Timeline of Libreville

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Libreville, Gabon.

19th century

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  • 1843 - Fort and trading post established by French.[1]
  • 1849
    • Libreville founded by French military official Édouard Bouët-Willaumez. Freed Vili slaves were resettled in the new village.[2][3]
    • M. Mountier, a resettled former slave, becomes mayor (approximate date).[4]
  • 1860 - Town becomes administrative seat of colonial "French territories in the Gulf of Guinea" (approximate date).[3]
  • 1865 - Church of the Immaculate Conception built.[5]
  • 1888 - Libreville becomes administrative seat of colonial French Congo.[5][6]

20th century

  • 1904 - Administrative seat of colonial Congo Gabon moves from Libreville to Brazzaville.[6]
  • 1909 - Urban perimeter established.[6]
  • 1910 - Libreville becomes part of colonial French Equatorial Africa.[5]
  • 1940 - Roads built to Kango, Lambarene, and Owendo (approximate date).[5]
  • 1946 - Lumber processing factory built.[5]
  • 1955
    • Libreville attains commune status.[7]
    • Roman Catholic diocese of Libreville established.[8]
  • 1956 - Léon M'ba becomes mayor.[9]
  • 1958 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Libreville built.
  • 1959 - Radiodiffusion-Télévision Gabonaise headquartered in city.[10]
  • 1960 - City becomes capital of the Republic of Gabon.[1]
  • 1964
    • March: 1964 United States Embassy in Libreville bombings occur.
    • Deepwater port opens in Owendo.[1]
    • Population: 45,909 urban agglomeration.[11]
  • 1968 - Leon Mebiame Mba becomes mayor.[9]
  • 1970 - National University of Gabon established.
  • 1974 - L'Union newspaper begins publication.[10]
  • 1976
    • June–July: Central African Games held in city.
    • Ntoutoume Obame appointed mayor.[9]
  • 1977 - July: Organisation of African Unity meeting held in Libreville.[5]
  • 1980 - Population: 185,000.[7]
  • 1981 - December: Anti-government protest.[3]
  • 1983
    • Centre International des Civilisations Bantu headquartered in city.
    • Jean Aveno Davin appointed mayor.[9]
  • 1989
    • Cleaude Damas Ozimo appointed mayor.[9]
    • Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
  • 1993
    • 27 April: 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash occurs.
    • Population: 420,000 (38% Fang, 28% Shira Punu, 12% Nzebi).[4]
  • 1994 - Centre Culturel Français opens.(fr)
  • 1996 - Mayoral election established per Decentralisation Law.[7]
  • 1997 - Paul Mba Abessole becomes mayor.[9]

21st century

Aerial view of Libreville, 2012
  • 2005 - November: Post-election unrest.[12]
  • 2006 - Population: 600,000 (approximate).[7]
  • 2008 - April: Gabonese local elections, 2008 held; Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane becomes mayor.
  • 2010 - Akanda FC (football club) formed.
  • 2011
    • Institut français du Gabon headquartered in city.
    • Stade d'Angondjé (stadium) opens.
  • 2012 - 12 February: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final (football contest) held in Libreville.
  • 2013 - Population: 703,939 urban agglomeration.[13]
  • 2014 - Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda becomes mayor.[14]
  • 2016 - 31 August: Post-election protest begins.
  • 2017 - 5 February: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final held in Libreville.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Young 2010.
  2. ^ "France: Africa: French Equatorial Africa (French Congo)". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. pp. 886–888.
  3. ^ a b c "Gabon". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. pp. 181–186. ISBN 978-0203409954.
  4. ^ a b Binza 2006.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Ngolet 2005.
  6. ^ a b c "Historique de la ville". Libreville.ga (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d Mboumba 2013.
  8. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Gabon". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Anciens maires de Libreville". Libreville.ga (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Gabon: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1857431834.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Madagascar Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
  14. ^ "Gabon: Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, le nouveau visage de Libreville". Jeune Afrique (in French). Paris. 21 January 2014.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English
  • Henry H. Bucher Jr. (1979). "Liberty and Labor: The Origins of Libreville Reconsidered". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. 41.
  • François Ngolet (2005). "Libreville". In Kevin Shillington (ed.). Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 828–829. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
  • Hugues Steve Ndinga-Koumba Binza (2006). "Demographic profiles of Libreville and Lome". In S.B. Bekker; Anne Leildé (eds.). Reflections on Identity in Four African Cities. South Africa: African Minds. ISBN 978-1-920051-40-2. (about Cape Town, Johannesburg, Libreville, Lomé)
  • Peter P. Hinks; John R. McKivigan, eds. (2007). "Libreville". Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Greenwood. p. 432+. ISBN 978-0-313-33144-2.
  • Eric Young (2010). "Libreville, Gabon". In Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 51+. ISBN 9780195337709.
in French
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