacinthe Wodobodé, une nouvelle maire pour Bangui", Radio France Internationale (in French), 8 February 2014
^ At least 17 killed and 27 missing after attack on Bangui church sheltering the displaced, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 30 May 2014
^ "Central African Republic: Four dead in UN Bangui shooting", BBC News, 24 October 2016
^ Death toll from Central African church attack reaches 26, Reuters, 3 May 2018

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Bangui, Central African Republic". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415234795.
Eric Young (2010). "Bangui, Central African Republic". In Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 153+. ISBN 9780195337709.

in French

Albert Veistroffer (1933). Les origines de ses trois points les plus importants: Pointe-Noire, Brazzaville, Bangui (in French). Paris: Mercure Universel.
Adrien-Rongier Marie-France (1981). "Les kodro de Bangui: un espace urbain 'oublié'". Cahiers d'Études africaines (in French). 21 (81): 93–110. doi:10.3406/cea.1981.2303 – via Persee.fr.
François Villien (1985). "Habitat et habitations dans les quartiers populaires de Bangui". Cahiers d'Outre-Mer [fr] (in French). 38 – via Persee.fr.
Jean Cantournet (1986). "Note sur les origines et la fondation de Bangui". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer (in French). 73 (272): 347–357. doi:10.3406/outre.1986.2550 – via Persee.fr.
François Villien (1988). "L'agriculture dans la ville: l'exemple de Bangui". Cahiers d'Outre-Mer (in French). 41 – via Persee.fr.
Yves Boulvert (1989). Bangui 1889-1989: Points de vue et témoignages (in French).
F. Villien; et al. (1990), Bangui, capitale d'un pays enclavé d'Afrique centrale: étude historique et géographique (in French), Université Bordeaux, ISBN 978-2905081155
Cyriaque-Rufin Nguimalet; et al. (2005). "Gestion de la qualité de l'eau, conflits et risques dans la ville de Bangui (République centrafricaine)". Géocarrefour [fr] (in French). 80/4 (4): 325–334. doi:10.4000/geocarrefour.1295 – via Revues.org.
Fraternité Boganda (2011). "Genese de la ville de Bangui" (PDF). Conférences Semaine centrafricaine (in French). Toulouse – via Journaldebangui.com (Paris, OCLC 889849592).^{[permanent dead link]}
Thierry Bangui (2013). "L'architecture coloniale du centre-ville de Bangui (Rép. Centrafricaine)". Cahiers d'Outre-Mer (in French). 66 (261): 105–122. doi:10.4000/com.6794 – via Revues.org.