Timeline of Khartoum

The following is a of the history of the city of Khartoum, Sudan.

Prehistoric times

• circa 5000 BCE, first documented skull, human bones and tools found in 1945

19th century

• 1821 – Settlement established by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.
• 1824 – "Egyptian governor Uthman Bey establishes Khartoum as a military centre."
• 1826 – Ali Khurshid Pasha in power.
• 1829 – Mosque built.
• 1830 – Town becomes capital of "the Sudanese possessions of Egypt."
• 1838 – Disease outbreak; capital relocated temporarily to Shendi.
• 1840 – Flood.
• 1841 – Flood.
• 1854 – Muhammad Sa'id Pasha in power.
• 1856 – Disease outbreak; capital relocated temporarily to Shendi.
• 1862 – Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1866 – Consulates of Austria, France, Italy, Persia, and Tuscany established.
• 1869 – Flood.
• 1874 – Flood.
• 1878 – Flood.
• 1884 – 13 March: Siege of Khartoum begins.
• 1885
• 26 January: Mahdists in power.
• Capital relocated to Omdurman from Khartoum.
• 1898
• 2 September: Conflict between Mahdist and British forces.
• Seat of government relocates to Khartoum from Omdurman.
• 1899
• Town becomes capital of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
• Railway begins operating (Wadi Halfa-Khartoum).
• Sudan Gazette (government newspaper) begins publication.

20th century

• 1902
• Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories and Coptic Girls School open.
• Population: 25,000.
• 1903 – Gordon Memorial College opens.
• 1905 – Military academy opens.
• 1907 – Population: 69,349.
• 1909 – Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge built to Halfaya.
• 1911 – Sudan Herald newspaper begins publication.
• 1912 – Cathedral Church of All Saints consecrated.
• 1913 – Famine.
• 1924
• Demonstrations.
• Flood.
• Kitchener School of Medicine established.
• 1926 – White Nile Bridge to Omdurman built.
• 1928 – Unity High School for Girls founded.
• 1946 – Flood.
• 1950 – Al Khartoum Sports Club formed.
• 1952 – Acropole Hotel in business.
• 1954 – Population: 100,000 (approximate).
• 1955 – Area of city: 7.9 square kilometers.
• 1956
• 1 January: City becomes capital of independent Republic of Sudan.
• University of Khartoum established.
• 1957
• Municipal Stadium opens.
• Khartoum American School established.
• 1960 – Bank of Sudan headquartered in Khartoum.
• 1962 – Industrial Bank of Sudan opens.
• 1964 – Population: 173,500.
• 1967 – August: Arab League summit held.
• 1970
• Area of city: 13.3 square kilometers.
• Bank of Khartoum established.
• 1971
• National Museum of Sudan established.
• Population: 261,840.
• 1973
• August: Anti-government unrest.
• Saudi embassy held by Palestinian militants.
• 1974 – Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Khartoum formed.
• 1976 – Friendship Hall built.
• 1977 – Oil pipeline to Port Sudan completed.
• 1978 – July – Organisation of African Unity summit held.
• 1980 – Area of city: 101.3 square kilometers.
• 1983
• September: Islamic law in effect.
• University of Juba relocates to Khartoum (approximate date).
• 1984
• March: Teacher/doctor strike begins.
• El-Sheikh Mosque built.
• 1985
• March: Economic protest.
• Population: 1,611,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1988 – Flood.
• 1990 – Population: 2,360,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1991
• City becomes part of Khartoum federal state (administrative region).
• Popular Arab and Islamic Congress held in city.
• 1992 – Khartoum International Airport terminal opens.
• 1993
• Khartoum Bank Group formed.
• Sudatel headquartered in Khartoum.
• Population: 924,505 city.
• 1994 – Venezuelan criminal Carlos the Jackal arrested in Khartoum.
• 1995
• Khartoum Stock Exchange begins trading.
• Population: 3,088,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 1997 – Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company incorporated.
• 1998
• August: Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum North bombed by U.S. forces.
• Area of city: 343.8 square kilometers.
• 1999
• Ibrahim Malik Islamic Center built.
• Republican Palace Museum opens.
• Greater Nile Oil Pipeline in operation.
• 2000
• Khartoum Monitor newspaper begins publication.
• Population: 3,505,000 (urban agglomeration).

21st century

2000s

• 2005
• July: Demonstrations.
• Citizen (Juba) newspaper begins publication.
• Population: 3,979,000 (urban agglomeration).
• City designated an Arab Capital of Culture by Arab League/UNESCO.
• 2006
• January: African Union summit held.
• March: Arab League summit held.
• 2007 – El Mek Nimr Bridge to Khartoum North built.
• 2008
• 10–12 May: City besieged by anti-government forces.
• Population: 639,598.
• 2009 – Tuti Bridge opens.

2010s

• 2010 – Population: 4,516,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 2012
• June: Economic protest.
• October: al-Yarmook armament factory bombed.

See also

• Khartoum history
• Timeline of Sudanese history
• List of universities in Khartoum

References

Bibliography

Published in 20th century

• Arkell, A. J. Early Khartoum. CUP, Cambridge 1949.
• McLean, W. H. The planning of Khartoum and Omdurman; transactions of the Town Planning Conference, October 1910. London 1919.
• Walkley, C. (1935). The story of Khartoum. Sudan Notes and Records, 18(2), 221–241.

Published in 21st century

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