Timeline of Cairo


Timeline of Cairo


The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cairo, Egypt.

Prior to 19th century

  • 1st C. BCE – Babylon Fortress built (approximate date).
  • 33 CE – Origins of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
  • 4th–5th C. CE – Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga) built.
  • 6th C. – Church of Saint Menas established.
  • 642 – Mosque of Amr ibn al-As built.
  • 873 – Ahmad ibn Tulun founds El-Katai.
  • 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.
    • 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 C. – 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.
  • 1176 – Cairo was unsuccessfully attacked in the Crusades.
  • 1183 – Saladin Citadel built.
  • ca.1205 – Harat el-Yahoud Synagogue rebuilt and Maimonides works there; it is rebuilt in the 19th century as the Maimonides Synagogue
  • 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.
  • 1421 – Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad built.
  • 1517
    • January: Battle of Ridaniya occurs near Cairo.
    • 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.
  • 1800 – Population: 200,000 (approximate figure).

19th century

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  • 1801 – June: Siege of Cairo – French surrender to British and Ottoman forces.
  • 1811 – March: Massacre of the Citadel.
  • 1822 – Arabic printing press in operation.
  • 1827 – Kasr Al-Ainy Medical School established.
  • 1828
    • Government al-Waqa'i' al-Masriyya newspaper begins publication.
    • Dar al-Mahfuzat (government archive) established.
  • 1848 – Mosque of Muhammad Ali built.
  • 1854 – Khorenian School begins.
  • 1856 – Railway station built.
  • 1863 – Museum of Egyptian antiquities founded at Bulak.
  • 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.
  • 1877 – Traffic in slaves ceased.
  • 1879 – Collège de la Sainte Famille founded
  • 1880 – Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe established.
  • 1882
    • British occupation.
    • Khedivial Sporting Club founded.
    • Population: 347,838.
  • 1888 – Collège des Frères (Bab al-Louq) opens.
  • 1892 – Ben Ezra Synagogue built.
  • 1893 – Le Progrès Egyptien newspaper begins publication.
  • 1897
    • El Khalig canal filled in.
    • Population: 570,062.
  • 1899
    • Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue built
    • Al-Ahram newspaper headquartered in Cairo.
  • 1900 – Ets Hayim Synagogue (Hanan Synagogue) established

