Timeline of Johannesburg

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province in South Africa.

19th century

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20th century

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1900s–1950s

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1960s–1990s

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21st century

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Aerial view of Johannesburg, 2006

2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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  • 2021
  • 2023
    • 19 July 2023: Gas explosion destroys road in downtown.[43]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b H.T. Montague Bell; C. Arthur Lane (1905). Guide to the Transvaal. Johannesburg Reception Committee.
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  5. ^ "South Africa". International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Fitzroy Dearborn. 1999. p. 964. ISBN 978-1-884964-35-0.
  6. ^ a b Jaques Malan (2005). "Opera Houses in South Africa". In Christine Lucia (ed.). World of South African Music: A Reader. Cambridge Scholars Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-904303-36-7.
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  10. ^ Murchú 2007.
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  19. ^ Gideon Shimoni, Community and Conscience: The Jews in Apartheid South Africa (University Press of New England, 2003) p67
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  26. ^ a b "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
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  30. ^ Roger B. Beck (2013). "Timeline of Historical Events". History of South Africa. Greenwood Histories of Modern Nations (2nd ed.). ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-527-5.
  31. ^ "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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  33. ^ "Joburg.org.za". City of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 12 December 1998 – via Wayback Machine.
  34. ^ Michaela Alejandra Oberhofer (2012), "Fashioning African Cities: The Case of Johannesburg, Lagos and Douala", Streetnotes, 20 (20), ISSN 2159-2926 – via California Digital Library  
  35. ^ a b The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 10 September 2015. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.
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  41. ^ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on 28 March 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  42. ^ South African students continue fees protest, BBC News, 26 October 2015
  43. ^ "One dead, 41 injured in suspected gas explosion in South Africa". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

Bibliography

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Published in 20th century

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  • A. Samler Brown; G. Gordon Brown, eds. (1906), "Johannesburg", Guide to South Africa (14th ed.), London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company
  • "Johannesburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 431–432.
  • "Johannesburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 31 (12th ed.). 1922. p. 659.
  • G.-M Van der Waal (1987), From mining camp to metropolis: the buildings of Johannesburg, 1886–1940, Pretoria: C. van Rensburg Publications for the Human Sciences Research Council, ISBN 0868460494
  • Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Johannesburg". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. ISBN 1884964036.
  • Musiker, 2000. A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg, Francolin Pubs., Cape Town, South Africa.

Published in 21st century

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2000s
2010s
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