Timeline of Jaffa


Timeline of Jaffa


The following is a timeline of the history of Jaffa.

Prior to 20th century

  • 14th century BCE – Egyptians in power.
  • 12th to 9th century BCE – Jaffa becomes an important port city under the Philistines, and the northernmost city of the Philistine state.
  • 8th century BCE – The Assyrian Empire manages to conquer Jaffa from the Philistines.
  • 330 BCE – Coins minted in Jaffa, then under Alexander the Great's Hellenistic Empire.
  • 301 BCE – Jaffa becomes part of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
  • 200 BCE – Jaffa becomes part of the Seleucid Empire.
  • 68 CE – Jaffa becomes part of the Roman Empire under Vespasian.
  • 636 CE – Jaffa is taken from the Romans (Byzantins) by Arab forces under Caliph Omar.
  • 1099 AD – Jaffa is temporarily taken from the Muslims by the Christian Crusaders.
  • 1126 AD – Knights of St. John in power in Jaffa.
  • 1187 – Saladin retakes Jaffa.
  • 1191 – Jaffa taken by forces of Crusader King Richard I of England.
  • 1196 – Saladin's brother Al-Adil I retakes Jaffa.
  • 1252 – Jaffa once again taken from the Mamluks by forces of Christian King Louis IX of France.
  • 1268 – The Mamluks reconquer Jaffa and again expel the Crusaders.
  • 1538 – Bab el-Halil (gate) built.
  • 1517 – Ottomans in power.
  • 1654 – Roman Catholic St. Peter's Church built under Ottoman rule.
  • 1799
    • 3–7 March: Jaffa besieged by French forces under Napoleon.
    • June: French ousted by British forces.
  • 1807 – Muhammad Abu-Nabbut becomes governor.
  • 1831 – Ibrahim Pasha in power.
  • 1837 – The Galilee earthquake produces high intensity shaking along the Dead Sea Transform on January 1 causing 6,000–7,000 casualties.
  • 1838 – Sephardic Talmud Torah school founded in Jaffa.
  • 1839 – Ashkenazi Jews coming from Europe settle in Jaffa.
  • 1865 – Jaffa lighthouse built.
  • 1866 – Population: 5,000. Foundation of the Jaffa American Colony.
  • 1868 – German Colony established.
  • 1871 – Municipal council established.
  • 1879 – Jaffa city walls demolished to accommodate growth of city.
  • 1884 – Ashkenazic Talmud Torah school established.
  • 1887 – Population: 14,000.
  • 1891 – Ramla-Jaffa railway begins operating; Jaffa Railway Station opens; Hospital Sha'ar Ziyyon founded.
  • 1892 – Jaffa–Jerusalem railway completed.
  • 1897 – Population: 33,465.

20th century

  • 1902 – Cholera epidemic; Trumpeldor Cemetery established.
  • 1908 – March: Zionist-Palestinian unrest.
  • 1909 – Tel Aviv founded near Jaffa.
  • 1911 – Filastin newspaper begins publication.
  • 1913 – Population: 50,000.
  • 1916 – Hassan Bek Mosque built.
  • 1917 – April: Jaffa deportation: amidst World War I, all inhabitants of Jaffa (including Tel Aviv), Jews and Muslims alike, are expelled from the city on Ottoman orders.
  • 1917 – December: Battle of Jaffa (1917).
  • 1918 – Muslim-Christian Association established.
  • 1921 – May: Jaffa riots.
  • 1932 – National Congress of Arab Youth held.
  • 1936 – April: Arab-Jewish unrest.
  • 1945 – Al-Najjada paramilitary youth group established.
  • 1947 – In the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, Jaffa is proposed to be within the new Arab state, as opposed to Tel Aviv, which would be part of the Jewish State.
  • 1948 – Israeli declaration of Independence; on 14 May, Zionist Irgun forces take Jaffa, which becomes part of the new State of Israel.
  • 1950 – Jaffa attached to Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality formed on 24 April. Jaffa Administration (municipal department) established.
  • 1960 – Company for the Development of Ancient Jaffa established.

See also

  • History of Jaffa
  • Timeline of the history of the region of Palestine

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

  • Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Jaffa, various dates
  • Europeana. Items related to Jaffa, various dates.

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Timeline of Jaffa by Wikipedia (Historical)



 


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