- Source: Timeline of Nairobi
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; 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.
1905
British East Africa Protectorate capital moves from Mombasa to Nairobi.
Nairobi Parsee Zoroastrian Anjuman Religious and Charitable Funds established.
1906
Jamia Mosque construction started.
Royal Nairobi Golf Club founded.
1907 - British Government House built.
1909 - East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established.
1910
East African Standard newspaper headquartered in Nairobi.
Museum of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established.
1912 - Theatre Royal opens.
1913 - Muthaiga Country Club founded.
1914 - Shri Vankaner Vidya Prasarak Mandal established.
1917
Anjuman Islamia established.
East Africa Women's League established.
Indian Christian Union formed.
1918 - Punjebhai Club formed.
1919 - Nairobi Political Association formed.
1920
Social Service Volunteer Corps established.
Majlis-i-Ahl-i-Kashmeer established.
= 1930s-1950s
=1930 - Coryndon Museum opens.
1931 - McMillan lending library (for white settlers) opens.
1934 - Sir Ali Muslim Club (cricket) founded.
1935 - Nairobi becomes a municipality.
1939 - St. Mary's School founded.
1944 - Kenya Conservatoire of Music founded.
1946 - Nairobi National Park established.
1947 - Kenya National Archives headquartered in city.
1948
East African Literature Bureau founded.
Population: 118,976 (urban agglomeration).
1949 - American Center Library established.
1950 - Nairobi became a city
1951 - Railway rerouted via Kibera
1952
City Council formed.
Princess Elizabeth Hospital opens.
1953 - Nairobi Dam constructed.
1954
Legislative Council (Legco) Building opened
Ngong Racecourse opens.
European Hospital opens.
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.
1958
Nairobi Embakasi Airport opened
Embassy Cinema 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.
1962 - Nairobi West Airport renamed Wilson Airport
1963
City becomes capital of Republic of Kenya.
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.
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."
Population: 630,000 urban agglomeration.
1975
Uchumi Supermarkets founded.
City hosts World Council of Churches conference.
1978 - Mazingira Institute founded.
= 1980s-1990s
=1980 - Nairobi Records Centre of the Kenya National Archives established.
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).
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.
1999
Rahimtulla Tower built.
Nairobi Java House opens.
2000
New Central Bank Tower built.
Population: 2,230,000 (urban agglomeration).
21st century
= 2000s
=2001
I&M Bank Tower built.
Nairobi Women's Hospital founded.
Coalition for Peace in Africa headquartered in Nairobi.
Unrest in Kibera.
2002
Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology established.
World Urban Forum held.
2003
Nairobi Marathon begins.
Dorman's Coffee opens.
Kwani? literary journal begins publication.
GoDown Arts Centre founded.
2004 - Dick Wathika elected mayor.
2005
July: Political protest.
Population: 2,814,000 (urban agglomeration).
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.
Nairobi National Museum building expanded.
2009 - Population: 3,138,369.
= 2010s
=2010
Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa resigns.
City hosts African Championships in Athletics.
IHub opens.
June: Blast occurs during protest in Uhuru Park.
Population: 3,109,861 (estimate).
2011
Petrol pipeline explosion, Sinai slum.
Hay Festival of literature held.
George Aladwa elected mayor.
2012
Nairobi-Syokimau railway begins operating.
IMAX Nairobi (cinema) opens.
Sister city relationship established with Raleigh, US.
2013
Nairobi County administrative division effected.
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.
2015 - July: US president Obama visits city.
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.
See also
History of Nairobi
List of mayors of Nairobi, 1923-2012
Timelines of other cities in Kenya: Mombasa
References
Bibliography
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)
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"(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.
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