Timeline of Benghazi
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Prior to 20th century
- 7th century BCE - Euesperides founded by Cyrenians near the site of present-day Benghazi.[1]
- 1517 CE - Cyrenaica becomes part of Ottoman Tripolitania.[chronology citation needed]
- 1577 - Atiq Mosque built.[chronology citation needed]
- 1816/1817 - Massacre occurs at the Ottoman fortress.[citation needed]
- 1820 - Alhadadp Mosque founded.(ar)[citation needed]
- 1827 - British consulate established.
- 1858 - Plague outbreak.[2]
- 1869 - Administrative Benghazi mutessariflik (province) created.[1]
- 1874 - Plague outbreak.[2]
- 1895
- Barracks built in Al-Berka.[citation needed]
- Italian "Società d'Esplorazione Commerciale in Africa" active in Benghazi.[2]
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1906 - Market burns down.[citation needed]
- 1911
- 19 October: Town occupied by Italian forces during the Italo-Turkish War.
- Population: 35,000.[3]
- 1913 - Albergo Italia (hotel) built.[citation needed]
- 1914 - Benghazi–Benina railway begins operating.
- 1916 - Benghazi Central Station built.[4]
- 1922 - Benghazi Lighthouse built.[citation needed]
- 1924 - City Hall built.
- 1926 - Benghazi-Suluq Railway begins operating.
- 1927
- Benghazi–Marj railway begins operating.
- Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Cyrenaica established.[5]
- 1928 - Berenice Theatre opens.[citation needed]
- 1931 - September: Trial of Omar Mukhtar, leading to his execution on 16 September in nearby Suluq.
- 1934
- Pier built in the Port of Benghazi.[6]
- Administrative Benghazi Province created.[chronology citation needed]
- 1936 - Hotel Berenice built.[7]
- 1937 - March: Mussolini visits Benghazi.
- 1939 - Benghazi Cathedral built.
- 1942
- November: British forces take city during the Battle of El Agheila in World War II.[8]
- Italian rule ends.
- Omar al-Mukhtar Society formed.[9][chronology citation needed]
- 1945 - Population: 60,000 (approximate).[10]
- 1947 - Ahly Benghazi football club active.
1950s-1990s
- 1952
- Al-Hilal SC (sport club) formed.
- University of Oxford's Ashmolean Expedition to Cyrenaica begins its archaeological excavation of Euesperides site.[11]
- 1953 - City boundary established.[12]
- 1954 - Al Tahaddy SC (football club) formed.
- 1955 - University of Libya founded.[8]
- 1956 - Benghazi Zoo founded.[citation needed]
- 1957 - Benghazi Military University Academy established.
- 1964 - Population: 137,295.[13]
- 1967 - Stadium and Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena[citation needed] open.
- 1970s - Giuliana Bridge opens.
- 1973
- University of Benghazi active.
- Population: 266,000.[10]
- 1980 - February: Protest at French consulate.[14]
- 1982
- March: Part of 1982 African Cup of Nations football contest held in Benghazi.
- Convention centre built.[citation needed]
- 1984 - Population: 442,860.[10]
- 1986 - 15 April: Aerial bombing of city by United States forces.[15]
- 1989 - Tibesti Hotel (hi-rise) built.[16]
- 1990 - Population: 800,000 (estimate).[17]
- 1991 - "Administrative Office Complex" (hi-rise) built.[16]
- 1993 - September: Great Man-Made River constructed; water begins flowing to Benghazi.[18]
- 2000
21st century
- 2005 - Population: 685,367 (estimate).[8]
- 2006 - 15 February: Protest against Muhammad cartoons.[15]
- 2007 - Quryna newspaper begins publication.
- 2008 - Sirt–Benghazi Railway construction begins.
- 2009 - Martyrs of February Stadium opens in nearby Benina.
- 2011
- 15 February: Arab Spring-related protest; Libyan Civil War (2011) begins.[15]
- Al Kalima newspaper begins publication.
- 2012
- 19 May: Local election held.
- June: Pro-autonomy mob ransacks the election commission building.[15]
- September: United States consulate attacked.[15]
- 2014
- 16 May: Benina International Airport closes due to fighting.
- 15 October: Battle of Benghazi begins.
- 2017
- 18 April: Abdelrahman Alabbar becomes mayor.[20]
- 15 July: Benina Airport reopens.
- 27 July: Battle of Benghazi officially concludes.
See also
- History of Benghazi
- Timeline of Tripoli, Libya
- Timeline of the Italian Empire
Notes
- The city of Benghazi is also called: Banghāzī, Bengasi, Bengazi, Benghasi, Berenice, Bernîk, Bingazi, Binghāzī, Euesperides, and Hesperides