20th century

1900s–1940s

  • 1902 – Museum of Egyptian antiquities moved again.
  • 1905 – Chaar Hachamaim Synagogue established
  • 1906 – Pathé cinema built.
  • 1907
    • Al Ahly Sporting Club formed.
    • Population: 654,476.
  • 1908
    • Cairo University and Café Riche opened.
    • Egyptian School of Fine Arts and American College for Girls founded.
  • 1910
    • Coptic Museum built.
    • Heliopolis Palace Hotel opened.
    • Heliopolis Sporting Club founded.
  • 1905 – Shimon Bar Yochai Synagogue established
  • 1911
    • Zamalek Sporting Club formed.
    • Baron Empain Palace built.
  • 1912
    • Boulak Bridge and Al-Rifa'i Mosque built.
  • 1915
    • Arev and Housaper newspapers begin publication.
  • 1919
    • Uprising against British occupation.
    • American University in Cairo established.
  • 1921 – Cairo Conference held.
  • 1922
    • Tutankhamun's tomb discovered.
  • 1924
    • 19 November: British governor-general Stack of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan assassinated.
    • "Cairo Edition" of Quran Published
  • 1925 – Pahad Itzhak (Kreim) Synagogue established
  • 1929 – Manial Palace built.
  • 1932
    • Society Of The Muslim Brothers headquartered in Cairo.
    • Moussa Dar'i Synagogue established
  • 1933 – Qasr al-Nil Bridge built.
  • 1934 – St. George's College, Cairo established.
  • 1934 – Meir'enaim (Biton) Synagogue established
  • 1937
    • Yacoubian Building constructed.
    • Lycée La Liberté Héliopolis opens
  • 1938 – Publication of The Egyptian Gazette moves from Alexandria to Cairo.
  • 1940 – Metro Cinema opens.
  • 1942 – Abdeen Palace Incident.
  • 1944 – Cairo Forces Parliament meeting.
    • The Arab Women's Congress of 1944 is hosted by the Egyptian Feminist Union in Cairo and the Pan-Arabian Arab Feminist Union is founded.
  • 1945
    • Arab League headquartered in Cairo.
    • Ashkènazim Synagogue restored
  • 1946 – Ali Baba Cinema opens.
  • 1947 – Population: 2,090,654.
  • 1948
    • Tchahagir newspaper begins publication.
    • Rivoli Cinema opens.
  • 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 starts publication.
  • 1954 – Al Gomhuria newspaper begins publication.
  • 1956
    • Cairo International Stadium opens.
    • City master plan created.
  • 1959
    • Cairo Conservatoire opens.
    • Academy of Arts (Egypt) and Cairo Symphony Orchestra founded.
    • Arab Petroleum Congress meets in Cairo.
  • 1961 – Cairo Tower built.
  • 1963 – Cairo International Airport opens.
  • 1964 – January: 1964 Arab League summit (Cairo) held.
  • 1965 – Population: 3.3 million.
  • 1966 – Cairo Opera Ballet Company founded.
  • 1967 – Bab Moshé (Ibn Maimoun) Synagogue restored.
  • 1968 – Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral built.
  • 1969 – Cairo International Book Fair founded.
  • 1970
    • January: Israeli forces conduct aerial attacks near Cairo.
    • September: 1970 Arab League summit held.
    • Greater Cairo Master Plan created.
  • 1972 – January: Student demonstration.
  • 1974 – Population: 5,715,000.
  • 1975
    • January: Economic demonstration.
    • 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.
  • 1978 – New Cairo British International School formed.
  • 1979
    • Egypt Today magazine begins publication.
    • Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt established.
    • Sister city relationships established with Frankfurt and Stuttgart, Germany.
  • 1981
    • 6 October: Assassination of Anwar Sadat.
    • Sadat Academy for Management Sciences opens.
  • 1982
    • Saint Fatima School begins.
    • Sister city relationship established with New York City, United States.
  • 1984
    • Master Plan for Greater Cairo approved.
    • Arab Democratic Nasserist Party founded.
  • 1985
    • Child Museum opens.
    • Sister city relationship established with Paris, France.
  • 1986 – February: 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot occurs.
  • 1987 – Cairo Metro Line 1 begins operating.
  • 1988
    • Cairo Opera House opens.
    • Sister city relationship established with Istanbul, Turkey.
  • 1989
    • al-Hirafiyeen neighborhood built.
    • Sister city relationship established with Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • 1990
    • The American International School in Egypt opens.
    • Sister city relationship established with Beijing, China and Tokyo, Japan.
  • 1991 – Al-Ahram Weekly begins publication.
  • 1992
    • Earthquake.
    • Population: 6,800,000 (estimate).
  • 1993
    • Asyut–Cairo highway constructed.
    • Sister city relationship established with Barcelona, Spain.
  • 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.
  • 1998 – Sister city relationships established with Houston, United States and Minsk, Belarus.

21st century

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).
  • 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).
    • Al-Resalah television begins broadcasting.
  • 2007
    • City hosts 11th Pan Arab Games.
    • 57357 Hospital established.
  • 2008 – Youm 7 newspaper starts publication.
  • 2009
    • 2009 Khan el-Khalili bombing
    • Cairo Jazz Festival begins.

2010s

  • 2010 – Population: 7,248,671.
  • 2011
    • 25 January: Uprising against Mubarak regime begins.
    • April: Abdel Qawi Khalifa becomes governor of Cairo.
  • 2012
    • Cairo Metro Line 3 (Imbaba / Mohandiseen – Cairo Int'l Airport) opened.
    • Pope Shenouda III, head of Egyptian Coptic church, died.
    • Protests against state president Mohamed Morsi.
  • 2013
    • Anti-Morsi protests.
    • February: The first Iranian president, Ahmadinejad, to visit Egypt since 1979.
    • April: Violence against Coptic after funeral.
    • 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."
    • 14 August: "More than 600 people, mostly Morsi supporters, are killed when police clear two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo."
    • Air pollution in greater Cairo reaches annual mean of 76 PM2.5 and 179 PM10, much higher than recommended.
  • 2017 – Population: 9,539,673 (urban agglomeration).

2020s

  • 2021 – 2021 Cairo clothing factory fire

See also

  • History of Cairo
  • History of Egypt
  • Timeline of Egypt
  • List of cities by population density
  • Timelines of other cities in Egypt: Alexandria, Port Said
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References

Bibliography

External links

  • "(Cairo)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
  • ArchNet. "Cairo". Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
  • "(Cairo)" – via Qatar National Library, Qatar Digital Library. (Images, etc.)
  • "(Cairo)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
  • "(Cairo)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
  • "(Cairo)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. 14 January 2019. (Bibliography)
  • "(Cairo)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
  • "(Cairo)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
  • "Cairo, Egypt". BlackPast.org. US. 22 February 2011.


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