Timeline of Nairobi
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- 1899 - Uganda Railway (Mombasa-Nairobi) begins operating;[1] depot built by British.
20th century
1900s-1920s
- 1900 - Incorporated as the Township of Nairobi
- 1901
- Native Civil hospital opens.
- The Nairobi Club established
- 1904 - Norfolk Hotel opens.[2]
- 1905
- 1906
- Jamia Mosque construction started.
- Royal Nairobi Golf Club founded.
- 1907 - British Government House built.
- 1909 - East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established.[3]
- 1910
- East African Standard newspaper headquartered in Nairobi.
- Museum of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established.[4][5]
- 1912 - Theatre Royal opens.[6]
- 1913 - Muthaiga Country Club founded.
- 1914 - Shri Vankaner Vidya Prasarak Mandal established.[3]
- 1917
- 1918 - Punjebhai Club formed.[3]
- 1919 - Nairobi Political Association formed.[3]
- 1920
1930s-1950s
- 1930 - Coryndon Museum opens.[4]
- 1931 - McMillan lending library (for white settlers) opens.[4][7]
- 1934 - Sir Ali Muslim Club (cricket) founded.
- 1935 - Nairobi becomes a municipality.[8]
- 1939 - St. Mary's School founded.
- 1944 - Kenya Conservatoire of Music founded.[9]
- 1946 - Nairobi National Park established.
- 1947 - Kenya National Archives headquartered in city.[10]
- 1948
- 1949 - American Center Library established.[10]
- 1950 - Nairobi became a city
- 1951 - Railway rerouted via Kibera
- 1952
- 1953 - Nairobi Dam constructed.
- 1954
- Legislative Council (Legco) Building opened
- Ngong Racecourse opens.
- European Hospital opens.[12]
- 1955
- Israel Somen elected mayor.
- Government Indian School renamed Duke of Gloucester School
- 1956
- Royal Technical College established.
- East African Library Association headquartered in city.[13]
- 1958
- Nairobi Embakasi Airport opened
- Embassy Cinema[6] opened.
- Thika Rd Drive-In (later renamed Fox Drive-In) opened
- Kenya Cinema opened
- New Donovan Maule Theatre opened
- Aga Khan Hospital opened
1960s-1970s
- 1961 - Kenya Polytechnic established.[9]
- 1962 - Nairobi West Airport renamed Wilson Airport
- 1963
- City becomes capital of Republic of Kenya.[9]
- Kenya School of Law established.
- 1964 - Abaluhya United Football Club founded.
- 1966 - United Nations Office at Nairobi established.
- 1967
- National Library Service of Kenya headquartered in city.[10]
- Kenya Open golf tournament begins.
- 1968
- Gor Mahia Football Club founded.
- Swedish school founded.
- 1969
- July: Political leader Tom Mboya assassinated.
- Hilton Nairobi built.
- 1970
- University of Nairobi and Nairobi Japanese School established.
- Margaret Kenyatta becomes mayor.
- Tusker Football Club founded.
- 1971 - Nairobi Railway Museum opens.
- 1973
- 1975
- Uchumi Supermarkets founded.
- City hosts World Council of Churches conference.
- 1978 - Mazingira Institute founded.[16]
1980s-1990s
- 1980 - Nairobi Records Centre of the Kenya National Archives established.[4]
- 1981
- City hall building expanded.
- ICEA Building and Cooperative Bank House built.
- 1983
- Sarit Centre shopping mall opens.
- Nyayo National Stadium and Nyayo House built.
- Phoenix Players theatre troupe active.
- 1985
- Kenyatta University established.
- Third UN World Conference on Women held from 15-26 July 1985
- 1987
- Moi International Sports Centre built.
- City hosts All-Africa Games.
- 1989 - Kenya College of Accountancy founded.
- 1990
- Kenya Television Network founded.
- Lonrho House built.
- Population: 1,380,000 (urban agglomeration).[17]
- 1992 - Anniversary Towers built.
- 1994 - Mathare United Football Club founded.
- 1995 - The Village Market shopping center opens.
- 1998 - U.S. embassy bombed.
- 1997 - Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis headquartered in city.[16]
- 1999
- Rahimtulla Tower built.
- Nairobi Java House opens.
- 2000
- New Central Bank Tower built.
- Population: 2,230,000 (urban agglomeration).[17]
21st century
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View of Nairobi, 2007
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Nairobi, 2011
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Kibera, Nairobi, 2015
2000s
- 2001
- I&M Bank Tower built.
- Nairobi Women's Hospital founded.
- Coalition for Peace in Africa headquartered in Nairobi.[16]
- Unrest in Kibera.[18]
- 2002
- Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology established.
- World Urban Forum held.
- 2003
- Nairobi Marathon begins.
- Dorman's Coffee opens.[19]
- Kwani? literary journal begins publication.
- GoDown Arts Centre founded.[20]
- 2004 - Dick Wathika elected mayor.
- 2005
- 2006 - www.sheng.co.ke Kenya's first online Sheng Dictionary goes live after major overhaul.
- 2007
- Nairobi Province administrative districts created.
- December - Post-election unrest.
- 2008
- Google office in business.[21][22]
- Nairobi National Museum building expanded.[5]
- 2009 - Population: 3,138,369.[23]
2010s
- 2010
- Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa resigns.[24]
- City hosts African Championships in Athletics.
- IHub opens.
- June: Blast occurs during protest in Uhuru Park.[24]
- Population: 3,109,861 (estimate).[25]
- 2011
- Petrol pipeline explosion, Sinai slum.[26]
- Hay Festival of literature held.[27]
- George Aladwa elected mayor.
- 2012
- 2013
- Nairobi County administrative division effected.
- 4 March: Election held for governor and National Assembly.
- 7 August: Nairobi airport fire.
- September: 2013 Women's African Volleyball Championship held.
- 21–24 September: Westgate shopping mall attack.
- 14 December: Bus attack in Eastleigh.
- 2014 - Caramel restaurant in business.[30]
- 2015 - July: US president Obama visits city.[31]
- 2017
- Two Rivers Shopping Complex at the northern boundary shopping centre of Ruaka opened
- June 1st-The first phase of the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, built by the China Road & Bridge Construction Company mainly funded by China Exim Bank and the Government of Kenya is inaugurated by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
- 2018 - Part of 2018 African Nations Championship football contest to be played in Nairobi.
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See also
- History of Nairobi
- List of mayors of Nairobi, 1923-2012
- Timelines of other cities in Kenya: Mombasa
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- Karen Blixen (1937). Out of Africa. London: Putnam. ISBN 0679600213. (Memoir set in Nairobi area circa 1920s)
- Diana Lee-Smith and Davinder Lamba (2000). "Social transformation in a post-colonial city: the case of Nairobi". In Mario Polèse and Richard E. Stren (ed.). The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change. University of Toronto Press. p. 250+. ISBN 978-0-8020-8320-3.
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