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    The following is a timeline of the history of Gqeberha in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa.


    Prior to 20th century



    1754 - Dutch settlements at the Cape extended eastwards to adjacent Algoa Bay.
    1799 - Fort Frederick built by British during the Napoleonic wars.
    1820 - Port Elizabeth settlement founded by British.
    1823 - Population: 319.
    1836 - Made a free warehousing port
    1841 - Jetty constructed in Algoa Bay.
    1845 - Eastern Province Herald newspaper begins publication.
    1856
    Grey High School founded.
    King George VI Art Gallery opens.
    1859 - St George's Park founded.
    1861 - Town of Port Elizabeth incorporated.
    1862 - Western-Road Synagogue formed.
    1865 - Hill Presbyterian Church consecrated.
    1866 - St. Augustine's Cathedral built.
    1873 - Railway station building starts.
    1875
    Uitenhage-Port Elizabeth railway begins operating.
    Port Elizabeth railway station built.
    1880 - Prince Alfred's Guard Drill Hall built.
    1881 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
    1882
    Imbumba yama Nyama political group formed.
    Conservatory built in St George's Park.
    1885 - "South African Exhibition" held
    1888 - Mighty Elephants rugby team formed.
    1889 - St George's Park Cricket Ground in use.
    1892 - Opera House built.
    1897 - Electric tram begins operating.
    1899 - Humewood Road railway station built.
    1900 - Post Office built.


    20th century


    1900-1902 - Port Elizabeth Concentration Camp in operation
    1903 - New Brighton black township established.
    1905 - Horse Memorial erected.
    1907
    NG gemeente Port Elizabeth (church) founded.
    Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial unveiled.
    1908
    Port Elizabeth Orthodox Hebrew Congregation formed.
    Devastating flooding
    1912 - Raleigh Street Synagogue built.
    1913 - Port Elizabeth gains city status.
    1917 - Airplane flown from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth.
    1928 - NG gemeente Port Elizabeth-Sentraal (church) founded.
    1929 - Port Elizabeth Airport and Gereformeerde kerk Port Elizabeth (church) established.
    1936 - Campanile (belltower) installed.
    1937 - Oosterlig newspaper begins publication.
    1940 - NG gemeente Port Elizabeth-Wes (church) founded.
    1940 - Victoria Park High School was founded
    1949 - Adcockvale suburb laid out (approximate date).
    1950 - Evening Post newspaper begins publication.
    1951 - Van Stadens-veldblomreservaat (nature reserve) established near city.
    1952 - Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba and Vuyisile Mini were imprisoned for three months in Rooi Hel ('Red Hell' or North End Prison, Port Elizabeth) for participating in the Defiance Campaign.
    1954 - 20th Century Theatre in business.
    1960
    Boet Erasmus Stadium opens.
    Alliance Française of Port Elizabeth founded.
    1961 - 16 December: Bombings.
    1964 - University of Port Elizabeth established.
    1965 - Walmer, South Africa becomes part of Port Elizabeth.
    1969 - Kouga Dam begins operating in vicinity of city.
    1979 - Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation founded.
    1984
    Port Elizabeth Youth Congress founded.[1]
    Development of Motherwell begins near city.
    1985
    March: Labor strike.
    8 May: Disappearance of "Pebco Three" anti-apartheid activists.
    27 June: The deaths of "The Cradock Four" political activists.
    1986 - Jewish Pioneer's Memorial Museum established.(de)
    1991 - Population: 303,353 city; 853,205 metro.
    1995
    Nceba Faku elected mayor.
    Part of 1995 Rugby World Cup contest played in Port Elizabeth.
    1996 - Part of 1996 Africa Cup of Nations football contest played in Port Elizabeth.


    21st century


    2001
    Port Elizabeth becomes the seat of the newly created Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
    Anti-apartheid leader Govan Mbeki dies at age 91.
    2004 - Website Mandelametro.gov.za launched.
    2005
    First premier of the Eastern Cape and anti-apartheid leader Raymond Mhlaba dies at the ages of 85 years.
    Nelson Mandela University formed.
    Red Location Museum of apartheid opens.
    2006
    1 March: South African municipal elections, 2006 held.
    Nondumiso Maphazi becomes mayor.(fr)
    Bay United F.C. (football club) formed.
    2009
    Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium opens.
    Zanoxolo Wayile becomes mayor.(fr)
    Southern Kings rugby team formed.
    2010
    Gelvandale Stadium opens.
    Part of 2010 FIFA World Cup football contest played in Port Elizabeth.
    2011 - Population: 312,392.
    2013
    Part of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football contest played in Port Elizabeth.
    Ben Fihla becomes mayor.
    2015
    Danny Jordaan becomes mayor.
    Chippa United F.C. moved to the city from Cape Town.
    2016 - Athol Trollip becomes mayor.
    2021
    Name officially changed from Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha.
    2023 - Eight people are killed in a mass shooting.


    See also


    History of Gqeberha
    List of heritage sites in Gqeberha
    Timelines of other cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria


    References



    This article incorporates information from the Afrikaans Wikipedia, French Wikipedia, and German Wikipedia.


    Bibliography




    External links



    "Registry: (Port Elizabeth)". Archivalplatform.org. Rondebosch. (Directory of South African archival and memory institutions and organisations)
    "(Port Elizabeth)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
    "(Port Elizabeth)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)

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