Timeline of Cairo

The following is a of the history of the city of Cairo, Egypt.

Prior to 19th century

• 1st C. BCE – Babylon Fortress built (approximate date).
• 33 CE – Origins of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
• 4th–5th C. CE – Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga) built.
• 6th C. – Church of Saint Menas established.
• 642 – Mosque of Amr ibn al-As built.
• 873 – Ahmad ibn Tulun founds El-Katai.
• 879
• Mosque of Ibn Tulun built.
• Church of St. George built (approximate date).
• Church of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila) built (approximate date).
• 970
• Misr al-Qahira settlement founded by Fatimid Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah.
• Al-Azhar University established.
• 972 – Al-Azhar Mosque established.
• 978 –The Hanging Church rebuilt (approximate date).
• 979 – Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo rebuilt (approximate date).
• 992 – Al-Hakim Mosque built.
• 11th C. – Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag) built.
• 1016 – Lulua Mosque built.
• 1073 – Saint Barbara Church in Coptic Cairo restored.
• 1085 – Juyushi Mosque built.
• 1092 – City wall and Gates of Cairo built (including Bab Zuweila and Bab al-Nasr).
• 1125 – Aqmar Mosque built.
• 1154 – Al-Hussein Mosque built.
• 1160 – Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque built.
• 1168 – Egypt's capital moved from Fustat to Cairo.
• 1176 – Cairo was unsuccessfully attacked in the Crusades.
• 1183 – Saladin Citadel built.
• ca.1205 – Harat el-Yahoud Synagogue rebuilt and Maimonides works there; it is rebuilt in the 19th century as the Maimonides Synagogue
• 1250 – City becomes capital of Mamluk Sultanate.
• 1280 – Qalawun complex built (approximate date).
• 1318 – Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque built.
• 1340 – Mosque of Amir al-Maridani established.
• 1347 – Aqsunqur Mosque built.
• 1349 – Mosque of Shaykhu built.
• 1352 – Amir Taz Palace built.
• 1355 – Khanqah of Shaykhu built.
• 1359 – Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan built.

• 1421 – Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad built.
• 1517
• January: Battle of Ridaniya occurs near Cairo.
• Capture of Cairo by Ottoman forces.
• City becomes provincial capital during Selim I's rule of Ottoman Empire.
• 1774 – Mosque of Abu Dahab built.
• 1788 – Al Musafir Khana Palace built.
• 1798 – Napoleon arrives.
• 1800 – Population: 200,000 (approximate figure).

19th century

• 1801 – June: Siege of Cairo – French surrender to British and Ottoman forces.
• 1811 – March: Massacre of the Citadel.
• 1822 – Arabic printing press in operation.
• 1827 – Kasr Al-Ainy Medical School established.
• 1828
• Government al-Waqa'i' al-Masriyya newspaper begins publication.
• Dar al-Mahfuzat (government archive) established.
• 1848 – Mosque of Muhammad Ali built.
• 1854 – Khorenian School begins.
• 1856 – Railway station built.
• 1863 – Museum of Egyptian antiquities founded at Bulak.
• 1860 – Shepheard's Hotel in operation.
• 1869 – Khedivial Opera House opens.
• 1870 – Egyptian National Library and Archives established.
• 1871– 24 December: Premiere of Verdi's Aida.
• 1874 – Abdeen Palace built.
• 1875 – Al-Ahram newspaper begins publication.
• 1877 – Traffic in slaves ceased.
• 1879 – Collège de la Sainte Famille founded
• 1880 – Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe established.
• 1882
• British occupation.
• Khedivial Sporting Club founded.
• Population: 347,838.
• 1888 – Collège des Frères (Bab al-Louq) opens.
• 1892 – Ben Ezra Synagogue built.
• 1893 – Le Progrès Egyptien newspaper begins publication.
• 1897
• El Khalig canal filled in.
• Population: 570,062.
• 1899
• Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue built
• Al-Ahram newspaper headquartered in Cairo.
• 1900 – Ets Hayim Synagogue (Hanan Synagogue) established

20th century

1900s–1940s

• 1902 – Museum of Egyptian antiquities moved again.
• 1905 – Chaar Hachamaim Synagogue established
• 1906 – Pathé cinema built.
• 1907
• Al Ahly Sporting Club formed.
• Population: 654,476.
• 1908
• Cairo University and Café Riche opened.
• and American College for Girls founded.
• 1910
• Coptic Museum built.
• Heliopolis Palace Hotel opened.
• Heliopolis Sporting Club founded.
• 1905 – Shimon Bar Yochai Synagogue established
• 1911
• Zamalek Sporting Club formed.
• Baron Empain Palace built.
• 1912
• Boulak Bridge and Al-Rifa'i Mosque built.
• 1915
• Arev and Housaper newspapers begin publication.
• 1919
• Uprising against British occupation.
• American University in Cairo established.
• 1921 – Cairo Conference held.
• 1922
• Tutankhamun's tomb discovered.
• 1924
• 19 November: British governor-general Stack of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan assassinated.
• "Cairo Edition" of Quran Published
• 1925 – Pahad Itzhak (Kreim) Synagogue established
• 1929 – Manial Palace built.
• 1932
• Society Of The Muslim Brothers headquartered in Cairo.
• Moussa Dar'i Synagogue established
• 1933 – Qasr al-Nil Bridge built.
• 1934 – St. George's College, Cairo established.
• 1934 – Meir'enaim (Biton) Synagogue established
• 1937
• Yacoubian Building constructed.
• Lycée La Liberté Héliopolis opens
• 1938 – Publication of The Egyptian Gazette moves from Alexandria to Cairo.
• 1940 – Metro Cinema opens.
• 1942 – Abdeen Palace Incident.
• 1944 – Cairo Forces Parliament meeting.
• The Arab Women's Congress of 1944 is hosted by the Egyptian Feminist Union in Cairo and the Pan-Arabian Arab Feminist Union is founded.
• 1945
• Arab League headquartered in Cairo.
• Ashkènazim Synagogue restored
• 1946 – Ali Baba Cinema opens.
• 1947 – Population: 2,090,654.
• 1948
• Tchahagir newspaper begins publication.
• Rivoli Cinema opens.
• 1949 – 12 February: Muslim leader Hassan al-Banna assassinated.

