Timeline of Antananarivo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Prior to 20th century[]

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
- City besieged by French forces.^[4]
- French colonists rename city "Tananarive."^[2]
- Population: 50,000-75,000 (approximate estimate).^[2]

20th century[]

1909 - Brickaville-Tananarive railway begins operating.^[5]
1910 - [mg] 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]
1929 - Protests against French rule^[10]
1956 - City plan created.^[3]
1958 - National Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar headquartered in city.^[11]
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).^[12]
1971 - Population: 347,466 city; 377,600 urban agglomeration (estimate).^[13]
1972 - Political unrest; city hall burns down.^[3]
1976 - City renamed "Antananarivo."^(fr)
1983 - Midi Madagasikara newspaper begins publication.^[14]
1993 - Population: 710,236 city.^[15]
1995 - November: Rova of Antananarivo burns down.^[3]^[16]
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.^[17]
- Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
2007 - December: Andry Rajoelina elected mayor.
2009 - January-February: 2009 Malagasy protests.^[18]
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.[1]
2018
- April: Anti-government protest.^[19]
- Population: 1,521,898 (estimate, urban agglomeration).^[20]
2022 - African Youth Games to be held in Antananarivo.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Histoire de la ville d'Antananarivo". Mairie-antananarivo.mg (in French). Commune Urbaine d'Antananarivo. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Nave 2005.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rajaonah 2005.
^ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Madagascar", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via Internet Archive
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "A propos de Madarail: Historique" (in French). Antananarivo: Madarail. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Madagascar". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. pp. 258–266. ISBN 978-0203409954.
^ "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. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ "Garden Search: Madagascar". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ Planet, Lonely. "History in Antananarivo, Madagascar". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
^ 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 978-1857431834.
^ "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
^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

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 (eds.). Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415234795.
Ari Nave (2005). "Antananarivo, Madagascar". In Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates (ed.). 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 (ed.). 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. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005579753 – via HathiTrust. (+ table of contents)
[fr] (1949). "Une capitale montagnarde en pays tropical: Tananarive". [fr] (in French). 37 – via Persée.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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 (650): 339–360. 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 (44): 99–120. doi:10.4000/oceanindien.574 – via Revues.org.

External links[]

"(Antananarivo)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"(Antananarivo)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Antananarivo)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Antananarivo)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. 2016-09-29. (Bibliography)
"(Antananarivo)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Antananarivo)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Antananarivo)". Research Papers in Economics. US: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
"Antananarivo". BlackPast.org. US. 2015-02-11.

[Ville-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Histoire de la ville d'Antananarivo". Mairie-antananarivo.mg (in French). Commune Urbaine d'Antananarivo. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[FOOTNOTENave2005-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Nave 2005.

[FOOTNOTERajaonah2005-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rajaonah 2005.

[Haydn1910-4] Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Madagascar", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via Internet Archive

[Madarail-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "A propos de Madarail: Historique" (in French). Antananarivo: Madarail. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[Europa2001-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Madagascar". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. pp. 258–266. ISBN 978-0203409954.

[katolsk-7] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Madagascar". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[8] "France: Africa: Madagascar". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[botanic-9] "Garden Search: Madagascar". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[10] Planet, Lonely. "History in Antananarivo, Madagascar". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

[FOOTNOTEVeney2003-11] Veney 2003.

[12] "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

[13] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.

[Europa2004-14] "Madagascar: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1857431834.

[15] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2004. United Nations Statistics Division.

[16] "Antananarivo: Les dates marquantes". Iarivo-town.mg (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[17] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.

[bbc-timeline-18] "Madagascar Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[19] "Thousands march in Madagascar to protest at election laws", Reuters, 23 April 2018

[20] "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

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Timeline of Antananarivo

Contents

Prior to 20th century[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

External links[]

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