• Source: Timeline of Johannesburg

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province in South Africa.




19th century



1886 – Johannesburg township established by Boer government after discovery of gold in vicinity.
1887
The Star newspaper in publication.
St. Mary's Church built.
Johannesburg Stock Exchange founded.
Theatre Royal opens.
1888 – St Mary's School was founded.
1890
Library opens.
Jeppe High School for Boys was founded.
1891
Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
Standard Theatre opens.
1892 – Prison built.
1895 – Railway in operation.
1896
January: Uprising against Boer government.
19 February: Braamfontein Explosion.
1897
Johannesburg Park station opens.
Johan Zulch de Villiers becomes the first mayor.
1898 – St John's College was founded.
1899 – Fort built.
1900 – 31 May: Town captured by British forces during the Second Boer War.




20th century






= 1900s–1950s

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1902
King Edward VII School was founded.
St. Andrew's School for Girls was founded.
1903
Johannesburg Stock Exchange building constructed.
Observatory built near town.
Sophiatown developed.
Roedean School for Girls was founded.
1904
Johannesburg Zoo and Transvaal Technical Institute established.
April: Brickfields burned.
Drill Hall built.[1]
Population: 99,022.
1905
Town administrative wards created.
Johannesburg Statistics begins publication.
Alexandra developed near Johannesburg.
1906
Electric trams begin operating.
Sunday Times newspaper begins publication.
Meeting of the Municipal Associations of South Africa held in Johannesburg.
1907 – Redhill School was founded.
1908 – Population: 180,687.
1919 – Jeppe High School for Girls was founded.
1920 – Parktown Boys' High School was founded.
1921 – Helpmekaar Kollege was founded.
1922
University of the Witwatersrand incorporated.
January–March: Miner's strike.
1923 – Parktown High School for Girls was founded.
1925 – Technikon Witwatersrand established.
1927 – Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra founded.
1928
Johannesburg gains city status.
Ellis Park Stadium was opened.
1929 – South African Institute of Race Relations headquartered in city.
1931 – Airport opens in Germiston.
1933 – Kingsmead College was founded.
1935 – Johannesburg City Library building opens.
1936 – 15 September: The Empire Exhibition, South Africa World's Fair opens
1937 – 15 January: The Empire Exhibition, South Africa closes.
1941 – St David's Marist, Inanda was founded.
1942 – Springbok Legion's Fighting Talk begins publication.
1944 – Hoërskool Florida was founded.
1946 – Population: 603,470 city; 762,910 urban agglomeration.
1948 – Polly Street Centre founded.
1950 – Springbok Radio begins broadcasting.
1951
Drum magazine begins publication.
Population: 631,911 city; 884,007 urban agglomeration.
Waverley High School for Girls was founded.
1952 – Jan Smuts Airport established in Kempton Park.
1953 – St Stithians College was founded.
1956
December: Treason Trial begins.
Purple Renoster literary magazine begins publication.
1957 – 1957 Alexandra bus boycott.
1958 – St Benedict's College was founded.




