city Owerri: All Data

Owerri is a city in Nigeria. 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

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

Owerri: 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.

1691 AD
Capital of Owerri
1967 AD
Mentioned in Event: Nigerian Civil War
1968 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Owerri, part of Nigerian Civil War
1968 AD
Mentioned in: Operation OAU, part of Nigerian Civil War
1969 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Biafran offensive
1969 AD
Capital of Republic of Biafra
1970 AD
Mentioned in: Operation Tail-Wind, part of Nigerian Civil War
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Imo State, part of Federal Republic of Nigeria