Interesting Facts

Year               Activity

1800              First Europeans penetrated the area
1830              Makolo people migrated Northwards
1840              Bechuanaland hunters heard about “ Mosioatunya” but never got close to the place
1855               David Livingstone discovered the Falls (First European)
1900               A trading settlement was set up
1903               Percy Missen Clark established the first Curio shop
1904               Building of the Victoria Falls Bridge and construction of the first railway line from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls
1905               Official opening of the Vic Falls Bridge and Building of the Victoria Falls 
1920              Victoria Falls was managed by the Railway Company
1935               Victoria Falls was proclaimed a National Monument
1952               Victoria Falls National Park was established
1960               Granted a village management board
1965               Victoria Falls Town Management Board was established
1971               Upgraded to a Town Council
1974               Redefining of its boundary
1989               UNESCO declared the area World Heritage Site
1999               Granted the Municipal status
2020               Granted a City status