• Source: Timeline of Lusaka

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lusaka, Zambia.




20th century



1905
Railway begins operating.
European settlement formed.
1913 - Village Management Board established.
1926 - "District administrative headquarters" relocated to Lusaka from Chilanga (approximate date).
1935 - Capital of British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia relocated to Lusaka from Livingstone.
1937 - City of Lusaka Football Club formed.
1948 - Central African Post newspaper begins publication.
1950 - Population: 27,100.
1951 - Lusaka Playhouse built.
1952 - African Listener radio programme begins broadcasting.
1954 - F. Payne becomes mayor.
1956 - Lusaka African Marketeers' Cooperative Society organized.
1958 - Waddington Theatre Club founded.
1959 - 20th Century cinema opens (approximate date).

1960
Lusaka attains city status.
African Mail newspaper begins publication.
Palace cinema opens (approximate date).
Luburma market established (approximate date).
1963
National Archives of Zambia headquartered in city.
International School of Lusaka founded.
Population: 87,495.
1964
City becomes capital of the newly independent Republic of Zambia.
Independence Stadium (Zambia) opens.
1965
Rhodes Park School established.
Green Buffaloes F.C. founded.
1966 - University of Zambia founded.
1967
Mtendele "squatter township" opens.
Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries established in Lusaka.
1968
Zambia Daily Mail newspaper in publication.
Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, US.
1969 - Zambian News Agency headquartered in city.
1970
"Greater Lusaka created."
September: International 3rd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in city.
1971 - Chikwakwa Theatre established at the University of Zambia.
1972
Chunga market built.
Population: 448,000 urban agglomeration.
1976
Housing Project Unit established.
United Nations Institute for Namibia inaugurated.
Libala, Kaunda Square, and Longacres markets established (approximate date).
1978 - Racial unrest.
1979
August: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1979.
Zambia Consumer Buying Corporation opens.

1980 - Population: 498,837 city; 535,830 urban agglomeration.
1985
Zanaco Football Club formed.
Non-governmental Organisations' Co-ordinating Committee established.
1990 - Population: 982,362 city.
1991 - Weekly Post newspaper begins publication (approximate date).
1994
31 October: Lusaka Protocol initiated.
Lusaka Stock Exchange opens.
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa headquartered in Lusaka.
1996 - Lusaka National Museum opens.
1997
Umar Al Farook mosque opens.
Sustainable Lusaka Project launched.
1999 - University of Lusaka founded.
2000 - Population: 1,057,212.




21st century



2001 - Munali Girls High School established.
2001 - Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) established. ICOZ was Founded by Rev David Musonda Masupa with the help of the 2nd Republican President Fredrick Chiluba.
2006 - October: Post-election unrest.
2010
Daniel Chisenga becomes mayor.
Population: 1,747,152.
2012 - February: Celebration of Zambia's winning 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
2017 - March: Stampede occurs.




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External links



"(Lusaka)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"(Lusaka)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Lusaka)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Lusaka)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. 15 January 2019. (Bibliography)
"(Lusaka)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Lusaka)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
"Lusaka, Zambia". BlackPast.org. US. 3 November 2014.

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