Timeline of Algiers
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Algiers, Algeria.
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Prior to 16th century
- 3rd century BC - Yksm settled by Punics.
- 146 BC - Icosium became part of the Roman Empire.[1]
- 371 AD - City raided by Firmus.[1]
- 5th century AD - Vandals in power.
- 7th century AD - Arabs in power.
- 960 - Algiers founded by Bologhine ibn Ziri.[2]
- 1014 - Hammadids in power.
- 1018 - Great Mosque of Algiers built.[1]
- 1159 - Almohades in power.
- 1313 - Ziyanids of the Kingdom of Tlemcen in power.[3]
16th-18th century
Algiers, ca.1690
- 1516
- Capture of Algiers by Hayreddin Barbarossa and Aruj.
- Kasbah construction begins.[4]
- 1518 - Harbour construction begins.[4]
- 1529 - Capture of Algiers by Hayreddin Barbarossa.[5][1]
- 1544 - Lighthouse built.[4]
- 1545 - Fort de l'Empereur built.[6]
- 1549 - Muslim hospital founded.[7]
- 1556 - Citadel built.
- 1581 - Fort Bab Azoun built.[8]
- 1612
- Ketchaoua Mosque built.[9][10]
- Hospital of the Holy Trinity founded.[7]
- 1622 - Aqueducts[11] and Jama Bitchnin (mosque) built.[12]
- 1660 - Mosque of the Fishery built.[12][10]
- 1661 - Tamentfoust Castle built.
- 1696 - Mosque of Sidi Abderrahman built.[12]
- 1775 - 8 July: Attempted invasion of Algiers by Spanish forces.[3]
- 1783 - 4–8 August: Bombardment of Algiers by Spanish forces.
- 1784 - 12 July: Bombardment of Algiers by Spanish-Neapolitan-Maltese-Portuguese forces.
- 1791 - Ketshawa Mosque built.[12]
- 1799 - Palais d'Hiver du Gouverneur built.[12]
19th century
- 1805 - Social unrest.[1]
- 1816 - 27 August: Bombardment of Algiers by British forces.[1]
- 1817 - Kesba Berranee mosque built.[8]
- 1825 - Fort des Anglais built.[8]
- 1830 - June–July: Invasion of Algiers by French forces; city becomes capital of French Algeria.[3][1]
- 1832 - Jardin d'essai laid out.
- 1835 - National Library of Algeria founded.
- 1836 - Northern harbour construction begins.[4]
- 1847 - Jardin Marengo laid out.[12]
- 1866 - Boulevard de la Republique constructed.[8]
- 1870 - Holy Trinity church built.[4]
- 1872 - Notre Dame d'Afrique church built.[9]
- 1878 - Church of St. Augustin built.[8]
- 1888 - Population: 56,000.[11]
- 1890 - Algiers Observatory built in Bouzaréah.
- 1897 - National Museum of Algerian Antiquities relocates to Mustapha Superieur.[4]
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Distinguished Moorish women, Algiers, 1899
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Arabs disputing, Algiers, 1899
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Arabs at a cafe, Algiers, 1899
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Algiers - the embankment and Boulevard de la Republique 1894
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Algiers - the new Mosque Djamaa, El-Djedid 1894
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Algiers - depot and station grounds of Algerian Railway 1894
20th century
- 1904
- 1906 - Population: 138,240.[4]
- 1908
- National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers established.
- Quai de la Marine extended.[12]
- Cinema opens.[13]
- 1909 - University of Algiers founded.[14]
- 1910 - Grand Post Office built.[15]
- 1921 - Mouloudia Chaàbia d'Alger football club formed.
- 1924 - Maison Blanche Airport begins operating.
- 1928 - Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography established.
- 1930 - Population: 246,061.[1]
- 1933 - Palais du Gouvernement built.[15]
- 1935 - Stade communal de Saint Eugène (sport stadium) built.
- 1942
- November: Conflict between Axis and Allied forces.[14]
- Camus' novel L’Étranger published.
- 1948 - Population: 266,165.[14]
1950s-1980s
See also: Algerian War
- 1950 - Population: 516,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
- 1952 - Aerohabitat housing complex built.[15]
- 1953 - Jacques Chevallier becomes mayor.[17]
- 1954
- 1956
- 30 September: Battle of Algiers begins.[18]
- National Liberation Front headquartered in city.[1]
- 1958 - May: Pro-French unrest.[1][18]
- 1959 - Siemens branch in business.[19]
- 1960
- 1961 - April: Coup attempt.[21]
- 1962
- 1963
- 1966
- Pontecorvo's film The Battle of Algiers released.
- Population: 943,551 city; 1,648,038 metro.[1]
- 1969 - Pan-African Arts Festival held.[25]
- 1970 - Population: 1,281,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
- 1972 - 5 July 1962 Stadium opens.
- 1975 - Hotel El-Aurassi in business.
- 1978 - July: All-Africa Games held.
- 1980 - Population: 1,621,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
- 1982 - Martyrs Memorial erected.
- 1985 - National Institute for Global Strategic Studies headquartered in city.[23]
- 1988 - October: Anti-government demonstrations.[3][5]
1990s
See also: Timeline of the Algerian Civil War
- 1990
- March: African Cup of Nations held.
- Population: 1,819,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
- 1991 - Political unrest.[3]
- 1992
- August: Algiers airport bombing.
- Casbah of Algiers designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.[9]
- 1994
- 24 December: Air France Flight 8969 hijacked at Algiers Airport.[21]
- National Library of Algeria building inaugurated.
- 1997 - Algiers Stock Exchange established.
- 1998 - Population: 2,988,145.
