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Timeline of Brazzaville

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

19th century
• 1880 - Teke trading site at Pool Malebo "ceded...to French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza;" named Ncouna. • 1884 - Ncouna renamed Brazzaville. • 1886 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo founded. • 1892 - Sacred Heart Cathedral built. • 1893 - Palais Épiscopal built.(fr) ==20th century==
20th century
• 1901 - built. • 1910 - Brazzaville becomes part of colonial French Equatorial Africa. • 1931 - Poste Centrale (post office) built.(fr) • 1932 - Gare ferroviaire (train station) built. • October: De Gaulle visits city. • 1951 - founded. • 1953 - Vog cinema built.(fr) • 1955 - Palais de Justice (courthouse) built.(fr) • 1956 - 18 November: Moyen-Congo municipal elections, 1956 held; Fulbert Youlou becomes mayor. • 1958 - Population: 100,000 (approximate). • 1959 - Makélékélé and Ouenzé arrondissements created. • 1960 - City becomes capital of independent Republic of the Congo. • 1961 - Population: 136,200. • 1962 - Télé Congo (television) begins broadcasting from Brazzaville. • 1963 - City hall built.(fr) • 1965 • Stade de la Révolution (stadium) opens. • July: 1965 All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville. • 1970 • Talangaï neighborhood created. • 1976 - Development Bank of the Central African States branch in business. • 1977 - 18 March: Assassination of president Ngouabi. • 1986 - Nabemba Tower built. • 1987 • April: 1987 Central African Games held in city. • Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city. • 1989 - AS Police (football club) formed. • 1990 • Mfilou arrondissement officially established. ==21st century==
21st century
• 2001 - December: Trial of former president Lissouba held in city. • 2012 • 4 March: Brazzaville arms dump blasts. • October: Political protest; crackdown. • Port Authority Headquarters building constructed. • 2017 • August: Christian Roger Okemba becomes mayor. • Long-planned project to build a Brazzaville-Kinshasa Bridge reactivated. ==See also==
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