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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Libreville, Gabon.
- 1843 - Fort and trading post established by French.[1]
- 1849
- Libreville founded by French military official Édouard Bouët-Willaumez. Freed Vili slaves were resettled in the new village.[2][3]
- M. Mountier, a resettled former slave, becomes mayor (approximate date).[4]
- 1860 - Town becomes administrative seat of colonial "French territories in the Gulf of Guinea" (approximate date).[3]
- 1865 - Church of the Immaculate Conception built.[5]
- 1888 - Libreville becomes administrative seat of colonial French Congo.[5][6]
- 1904 - Administrative seat of colonial Congo Gabon moves from Libreville to Brazzaville.[6]
- 1909 - Urban perimeter established.[6]
- 1910 - Libreville becomes part of colonial French Equatorial Africa.[5]
- 1940 - Roads built to Kango, Lambarene, and Owendo (approximate date).[5]
- 1946 - Lumber processing factory built.[5]
- 1955
- Libreville attains commune status.[7]
- Roman Catholic diocese of Libreville established.[8]
- 1956 - Léon M'ba becomes mayor.[9]
- 1958 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Libreville built.[citation needed]
- 1959 - Radiodiffusion-Télévision Gabonaise headquartered in city.[10]
- 1960 - City becomes capital of the Republic of Gabon.[1]
- 1964
- March: 1964 United States Embassy in Libreville bombings occur.
- Deepwater port opens in Owendo.[1]
- Population: 45,909 urban agglomeration.[11]
- 1968 - Leon Mebiame Mba becomes mayor.[9]
- 1970 - National University of Gabon established.
- 1974 - L'Union newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1976
- June–July: Central African Games held in city.
- Ntoutoume Obame appointed mayor.[9]
- 1977 - July: Organisation of African Unity meeting held in Libreville.[5]
- 1980 - Population: 185,000.[7]
- 1981 - December: Anti-government protest.[3]
- 1983
- Centre International des Civilisations Bantu headquartered in city.
- Jean Aveno Davin appointed mayor.[9]
- 1989
- Cleaude Damas Ozimo appointed mayor.[9]
- Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
- 1993
- 27 April: 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash occurs.
- Population: 420,000 (38% Fang, 28% Shira Punu, 12% Nzebi).[4]
- 1994 - Centre Culturel Français opens.(fr)
- 1996 - Mayoral election established per Decentralisation Law.[7]
- 1997 - Paul Mba Abessole becomes mayor.[9]
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- 2005 - November: Post-election unrest.[12]
- 2006 - Population: 600,000 (approximate).[7]
- 2008 - April: Gabonese local elections, 2008 held; Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Akanda FC (football club) formed.
- 2011
- Institut français du Gabon headquartered in city.
- Stade d'Angondjé (stadium) opens.
- 2012 - 12 February: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final (football contest) held in Libreville.
- 2013 - Population: 703,939 urban agglomeration.[13]
- 2014 - Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda becomes mayor.[14]
- 2016 - 31 August: Post-election protest begins.
- 2017 - 5 February: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final held in Libreville.
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