= 1960s–1990s

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1960
21 March: Sharpeville massacre.
Johannesburg Planetarium opens.
1961
City becomes part of the Republic of South Africa.
Greenside High School was founded.
1962 – Sentech Tower built.
1963
11 July: The arrest of Umkhonto we Sizwe high commanders known as Rivonia Trialist.
11 August: Four of the defendants who had been arrested on July 11, at the Liliesleaf Farm near Johannesburg, were able to escape their South African jail after a bribe was promised to their guard by the ANC.
Classic magazine begins publication.
1964
July: The arrest of Umkhonto we Sizwe high commanders known as Little Rivonia Trialist.
Johannesburg Botanical Garden established.
1966 – Rand Afrikaans University founded.
1968 – Bryanston High School was founded.
1969
Hyde Park Corner (shopping centre) in business.
Northcliff High School was founded.
1970
Tollman Towers and Trust Bank Building constructed.
Population: 654,682 city; 1,432,643 urban agglomeration.
1971 – Hillbrow Tower built.
1973 – Marble Towers, Carlton Centre, and Sandton City shopping centre built.
1974 – Beeld newspaper begins publication.
1975 – Ponte City Apartments built.
1976
16 June: Soweto uprising.
Market Theatre opens.
1978 – Staffrider literary magazine begins publication.
1980
Municipal workers' strike.
Federated Union of Black Artists Academy established.
1981 – The Sowetan newspaper begins publication.
1982
City Press newspaper begins publication.
Afrapix active.
1984
3 September: Sharpeville Six
11 Diagonal Street built.
1985
Weekly Mail newspaper begins publication.
Mormon Temple dedicated.
Population: 632,369 city; 1,609,408 urban agglomeration.
1987 – Water Institute of Southern Africa headquartered in city.
1988 – 31 August: Bombing of Khotso House.
1989
Soccer City stadium opens.
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation established.
1991 – Population: 712,507 city; 1,916,061 metro.
1992
Johannesburg Stadium opens.
Centre for Policy Studies headquartered in Johannesburg.
1994
28 March: Shooting at Shell House.
City becomes seat of the new Gauteng province.
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance established.
1995
Gallagher Convention Centre opens.
Centre for Development and Enterprise headquartered in Johannesburg.
Johannesburg Biennale art exhibit begins.
1996
3 February: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations Final football contest played in Johannesburg.
Population: 752,349 city.
1997
MTN Sundrome opens.
Flag of Johannesburg revised design adopted.
1998 – Website Joburg.org.za launched.
1998 – St Peter's College was founded.
1999 – September: 1999 All-Africa Games held in city.
2000
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Johannesburg City Parks created.
Stoned Cherrie in business.
Population: 2,732,000 (urban agglomeration).




21st century






= 2000s

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2001
Amos Masondo becomes mayor.
Monash University, South Africa campus established.
Population: 3,226,055.
2002
Soweto becomes part of city.
City hosts Earth Summit 2002.
2003 – Nelson Mandela Bridge built.
2004
Constitutional Court of South Africa building opens in Constitution Hill.
Drill Hall rebuilt.
Creative Commons South Africa headquartered at University of the Witwatersrand.[2]
2005
University of Johannesburg established.
2 July: Live 8 concert.
Population: 3,272,000 (urban agglomeration).
2008
Joburg Art Fair begins.
Google office in business.
Species Australopithecus sediba discovered near Johannesburg.
2009
28 June: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final football contest played in Johannesburg.




= 2010s

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2010 – 11 July: 2010 FIFA World Cup Final held.
2011
Parks Tau becomes mayor.
Air pollution in Johannesburg reaches annual mean of 41 PM2.5 and 85 PM10, more than recommended.
Population: 4,434,827.
2013
10 February: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final football contest played in Johannesburg.
5 December: Nelson Mandela dies in Johannesburg.
2015 – October: #FeesMustFall protest.
2016 – 22 August: Herman Mashaba becomes mayor
2016 – Mduduzi Edmund Tshabalala died in Johannesburg
2016 – October: #FeesMustFall protest revival.
2018 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela died in Johannesburg.
2018 – International 10th BRICS summit held at Sandton Convention Centre.
2018 – 24 October: Jabulani Tsambo died in Johannesburg




= 2020s

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2021
9 July 2021: Geoff Makhubo dies.
10 August 2021: Jolidee Matongo becomes mayor.
18 September 2021: Jolidee Matongo dies from a car accident
2023
19 July 2023: Gas explosion destroys road in downtown.




See also


History of Johannesburg
Mayor of Johannesburg
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Timelines of other cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria




References






Bibliography






External links



"Johannesburg Timeline 1800–1991". South African History Online.
"Registry: (Johannesburg)". Archivalplatform.org. Rondebosch. (Directory of South African archival and memory institutions and organisations)
"(Johannesburg)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"(Johannesburg)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Johannesburg)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Johannesburg)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
"(Johannesburg)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Johannesburg)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
"Johannesburg, South Africa". BlackPast.org. US.

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