Timeline of Sanaa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sana'a, Yemen.

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Prior to 20th century

• 530 CE - Abraha in power, with Sana'a as his capital (approximate date).
• 570 - Siege of Sana'a (570); Sassanids in power.
• 715 - Great Mosque of Sana'a building expanded.
• 869 - Hiwali Yufirids in power (approximate date).
• 901 - Town occupied by forces of Zaidi Yahya bin al-Husain.
• 905 - Karmatian Ali bin al-Fadl in power.
• 915 - Yufirid As'ad bin Ibrahim in power.
• 956 - Town taken by Zaidi Mukhtar.
• 1062 - Ali al-Sulayhi in power.
• 1067 - Sulayhid capital relocated from Sana'a to Jibla by Arwa al-Sulayhi (approximate date).
• 1221 - Rasulid Badr al-Din Hasan in power.
• 1259 - Earthquake.
• 1538 - Ottomans in power.
• 1602 - Ottomans ousted.
• 1872 - Ottomans in power; Sana'a becomes capital of the Yemen Vilayet.
• 1887 - Population: 25,000 (estimate).
• 1891
  • Uprising against Turkish rule.
  • Population: 50,000 (estimate).

20th century

• 1902 - Dar as-Sanay built.
• 1905 - Uprising against Turkish rule.
• 1911 - Political unrest.
• 1918 - Turkish rule ends.
• 1921 - Population: 25,000 (approximate estimate).
• 1948
  • 17 February: Imam Yahya assassinated.
  • Al-Waziri coup.
• 1952 - Al-Ahli Club Sana'a (football club) formed.
• 1954 - Al-Wehda Club (football club) formed.
• 1956 - Population: 60,000 (estimate).
• 1962
  • September: Military coup;
  • City becomes capital of the Yemen Arab Republic.
  • Al-Thawra newspaper begins publication.
• 1967 - November: Siege of Sana'a (1967) begins.
• 1970 - Sana'a University established.
• 1971 - National Museum of Yemen established in Dar al-Shukr.
• 1974 - June: Military coup; Ibrahim al-Hamdi in power.
• 1975
  • Installation of water supply system begins.
  • Population: 140,339 (estimate).
• 1981 - 280,000.
• 1982 - French Center for Archaeology and Social Sciences established.
• 1983 - Sana'a University Museum built.
• 1984 - Military Museum and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a established.
• 1986
  • Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and Althawra Sports City Stadium open.
  • Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Population: 427,505.
• 1987 - Sultan Palace Hotel in business.
• 1988 - Women's Technical School built.
• 1990
  • City becomes capital of the Republic of Yemen.
  • Central Bank of Yemen headquartered in city.
• 1991 - Yemen Times newspaper begins publication.
• 1994 - Population: 973,548.
• 1995 - San'a Institute for the Arabic Language established.
• 1996 - Yemen Observer newspaper begins publication.

21st century

2000s

• 2004 - House of Folklore museum established.
• 2008
  • Saleh Mosque built.
  • 17 September: 2008 attack on the American Embassy in Yemen.
  • November: Political demonstration.
  • Al-Oruba football club formed.
• 2009 - Population: 1,976,286.

2010s

See also: Timeline of the Yemeni crisis (2011–present)

• 2011
  • 23 May-7 June: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (first phase).
  • 18 September-25 November: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (second phase).
  • 2011 Yemeni protests.
• 2012 - 21 May: 2012 Sana'a bombing.
• 2014
  • 16–21 September: Battle of Sana'a (2014).
  • 21 September: 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état begins.
  • 9 October: Bombing in Tahrir Square.
• 2015
  • January 2015 Sana'a bombing
  • 20 January: Houthis take Presidential Palace.
  • 20 March: 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings.
  • April: Airstrike.
• 2016
  • 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak begins.
  • Yemen Supreme Political Council headquartered in city.

See also

• Sana'a history
• Timeline of Yemeni history
• Timelines of other cities in Yemen: Aden

Bibliography

Published in 18th–19th centuries

Published in 20th century

• R.B. Serjeant and R. Lewcock, eds., San'a: An Arabian-Islamic City (London: World of Islam Festival Trust, 1983).
• R. Lewcock, The Old Walled City of San'a (Paris: UNESCO, 1986)

Published in 21st century

External links

• Map of San'a, 1946
• Europeana. Items related to Sana'a, various dates.
• (Television documentary filmed in Sana'a in 2015, and also in Saada, Jaʿār, Rada'a, Aden)