Timeline of Fez

The following is a of the history of the city of Fez, Morocco.

Prior to 20th century

• 789 – Madinat Fas settlement (later Fes el Andalous) established by Idris I of Morocco.
• 809 – Second settlement (later Fes el Karaouyine) established by Idris II of Morocco.
• 818 – Andalucian Arab refugees arrive (approximate date).
• 825 – Tunisian Kairouan refugees arrive.
• 828 – Idris II of Morocco dies.
• 848 – Yahya ibn Muhammad in power.
• 859 – Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque founded.
• 980 – Maghrawa in power.
• 1033 – 1033 Fez massacre of Jews.
• 1070 – Almoravids in power.
• 1145 – Almohads take city.
• 1204 – the fortifications of Fes el-bali completed.
• 1248 – Marinids in power.
• 1276 – Fes Jdid built.
• 1325 – Al-Attarine Madrasa completed.
• 1355 – Bou Inania Madrasa completed.
• 1357 – Dar al-Magana water clock built.
• 1408 – Lalla Ghariba mosque built at Fes Jdid.
• 1437 – Probable date of the transfer of Jewish population of Fes el-Bali to the Mellah in Fes Jdid.
• 1465 – 1465 Moroccan revolt.
• 1472 – Wattassids in power.
• 1522 – Earthquake.
• 1554 – Capture of Fez by the Ottoman Empire
• 1554 – Recapture of Fez by the Saadian Sultan Mohammed Al-Shaykh.
• 1576 – Capture of Fez by Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi and his forces.
• 1670 – Cherratine Madrasa rebuilt.

20th century

• 1912
• March: Morocco becomes a French protectorate, per Treaty of Fez.
• April: 1912 Fez riots.
• Moroccan capital relocated from Fez to Rabat.
• 1913 – Bab Boujeloud (gate) refurbished.
• 1916 – Ville Nouvelle founded.
• 1917 – Kissariyya market fire.
• 1920 – Public library opens.
• 1931 - Future billionaire Othman Benjelloun born in Fez.
• 1940 - student music association orchestra at fez as now music Institute in fez has founded there. (First called fez youth orchestra)
• 1942 – Cinema Rex opens.
• 1946 – Maghreb Association Sportive de Fez football club formed.
• 1948 – Widad Fez football club formed.
• 1951 - Population: 179,372.
• 1963 – University of al-Qarawiyyin active.
• 1973 - Population: 321,460 city; 426,000 urban agglomeration.
• 1981 – Medina of Fez designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 1988 - A Trappist community is founded upon invitation of the archbishop of Rabat and is housed in the former Bellevue Hotel. The monks move in 1999 to Midelt.
• 1990 – 14 December: Labour strike.
• 1993 - Population: 564,000 urban agglomeration (estimate).
• 1994 – World Sacred Music Festival begins.
• 1999 – Rabat–Fes expressway built.

21st century

• 2003 – Hamid Chabat becomes mayor.
• 2004 – Population: 947,000.
• 2005 – École nationale des sciences appliquées de Fès (school) established.
• 2007 – After a construction period from 1994 to 2003,Fez Stadium opens in 2007.
• 2011 ** International Institute for Languages and Cultures established.
• Population: 1,088,000.
• 2014 - Population: 1,126,551 (estimate).
• 2015
• City becomes part of the Fès-Meknès administrative region.
• Idriss Azami Al Idrissi becomes mayor.

See also

• Fez history
• of other cities in Morocco: Casablanca, Marrakesh, Meknes, Rabat, , Tangier

References

Bibliography

in English

• (written in 16th century)

in French

• (+ table of contents)

External links

• Map of Fes, 1942.