Timeline of Casablanca

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Casablanca, Morocco.

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Prior to 20th century

• First century CE - "Anfus" created by Romans as a port
• 11th century CE - Anfa founded by Zanata Berbers.^[1]
• 1486 - Anfa sacked by Portuguese forces.^[2]
• 1770 - City walls rebuilt (approximate date).^[1]
• 1830 - Port re-opens to commerce.^[2]

20th century

• 1900 - Population: 20,000.^[1]
• 1907 - 30 July: Anti-European unrest; crackdown by French forces.^[3][2]
• 1912
  • French protectorate established.^[1]
• 1914 - Population: 78,000.^[1]
• 1918 - Public library opens.^[4]
• 1927 - Population: 120,000.^[1]
• 1929 - Casablanca Stock Exchange established.^[5]
• 1935 - Vox Cinema opens.^[6]
• 1942 - American fictional movie Casablanca released.^[7]
• 1943 - January: Allied Casablanca Conference held.^[8][9]
• 1949 - Raja Club Athletic formed.
• 1950 - Population: 625,000 (urban agglomeration).^[10]
• 1952
  • December: "Anti-French riots."^[3]
  • Population: 682,000.^[2]
• 1960 - Population: 967,000 (urban agglomeration).^[10]
• 1965
  • 22 March: "Uprising of students and workers."^[3]
  • September: 1965 Arab League summit held.
• 1970 - Population: 1,505,000 (urban agglomeration).^[10]
• 1971 - Maroc Soir newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1980s - City "organized into five separate prefectures."^[2]
• 1980
  • Planning commission formed.^[12]
  • Population: 2,109,000 (urban agglomeration).^[10]
• 1981 - 6 June: "Bread riots."^[3]
• 1990 - Population: 2,682,000 (urban agglomeration).^[10]
• 1993 - Hassan II Mosque built.^[3]
• 1994 - Population: 2,940,000.^[2]
• 1999 - l’Boulevard des Jeunes Musicians hip hop festival begins.^[13]

21st century

• 2000 - Population: 2,937,000 (urban agglomeration).^[10]
• 2003
  • 16 May: 2003 Casablanca bombings.^[14]
  • Mohamed Sajid becomes mayor.
• 2007 - March-April: 2007 Casablanca bombings.^[14]
• 2011 - Population: 3,046,000.^[10]
• 2012
  • May: "Trade union rally."^[14]
  • Casablanca tramway begins operating.^[15]

See also

• History of Casablanca

Other cities in Morocco

• Timeline of Fes
• Timeline of Marrakesh
• Timeline of Rabat
• Timeline of Tangier

References

1. Jean-Louis Cohen (2008). "Casablanca". The City in the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 1009+. ISBN 9789004162402.
2. James A. Miller (2005). "Casablanca". In Kevin Shillington. Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2.
3. Susan Gilson Miller (2013). "Chronology". A History of Modern Morocco. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81070-8.
4. Lola Souad (1993). "Morocco". In Robert Wedgeworth. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
5. "Kingdom of Morocco". International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Fitzroy Dearborn. 1999. ISBN 978-1-884964-35-0.
6. "Movie Theaters in Casablanca, Morocco". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved October 2014.
7. James G. Ryan and Leonard Schlup, ed. (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-2107-8.
8. Muriel E. Chamberlain (1998). Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-89744-6.
9. "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved January 2015
10. "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.
11. "Casablanca (Morocco) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved October 2014.
12. Susan Ossman (1994). Picturing Casablanca: Portraits of Power in a Modern City. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91431-5.
13. "Rapping the Revolution". Muftah.org. Anna Jacobs and William Barnes, editors for Egypt & North Africa. 2011. Retrieved October 2014.
14. "Morocco Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved October 2014.
15. "Histoire". Casablanca (in French). Petit Futé. 2013. ISBN 978-2-7469-6459-4.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Further reading

• Leo Africanus; John Pory (1896), "Of Anfa a towne in Temesna", in Robert Brown, History and Description of Africa 2, London: Hakluyt Society, OCLC 2649691 (written in the 16th century)

Published in the 20th century

• "Casablanca", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• Maurice de Périgny (1919). Au Maroc; Casablanca-Rabat-Meknes (in French).
• "Al-Dar al-Bayda". Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill. 1985.

Published in the 21st century

• Mark Ellingham (2001), "Casablanca", Rough Guide to Morocco (6th ed.), London: Rough Guides, p. 299+, OL 24218635M
• Jean-Louis Cohen; Monique Eleb (2003). Casablanca: colonial myths and architectural ventures. Monacelli Press. ISBN 978-1-58093-087-1.
• Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). "Casablanca". Historical Dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
• Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Casablanca", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 114+

External links

• "Morocco: Casablanca". Archnet. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008.
• Map of Casablanca, 1942.
• "(Articles related to Casablanca)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.

Coordinates: 33°32′N 7°35′W / 33.533°N 7.583°W