Timeline of Haifa

The following is a of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel.

Prior to 20th century

• 1047 – Persian traveler Nasir Khusraw visits village.
• 1100 or 1101 – a Crusader fleet and land army conquer Haifa. The Crusaders rename it Caiphas.
• 1187 – Saladin captures Haifa.
• 1251 – Fortifications built by Louis IX of France (approximate date).
• 1291 – Mamluk Al-Ashraf Khalil captures Haifa.
• 1869 – German Colony established near town.
• 1873 – Najib Effendi al-Yasin becomes mayor.
• 1883 – Rushdi school opens.
• 1887 – Haifa becomes part of the Ottoman Beirut Vilayet.
• 1898 – Pier and Jaffa-Haifa roadway built.
• 1900 - Population: estimate 12,000.

20th century

• 1905 – Hejaz Railroad branch begins operating; train station built.
• 1908 – Al-Karmil newspaper begins publication.
• 1909 – Shrine of the Báb built on Mt. Carmel.
• 1912 – Maccabi Haifa sport club formed.
• 1913 – Hebrew Reali School and Maccabi Haifa Football Club established.
• 1918 – 23 September: Haifa occupied by British forces.
• 1921 – Haifa Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.
• 1922 – Population: 24,600.
• 1924
• Technion – Israel Institute of Technology opens.
• Hapoel Haifa Football Club formed.
• 1928 – Stella Maris Light built.
• 1931 – Population: 50,403.
• 1933 – Port of Haifa expanded.
• 1934 – Haifa Airport established.
• 1935
• Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline commissioned. Refinery starts production in 1939. Pipeline deliveries stop in 1948.
• Armon Cinema opens.
• 1937 – Orah Cinema in business (approximate date).
• 1938 – British Government Hospital established.
• 1939 – Oil refinery built.
• 1941 – Shabtai Levy becomes mayor.
• 1944 – Al-Ittihad newspaper begins publication.
• 1947 – Population: 145,140.
• 1948
• April: Battle of Haifa (1948).
• Haifa becomes part of the State of Israel.
• 1950 – New Haifa Symphony Orchestra established.
• 1951
• Haifa Museum of Art established.
• Abba Hushi becomes mayor.
• Al-Jadid literary journal begins publication.
• 1953 – Gordon College of Education established.
• 1955 – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium opens.
• 1959 – Haifa Underground Funicular Railway begins operating.
• 1960 – Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art opens on Mt. Carmel.
• 1961
• Haifa Theatre founded.
• Population: 183,021.
• 1963 – University of Haifa established.
• 1969
• Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine established.
• Moshe Flimann becomes mayor.
• Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum opens.
• 1971 – WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education established.
• 1972
• IBM Haifa Research Laboratory established.
• Israeli National Maritime Museum opens.
• 1973 – Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.
• 1974
• Matam hi-tech area developed.
• Yosef Almogi becomes mayor.
• 1975
• Haifa Cinematheque established.
• Yeruham Zeisel becomes mayor.
• 1976 – Romema Arena opens.
• 1978 – Aryeh Gur'el becomes mayor.
• 1983
• Haifa International Film Festival begins.
• Israel Railway Museum opens.
• Population: 225,775.
• 1984 – Hecht Museum established.
• 1989 – September: 1989 Mount Carmel forest fire.
• 1991 – Lev HaMifratz Mall in business.
• 1993 – Amram Mitzna becomes mayor.
• 1999 – Grand Canyon (mall) and Carmel Beach Railway Station open.

21st century

• 2001 – Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station and Lev HaMifratz Railway Station open.
• 2002
• Sail Tower built.
• Haifa Bay Central Bus Station opens.
• 2003
• Yona Yahav becomes mayor.
• IEC Tower built.
• Carmel Beach Central Bus Station opens.
• 2004 – Almadina newspaper begins publication.
• 2006 – 13 July: Haifa bombarded by Lebanese Hezbollah forces.
• 2008 – Bahá'í World Centre designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 2010
• December: 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire.
• Carmel Tunnels open.
• 2011 – Wikimania 2011 held in Haifa.
• 2012 – Israeli Personal Computer Museum opens.
• 2013 – Population: 272,181.
• 2014 – Sammy Ofer Stadium opens.
• 2016 – November 2016 Israel wildfires

See also

• History of Haifa
• of other cities in Israel: Tel Aviv (+ Jaffa)
• Timeline of Jerusalem

References

This article incorporates information from the Hebrew Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

• Map of Haifa (1958), via the University of Texas
• Items related to Haifa (various dates), via Europeana
• Items related to Haifa (various dates), via the Digital Public Library of America