Timeline of Addis Ababa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Addis Ababa, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1886 - Addis Ababa ("New Flower") founded by Taytu Betul, Empress Consort of the Ethiopian Empire.^[1]
• 1889 - Population: 15,000 (estimate).^[2]
• 1891 - Ethiopian capital relocated to Addis Ababa from Entoto (approximate date).^[3][4]
• 1896 - St. George's Cathedral built.
• 1897
  • Harar-Addis telephone line constructed.^[3]
  • Hospital opens.^[5]

20th century

• 1903 - Eucalyptus trees planted.^[1]
• 1904
  • Mint established.^[3]
  • Asmara-Addis telephone line constructed.^[3]
• 1906 - Telegraph office^[3] and Menelik II school established.^[6]
• 1907
  • Ras Makonnen bridge constructed.^[3]
  • Itegue Taitu Hotel in business.^[7]
• 1908 - Tefere Makonnen high school established.^[8]
• 1913 - Courrier d'Ethiopie newspaper begins publication.
• 1917 - Djibouti-Addis Ababa railway begins operating.^[9]
• 1922
  • Nasibu Emmanual becomes mayor.
  • Leprosy hospital built.
• 1924 - Medhane Alem school established.^[6]
• 1928 - Empress Menen school established.^[6]

1930s-1940s

• 1930
  • 2 November: Haile Sellasie crowned "King of Kings of Ethiopia."
  • Guenete Leul Palace built.
  • Population: 80,000 (estimate).^[2]
• 1935 - Hager Fikir Association formed.
• 1936
  • April: Aerial bombing by Italian forces.^[10]
  • 5 May: City taken by Italian forces.^[4]
  • City becomes capital of Italian East Africa.^[4]
  • Giuseppe Bottai becomes governor, succeeded by Alfredo Siniscalchi.
• 1937
  • 19 February - Attempted assassination of Rodolfo Graziani at Viceregal Palace.^[11][12]
  • 19–20 February: Crackdown by Italian forces on Ethiopian population.^[11][13]
• 1938 - Francesco Camero Medici becomes governor.
• 1939 - Enrico Cerulli becomes governor, succeeded by Guglielmo Nasi.
• 1940
  • Giuseppe Daodice becomes governor.
  • Hailé Sélassié Stadium opens.
• 1941
  • Agenore Frangipani becomes governor.
  • 5 May: Haile Selassie returns.
  • Addis Zemen Amharic-language newspaper begins publication.^[14]
• 1942 - Holy Trinity Cathedral built.
• 1943 - Haile Selassie I school established.^[6]
• 1944 - Public library inaugurated.^[8][15]
• 1945 - Anbessa City Bus Service founded.
• 1947 - Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce founded.^[16]

1950s-1960s

• 1950 - University College of Addis Ababa established.^[8]
• 1952 - Prince Makonnen school established.^[6]
• 1955 - Jubilee Palace^[5] and Haile Sellasie I Theatre built.^[1]
• 1958
  • Institute of Archaeology founded.
  • Economic Commission for Africa headquartered in city.^[17]
• 1960
  • December: Coup attempt.^[18]
  • Koka Dam constructed.
• 1961
  • Bole Airport established.
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Africa headquartered in Addis Ababa.
• 1963
  • Organization of African Unity headquartered in Addis Ababa.^[19]
  • Orchestra Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Bank, and Addis Ababa University's Institute of Ethiopian Studies^[5] established.
• 1965 - Council of the Oriental Orthodox Churches held.^[19]
• 1966
  • Centre International de Developpement et de Recherche^[20] and Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society^[18] headquartered in Addis Ababa.
  • University Students' Union of Addis Ababa established.

1970s-1980s

• 1974
  • February: Demonstrations.^[11]
  • Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in operation.
  • Population: 1,097,600.^[2]
• 1975 - Kebeles established.
• 1977
  • February: Coup at Menelik Palace.^[18]
  • Alemu Abebe becomes mayor.
• 1984
  • Addis Ababa Museum established.^[8]
  • Population: 1,412,575.^[21]
• 1987 - City becomes capital of People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

1990s

• 1991
  • City taken by Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.^[4]
  • Ethiopian Economic Association headquartered in Addis Ababa.^[22]
• 1992 - Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development headquartered in Addis Ababa.^[20]
• 1994
  • Theological College of the Holy Trinity re-opens.^[23]
  • Population: 2,112,737.^[19]
• 1995
  • Addis Ababa "given the status of self-governed city."^[24]
  • The Reporter newspaper begins publication.^[25]
• 1996
  • Addis Chamber International Trade Fair begins (approximate date).^[26]
  • Goshu Art Gallery and Asni Gallery founded.^[8]
• 1998 - Addis Ababa Ring Road construction begins.
• 1999 - Ethiopian National Archives and Library established.^[15]