21st century
- 2000 - Population: 2,278,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
- 2001
- 2003 - 21 May: 2003 Boumerdès earthquake.[26]
- 2004 - September–October: 2004 Pan Arab Games held.
- 2007
- Museum of Modern Art of Algiers inaugurated.
- April: Bombings.[26]
- July: All-Africa Games held.
- 11 December: Bombings.
- 2008 - Centre Commercial Al Qods shopping mall opens.
- 2009 - Centre Commercial Bab Ezzouar built.
- 2010 - Protests.
- 2011
- Protests.
- Algiers Metro and Algiers tramway begin operating.[26]
- Population: 2,916,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
See also
- Algiers history
- List of Pashas and Deys of Algiers (Regency of Algiers)
- History of Algeria
- Years in Algeria
- Timeline of Algeria
- other cities in Algiera
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kenneth Brown (2008), "Algiers", in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, ISBN 9781576079201
- ↑ Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Algeria". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 0203409957.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Algiers", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- 1 2 Allen Christelow (2004). "Algiers". In Kevin Shillington. Encyclopedia of African History. Routledge. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2.
- ↑ D.E. Lorenz (1922), "Algiers", The New Mediterranean Traveller: A Handbook of Practical Information (7th ed.), F.H. Revell Company
- 1 2 Ellen G. Friedman (1980). "Trinitarian Hospitals in Algiers: An Early Example of Health Care for Prisoners of War". Catholic Historical Review 66. JSTOR 25020912.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Cook's Practical Guide to Algiers, Algeria and Tunisia, London: T. Cook & Son, 1904
- 1 2 3 "Algiers". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
- 1 2 ArchNet. "(Algiers)". Retrieved September 2014.
- 1 2 "Algiers", Appleton's European Guide Book, New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Algiers", The Mediterranean, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
- ↑ Viola Shafik (2007). Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9774160657.
- 1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Algiers", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 44, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 4 Jean-Louis Cohen (2006). "Architectural History and the Colonial Question: Casablanca, Algiers and Beyond". Architectural History 49. ISSN 0066-622X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Retrieved September 2014.
- 1 2 Zeynep Çelik (1997). Urban Forms and Colonial Confrontations: Algiers Under French Rule. Berkeley: University of California Press – via UC Press E-Books Collection. (fulltext)
- 1 2 Christopher Hitchens (November 2006). "Chronology of the Algerian War of Independence". The Atlantic.
- ↑ "Siemens in Algeria: History Timeline". Munich: Siemens. Retrieved September 2014.
- ↑ Muriel E. Chamberlain (1998). "Chronology of Decolonisation: the French Empire: Africa: Algeria". Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. pp. 158+. ISBN 978-1-317-89744-6.
- 1 2 "Some key dates in Franco-Algerian relations". Reuters. 29 November 2007.
- ↑ Gert Eichler (1977). "From Colonialism to National Independence: Algiers' Social Ecology". GeoJournal 1. JSTOR 41142033.
- 1 2 "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved September 2014.
- ↑ Martin Banham, ed. (2004), History of Theatre in Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- ↑ Martin Banham, ed. (1995), Cambridge Guide to Theatre, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521434379
- 1 2 3 4 "Algeria Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Algiers". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 2014.
Further reading
- Published in the 18th-19th century
- J. Morgan (1728), "The Antiquity, Names, Revolutions and Situation of the City of Algiers", A Complete History of Algiers, London: Printed for the author, by J. Bettenham, OCLC 3343218
- James Wilson Stevens (1797), An Historical and Geographical Account of Algiers, Philadelphia: Printed by Hogan & M'Elroy
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Algiers", The Cycloppædia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- William Shaler (1826), "City of Algiers", Sketches of Algiers, Political, Historical, and Civil, Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Company
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Algiers". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood – via Hathi Trust.
- Josiah Conder (1830), "City of Algiers", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- Josiah Conder (1830), "(Algiers)", Africa, Dictionary of Geography, Ancient and Modern, London: T. Tegg
- Edward William Lewis Davies (1858), Algiers in 1857, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (1870), Search for Winter Sunbeams in the Riviera, Corsica, Algiers and Spain, New York: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 1022285
- Lisbeth Gooch Seguin (1878), Walks in Algiers and its Surroundings, London: Daldy, Isbister & Co.
- Noah Brooks (1895), "Algiers", The Mediterranean Trip, C. Scribner's Sons, OCLC 1315401
- R. Lambert Playfair (1895), "City of Algiers", Handbook for Travellers in Algeria and Tunis (5th ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 4443952
- Leo Africanus; John Pory (1896), "Alger", in Robert Brown, History and Description of Africa 2, London: Hakluyt Society, OCLC 2649691
- Published in the 20th century
- "Algiers", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
- T. G. Bonney; et al. (1904), "Algiers", The Mediterranean, its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins, New York: J. Pott
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Algerie: Description des villes: Algers". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. (+ table of contents)
- "Alger". Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. 1913. p. 256+.
- Published in the 21st century
- Karim Hadjri, Mohamed Osmani (2004). "Spatial development and urban transformation of colonial and postcolonial Algiers". In Yasser Elsheshtawy. Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-134-41010-1.
- C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Algiers". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill.
- Shiela Crane (2008). "Architecture at the ends of empire: urban reflections between Algiers and Marseille". In Gyan Prakash and Kevin Michael Kruse. Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-13343-3.
- Attilio Petruccioli (2008). "Algiers: the Colonial City". In Salma K. Jayyusi; et al. The City in the Islamic World. Koninklijke Brill. p. 993+. ISBN 90-04-16240-2.
- Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009). "Algiers". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
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