Timeline of Port Elizabeth

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

Video Timeline of Port Elizabeth

Prior to 20th century

• 1799 - Fort Frederick built by British during the Napoleonic wars.
• 1820 - Port Elizabeth settlement founded by British.
• 1823 - Population: 319.
• 1841 - Jetty constructed in Algoa Bay.
• 1845 - Eastern Province Herald newspaper begins publication.
• 1856
  • Grey Institute 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.
• 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.[1]
• 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.

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20th century

• 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.
• 1912 - Raleigh Street Synagogue built.
• 1913 - Port Elizabeth attains 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.
• 1949 - Adcockvale suburb laid out (approximate date).
• 1950 - Evening Post newspaper begins publication.
• 1951 - Van Stadens-veldblomreservaat (nature reserve) established near city.
• 1954 - 20th Century Theatre in business.
• 1960
  • Boet Erasmus Stadium opens.
  • Alliance Française of Port Elizabeth founded.
• 1961 - 16 December: Bomb explosions occur.
• 1964 - University of Port Elizabeth established.
• 1965 - Walmer 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.[2]
  • Development of Motherwell begins near city.
• 1985
  • March: Labor strike.
  • 8 May: Disappearance of "Pebco Three" anti-apartheid activists.
• 1986 - Jewish Pioneer's Memorial Museum established.^(de)
• 1991 - Population: 303,353 city; 853,205 metro.
• 1995 - Nceba Faku elected mayor.

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21st century

• 2001 - Port Elizabeth becomes seat of newly created Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
• 2004 - Website Mandelametro.gov.za launched.
• 2005
  • 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 - Ben Fihla becomes mayor.
• 2015 - Danny Jordaan becomes mayor.
• 2016 - Athol Trollip becomes mayor.

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See also

• Port Elizabeth history
• List of heritage sites in Port Elizabeth
• Timelines of other cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria

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References

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

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Bibliography

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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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