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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1900s-1950s
- 1909
- 1 September: Elisabethville site designated seat of Katanga province; named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium.[1]
- 27 September: Sakania-Elisabethville railway begins operating.[1]
- 1910
- Union Minière du Haut Katanga (mining entity) active.
- Hôpital Gécamines Sud (hospital) and Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga[2] established.
- Population: 360.[3]
- Émile Wangermée becomes vice governor-general of Katanga.[1]
- 1910s - "Governor's Residence and Imara and Twendelee schools" built.[1]
- 1911
- Journal du Katanga newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Population: 1,000.[3]
- Etoile mining begins near Elisabethville.[citation needed]
- Catholic schools Institut Marie-José and Collège Saint-François de Sales established.(fr)
- 1912
- 1918 - Bukama-Elisabethville railway begins operating.
- 1919
- Population: 8,000 (approximate).[3]
- Ruashi mining begins in vicinity of Elisabethville.[citation needed]
- 1920
- "Management of the Union Minière was transferred from the British to the Belgians."[3]
- Catholic Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral built.[chronology citation needed]
- 1920s - "Makutano Club, Jerusalem United Methodist Church, and the Jewish synagogue" built.[1]
- 1921 - Development of Albert I township begins.[1]
- 1928
- Port-Francqui-Elisabethville railway begins operating.
- L'Essor du Congo newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1930s- "Courthouse and Mazembe stadium" built.[1]
- 1931 - L'Écho du Katanga newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1932 - Wallace Memorial Church built.[5]
- 1937 - Musée d'Élisabethville (museum) founded.
- 1939 - Football clubs FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo and FC Saint-Georges formed.
- 1941
- 1944 - Premiere of Joseph Kiwele's Cantate à la gloire de la Belgique.[6]
- 1945 - Union Africaine des Arts et Lettres founded.
- 1946 - Académie d'Art Populaire d'Elisabethville founded.[7]
- 1949 - Athénée royal built.[8]
- 1950 - Development of Katuba township begins.[1]
- 1950s - "Post office,...CSK headquarters, the theater, St. Mary's Basilica, and the railway headquarters" built.[1]
- 1951 - Académie des Beaux-Arts d'Elisabethville founded.
- 1954
- 1956 - Université officielle du Congo et du Rwanda-Urundi opens.[4]
- 1957
- 1959
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Elisabethville established.[2]
- Population: 183,711 (estimate).[10]
1960s-1990s
- 1960
- June: City becomes part of independent Republic of the Congo.
- July: City becomes capital of breakaway State of Katanga during the Congo Crisis.
- Boniface Mwepu Katentakanya becomes bourgmestre (mayor).
- 1960s - "Gecamines tower and the 2 hospitals" built.[1]
- 1961 - 15 September: Airport bombed by Katangese Air Force.
- 1963 - Mjumbe newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1964 - Stade Albert (stadium) opens.
- 1966 - City becomes capital of Katanga Province.
- 1967
- La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (mining entity) headquartered in city.[11]
- Centre Culturel Français opens.
- 1970
- Elisabethville renamed "Lubumbashi."[1][chronology citation needed]
- Musée national de Lubumbashi (museum) active.
- 1970s - "Hotel Karavia and Mobutu Stadium" built.[1]
- 1971 - City becomes part of Shaba Province in the Republic of Zaire.
- 1972
- Kampemba commune created.[citation needed]
- University's Centre d'études des littératures romanes d'inspiration africaine active.
- 1974 - Société nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo (national railway) headquartered in Lubumbashi.[11]
- 1975 - Population: 480,875 (estimate).[12]
- 1977 - Annexe (commune) created.[1][chronology citation needed]
- 1981 - University of Lubumbashi active.
- 1984 - Population: 543,268.[11]
- 1990 - May: Student demonstration at University of Lubumbashi; crackdown.[11]
- 1994 - Population: 851,381 (estimate).[13]
- 1997
- April: Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo take city during the First Congo War.[11]
- Floribert Kaseba Makunko becomes mayor.
- May: City becomes part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 2007 - Moïse Katumbi becomes governor of Katanga Province.
- 2008 - Marie-Grégoire Tambila becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Jean Oscar Sanguza Mutunda becomes mayor.
- Congo Express airline (Kinshasa-Lubumbashi) begins operating.
- Centennial of founding of city.
- 2011
- February: Airport attacked by secessionist Tigers.[14]
- June: Unrest.[14]
- 7 September: Prison break; escapees include warlord Gédéon Kyungu.[15][16]
- Stade TP Mazembe (stadium) opens in Kamalondo.
- 2013 - March: Secessionist Mai-Mai Kata Katanga unrest.[17]
- 2014 - January: Mai-Mai Kata Katanga unrest.[18]
- 2015
- City becomes capital of the newly formed Haut-Katanga Province.
- Population: 2,015,502 (estimate).[13]
- 2016 - December: Political protest.[19]
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