Timeline of Tangier
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tangier, Morocco.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 42 CE - Tingis becomes capital of the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.[1]
- 429 - Vandals take Tingis.[1]
- 672 - Arab rule begins.[2]
- 1078 - Almoravid dynasty rule, extended to Moorish Al Andalus.[3]
- 1244 - Marinid dynasty (1244–1465) becomes the ruling Berber dynasty of Morocco.
- 1304 - Ibn Battuta born.
- 1437 - Battle of Tangier, attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier, and their subsequent defeat by the armies of the Marinid sultanate of Morocco.
- 1471 - Portuguese colonial rule (1471–1661) begins, under Afonso V of Portugal.[2][3]
- 1561 - Portuguese Tangier was ceded to England, in order to encourage England to support Portugal in the Portuguese Restoration War.
- 1661 - English Tangier (1661−1684), English colonial rule.[4]
- 1677 - The English banished all Jews from Tangiers.[4]
- 1678 - City besieged by forces of Moulay Ismail.[1]
- 1684 - Moroccan home−rule begins with end of colonial English Tangier.[2]
- 1815 - Tangier Grand Mosque rebuilt.[5]
- 1821 - American Legation building in use.
- 1844
- 6 August: Bombardment of Tangiers.
- October: Treaty of Tangiers signed in city.
- 1883 - Al-Moghreb al-Aksa newspaper begins publication.[6]
20th century
- 1904 - Journal de Tanger begins publication.[7]
- 1905
- La Dépêche marocaine newspaper begins publication.
- Anglican Church of St. Andrew consecrated.
- 1913 - Gran Teatro Cervantes opens.[8]
- 1917 - Sidi Bou Abib Mosque built.[5]
- 1920 - Gran Cafe de Paris in business.[9]
- 1921 - Café Hafa opens.
- 1924 - Tangier International Zone in effect, per Tangier Protocol.
- 1937 - Dean's Bar in business.[1]
- 1939 - Stade de Marchan (stadium) built.
- 1940 - 14 June: City occupied by Spanish forces.[4]
- 1945 - 11 October: City returned to international status. [10]
- 1947
- Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco gives speech at the Grand Socco.[11]
- American writer Paul Bowles moves to Tangier.[12]
- 1948 - Cinema Rif opens.[13]
- 1952 - 30 March: Political demonstration.[4]
- 1956
- 8 October: City becomes part of independent Morocco;[2] Tangier International Zone disestablished.[11]
- 1983 - Ittihad Riadi Tanger football club formed.
21st century
- 2005 - Rabat–Tangier expressway constructed.
- 2006 - Cinematheque de Tanger opens.[14]
- 2008
- Tanger-Med port begins operating near city.[15]
- Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport new terminal building opens.
- 2011
- Grand Stade de Tanger (stadium) opens.
- Kenitra–Tangier high-speed rail line construction begins.
See also
- Tangier history
- Chronology of Tangier (French)
- List of governors of Tangier, 15th to 17th centuries
- Other cities in Morocco
References
- 1 2 3 4 Rough Guide to Morocco. Rough Guides. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4093-3267-1.
- 1 2 3 4 Marian Aguiar (2005). "Tangier". In Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.
- 1 2 Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
- 1 2 3 4 Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Tangier". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. pp. 665+. ISBN 1884964036.
- 1 2 "ArchNet". Retrieved October 2014.
- ↑ "Tangier (Morocco) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved October 2014.
- ↑ "Morocco: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ↑ "Lost in Tangier", New York Times, 10 September 2010
- ↑ Josh Shoemake (2013). "Gran Cafe de Paris". Tangier: A Literary Guide for Travellers. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85773-376-4.
- ↑ "Reestablishment of the International Regime in Tangiers". 330 XIII. USA: US Department of State. October 21, 1945: 613–618.
- 1 2 Susan Gilson Miller (2013). "Chronology". A History of Modern Morocco. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81070-8.
- ↑ Christopher Petkanas (20 May 2011), "Last Casbah", New York Times
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Tangier, Morocco". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved October 2014.
- ↑ "Morocco". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved October 2014.
- ↑ The Report: Morocco 2012. Oxford Business Group. ISBN 978-1-907065-54-5.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
- Ali Bey al-Abbasi (1816), "Chapters 2-4 (Tangier)", Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, Between the Years 1803 and 1807, Philadelphia: John Conrad, OCLC 754174
- Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831). "Tangier". Sketches in Spain and Morocco. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. OCLC 13783280.
- H.M.P. de la Martinière (1889). "(Tangier)". Morocco: Journeys in the Kingdom of Fez and to the Court of Mulai Hassan. London: Whittaker & Co. OCLC 4428176.
- Published in the 20th century
- S.L. Bensusan (1904). Morocco. London: A and C Black.
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Maroc: Description des villes: Tanger". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. (+ table of contents)
- "Tangier", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- "Tangier", The Mediterranean, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
- Published in the 21st century
- Mark Ellingham (2001), "Tangier", Rough Guide to Morocco (6th ed.), London: Rough Guides, p. 79+, OL 24218635M
- Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008). "Tangier". Cities of the Middle East and North Africa. Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO.
- Elbl, Martin Malcolm. Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton (Baywolf Press: Toronto and Peterborough, 2013) ISBN 978-0-921437-50-5.
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- "(Articles related to Tangier)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.
- Map of Tangier, 1943
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Coordinates: 35°46′N 5°48′W / 35.767°N 5.800°W
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