1950s–1990s

• 1950 – Ain Shams University founded.
• 1952
• Cairo Fire.
• The Mogamma built.
• Ismailia Square renamed Tahrir Square.
• Egyptian Revolution of 1952
• Al Akhbar starts publication.
• 1954 – Al Gomhuria newspaper begins publication.
• 1956
• Cairo International Stadium opens.
• City master plan created.
• 1959
• Cairo Conservatoire opens.
• Academy of Arts (Egypt) and Cairo Symphony Orchestra founded.
• Arab Petroleum Congress meets in Cairo.
• 1961 – Cairo Tower built.
• 1963 – Cairo International Airport opens.
• 1964 – January: 1964 Arab League summit (Cairo) held.
• 1965 – Population: 3.3 million.
• 1966 – Cairo Opera Ballet Company founded.
• 1967 – Bab Moshé (Ibn Maimoun) Synagogue restored.
• 1968 – Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral built.
• 1969 – Cairo International Book Fair founded.
• 1970
• January: Israeli forces conduct aerial attacks near Cairo.
• September: 1970 Arab League summit held.
• Greater Cairo Master Plan created.
• 1972 – January: Student demonstration.
• 1974 – Population: 5,715,000.
• 1975
• January: Economic demonstration.
• Unknown Soldier Memorial (Egypt) inaugurated.
• 1976
• 1976 Arab League summit (Cairo).
• Cairo International Film Festival begins.
• British International School in Cairo established.
• Manor House School, Cairo opens.
• 1977 – January: Economic demonstration.
• 1978 – New Cairo British International School formed.
• 1979
• Egypt Today magazine begins publication.
• Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt established.
• Sister city relationships established with Frankfurt and Stuttgart, Germany.
• 1981
• 6 October: Assassination of Anwar Sadat.
• Sadat Academy for Management Sciences opens.
• 1982
• Saint Fatima School begins.
• Sister city relationship established with New York City, United States.
• 1984
• Master Plan for Greater Cairo approved.
• Arab Democratic Nasserist Party founded.
• 1985
• Child Museum opens.
• Sister city relationship established with Paris, France.
• 1986 – February: 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot occurs.
• 1987 – Cairo Metro Line 1 begins operating.
• 1988
• Cairo Opera House opens.
• Sister city relationship established with Istanbul, Turkey.
• 1989
• al-Hirafiyeen neighborhood built.
• Sister city relationship established with Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• 1990
• The American International School in Egypt opens.
• Sister city relationship established with Beijing, China and Tokyo, Japan.
• 1991 – Al-Ahram Weekly begins publication.
• 1992
• Earthquake.
• Population: 6,800,000 (estimate).
• 1993
• Asyut–Cairo highway constructed.
• Sister city relationship established with Barcelona, Spain.
• 1995 – Dreamland development begins near city.
• 1996
• 6th October Bridge built.
• Cairo Metro Line 2 (Shoubra AlKheiman- AlMounieb) opened.
• 1997
• Aldiwan Arabic Language Center opens.
• Sister city relationship established with Xi'an, China and Seoul, South Korea.
• 1998 – Sister city relationships established with Houston, United States and Minsk, Belarus.

21st century

2000s

• 2001
• Misr American College established.
• Cairo 52 arrested.
• 2003 – El Sawy culturewheel built.
• 2004
• Al-masry Al-youm newspaper begins publication.
• Canadian International College established.
• Abdul Azim Wazir becomes governor of Cairo (approximate date).
• 2005
• April 2005 Cairo terrorist attacks
• British University in Egypt established.
• Al-Azhar Park built.
• El Fagr newspaper begins publication.
• 2006
• City government website online (approximate date).
• Al-Resalah television begins broadcasting.
• 2007
• City hosts 11th Pan Arab Games.
• 57357 Hospital established.
• 2008 – Youm 7 newspaper starts publication.
• 2009
• 2009 Khan el-Khalili bombing
• Cairo Jazz Festival begins.

2010s

• 2010 – Population: 7,248,671.
• 2011
• 25 January: Uprising against Mubarak regime begins.
• April: Abdel Qawi Khalifa becomes governor of Cairo.
• 2012
• Cairo Metro Line 3 (Imbaba / Mohandiseen – Cairo Int'l Airport) opened.
• Heliopolis Palace incident
• Pope Shenouda III, head of Egyptian Coptic church, died.
• Protests against state president Mohamed Morsi.
• 2013
• Anti-Morsi protests.
• February: The first Iranian president, Ahmadinejad, to visit Egypt since 1979.
• April: Violence against Coptic after funeral.
• 3 July: 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
• 8 July: "Egyptian soldiers fire on Morsi supporters protesting outside a military facility in Cairo, killing over 50."
• 14 August: "More than 600 people, mostly Morsi supporters, are killed when police clear two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo."
• Air pollution in greater Cairo reaches annual mean of 76 PM2.5 and 179 PM10, much higher than recommended.
• 2017 – Population: 9,539,673 (urban agglomeration).

2020s

• 2021 – 2021 Cairo clothing factory fire

See also

• History of Egypt
• List of cities by population density
• of other cities in Egypt: Alexandria, Port Said

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