Timeline of Tunis
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tunis, Tunisia.
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- 146 BCE - Romans sack Tunis.
- 698 CE - Al-Zaytuna Mosque founded.[1]
- 737 - Ez-Zitouna madrassa founded.
- 902 - City becomes capital of Ifriqiya.
- 945 - Kharijite insurgents occupy city.
- 1159 - Almohads in power; Tunis becomes capital city.
13th-18th centuries
- 1229 - Hafsids in power.[2]
- 1230 - Kasbah Mosque built.
- 1252 - Al Haoua Mosque built.
- 1270 - Louis IX of France takes power.
- 1320 - Bab el Khadra built.
- 1350 - Bab Saadoun built (approximate date).
- 1534 - Conquest of Tunis by Hayreddin Barbarossa; Ottomans in power.
- 1535
- Conquest of Tunis by Spanish Empire.
- Fortress built at La Goulette.
- 1574 - Conquest of Tunis by Ottomans.[2]
- 1624 - Soubhan Allah Mosque built (approximate date).
- 1631 - Youssef Dey Mosque established.
- 1648 - Ksar Mosque renovated.
- 1655 - Hammouda Pacha Mosque built.
- 1692 - Sidi Mahrez Mosque built.
- 1710 - Bab Jazira Mosque built.
- 1726 - El Jedid Mosque built.
- 1756 - Algerians capture Tunis.
19th century
Map of Tunis, 1888
- 1811 - Rebellion.
- 1813 - Sabkha Mosque restored.
- 1814 - Saheb Ettabaâ Mosque built.
- 1860 - Old city walls demolished.
- 1872 - Tunis-Goulette-Marsa railway begins operating.
- 1875 - Sadiki College founded.[1]
- 1881 - City occupied by French.[1]
- 1882 - Alaoui Museum dedicated.[3]
- 1885 - Bibliothèque Francaise established.[3]
- 1892 - Consulate of France building constructed.
- 1893 - Canal opens.[1]
- 1897 - Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul opens.
20th century
Map of Tunis, 1937
- 1900 - Lycée de la Rue du Pacha founded.
- 1901 - Palais de Justice built.[1]
- 1906 - Population: 227,519.[1]
- 1908 - Omnia Pathé opens.
- 1910 - Belvedère Park opens.[3]
- 1911 - Tramway riots.
- 1914 - Hotel Majestic built.
- 1919 - Espérance Sportive de Tunis founded.
- 1920
- Club Africain sport club founded.
- Municipal Theatre built.
- 1923 - Tunis Institute of Fine Arts founded.
- 1924 - National Library opens.
- 1931
- Coliseum built.
- Hajjamine Mosque restored.
- 1932 - Hotel Claridge built.
- 1935 - El Omrane Mosque built.
- 1936 - Population: 219,578.
- 1942 - November - Occupation of city by Axis powers begins.
- 1943 - May - Allies oust Axis forces.
- 1944 - Tunis–Carthage International Airport developed.
- 1946 - Population: 364,593.
- 1948 - Stade Tunisien football club founded.
- 1953 - Election boycott.[4]
- 1956
- Zitouna University formed.
- Lycée Francais de Mutuelleville and National Library of Tunisia established.[3]
- 1958 - Central Bank of Tunisia headquartered in Tunis.
- 1959 - City designated capital of Tunisian Republic.
- 1963 - Parc Zoologique de la Ville de Tunis set up.[3]
- 1964 - Carthage International Festival begins.
- 1966 - Population: 468,997.
- 1967 - Stade El Menzah built.
- 1969
- Bourse de Tunis founded.
- Tunisian Symphony Orchestra established.
- 1973 - Tunisia Private University founded.
- 1976 - Puppet theatre established.
- 1978 - Museum of Popular Arts and Tradition inaugurated.[3]
- 1979 - Arab League headquartered in Tunis.
- 1983 - National Theatre of Tunisia established.
- 1985 - Métro léger de Tunis begins operating.
- 1988 - University of Carthage founded.
- 1992 - Maison des arts "Dar el founoun" in operation.[3]
- 1993 - Palace Theatre opens.
- 1996 - Theâtre de l'Étoile du Nord established.
- 1998
- National School of Circus Arts established.
- Population: 702,330.[5]
21st century
Protesters and police on Avenue Bourguiba, Tunis, January 2011
- 2000 - Tunis El Manar University founded.
- 2003 - Société des transports de Tunis formed.
- 2004
- Population: 728,453.
- City hosts African Judo Championships.
- 2007
- Islamist militants clash with security forces.[6]
- Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis begins.
- 2008 - Tunis Sports City construction begins.
- 2009 - Stade Chedli Zouiten renovated.
- 2010
- December - Protests.[7]
- Air pollution in Tunis reaches annual mean of 38 PM2.5 and 90 PM10, more than recommended.[8]
- 2011
- 2012
- 2015
- March 18 - The Bardo National Museum attack kills 21, mostly tourists.[12]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tunis", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- 1 2 Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ali Houissa (2010), "Tunisia: Libraries, Archives, and Museums", in Marcia J. Bates, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
- ↑ U.S. Library of Congress, Chronology of International Events: January 1, 1952 - June 30, 1953, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust (fulltext)
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- 1 2 BBC News. "Timeline". Tunisia profile. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ↑ U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. "Tunisia". World Factbook. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ↑ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva
- ↑ D. Kirkpatrick (January 12, 2011). "Protests Spread to Tunisia's Capital, and a Curfew Is Decreed". New York Times.
- ↑ "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.
- ↑ Reuters (June 12, 2012). "Tunisia: Conservative Islamists Riot Over Art Exhibit". New York Times.
- ↑ British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (March 18, 2015). "Tunis attack: Gunmen kill tourists in museum raid". BBC News Africa.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
- M.M. Noah (1819), "(Tunis)", Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States, New-York: Kirk and Mercein, OCLC 1338665
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Tunis", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- Ernest von Hesse-Wartegg (1882), Tunis: the Land and the People, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company
- R. Lambert Playfair (1895), "City of Tunis", Handbook for Travellers in Algeria and Tunis (5th ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 4443952
- Published in the 20th century
- Frances E. Nesbitt (1906), "Tunis", Algeria and Tunis, London: A. and C. Black
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Tunisie: Description des villes: Tunis". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. (+ table of contents)
- "Tunis", Jewish Encyclopedia, 12, New York, 1907
- "Tunis", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1648449
- Graham Petrie (1908), Tunis, Kairouan & Carthage, London: W. Heinemann
- "Tunis". Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. 1936. p. 837+.
- Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Tunis". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. pp. 708–710. ISBN 1884964036.
- Published in the 21st century
- Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Tunis", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO
- Gabor Agoston and Bruce Alan Masters, ed. (2009). "Tunis". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
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