Timeline of Khartoum

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Khartoum, Sudan.

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See also: Omdurman and Khartoum North

19th century

• 1821 - Settlement established by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.
• 1824 - "Turko-Egyptian governor Uthman Bey establishes Khartoum as a military centre."
• 1826 - Ali Khurshid Pasha in power.
• 1829 - Mosque built.
• 1830 - Town becomes capital of "the Sudanese possessions of Egypt."
• 1838 - Disease outbreak; capital relocated temporarily to Shendi.
• 1840 - Flood.
• 1841 - Flood.
• 1854 - Muhammad Sa'id Pasha in power.
• 1856 - Disease outbreak; capital relocated temporarily to Shendi.
• 1862 - Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1866 - Consulates of Austria, France, Italy, Persia, and Tuscany established.
• 1869 - Flood.
• 1874 - Flood.
• 1878 - Flood.
• 1884 - 13 March: Siege of Khartoum begins.
• 1885
  • 26 January: Mahdists in power.
  • Capital relocated to Omdurman from Khartoum.
• 1898
  • 2 September: Conflict between Mahdist and British forces.
  • Seat of government relocates to Khartoum from Omdurman.
• 1899
  • Town becomes capital of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
  • Railway begins operating (Wadi Halfa-Khartoum).
  • Sudan Gazette (government newspaper) begins publication.

20th century

• 1902
  • Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories and Coptic Girls School open.
  • Population: 25,000.
• 1903 - Gordon Memorial College opens.
• 1905 - Military academy opens.
• 1909 - Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge built to Halfaya.
• 1911 - Sudan Herald begins publication.
• 1912 - Cathedral Church of All Saints consecrated.
• 1913 - Famine.
• 1924
  • Demonstrations.
  • Flood.
  • Kitchener School of Medicine established.
• 1926 - White Nile Bridge to Omdurman built.
• 1928 - Unity High School for Girls founded.
• 1946 - Flood.
• 1950 - Al Khartoum Sports Club formed.
• 1952 - Acropole Hotel in business.
• 1954 - Population: 100,000 (approximate).
• 1955 - Area of city: 7.9 square kilometers.
• 1956
  • 1 January: City becomes capital of independent Republic of Sudan.
  • University of Khartoum established.
• 1957
  • Municipal Stadium opens.
  • Khartoum American School established.
• 1960 - Bank of Sudan headquartered in Khartoum.
• 1962 - Industrial Bank of Sudan opens.
• 1965 - Population: 173,500.
• 1967 - August: Arab League summit held.
• 1970
  • Area of city: 13.3 square kilometers.
  • Bank of Khartoum established.
• 1971 - National Museum of Sudan established.
• 1973
  • August: Anti-government unrest.
  • Saudi embassy held by Palestinian militants.
  • Population: 334,000.
• 1974 - Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Khartoum formed.
• 1976 - Friendship Hall built.
• 1977 - Oil pipeline to Port Sudan completed.
• 1978 - July - Organisation of African Unity summit held.
• 1980 - Area of city: 101.3 square kilometers.
• 1983
  • September: Islamic law in effect.
  • University of Juba relocates to Khartoum (approximate date).
• 1984
  • March: Teacher/doctor strike begins.
  • El-Sheikh Mosque built.
• 1985
  • March: Economic protest.
  • Population: 1,611,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1988 - Flood.
• 1990 - Population: 2,360,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1991
  • City becomes part of Khartoum federal state (administrative region).
  • Popular Arab and Islamic Congress held in city.
• 1992 - Khartoum International Airport terminal opens.
• 1993
  • Khartoum Bank Group formed.
  • Sudatel headquartered in Khartoum.
• 1994 - Venezuelan criminal Carlos the Jackal arrested in Khartoum.
• 1995
  • Khartoum Stock Exchange begins trading.
  • Population: 3,088,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1997 - Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company incorporated.
• 1998
  • August: Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum North bombed by U.S. forces.
  • Area of city: 343.8 square kilometers.
• 1999
  • Ibrahim Malik Islamic Center built.
  • Republican Palace Museum opens.
  • Greater Nile Oil Pipeline in operation.

21st century

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Aerial view of the cities of Omdurman (top left), Khartoum (lower half), and Bahri (top right), 2005

2000s

• 2000
  • Khartoum Monitor newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 3,505,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 2005
  • July: Demonstrations.
  • Citizen (Juba) newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 3,979,000 (urban agglomeration).
  • City designated an Arab Capital of Culture by Arab League/UNESCO.
• 2006
  • January: African Union summit held.
  • March: Arab League summit held.
• 2007 - Mac Nimir Bridge to Khartoum North built.
• 2008
  • 10–12 May: City besieged by anti-government forces.
  • Population: 639,598.
• 2009 - Tuti Bridge opens.

2010s

• 2010 - Population: 4,516,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 2012
  • June: Economic protest.
  • October: al-Yarmook armament factory bombed.

See also

• Timeline of Sudanese history
• List of universities in Khartoum

Further reading

Published in the 20th century

• McLean, W. H. The planning of Khartoum and Omdurman; transactions of the Town Planning Conference, October 1910. London 1919.
• Walkley, C. E. J. The story of Khartoum, Sudan Notes and Records 18 (1935)
• Arkell, A. J. Early Khartoum. CUP, Cambridge 1949.
• Stevenson, R.C. Old Khartoum, 1821-1885. Sudan Notes and Records 47 (1966)

Published in the 21st century