Timeline of Sanaa
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Prior to 20th century
- 530 CE - Abraha in power, with Sana'a as his capital (approximate date).[1]
- 570 - Siege of Sana'a (570); Sassanids in power.
- 715 - Great Mosque of Sana'a building expanded.
- 869 - Hiwali Yufirids in power (approximate date).[2]
- 901 - Town occupied by forces of Zaidi Yahya bin al-Husain.[2]
- 905 - Karmatian Ali bin al-Fadl in power.[2]
- 915 - Yufirid As'ad bin Ibrahim in power.[2]
- 956 - Town taken by Zaidi Mukhtar.[2]
- 1062 - Ali al-Sulayhi in power.[2]
- 1067 - Sulayhid capital relocated from Sana'a to Jibla by Arwa al-Sulayhi (approximate date).
- 1221 - Rasulid Badr al-Din Hasan in power.[3]
- 1259 - Earthquake.[2]
- 1538 - Ottomans in power.[4]
- 1602 - Ottomans ousted.[4]
- 1872 - Ottomans in power;[5] Sana'a becomes capital of the Yemen Vilayet.
- 1887 - Population: 25,000 (estimate).[1]
- 1891
- Uprising against Turkish rule.
- Population: 50,000 (estimate).[1]
20th century
- 1902 - Dar as-Sanay built.[6]
- 1905 - Uprising against Turkish rule.[7][1]
- 1911 - Political unrest.
- 1918 - Turkish rule ends.[8]
- 1921 - Population: 25,000 (approximate estimate).[9]
- 1948
- 17 February: Imam Yahya assassinated.[10]
- Al-Waziri coup.
- 1952 - Al-Ahli Club Sana'a (football club) formed.
- 1954 - Al-Wehda Club (football club) formed.
- 1956 - Population: 60,000 (estimate).[11]
- 1962
- September: Military coup;[10]
- City becomes capital of the Yemen Arab Republic.
- Al-Thawra newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1967 - November: Siege of Sana'a (1967) begins.[5]
- 1970 - Sana'a University established.
- 1971 - National Museum of Yemen established in Dar al-Shukr.
- 1974 - June: Military coup; Ibrahim al-Hamdi in power.[13]
- 1975
- 1981 - 280,000.
- 1982 - French Center for Archaeology and Social Sciences established.
- 1983 - Sana'a University Museum built.[6]
- 1984 - Military Museum[6] and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a[16] established.
- 1986
- Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and Althawra Sports City Stadium open.
- Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.[17]
- Population: 427,505.
- 1987 - Sultan Palace Hotel in business.
- 1988 - Women's Technical School built.[18]
- 1990
- City becomes capital of the Republic of Yemen.[19]
- Central Bank of Yemen headquartered in city.
- 1991 - Yemen Times newspaper begins publication.
- 1994 - Population: 973,548.[20]
- 1995 - San'a Institute for the Arabic Language established.
- 1996 - Yemen Observer newspaper begins publication.[21]
21st century
2000s
- 2004 - House of Folklore museum established.
- 2008
- Saleh Mosque built.
- 17 September: 2008 attack on the American Embassy in Yemen.[22]
- November: Political demonstration.[22]
- Al-Oruba football club formed.
- 2009 - Population: 1,976,286.[23]
2010s
- 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.[22]
- 2012 - 21 May: 2012 Sana'a bombing.[22]
- 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.[24]
- 2016
- 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak begins.[25]
- Yemen Supreme Political Council headquartered in city.[26]
See also
- Sana'a history
- Timeline of Yemeni history
- Timelines of other cities in Yemen: Aden
