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• 1862 – Town founded by Majid bin Said of Zanzibar near Mzizima village.
• 1872 – Hurricane.
• 1887
  • Town "taken by Carl Peters for German East Africa Company."
  • Lutheran Mission built.
  • Catholic diocese of Southern Zanguebar established.
• 1891 – Capital of German East Africa relocated to Dar es Salaam from Bagamoyo.
• 1893 – Dar es Salaam Botanical Gardens established.
• 1894 – Lighthouse built.
• 1897 – Ocean Road Hospital built.
• 1899 – Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
• 1900 – "Port facilities" built.

20th century

1900s-1950s

• 1901 - Lutheran Church built.
• 1903 - New Boma (district office) built.
• 1905
  • Baugesellschaft Daressalam (construction firm) in business.
  • St. Joseph's Cathedral consecrated.
• 1906 – Kaiserhof (hotel) in business.
• 1907 – Morogoro-Dar es Salaam railway built.
• 1911 – Post office built.
• 1914 – Kigoma-Dar es Salaam railway begins operating.
• 1916 – 3 September: Town captured by British forces.
• 1919 - Town becomes capital of British Tanganyika Territory.
• 1922 – State House built.
• 1926 – Legislative Council of Tanzania headquartered in Dar es Salaam.
• 1929 – Tanganyika African Association active.
• 1930 - Daily News begins publication.
• 1931 – Sudanese Association formed.
• 1933 - Yacht Club opens.
• 1936 - New Wanyamwezi Association founded.
• 1938 – Wazaramo Union founded.
• 1940 - George V Memorial Museum opens.
• 1945 - Township ward council instituted.
• 1948 - Population: 69,227.
• 1953 – Metropolitan Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam established.
• 1954 – Tanganyika African National Union headquartered in Dar es Salaam.

1960s–1990s

• 1960 – Population: 74,036.
• 1961
  • City becomes capital of Tanganyika.
  • University College and Alliance Française de Dar es Salaam established.
• 1963 – Tanzania Library Services headquartered in city.
• 1964
  • City becomes capital of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
  • Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam established.
• 1965
  • Radio Tanzania Dar es Salaam active.
  • Bank of Tanzania headquarters and Kilimanjaro Hotel built.
  • Public library opens.
• 1966
  • Oil refinery begins operating.
  • TANU Youth League Centre opens.
• 1967 - Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School built.
• 1968 – Tazama oil pipeline begins operating.
• 1970 – University of Dar es Salaam established.
• 1975
  • TAZARA Railway begins operating.
  • Population: 517,000.
• 1977 – October: Chama Cha Mapinduzi (political party) convenes in city.
• 1978 – Mlimani Park Orchestra formed.
• 1979 – Airport expanded.
• 1985 – Population: 1,046,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1990 – Population: 1,316,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1991 – Mkuki na Nyota publisher in business.
• 1992 – "Sustainable Dar es Salaam Program" introduced.
• 1993
  • Mawingu Studio established.
  • Aga Khan Primary School opens.
• 1995
  • International Medical and Technological University established.
  • Doctor's strike.
  • Population: 1,668,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1996 – National Assembly of Tanzania relocated from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
• 1997
  • Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology established.
  • New Africa Hotel built.
• 1998 – 7 August: United States embassy bombing.
• 2000
  • Fish market built.
  • Population: 2,116,000 (urban agglomeration).

21st century

• 2001
  • April: Political demonstration.
  • African Stars Entertainment in business.
• 2002 – National Records and Archives Management Department headquartered in city.
• 2005 – Population: 2,683,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 2006 – Adam Kimbisa becomes mayor.
• 2010
  • Didas Massaburi becomes mayor.
  • May: World Economic Forum on Africa held.
  • Population: 3,415,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 2011 - December: Flood.
• 2012
  • October: Muslim-Christian unrest.
  • Population: 4,364,541 metro.
• 2013 - 29 March: Building collapse on Indira Gandhi Street.
• 2018 – Population: 5,147,070 (estimate).
• 2021 – Shooting.

See also

• Dar es Salaam history
• List of mayors of Dar es Salaam
• Districts of Dar es Salaam Region
• Timelines of other cities in Tanzania: Zanzibar City
• Timeline of Tanzanian history