Timeline of Khartoum
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Prehistoric times
19th century
- 1821 – Settlement established by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.
- 1824 – "Egyptian governor Uthman Bey establishes Khartoum as a military centre."[3]
- 1826 – Ali Khurshid Pasha in power.[3][4]
- 1829 – Mosque built.[4]
- 1830 – Town becomes capital of "the Sudanese possessions of Egypt."[5]
- 1838 – Disease outbreak; capital relocated temporarily to Shendi.[6]
- 1840 – Flood.[6]
- 1841 – Flood.[6]
- 1854 – Muhammad Sa'id Pasha in power.[4]
- 1856 – Disease outbreak; capital relocated temporarily to Shendi.[6]
- 1862 – Chamber of Commerce established.[4]
- 1866 – Consulates of Austria, France, Italy, Persia, and Tuscany established.[4]
- 1869 – Flood.[7]
- 1874 – Flood.[7]
- 1878 – Flood.[6]
- 1884 – 13 March: Siege of Khartoum begins.
- 1885
- 1898
- 1899
- Town becomes capital of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
- Railway begins operating (Wadi Halfa-Khartoum).[5]
- Sudan Gazette (government newspaper) begins publication.[8]
20th century
- 1902
- Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories[9] and Coptic Girls School open.
- Population: 25,000.[10]
- 1903 – Gordon Memorial College opens.[4]
- 1905 – Military academy opens.[11]
- 1907 – Population: 69,349.[5]
- 1909 – Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge built to Halfaya.[4]
- 1911 – Sudan Herald newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1912 – Cathedral Church of All Saints consecrated.[13]
- 1913 – Famine.[14]
- 1924
- 1926 – White Nile Bridge to Omdurman built.
- 1928 – Unity High School for Girls founded.
- 1946 – Flood.[7]
- 1950 – Al Khartoum Sports Club formed.
- 1952 – Acropole Hotel in business.[citation needed]
- 1954 – Population: 100,000 (approximate).[14]
- 1955 – Area of city: 7.9 square kilometers.[10]
- 1956
- 1 January: City becomes capital of independent Republic of Sudan.
- University of Khartoum established.[14]
- 1957
- Municipal Stadium opens.
- Khartoum American School established.
- 1960 – Bank of Sudan headquartered in Khartoum.
- 1962 – Industrial Bank of Sudan opens.
- 1964 – Population: 173,500.[16]
- 1967 – August: Arab League summit held.[3]
- 1970
- Area of city: 13.3 square kilometers.[10]
- Bank of Khartoum established.
- 1971
- National Museum of Sudan established.
- Population: 261,840.[17]
- 1973
- 1974 – Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Khartoum formed.
- 1976 – Friendship Hall built.[18]
- 1977 – Oil pipeline to Port Sudan completed.[citation needed]
- 1978 – July – Organisation of African Unity summit held.
- 1980 – Area of city: 101.3 square kilometers.[10]
- 1983
- September: Islamic law in effect.[19]
- University of Juba relocates to Khartoum (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 1984
- 1985
- 1988 – Flood.[7]
- 1990 – Population: 2,360,000 (urban agglomeration).[21]
- 1991
- City becomes part of Khartoum federal state (administrative region).
- Popular Arab and Islamic Congress held in city.[22]
- 1992 – Khartoum International Airport terminal opens.
- 1993
- Khartoum Bank Group formed.
- Sudatel headquartered in Khartoum.
- Population: 924,505 city.[23]
- 1994 – Venezuelan criminal Carlos the Jackal arrested in Khartoum.[3]
- 1995
- Khartoum Stock Exchange begins trading.[24]
- Population: 3,088,000 (urban agglomeration).[21]
- 1997 – Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company incorporated.
- 1998
- August: Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum North bombed by U.S. forces.
- Area of city: 343.8 square kilometers.[10]
- 1999
- Ibrahim Malik Islamic Center built.[20]
- Republican Palace Museum opens.
- Greater Nile Oil Pipeline in operation.
- 2000
- Khartoum Monitor newspaper begins publication.[25]
- Population: 3,505,000 (urban agglomeration).[21]
21st century
2000s
- 2005
- July: Demonstrations.
- Citizen (Juba) newspaper begins publication.[25]
- Population: 3,979,000 (urban agglomeration).[21]
- City designated an Arab Capital of Culture by Arab League/UNESCO.
- 2006
- January: African Union summit held.
- March: Arab League summit held.
- 2007 – El Mek Nimr Bridge to Khartoum North built.
- 2008
- 10–12 May: City besieged by anti-government forces.
- Population: 639,598.
- 2009 – Tuti Bridge opens.
