city Mombasa: All Data

Mombasa is a city in Kenya. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.

1. Lists and Timelines

Mombasa : All the events that happened on its coordinates Mombasa : All the polities that existed on its coordinates Mombasa : Chronology

Mombasa: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

1503 AD
Capital of Mombasa Sultanate
1505 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mombasa (1505)
1528 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mombasa (1528)
1529 AD
Capital of Mombasa Sultanate (Portugal)
1587 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman backed revolt of Indian Ocean coast
1589 AD
Mentioned in Event: Portuguese Counterattack
1698 AD
Mentioned in: siege of Mombasa
1824 AD
Capital of Mombasa Sultanate (Great Britain)
1887 AD
Capital of Imperial British East Africa Company
1895 AD
Capital of East Africa Protectorate
2009 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Coast Province, part of Republic of Kenya
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the County of Mombasa, part of Republic of Kenya