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Port Elizabeth - Wikipedia
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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.

Maps Timeline of Port Elizabeth



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.

Alterations and Renovations to the Port Elizabeth Opera House ...
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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.

Bitclub Network Port Elizabeth (@bitclubpe) | Twitter
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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

X-Plane 11 - IXEG 737 | Port Elizabeth/Cape Town | FAPE/FACT ...
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References

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

Eastern Cape Freight Databank-Port Elizabeth Airport
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Bibliography


A Timeline of Catholicism in South Africa - The Southern Cross
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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.)

Source of article : Wikipedia