Timeline of Cairo
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cairo, Egypt.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 1st century BCE - Babylon Fortress built (approximate date).
- 4th-5th centuries CE - Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga) built.
- 6th century - Church of Saint Menas established.
- 642 - Mosque of Amr ibn al-As built.
- 879 - Mosque of Ibn Tulun built.
- Church of St. George built (approximate date).
- Church of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila) built (approximate date).
- 970
- Misr al-Qahira settlement founded by Fatimid Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah.[1]
- Al-Azhar University established.
- 972 - Al-Azhar Mosque established.
- 978 -The Hanging Church rebuilt (approximate date).
- 979 - Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo rebuilt (approximate date).
- 992 - Al-Hakim Mosque built.
- 11th century - Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag) built.
- 1016 - Lulua Mosque built.
- 1073 - Saint Barbara Church in Coptic Cairo restored.
- 1085 - Juyushi Mosque built.
- 1092 - City wall and Gates of Cairo built (including Bab Zuweila and Bab al-Nasr).
- 1125 - Aqmar Mosque built.
- 1154 - Al-Hussein Mosque built.
- 1160 - Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque built.
- 1168 - Egypt's capital moved from Fustat to Cairo.
- 1183 - Saladin Citadel built.
- c. 1205 - Bab Moshé (Ibn Maimoun) Synagogue established[2]
- 1250 - City becomes capital of Mamluk Sultanate.
- 1280 - Qalawun complex built (approximate date).
- 1318 - Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque built.
- 1340 - Mosque of Amir al-Maridani established.
- 1347 - Aqsunqur Mosque built.
- 1349 - Mosque of Shaykhu built.
- 1352 - Amir Taz Palace built.
- 1355 - Khanqah of Shaykhu built.
- 1359 - Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan built.
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Map of Cairo, 1572
- 1421 - Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad built.
- 1517
- January: Battle of Ridaniya occurs near Cairo.[3]
- Capture of Cairo by Ottoman forces.
- City becomes provincial capital during Selim I's rule of Ottoman Empire.
- 1774 - Mosque of Abu Dahab built.
- 1788 - Al Musafir Khana Palace built.
- 1798 - Napoleon arrives.
19th century
- 1801 - June: Siege of Cairo - French surrender to British and Ottoman forces
- 1811 - March: Massacre of the Citadel.[3]
- 1822 - Arabic printing press in operation.[4]
- 1827 - Kasr Al-Ainy Medical School established.
- 1828
- Government Al-Waqa'i'a al-Masriya newspaper begins publication.
- Dar al-Mahfuzat (government archive) established.[5]
- 1848 - Mosque of Muhammad Ali built.
- 1854 - Khorenian School begins.
- 1856 - Railway station built.
- 1860 - Shepheard's Hotel in operation.
- 1869 - Khedivial Opera House opens.
- 1870 - Egyptian National Library and Archives established.
- 1871- 24 December: Premiere of Verdi's Aida.
- 1874 - Abdeen Palace built.
- 1875 - Al-Ahram newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1879 - Collège de la Sainte Famille founded
- 1880 - Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe established.[4]
- 1882
- Population: 347,838.[7]
- Khedivial Sporting Club founded.
- 1888 - Collège des Frères (Bab al-Louq) opens.
- 1892 - Ben Ezra Synagogue built.[2]
- 1893 - Le Progrès Egyptien newspaper begins publication.
- 1897 - El Khalig canal filled in.[8]
- 1899
- Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue built
- Al-Ahram newspaper headquartered in Cairo.
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Cairo - panorama from the Citadel 1895
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Cairo Mosque 1895
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Cairo, soldiers and crowd in front of building, 1895
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Cairo - panorama from the Citadel, 1895
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Cairo, the Citadel, 1895
20th century
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1900s-1940s
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Map of Cairo, 1933
- 1900 - Ets Hayim Synagogue (Hanan Synagogue) established [2]
- 1902 - Egyptian Museum established.[8]
- 1905 - Chaar Hachamaim Synagogue established [2]
- 1906 - Pathé cinema built.[9]
- 1908
- Cairo University and Café Riche opened.
- ar[10] and American College for Girls founded.
- 1910
- Coptic Museum built.
- Heliopolis Palace Hotel opened.
- Heliopolis Sporting Club founded.
- 1905 - Shimon Bar Yochai Synagogue established [2]
- 1911 - Baron Empain Palace built.
- 1912
- Boulak Bridge and Al-Rifa'i Mosque built.
- 1915
- 1919
- Uprising against British occupation.
- American University in Cairo established.
- 1921 - Cairo Conference held.[4]
- 1922
- Tutankhamun's tomb discovered.
- 1924 - 19 November: British governor-general Stack of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan assassinated.[3]
- 1925 - Pahad Itzhak (Kreim) Synagogue established[2]
- 1929 - Manial Palace built.
- 1932
- Society Of The Muslim Brothers headquartered in Cairo.
- Moussa Dar'i Synagogue established[2]
- 1933 - Qasr al-Nil Bridge built.
- 1934 - St. George's College, Cairo established.
- 1934 - Meir'enaim (Biton) Synagogue established [2]
- 1937
- Population: 1.3 million.[11]
- Yacoubian Building constructed.
