Timeline of Mecca

The following is a of the history of the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to 20th century

• 100 BCE - "Yemeni tribes of Judham rule Mecca."
• 570 CE - Year of the Elephant and the birth of Muhammad.
• 605 CE - Quraish rebuild Kaaba after it was damaged in floods.
• 613 CE - Muhammad starts preaching publicly in Mecca.
• 622 CE / 0-1 H - Muhammad migrates from Mecca to Medina, with followers (muhajirun).
• 7th C. - Masjid al-Haram architectural components began.
• 625-629 : Pilgrim mosques built in numerous countries like (Kerala) India & in China by early disciples of Muhammad.
• Pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca per Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.
• 11 December: Liberation of Mecca.
• 683 / 63-64 H - Siege of Mecca (683); Kaaba burnt.
• 692 - Siege of Mecca (692).
• 751 - Milestones installed along the (Baghdad-Mecca road).
• 793 - Harun al-Rashid visits city.
• 810 - Aqueduct built.
• 930 - City sacked by Qarmatians; Black Stone taken out of Mecca.
• 951 - Black Stone returned to Mecca "for a great ransom".
• 1184 - Traveller Ibn Jubayr visits city.
• 1265 - Egyptian Mamluks in power.
• 1326 - Traveller Ibn Battuta visits Mecca.
• 1517 - Ottomans in power; Selim I becomes Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
• 1630 - Flood.
• 1631 - Kaaba rebuilt.
• 1802/1803 - Mecca "captured by the Sa'udi-Wahhabi army."
• 1812/1813 - Wahhabis ousted by Egyptian forces.
• 1840 - Ottomans in power again.
• 1855 - The Hejaz rebellion takes place in Hejaz against the Ottoman Empire, and results in riots in both Mecca and Jeddah.
• 1878 - Population estimated by Assistant-Surgeon ʽAbd el-Razzāq at 50,000 to 60,000.
• 1880 - 21 March: Sharif assassinated.
• 1885 - Population: 45,000 (estimate).
• 1886 - Printing press in use (approximate date).

20th century

• 1908 / 1325-1326 H
• September: Hejaz Railway (Damascus-Mecca) begins operating.
• Hussein bin Ali becomes sharif.
• Al-Hijaz government newspaper begins publication.
• 1912 - Madrasat al-Falah established.
• 1916 / 1334-1335 H
• June–July: Battle of Mecca (1916).
• Hashimite al-Qibla government newspaper begins publication.
• 1921 - Population: 80,000 (approximate estimate).
• 1924 / 1342-1343 H
• Battle of Mecca (1924).
• 12 December: Umm al-Qura government newspaper begins publication.
• Population: 60,000 (approximate estimate).
• Ali of Hejaz becomes sharif.
• 1925 - City becomes part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• 1926 - Al Adl cemetery and al-Mahad al-Ilmi Suudi (school) established.
• 1929 - Amanat al-Asima (municipality) established.
• 1931 / 1349-1350 H - Public library founded (approximate date).
• 1932 - Dar al-Hadith (school) established.
• 1930s - Aziziyya, Faysaliyya, Khayriyya, and Suudiyya schools established (approximate date).
• 1938 - Maktabat al-Haram (library) active.
• 1941 - Flood
• 1945 - Al-Wehda Club (sport club) formed.
• 1949 / 1368-1369 H - Kulliyyat al-Sharia (college) established.
• 1951 - College of Education established.
• 1958 - Al Nadwa (newspaper) newspaper begins publication.
• 1960 - Police academy established.
• 1962
• Slavery abolished.
• Population: 158,908.
• 1964 / 1383-1384 H
• Malcolm X visits city.
• Masjid al-Haram expanded.
• 1966 - Mahad al-Nur (school) established.
• 1969 - Flood.
• 1972 - Hajj televised.
• 1973 - "Master Plan for the Holy City of Mecca" launched.
• 1974 - Population: 366,801.
• 1975 - Fire in Mina.
• 1979 - 20 November-4 December: Grand Mosque seizure.
• 1981 - Umm al-Qura University established.
• 1986 - King Abdul Aziz Stadium opens.
• 1987 - 31 July: 1987 Mecca incident.
• 1992 - Population: 965,697.
• 1997 - 16 April: Mecca fire of 1997.

21st century

• 2005 - April: 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games held in city.
• 2006 / 1426-1427 H
• 5 January: 2006 Mecca hostel collapse.
• 12 January: 2006 Hajj stampede.
• December: Abraj al Bait Mall in business.
• 2007 - Jamaraat Bridge for pedestrians rebuilt.
• 2010
• Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro begins operating.
• Makkah Clock Royal Tower Hotel in business.
• 1,534,731.
• 2012
• August: Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in city.
• Abraj Al Bait built.
• 2013 - Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud becomes governor of Mecca Province.
• 2014 / 1435-1436 H - Raffles Makkah Palace hotel and Swissôtel Makkah in business.
• 2015
• 13 July: City visible via Snapchat imagery.
• September: Mecca crane collapse.

See also

• Mecca history
• List of sharifs of Mecca
• