The following is a of the history of the city of Cairo, Egypt.
Prior to 19th century
19th century
20th century
1900sâÂÂ1940s
1950sâÂÂ1990s
- 1950 â Ain Shams University founded.
- 1952
- Cairo Fire.
- The Mogamma built.
- Ismailia Square renamed Tahrir Square.
- Egyptian Revolution of 1952
- Al Akhbar starts publication.
- 1954 â 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 â Cairo Tower built.
- 1963 â Cairo International Airport opens.
- 1964 â January: 1964 Arab League summit (Cairo) held.
- 1965 â Population: 3.3 million.
- 1966 â Cairo Opera Ballet Company founded.
- 1967 â Bab Moshé (Ibn Maimoun) Synagogue restored.
- 1968 â Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral built.
- 1969 â 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 â January: Student demonstration.
- 1974 â 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 â January: Economic demonstration.
- 1978 â 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 â February: 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot occurs.
- 1987 â 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 â Al-Ahram Weekly begins publication.
- 1992
- Earthquake.
- Population: 6,800,000 (estimate).
- 1993
- AsyutâÂÂCairo highway constructed.
- Sister city relationship established with Barcelona, Spain.
- 1995 â 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 â Sister city relationships established with Houston, United States and Minsk, Belarus.
21st century
2000s
2010s
- 2010 â 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 â 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 â Population: 9,539,673 (urban agglomeration).
2020s
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