Timeline of Tangier
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Ancient Ages
- 42 CE – Tingis becomes capital of the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.[1]
- 429 CE – Vandals take Tingis.[1]
Middle Ages
- 534 - Conquered by the Eastern Roman Empire [citation needed]
- 700s – Arab rule begins.
- 927 – Caliphate of Córdoba
- 1026 – Taifa of Málaga
- 1026 – Taifa of Ceuta
- 1078 – Almoravid dynasty rule[2]
- 1147 – Almohad dynasty
- 1244 – Marinid dynasty (1244–1465).
- 1304 – Ibn Battuta is born.
- 1437 – Battle of Tangier, attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the citadel of Tangier, and their subsequent defeat by the armies of the Marinid sultanate .
- 1471 – Portuguese of Tangier rule (1471–1661) begins, under Afonso V of Portugal.[3][4][2]
- 1580 - Spain in power.[4] (Iberian Union)
- 1656 - Portugal in power again.[4] (Portuguese Restoration War)
Modern Ages
- 1661 – English Tangier (1661–1684), English colonial rule.[5][4]
- 1677 – The English banished all Jews from Tangiers.[5]
- 1678 – City besieged by forces of Moulay Ismail.[1]
- 1684 – Moroccan rule begins with end of English Tangier.[3][4]
- 1815 – Grand Mosque of Tangier rebuilt.[6]
- 1821 – American Legation building in use.
- 1844
- 6 August: Bombardment of Tangiers (by the French).[4]
- October: Treaty of Tangiers signed in city.
- 1883 – Al-Moghreb al-Aksa newspaper begins publication.[7]
20th century
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- 1904 – Journal de Tanger newspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1905
- La Dépêche marocaine newspaper begins publication.
- Anglican Church of St. Andrew consecrated.
- 1905/06 - First Moroccan Crisis leading to the Algeciras Conference
- 1910 - Population: 40,000 (approximate figure).[4]
- 1911 - Agadir Crisis & Treaty of Fes (1912)
- 1913 – Gran Teatro Cervantes opens.[9]
- 1917 – Sidi Bou Abib Mosque built.[6]
- 1920 – Gran Cafe de Paris in business.[10]
- 1921 – Café Hafa opens.
- 1925 – Tangier International Zone in effect, per Tangier Protocol.
- 1937 – Dean's Bar in business.[1]
- 1939 – Stade de Marchan (stadium) built.[citation needed]
- 1940 – 14 June: City occupied by Spanish forces.[5]
- 1945 – 11 October: City returned to international status.[11]
- 1947
- Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco gives speech at the Grand Socco.[12]
- American writer Paul Bowles moves to Tangier.[13]
- 1948 – Cinema Rif opens.[14]
- 1952 – 30 March: Political demonstration.[5]
- 1956
- 8 October: City becomes part of independent Morocco;[3] Tangier International Zone disestablished.[12]
- 1960 – Population: 141,714.[15]
- 1973 – Population: 185,850.[16]
- 1983 – Ittihad Riadi Tanger football club formed.
- 1993 – Population: 307,000 urban agglomeration (estimate).[17]
21st century
- 2005 – Rabat–Tangier expressway constructed.
- 2003 - Tanger-Med (industrial port complex) supervisory board created.
- 2006 – Cinematheque de Tanger opens.[18]
- 2008
- Tanger-Med port begins operating near city.[19]
- Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport new terminal building opens.
- 2011
- Grand Stade de Tanger (stadium) opens.
- Kenitra–Tangier high-speed rail line construction begins.
- 2014 - Population: 998,972 (estimate).[20]
- 2015 – City becomes part of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima administrative region.
See also
- Tangier history
- Chronology of Tangier (in French)
- List of governors of Tangier, 15th to 17th centuries
- Timelines of other cities in Morocco: Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes, Rabat, Salé
- Timeline of Morocco