- Lycée La Liberté Héliopolis opens
- 1938 - Publication of The Egyptian Gazette moves from Alexandria to Cairo.
- 1940 - Metro Cinema opens.[12]
- 1942 - Abdeen Palace Incident.
- 1944 - Cairo Forces Parliament meeting.
- 1945
- Arab League headquartered in Cairo.[4]
- Ashkènazim Synagogue restored [2]
- 1946 - Ali Baba Cinema opens.[12]
- 1948
- 1949 - 12 February: Muslim leader Hassan al-Banna assassinated.
1950s-1990s
- 1950 - Ain Shams University founded.
- 1952
- Cairo Fire.
- The Mogamma built.
- Ismailia Square renamed Tahrir Square.
- Egyptian Revolution of 1952
- Al Akhbar (Egypt) starts publication.
- 1954 - Al Gomhuria newspaper begins publication.
- 1956
- Cairo International Stadium opens.
- City master plan created.[13]
- 1959
- Cairo Conservatoire opens.
- Academy of Arts (Egypt) and Cairo Symphony Orchestra founded.
- Arab Petroleum Congress meets in Cairo.[14]
- 1961 - Cairo Tower built.
- 1963 - Cairo International Airport opens.[15]
- 1964 - January: 1964 Arab League summit (Cairo) held.[3]
- 1965 - Population: 3.3 million.[16]
- 1966 - Cairo Opera Ballet Company founded.
- 1967 - Bab Moshé (Ibn Maimoun) Synagogue restored.[2]
- 1968 - Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral built.
- 1969 - Cairo International Book Fair founded.
- 1970
- January: Israeli forces conduct aerial attacks near Cairo.[3]
- September: 1970 Arab League summit held.
- Greater Cairo Master Plan created.[13]
- 1972 - January: Student demonstration.[3][17]
- 1975
- January: Economic demonstration.[3]
- Unknown Soldier Memorial (Egypt) inaugurated.
- 1976
- 1976 Arab League summit (Cairo).
- Cairo International Film Festival begins.
- British International School in Cairo established.
- Manor House School, Cairo opens.
- 1977 - January: Economic demonstration.[3]
- 1978 - New Cairo British International School formed.
- 1979
- 1981
- 6 October: Assassination of Anwar Sadat.[20]
- Sadat Academy for Management Sciences opens.
- 1982
- Saint Fatima School begins.
- Sister city relationship established with New York City, United States.[19]
- 1984
- Master Plan for Greater Cairo approved.[21]
- Arab Democratic Nasserist Party founded.
- 1985
- Child Museum opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Paris, France.[19]
- 1986 - February: 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot occurs.[3]
- 1987 - Cairo Metro Line 1 begins operating.[22]
- 1988
- Cairo Opera House opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Istanbul, Turkey.[19]
- 1989
- al-Hirafiyeen neighborhood built.[23]
- Sister city relationship established with Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[19]
- 1990
- 1991 - Al-Ahram Weekly begins publication.
- 1992 - Earthquake.
- 1993 - Sister city relationship established with Barcelona, Spain.[19]
- 1995 - Dreamland development begins near city.
- 1996
- 6th October Bridge built.
- Cairo Metro Line 2 (Shoubra AlKheiman- AlMounieb) opened.
- 1997
- Aldiwan Arabic Language Center opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Xi'an, China and Seoul, South Korea.[19]
- 1998 - Sister city relationships established with Houston, United States and Minsk, Belarus.[19]
21st century
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2000s
- 2001
- Misr American College established.
- Cairo 52 arrested.
- 2003 - El Sawy culturewheel built.
- 2004
- Al-masry Al-youm newspaper begins publication.
- Canadian International College established.
- Abdul Azim Wazir becomes governor of Cairo (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 2005
- April 2005 Cairo terrorist attacks
- British University in Egypt established.
- Al-Azhar Park built.
- El Fagr newspaper begins publication.
- 2006
- City government website online (approximate date).[24][chronology citation needed]
- Al-Resalah television begins broadcasting.
- 2007
- City hosts 11th Pan Arab Games.
- 57357 Hospital established.
- 2008 - Youm 7 newspaper starts publication.
- 2009
2010s
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- 2010 – Population: 7,248,671.[25]
- 2011
- 25 January: Uprising against Mubarak regime begins.[26]
- April: Abdel Qawi Khalifa becomes governor of Cairo.[citation needed]
- 2012
- Cairo Metro Line 3 (Imbaba / Mohandiseen - Cairo Int'l Airport) opened.
- Pope Shenouda III, head of Egyptian Coptic church, died.[27]
- Protests against state president Mohamed Morsi.[28]
- 2013
- Anti-Morsi protests.[29]
- February: The first Iranian president, Ahmadinejad, to visit Egypt since 1979.[30]
- April: Violence against Coptic after funeral.[31]
- 3 July: 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
- 8 July: "Egyptian soldiers fire on Morsi supporters protesting outside a military facility in Cairo, killing over 50."[32]
- 14 August: "More than 600 people, mostly Morsi supporters, are killed when police clear two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo."[32]
See also
- Other cities in Egypt
References
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This article incorporates information from the Arabic Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 18th-19th century
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