Timeline of Monrovia
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19th century
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1822
- April: Settlement of Christopolis established by the American Colonization Society in Pepper Coast area. [1]
- Providence Baptist Church founded. [2]
- 1824 - Settlement renamed "Monrovia" named after United States president James Monroe . [3]
- 1826 - Liberia Herald newspaper begins publication. [2]
- 1839 - Monrovia Seminary founded.
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1847
- June 25: Constitutional Convention held in Monrovia to discuss creation of the state of Liberia. [1]
- July 26: Monrovia becomes part of newly formed Republic of Liberia. [1]
- October 5: First Liberian general election held.
- Monrovia becomes seat of newly formed Montserrado County .
- 1853 - Photographer Augustus Washington in business.
- 1862 - Supreme Court building constructed. [4]
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1863
- Liberia College opens.
- Trinity Church consecrated.
- 1867 - Masonic Order of Liberia organized in Monrovia.
- 1872 - January 1: Inauguration of Liberian president Joseph Roberts (second term ). [5]
- 1890s - Masonic Temple (Monrovia) [ de ] built.
- 1892 - Arthur Barclay becomes mayor.
20th century
- 1904 - College of West Africa active.
- 1918 - Battle of Monrovia .
- 1920 - Population: 6,000 (estimate). [6]
- 1940s - West Point settlement formed.
- 1940 - Population: 12,000. [2]
- 1943 - Invincible Eleven football club formed.
- 1945 - Gbarnga -Monrovia highway constructed.
- 1947 - Centennial Pavilion [ de ] erected.
- 1948 - Freeport of Monrovia begins operating on nearby Bushrod Island .
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1951
- Liberia Chamber of Commerce headquartered in city. [7]
- University of Liberia active.
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1954
- University's Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law opens.
- Monrovia Elementary School built. ( de )
- 1956 - Nathan C. Ross becomes mayor. [8]
- 1958 - Capitol building constructed. [9]
- 1960 - Ducor Hotel in business.
- 1961 - September: Labor strike held. [1]
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1962
- Liberian National Museum established on Providence Island [ sv ] . [4]
- Population: 80,992. [10]
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1964
- Executive Mansion ( presidential residence ) built. [9]
- National Cultural Centre created in nearby Kendeja, Paynesville . [4]
- 1965 - Temple of Justice built.
- 1970s - Saint Paul Bridge (Monrovia) [ de ] built over Saint Paul River . [ citation needed ]
- 1970 - Population: 96,226. [11]
- 1971 - John F. Kennedy Medical Center opens.
- 1974 - Seat of Montserrado County moved from Monrovia to Bensonville .
- 1976 - People's Bridge built over Mesurado River .
- 1977 - Liberian Center for National Documents and Records headquartered in Monrovia.
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1979
- July: Organisation of African Unity meeting held at Hotel Africa in nearby Virginia .
- "Civil unrest." [12]
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1980
- April 12: 1980 Liberian coup d'état ; president Tolbert assassinated in the Presidential Palace. Subsequent unrest occurs. [12]
- Monrovia Black Star FC (football club) formed.
- 1981 - Liberian Observer newspaper begins publication.
- 1984 - Population: 421,053. [13]
- 1986 - Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex opens.
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1990
- May 13: Barclay Training Center [ de ] besieged on Capitol Hill during the First Liberian Civil War .
- July: Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia "seized control in part of the capital." [1]
- July: Massacre [ de ] at St. Peter's Lutheran church in Sinkor . [14]
- August 24: Peacekeeping forces of Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group begin operating. [12]
- September 9: Assassination of president Doe . [12]
- 1997 - STAR radio begins broadcasting.
- 1998 - 1998 Monrovia clashes . [12]
- 1999 - Red Cross Monument (Monrovia) [ de ] erected on Broad Street. [ citation needed ]
- 2000 - Daily Talk news chalkboard launched.
21st century
- 2001 - Ophelia Hoff Saytumah becomes mayor.
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2003
- April: Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace begins demonstrating.
- July 18–August 14: Siege of Monrovia occurs during the Second Liberian Civil War . [15]
- 2004 - October: "Riots in Monrovia." [15]
- 2006 - July: Government "switches on generator-powered street lights in the capital, which has been without electricity for 15 years." [15]
- 2008 - Population: 970,824 urban agglomeration. [16]
- 2009 - Mary Broh becomes mayor.
- 2011 - Zolu-Duma-Bridge [ de ] built.
- 2012 - Coconut Plantation settlement razed. [17]
- 2013 - Henry Reed Cooper becomes mayor.
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2014
- Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia occurs.
- Clara Doe-Mvogo becomes mayor.
- 2015 - George M. Weah becomes Senator of Montserrado County.
- 2017 - George M. Weah elected president.
- 2018 - First Presidential transition occurred since 1944.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Liberia". Political Chronology of Africa . Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications . 2001. pp. 228–234. ISBN 0203409957 .
- 1 2 3 D. Elwood Dunn; et al. (2001). Historical Dictionary of Liberia (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press . ISBN 978-1-4616-5931-0 .
- ↑ "History of Liberia: A Time Line" . Washington DC: U.S. Library of Congress . Retrieved August 27, 2017 .
- 1 2 3 Girma Kidane (1982), Liberia: the National Museum (PDF) , Technical Report, Unesco
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↑
"Inauguration Day at Monrovia",
African Repository
, Washington DC: American Colonization Society, vol.
48, 1872,
hdl
:
2027/mdp.39015027750564
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From the (Liberia) Lone Star
- ↑ "Liberia". Statesman's Year-Book . London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl : 2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust .
- ↑ "Liberia: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004 . Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications . 2004. ISBN 1857431839 .
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↑
Haiti Sun
, Port-au-Prince, September 16, 1962, p.
6
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via
University of Florida
- 1 2 "Monrovia" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved August 26, 2017 .
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 1965 . New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations . 1966. pp. 140–161.
- ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Statistical Office. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 1980 . New York. pp. 225–252.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Zeleza 2003 .
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2000 . United Nations Statistics Division .
- ↑ Troops massacre 600: Monrovia, Liberia , United Press International, July 30, 1990
- 1 2 3 "Liberia Profile: Timeline" . BBC News . 10 June 2011 . Retrieved August 26, 2017 .
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2015 . United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
- ↑ "Demolitions ravage Liberia neighbourhoods" , Aljazeera.com , August 27, 2012
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia .
Bibliography
- Johann Büttikofer (2013) [1890]. "Monrovia". In Henk Dop; Phillip Robinson (eds.). Travel Sketches from Liberia: Johann Büttikofer's 19th Century Rainforest Explorations in West Africa . Brill. pp. 35–54. ISBN 978-90-04-23630-1 . (written in 1870s-1880s). 1890 German edition
- Merran Fraenkel (1964). Tribe and Class in Monrovia . London. OCLC 3061240 .
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza ; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Monrovia, Liberia". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History . Routledge. ISBN 0415234794 .
- Kevin Shillington , ed. (2005). "Monrovia". Encyclopedia of African History . Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6 .
- Danny Hoffman (2007). "City as Barracks: Freetown, Monrovia, and the Organization of Violence in Postcolonial African Cities". Cultural Anthropology . 22 (3): 400–428. doi : 10.1525/can.2007.22.3.400 . JSTOR 4497779 .
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Urcun Aude; et
al. (2010). "Gouvernance 'non souveraine' et régulation des services de l'eau à Monrovia (Liberia)".
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- Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates, eds. (2010). "Monrovia". Encyclopedia of Africa . Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195337709 .
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