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

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

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.

References

^ R.T. Ogonda (1992). "Transport and Communications in the Colonial Economy". In William Robert Ochieng and Robert M. Maxon (ed.). Economic History of Kenya. East African Publishers. p. 129+. ISBN 996646963X.
^ J. Gettleman (March 18, 2007). "36 Hours in Nairobi, Kenya". New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j The Red Book 1922-23: Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate. Nairobi: East Africa Standard Ltd. 1922.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Irene Muthoni Kibandi; et al. (2010), "Kenya: Libraries, Museums and Archives", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
^ ^a ^b "Nairobi National Museum". National Museums of Kenya. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Movie Theaters in Nairobi, Kenya". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ Anthony Olden (1995), "The Kenya (Carnegie) Circulating Libraries and the McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi", Libraries in Africa, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810830930
^ ^a ^b "City Council of Nairobi". Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Office of Public Communications (2008). "About Kenya: Nairobi". Republic of Kenya. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011, ISBN 9783110230710
^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
^ ^a ^b "About The Nairobi Hospital: History". Nairobi Hospital. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ "Kenya Library Association". Archived from the original on May 15, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
^ UN-HABITAT 2006.
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17.
^ ^a ^b "Kenya Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ Xan Rice (August 3, 2007). "Nairobi cafes buzzing as real coffee finally comes home". The Guardian.
^ "Kenya". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
^ "Google Africa Blog". July 2008 – via Blogspot.
^ "Corporate Information: Google Offices". Google Inc. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
^ ^a ^b Nic Cheeseman (2011). "Kenya". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2010. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 345–358. ISBN 978-90-04-20556-7.
^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
^ "A fatal explosion". Economist.com. Sep 12, 2011.
^ "Hay-on-Nairobi". Economist.com. Sep 23, 2011.
^ "Kenyan capital Nairobi gets new train". BBC News. November 12, 2012.
^ "Raleigh's Sister Cities". US: City of Raleigh. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "Nairobi's Latest Novelty: High-End Mac and Cheese, Served by Whites", New York Times, 16 October 2014
^ "Bustling Nairobi deserted ahead of Obama arrival", People Daily, Kenya: Mediamax, July 25, 2015

Bibliography

Karen Blixen (1937). Out of Africa. London: Putnam. ISBN 0679600213. (Memoir set in Nairobi area circa 1920s)
Diana Lee-Smith and Davinder Lamba (2000). "Social transformation in a post-colonial city: the case of Nairobi". In Mario Polèse and Richard E. Stren (ed.). The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change. University of Toronto Press. p. 250+. ISBN 978-0-8020-8320-3.
"Nairobi". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Nairobi, Kenya". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
David Levinson, ed. (2004). "Nairobi". Encyclopedia of Homelessness. Sage Publications. p. 403+. ISBN 978-0-7619-2751-8.
"Inventing a City: Nairobi", National Geographic Magazine, vol. 208, Washington DC, 2005, archived from the original on January 23, 2010
Nairobi Urban Sector Profile. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2006.
Urban Integration in Africa: A Socio-Demographic Survey of Nairobi, Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2009
M. Merino (2010). Déchets et pouvoirs dans les villes africaines: l'action publique de gestion des déchets à Nairobi de 1964 à 2002 (in French). Maison des sciences de l'homme [fr] d’Aquitaine. ISBN 978-2-85892-367-0.
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Nairobi, London: Overseas Development Institute, 2011 – via International Relations and Security Network
Simon Bekker and Goran Therborn, ed. (2011), "Nairobi", Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness, Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, ISBN 978-2-8697-8495-6

External links

"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)
"(Nairobi)" – via Qatar National Library, Qatar Digital Library. (Images, etc.)
"(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)
U.S. Library of Congress. Photos of Nairobi, various dates.
"Nairobi, Kenya". BlackPast.org. US. 21 May 2010.
"Kenya: Nairobi". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007.

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[ogonda1992-1] R.T. Ogonda (1992). "Transport and Communications in the Colonial Economy". In William Robert Ochieng and Robert M. Maxon (ed.). Economic History of Kenya. East African Publishers. p. 129+. ISBN 996646963X.

[2] J. Gettleman (March 18, 2007). "36 Hours in Nairobi, Kenya". New York Times.

[red-1922-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j The Red Book 1922-23: Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate. Nairobi: East Africa Standard Ltd. 1922.

[bates2010-4] Irene Muthoni Kibandi; et al. (2010), "Kenya: Libraries, Museums and Archives", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127

[nnm-5] "Nairobi National Museum". National Museums of Kenya. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.

[cinema-6] "Movie Theaters in Nairobi, Kenya". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[7] Anthony Olden (1995), "The Kenya (Carnegie) Circulating Libraries and the McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi", Libraries in Africa, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810830930

[council-8] "City Council of Nairobi". Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

[opc-9] Office of Public Communications (2008). "About Kenya: Nairobi". Republic of Kenya. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

[saur2011-10] World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011, ISBN 9783110230710

[11] "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.

[hospital-12] "About The Nairobi Hospital: History". Nairobi Hospital. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

[13] "Kenya Library Association". Archived from the original on May 15, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2013.

[FOOTNOTEUN-HABITAT2006-14] UN-HABITAT 2006.

[15] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[ISN-16] "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[unhabitat2010-17] "The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17.

[bbc-timeline-18] "Kenya Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[19] Xan Rice (August 3, 2007). "Nairobi cafes buzzing as real coffee finally comes home". The Guardian.

[NewMuseum-20] "Kenya". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

[21] "Google Africa Blog". July 2008 – via Blogspot.

[22] "Corporate Information: Google Offices". Google Inc. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010.

[23] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.

[cheeseman2011-24] Nic Cheeseman (2011). "Kenya". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2010. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 345–358. ISBN 978-90-04-20556-7.

[25] "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

[26] "A fatal explosion". Economist.com. Sep 12, 2011.

[27] "Hay-on-Nairobi". Economist.com. Sep 23, 2011.

[28] "Kenyan capital Nairobi gets new train". BBC News. November 12, 2012.

[29] "Raleigh's Sister Cities". US: City of Raleigh. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[30] "Nairobi's Latest Novelty: High-End Mac and Cheese, Served by Whites", New York Times, 16 October 2014

[31] "Bustling Nairobi deserted ahead of Obama arrival", People Daily, Kenya: Mediamax, July 25, 2015

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Timeline of Nairobi

Prior to 20th century

20th century

1900s-1920s

1930s-1950s

1960s-1970s

1980s-1990s

21st century

2000s

2010s

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References

Bibliography

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