Timeline of Lomé

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lomé, Togo.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1874 - Lomé founded "by African, British and German traders."^[1]
• 1897 - Lomé becomes capital of German colonial Togoland.^[2]

Loading of cotton (1885)

20th century

• 1902 - Catholic Cathedral built.^[3]
• 1904 - Wharf constructed.^[4]
• 1905
  • Aného-Lomé railway^[5] and Palace of the Governors built.
• 1907
  • Kpalimé-Lomé railway^[1] and Protestant church^[3] built.
• 1911 - Atakpamé-Lomé railway built.^[1]
• 1914 - Lomé "annexed by the British from the Gold Coast."^[1]
• 1920 - Lomé becomes capital of colonial French Togoland.^[1]
• 1920s - Boulevard Circulaire laid out.^[1]
• 1922 - Political "council of notables" formed.^[1]
• 1932
  • Municipality established.^[6]
  • Étoile Filante du Togo football club formed.
• 1933 - January: "Riot by women" against taxes.^[2][7]
• 1955
  • Lonato building constructed.^[8]
  • Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lomé established.^[9]
• 1957 - La Vérité Togolaise newspaper begins publication.
• 1958 - Tokoin becomes part of Lome.^[1]
• 1960 - City becomes part of independent Togo.^[2]
• 1961 - Dynamic Togolais football club formed.
• 1962
  • Togo-Presse government newspaper begins publication.^[10]
  • Population: 80,000.^[11]
• 1963 - 13 January: 1963 Togolese coup d'état; Sylvanus Olympio assassinated.
• 1965 - Happy Star Concert Band formed.^[12]
• 1968 - Stade Général Eyadema (stadium) opens.^{[citation needed]}
• 1969 - Deep-water harbor built.^[1]
• 1970
  • University of Benin founded.
  • Population: 148,156.^[13]
• 1975
  • Togo National Museum opens.
  • City hosts signing of the Lomé Convention.^[14]
• 1980 - Hotel du 2 Fevrier and West African Development Bank^[15] built.
• 1981 - Population: 375,499.^[16]
• 1983 - British School established.
• 1985
  • Ecobank headquartered in city.
  • Bombings.^[17]
• 1989
  • "Industrial and harbour free zone" established.^[1]
  • Dove of Peace statue unveiled in Tokoin.^[1]
• 1990 - 5 October: Anti-government demonstrations begin.^[1][2]
• 1991 - April: Crackdown on anti-government demonstrators.^[1]
• 1993 - La Dépêche newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1997
  • Nouvel Echo newspaper begins publication.^[10]
  • Al-Furkan Center built.^[15]
• 1998 - Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (stock exchange) branch established.^[14]
• 1999 - July: City hosts signing of the Lomé Peace Accord.^[14]
• 2000 - Stade de Kégué (stadium) opens.

21st century

• 2001 - October: Mayor Amousouvi Akakpo arrested.^[18]
• 2005
  • March: Funeral of Gnassingbé Eyadéma.^[1]
  • May: Post-election unrest.^[19]
• 2007 - Musée international du Golfe de Guinée (museum) founded.^[20]
• 2011 - Population: 1,524,000 (urban agglomeration).^[21]
• 2012
  • June: Political demonstration.^[17][22]
  • University of Science and Technology of Togo established.
• 2013 - 11 January: Lomé Grand Market fire.^[23]
• 2015 - Population: 1,788,600 (estimate, urban agglomeration).^[24]

See also

• History of Lomé (in French)
• History of Togo