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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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