Timeline of Jaffa

See also: Timeline of Tel Aviv

The following is a timeline of the history of Jaffa.

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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.
• 142 BCE Jaffa Comes under Hasmonean control
• 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

Published in 19th century

• . Published circa 1820s
• (+ 1876 ed. and 1912 ed.)

Published in 20th century

Published in 21st century

• "Jaffa — Bride of the Sea" or "Yaffo — Kalat Hayam" 2000, By Israeli artist Natali Lipin (views of the city Old Jaffa). Language — Hebrew/English.
• (about Alexandria, Jaffa, Salonika, Smyrna)
• [1]

External links

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