- Source: Timeline of Bukavu
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
20th century
1924 - Bukavu becomes part of the newly formed administrative Province Orientale in colonial Belgian Congo.(fr)
1925 - Seat of Kivu District relocated to Bukavu from Rutshuru.
1927 - Bukavu renamed "Costermansville" after Belgian colonial official Paul Costermans.
1929 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu established.
1927 - Zoological and Forest Reserve of Mount Kahuzi established near Costermansville.
1938 - Collège Notre Dame de la Victoire founded by Catholic Pères Blancs.
1942 - Catholic, Swahili-French language Hodi newspaper begins publication.
1951
Catholic Our Lady of Peace Cathedral built.
Bushi Football Club founded.
1953
Costermansville renamed "Bukavu."
La Presse Africaine newspaper begins publication.
1958 - Bukavu attains city status.
1961
Denis Maganga Igomokelo becomes mayor.
École de régence (school) established.
1967 - 9 August: City taken by rebel Katangan forces.
1970 - Kahuzi-Biéga National Park established near city.
1975 - Population: 146,504 (estimate).
1984 - Population: 167,950 (estimate).
1989 - City becomes part of the newly formed South Kivu province.
1993 - Radio Maendeleo begins broadcasting.
1994
Rwandan war refugees flee to Bukavu.
Population: 201,569 (estimate).
1996 - October: City taken by Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo.
1999 - Panzi Hospital established.
2000 - Congolese war refugees arrive in Bagira.
21st century
2004 - May–June: Violent conflict between rebel and national forces.
2007 - 13 June: Journalist Serge Maheshe killed.
2008
3 February: 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake.
22 November: Mass graves found on land owned by Rally for Congolese Democracy party member.
Zita Kavungirwa Kayange becomes mayor.
OC Bukavu Dawa wins Coupe du Congo football contest.
2010
17 October: Women demonstrate "to demand an end to a wave of mass rapes."
Marcellin Cishambo becomes governor of South Kivu province.
2012 - 12 February: Airplane carrying politicians crashes in Bukavu; Augustin Katumba Mwanke killed.
2014
February: Political rally; crackdown.
5 June: Prison break occurs.
2015
January: 2015 Congolese protests.
August: 2015 South Kivu earthquake
Population: 295,665 (estimate).
Saveur du Kivu coffee event begins.
Lusenda refugee camp begins operating in vicinity of Bukavu.
2017
28 July: Prison break occurs.
August: Cholera outbreak.
2022
2022 Bukavu floods
See also
Bukavu history
List of mayors of Bukavu
Timelines of other cities in DR Congo: Goma, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi
References
Bibliography
External links
"(Bukavu)". Contemporary History Library Catalogue. Belgium: Royal Museum for Central Africa. (Bibliography)
"(Bukavu)". Mukanda: ressources documentaires sur l'Afrique centrale (in French). France: University of Lorraine. (Bibliography)
"(Bukavu)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
"(Bukavu)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Bukavu)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
Items related to Bukavu, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Bukavu, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
Images
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Timeline of Bukavu
- Timeline of Lubumbashi
- Timeline of Alexandria
- List of mayors of Bukavu
- Prospère Mushobekwa
- Timeline of Abidjan
- Timeline of Cairo
- Timeline of Zanzibar City
- Timeline of Lusaka
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