21st century

2000s

• 2000
  • City administrative areas reorganized into 10 sub-cities: Arada, Addis Ketema, Akaki Kalati, Bole, Cherkos, Gulele, Kolfe Keranio, Lideta, Nefas Silk, and Yeka.^[27]
  • Oromia Region capital relocated from Addis to Adama.
  • Addis Ababa Women Entrepreneurs Association^[28] and Universal Arts and Crafts gallery^[8] established.
  • November: Burial of Haile Selassie.^[4]
• 2001 - City plan adopted.^[24]
• 2002
  • African Union headquartered in Addis Ababa.^[19]
  • AIDS Resource Center launched.^[29]
  • Population: 2,646,000.^[30]
  • Bole Airport new terminal opens.^[18]
• 2003 - Arkebe Oqubay becomes mayor.
• 2004 - Ethiopian Orthodox Library-Museum inaugurated.^[8]
• 2005 - Election protest.^[31]
• 2006
  • 12 May: Bombings.^[32]
  • Federation of African Societies of Chemistry headquartered in Addis Ababa.^[33]
• 2007
  • Addis International Film Festival begins.^[34]
  • Dembel Mall built.
• 2008
  • Addis Ababa Women’s Affairs Bureau established.^[35]
  • Kuma Demeksa becomes mayor.
  • April–May: African Championships in Athletics held.
• 2009 - Cinema Yoftahe opens.^[36]

2010s

• 2011 - Jazzamba Lounge (nightclub) in business.^[37]
• 2012
  • Muslim protest.^[38]
  • African Union Conference Center inaugurated.^[39]
• 2013 - 2 June: Anti-government protest.^[40]

See also

• History of Addis Ababa

References

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2. J. John Palen (1974). "Housing in a Developing Nation: The Case of Addis Ababa". Land Economics 50. JSTOR 3145012.
3. Richard Pankhurst (1961). "Menelik and the Foundation of Addis Ababa". Journal of African History 2. JSTOR 179586.
4. "Ethiopia Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
5. Siegbert Uhlig, ed. (2007). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica 3. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05607-6.
6. W. T. S. Gould (1973). "Provision of Secondary Schools in African Cities: A Study of Addis Ababa". Town Planning Review 44. JSTOR 40102950.
7. Philip Briggs (2012). Ethiopia (6th ed.). UK: Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841624143.
8. Shiferaw Assefa (2010), "Ethiopia: Libraries, Archives and Museums", in Marcia J. Bates, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
9. "Abyssinia". New International Year Book. NY: Dodd, Mead and Co. 1921.
10. International Herald Tribune, 5 April 1936
11. Harold G. Marcus (1994), A History of Ethiopia, Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 0520081218
12. New York Times, 21 February 1937
13. New York Times, 24 February 1937
14. "Ethiopia: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
15. "About Us". Ethiopian National Archives and Library Agency. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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18. David H. Shinn; Thomas P. Ofcansky (2004). Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6566-2.
19. "City Profile". City Government of Addis Ababa. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
20. "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia, USA: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
21. "Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Urban Profile". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2008. ISBN 9789211319828.
22. "EEA Profile". Ethiopian Economic Association. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
23. "History". Holy Trinity Theological College. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
24. M. Rutten and T. Degefa (2005). "Addis Ababa". In K. Shillington. Encyclopedia of African History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
25. "About Us". Addis Ababa: Media & Communications Center. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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27. "Urban Inequities Report: Addis Ababa". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. Retrieved 20 February 2013. 2003?
28. "Addis Ababa Women Entrepreneurs Association". Retrieved 20 February 2013.
29. "About NARC". National AIDS Resource Center. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
30. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
31. "Riots in Addis". Global Voices. 3 November 2005.
32. New York Times, 12 May 2006
33. "Federation of African Societies of Chemistry". Retrieved 20 February 2013.
34. "Addis International Film Festival". Retrieved 20 February 2013.
35. "Addis Ababa City Administration women, Children and Youths Affair Bureau". City Government of Addis Ababa. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
36. "Movie Theaters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 2014.
37. "In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene", New York Times, 13 November 2014
38. Jon Abbink (2013). "Ethiopia". In Andreas Mehler; et al. Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 325+. ISBN 978-90-04-25600-2.
39. "African Union opens Chinese-funded HQ in Ethiopia". BBC News Online. BBC. 2012-01-28.
40. "Thousands march for rights in rare Ethiopia protest". Reuters. 2 June 2013.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and the Italian Wikipedia.

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• "Capital of Abyssinia". Scottish Geographical Magazine. 1895.

Published in the 20th century

• P.H.G. Powell-Cotton (1902). "(Adis Ababa)". A Sporting Trip through Abyssinia. London: Rowland Ward.
• "Addis Ababa is New Town of Ethiopia". New York Times. May 3, 1936.
• Ahmend Zekaria; et al., eds. (1987). Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Centenary of Addis Ababa 1986.

Published in the 21st century

• Peter P. Garretson (2000). A History of Addis Abäba from Its Foundation in 1886 to 1910. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-04060-0.
• City Government, City Development Plan 2001-2010, Addis Ababa
• Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, ed. (2005). "Addis Ababa". Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.
• Annabel Erulkar; et al. (2006). "Migration and Vulnerability among Adolescents in Slum Areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia". Journal of Youth Studies 9.

External links

Media related to History of Addis Ababa at Wikimedia Commons

• "(Articles related to Addis Ababa)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.