Timeline of Haifa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 1047 – Persian traveler Nasir Khusraw visits village.
• 1100 or 1101 – a Crusader fleet and land army conquer Haifa. The Crusaders rename it Caiphas.
• 1187 – Saladin captures Haifa.
• 1251 – Fortifications built by Louis IX of France (approximate date).
• 1291 – Mamluk Al-Ashraf Khalil captures Haifa.
• 1869 – German Colony established near town.
• 1873 – Najib Effendi al-Yasin becomes mayor.
• 1883 – Rushdi school opens.
• 1887 – Haifa becomes part of the Ottoman Beirut Vilayet.
• 1898 – Pier and Jaffa-Haifa roadway built.
• 1900 - Population: estimate 12,000.

20th century

• 1905 – Hejaz Railroad branch begins operating; train station built.
• 1908 – Al-Karmil newspaper begins publication.
• 1909 – Shrine of the Báb built on Mt. Carmel.
• 1912 – Maccabi Haifa sport club formed.
• 1913 – Hebrew Reali School and Maccabi Haifa Football Club established.
• 1918 – 23 September: Haifa occupied by British forces.
• 1921 – Haifa Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.
• 1922 – Population: 24,600.
• 1924
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology opens.
  • Hapoel Haifa Football Club formed.
• 1928 – Stella Maris Light built.
• 1931 – Population: 50,403.
• 1933 – Port of Haifa expanded.
• 1934 – Haifa Airport established.
• 1935
  • Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline commissioned. Refinery starts production in 1939. Pipeline deliveries stop in 1948.
  • Armon Cinema opens.
• 1937 – Orah Cinema in business (approximate date).
• 1938 – British Government Hospital established.
• 1939 – Oil refinery built.
• 1941 – Shabtai Levy becomes mayor.
• 1944 – Al-Ittihad newspaper begins publication.
• 1947 – Population: 145,140.
• 1948
  • April: Battle of Haifa (1948).
  • Haifa becomes part of the State of Israel.
• 1950 – New Haifa Symphony Orchestra established.
• 1951
  • Haifa Museum of Art established.
  • Abba Hushi becomes mayor.
  • Al-Jadid literary journal begins publication.
• 1953 – Gordon College of Education established.
• 1955 – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium opens.
• 1959 – Haifa Underground Funicular Railway begins operating.
• 1960 – Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art opens on Mt. Carmel.
• 1961
  • Haifa Theatre founded.
  • Population: 183,021.
• 1963 – University of Haifa established.
• 1969
  • Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine established.
  • Moshe Flimann becomes mayor.
  • Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum opens.
• 1971 – WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education established.
• 1972
  • IBM Haifa Research Laboratory established.
  • Israeli National Maritime Museum opens.
• 1973 – Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.
• 1974
  • Matam hi-tech area developed.
  • Yosef Almogi becomes mayor.
• 1975
  • Haifa Cinematheque established.
  • Yeruham Zeisel becomes mayor.
• 1976 – Romema Arena opens.
• 1978 – Aryeh Gur'el becomes mayor.
• 1983
  • Haifa International Film Festival begins.
  • Israel Railway Museum opens.
  • Population: 225,775.
• 1984 – Hecht Museum established.
• 1989 – September: 1989 Mount Carmel forest fire.
• 1991 – Lev HaMifratz Mall in business.
• 1993 – Amram Mitzna becomes mayor.
• 1999 – Grand Canyon (mall) and Carmel Beach Railway Station open.

21st century

• 2001 – Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station and Lev HaMifratz Railway Station open.
• 2002
  • Sail Tower built.
  • Haifa Bay Central Bus Station opens.
• 2003
  • Yona Yahav becomes mayor.
  • IEC Tower built.
  • Carmel Beach Central Bus Station opens.
• 2004 – Almadina newspaper begins publication.
• 2006 – 13 July: Haifa bombarded by Lebanese Hezbollah forces.
• 2008 – Bahá'í World Centre designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 2010
  • December: 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire.
  • Carmel Tunnels open.
• 2011 – Wikimania 2011 held in Haifa.
• 2012 – Israeli Personal Computer Museum opens.[1]
• 2013 – Population: 272,181.
• 2014 – Sammy Ofer Stadium opens.
• 2016 – November 2016 Israel wildfires

See also

• History of Haifa
• Timelines of other cities in Israel: Tel Aviv (+ Jaffa)
• Timeline of Jerusalem

References

This article incorporates information from the Hebrew Wikipedia.

External links

• Map of Haifa (1958), via the University of Texas
• Items related to Haifa (various dates), via Europeana
• Items related to Haifa (various dates), via the Digital Public Library of America