Timeline of Ibadan

{{History of Nigeria}}

• 1835 – Oluyole becomes Olubadan.
• 1851 – Anglican Church Mission established by David Hinderer.{{cite book|author1=Toyin Falola|author2=Ann Genova|title=Historical Dictionary of Nigeria |year= 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6316-3 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/hinderer_david.html |title=Hinderer, David, Nigeria, Anglican (CMS) |website=www.dacb.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916030408/http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/hinderer_david.html |archive-date=2011-09-16}}
• 1900 – Lagos-Ibadan railway begins operating

• 1913 – Ibadan Grammar School established.
• 1916 – Moor Plantation established near Ibadan.{{cite book |author1=Julius O. Ihonvbere |author2=Timothy Shaw |title=Illusions of Power: Nigeria in Transition |year=1998 |publisher=Africa World Press |location=New Jersey, US |isbn=978-0-86543-642-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/illusionsofpower00ihon }}
• 1929 – Government College founded.
• 1947 – Economic protest.{{cite book|author=Tom G. Forrest|title=The Advance of African Capital: The Growth of Nigerian Private Enterprise |year=1994|publisher=University of Virginia Press|isbn=978-0-8139-1562-3 }}
• 1948 – University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established.{{cite web |url= http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php?action=Find&ftrCountry=NG |title=Garden Search: Nigeria |publisher= Botanic Gardens Conservation International |location=London |accessdate=30 August 2015 }}
• 1949 – Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url= http://catalog.crl.edu/search~S35?/dIbadan+%28Nigeria%29+--+Newspapers |title=Ibadan (Nigeria) – Newspapers |publisher=Center for Research Libraries |location=Chicago, US |work= Global Resources Network |accessdate=30 September 2014 }}
• 1951 – Ibadan Peoples Party organized.
• 1952 – Population: 459,196.{{cite web |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1950_round.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 1955 |year= |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location=New York |title=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}
• 1954 – Nigerian Records Office headquartered in Ibadan.{{cite book|author1=Toyin Falola |author2=Saheed Aderinto|title=Nigeria, Nationalism, and Writing History |year=2010|publisher=University Rochester Press|isbn=978-1-58046-358-4}}
• 1955
• Historical Society of Nigeria founded in Ibadan.{{cite book|editor= Gloria Chuku |title=The Igbo Intellectual Tradition: Creative Conflict in African and African Diasporic Thought |year=2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-31129-0 |chapter= Kenneth Dike: the Father of Modern African Historiography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WmYAAAAQBAJ |pages=137–164 }}
• Isaac Babalola Akinyele becomes Olubadan.
• 1957 – Black Orpheus literary magazine begins publication.
• 1958 – Nigerian National Archives headquartered in city.
• 1959 – Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) television begins broadcasting (later NTA Ibadan).{{cite book|author= Louise M. Bourgault |title=Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa|year= 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-11309-1}}
• 1960
• Liberty Stadium opens.
• Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research headquartered in city.{{cite web |url= https://www.niser.gov.ng/History-of-NISER |title= History of NISER |publisher=Government of Nigeria |accessdate=30 September 2014 }}
• 1961 – Mbari Writers and Artists Club formed.{{cite web |url= http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=11®ion=afg#/Key-Events |title= Guinea Coast, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events |work= Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |location=New York |accessdate= 30 August 2015 }}
• 1962 – University of Ibadan active; Institute of African Studies founded.{{cite book|author=Robert W. July|title=An African Voice: The Role of the Humanities in African Independence|year= 1987|publisher=Duke University Press |location=US |isbn=0-8223-0769-3 |chapter=Chapter 9 |url=https://archive.org/details/africanvoicero00july |url-access=registration|page=192+ }}
• 1963 – Population: 627,380.{{sfn|Udo|1970}}
• 1965 – Cocoa House built.
• 1967 – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture headquartered in city.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
• 1975
• Population: 847,000.{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253–279 }}
• David Jemibewon becomes governor of Oyo State.
• 1976
• City becomes capital of Oyo State.{{citation |url=http://www.oyostate.gov.ng/about-oyo-state/our-history/ |title=Our History |accessdate=30 August 2015 |publisher=Government of Oyo State }}
• Akinyele, Lagelu, and Oluyole semi-urban local governments created.
• 1982 – Leventis United football team formed.
• 1989 – Egbeda, Ido, and Ona Ara semi-urban local governments created.
• 1991 – Ibadan North, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-East, and Ibadan South-West urban local governments created.{{citation |url= http://www.oyostate.gov.ng/ministries-departments-and-agencies/local-government-and-chieftaincy-matters/detailed-information-of-the-33-local-governments-in-brief/ |title=Detailed Information of the 33 Local Governments in Brief |accessdate=30 August 2015 |publisher=Government of Oyo State }}
• 1999 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Yinusa Ogundipe Arapasowu I|yo}} becomes Olubadan

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• 2003
• Ibadan Internet Exchange commissioned.
• Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja becomes governor of Oyo State.
• 2007 – Oyekunle Ayinde Olukotun becomes Olubadan.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
• 2011
• Abiola Ajimobi becomes governor of Oyo State.
• Population: 2,949,000 (urban agglomeration).{{cite book |url=http://unhabitat.org/the-state-of-african-cities-2014/ |title=The State of African Cities 2014 |date=10 September 2015 |isbn=978-92-1-132598-0 |publisher=United Nations Human Settlements Programme |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195641/https://unhabitat.org/the-state-of-african-cities-2014/ |archivedate=2014-09-10 }}
• 2024
• Oyo State coup attempt by Yoruba separatists{{cite web | url = https://humanglemedia.com/the-curious-journey-of-woman-who-declared-yoruba-independence-from-nigeria/ | title = The Curious Journey Of Woman Who Declared Yoruba Independence From Nigeria | author = Ibrahim Adeyemi | work = HumAngle | date = 23 April 2024 | access-date = 29 September 2024 }}

• Ibadan history
• List of Olubadan
• Timelines of other cities in Nigeria: Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt

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:This article incorporates information from the Yoruba Wikipedia.

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