Timeline of Benghazi

The following is a of the history of the city of Benghazi, Libya.

Prior to 20th century

7th century BCE - Euesperides founded by Cyrenians near the site of present-day Benghazi.
1517 CE - Cyrenaica becomes part of Ottoman Tripolitania.
1577 - Atiq Mosque built.
1816/1817 - occurs at the .
1820 - Alhadadp Mosque founded.<sup>()</sup>
1827 - British consulate established.
1858 - Plague outbreak.
1869 - Administrative Benghazi mutessariflik (province) created.
1874 - Plague outbreak.
1895
built in Al-Berka.
Italian "SocietÃÂ d'Esplorazione Commerciale in Africa" active in Benghazi.

1906 - burns down.
1911
19 October: Town occupied by Italian forces during the Italo-Turkish War.
Population: 35,000.
1913 - Albergo Italia (hotel) built.
1914 - begins operating.
1916 - built.
1922 - Benghazi Lighthouse built.
1924 - City Hall built.
1926 - begins operating.
1927
begins operating.
Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Cyrenaica established.
1928 - opens.
1931 - September: Trial of Omar Mukhtar, leading to his execution on 16 September in nearby Suluq.
1934
Pier built in the Port of Benghazi.
Administrative Benghazi Province created.
1936 - built.
1937 - March: Mussolini visits Benghazi.
1939 - Benghazi Cathedral built.
1942
November: British forces take city during the Battle of El Agheila in World War II.
Italian rule ends.
Omar al-Mukhtar Society formed.
1945 - Population: 60,000 (approximate).
1947 - Ahly Benghazi football club active.

1952
Al-Hilal SC (sport club) formed.
University of Oxford's Ashmolean Expedition to Cyrenaica begins its archaeological excavation of Euesperides site.
1953 - City boundary established.
1954 - Al Tahaddy SC (football club) formed.
1955 - University of Libya founded.
1956 - Benghazi Zoo founded.
1957 - Benghazi Military University Academy established.
1964 - Population: 137,295.
1967 - Stadium and Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena open.
1970s - Giuliana Bridge opens.
1973
University of Benghazi active.
Population: 266,000.
1980 - February: Protest at French consulate.
1982
March: Part of 1982 African Cup of Nations football contest held in Benghazi.
built.
1984 - Population: 442,860.
1986 - 15 April: Aerial bombing of city by United States forces.
1989 - Tibesti Hotel (hi-rise) built.
1990 - Population: 800,000 (estimate).
1991 - "Administrative Office Complex" (hi-rise) built.
1993 - September: Great Man-Made River constructed; water begins flowing to Benghazi.
2000
1 September: Al-Ahly football stadium demolished.
September: Unrest.

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