Timeline of Antananarivo
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1794 - Capital of Merina Kingdom relocated to Antananarivo from Ambohimanga by Andrianampoinimerina.[1]
- 1800 - Population: 15,000 (approximate estimate).[2]
- 1840 - Manjakamiadana built in the Rova of Antananarivo (palace).
- 1872 - British missionary church built.[3]
- 1895
20th century
- 1909 - Brickaville-Tananarive railway begins operating.[5]
- 1910 - Soarano Station opens.[5]
- 1913
- Tamatave-Tananarive railway built.[6]
- Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Tananarive active.[7]
- 1918 - Population: 63,115.[8]
- 1923 - Antsirabe-Tananarive railway begins operating.[5]
- 1925 - Botanical and Zoological Garden of Tsimbazaza founded.[9]
- 1956 - City plan created.[3]
- 1958 - National Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar headquartered in city.[10]
- 1959
- Flood.[3]
- Richard Andriamanjato becomes mayor.
- 1960 - City becomes capital of the new Malagasy Republic.[1]
- 1961 - University of Madagascar established.
- 1964 - Population: 298,813 city (estimate).[11]
- 1971 - Population: 347,466 city; 377,600 urban agglomeration (estimate).[12]
- 1972 - Political unrest; city hall burns down.[3]
- 1976 - City renamed "Antananarivo."(fr)
- 1983 - Midi Madagasikara newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1993 - Population: 710,236 city.[14]
- 1995 - November: Rova of Antananarivo burns down.[3][15]
- 1997 - 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie held in Antananarivo.
21st century
- 2001 - Senate building constructed (approximate date).[6]
- 2002 - Civil war.[2]
- 2005
- Population: 1,015,140 city.[16]
- Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
- 2007 - December: Andry Rajoelina elected mayor.
- 2009 - January-February: 2009 Malagasy protests.[17]
- 2015 - Lalao Ravalomanana becomes mayor.
- 2016
- November: Meeting of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie held in city.
- December: Meeting of the Association des Villes et Collectivités de l’Ocean Indien held in city.
- 2018 - April: Anti-government protest.[18]
- 2022 - African Youth Games to be held in Antananarivo.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Histoire de la ville d'Antananarivo". Mairie-antananarivo.mg (in French). Commune Urbaine d'Antananarivo. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Rajaonah 2005.
- ↑ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Madagascar", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via Internet Archive
- 1 2 3 "A propos de Madarail: Historique" (in French). Antananarivo: Madarail. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- 1 2 "Madagascar". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. pp. 258–266. ISBN 0203409957.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Madagascar". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "France: Africa: Madagascar". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ↑ "Garden Search: Madagascar". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ Veney 2003.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
Tananarive
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
- ↑ "Madagascar: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2004. United Nations Statistics Division.
- ↑ "Antananarivo: Les dates marquantes". Iarivo-town.mg (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
- ↑ "Madagascar Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ↑ Thousands march in Madagascar to protest at election laws, Reuters, 23 April 2018
- This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- See also: Bibliography of Antananarivo (draft)
- in English
- James Sibree (1896). "Antananarivo, the Capital". Madagascar Before the Conquest. New York: Macmillan.
- "Antananarivo", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Cassandra Rachel Veney (2003). "Antananarivo, Madagascar". In Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh. Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
- Ari Nave (2005). "Antananarivo, Madagascar". In Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.
- Faranirina Rajaonah (2005). "Antananarivo". In Kevin Shillington. Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
- in French
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Madagascar: Villes principales: Tananarive". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion – via HathiTrust. (+ table of contents)
- Charles Robequain (1949). "Une capitale montagnarde en pays tropical: Tananarive". Revue de géographie alpine (in French). 37 – via Persée.
- J. Ramamonjisoa (1983). "L'extension urbaine de Tananarive: nouveaux visages". Madagascar: revue de géographie (in French). 43. OCLC 470157888 – via MadaRevues.
- Faranirina V. Esoavelomandroso (1985). "Aménagement et occupation de l'espace dans la ville moyenne d'Antananarivo pendant la colonisation". Cahiers d'études africaines (in French). 25 – via Persée.
- Faranirina Esoavelomandroso-Rajaonah (1989), "Des rizieres a la ville les plaines de l'ouest d'Antananarivo dans la premiere moitie du XXeme siecle" [From rice fields to the city plains of western Antananarivo in the first half of the twentieth century] (PDF), Omaly sy Anio (in French) (29–32), OCLC 499639574 – via MadaRevues
- Marie Morelle (2006). "'La rue' dans la ville africaine (Yaoundé, Cameroun et Antananarivo, Madagascar" [City streets in Africa]. Annales de géographie (in French). 115. doi:10.3406/geo.2006.21445 – via Persee.fr.
- Catherine Fournet-Guerin (2007). Vivre à Tananarive: Géographie du changement dans la capitale malgache (in French). Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-8111-4168-4.
- Juliette Grolée; Veronique Jenn-Treyer (2007). La précollecte des déchets à Antananarivo, Madagascar (PDF) (in French). Antananarivo: Enda Océan Indien.
- Helihanta Rajaonarison (2010). "L'essor de la photographie de studio à Antananarivo dans les années 1930" [Rise of studio photography in Antananarivo in the 1930s]. Études Océan Indien (in French). 44. doi:10.4000/oceanindien.574 – via Revues.org.
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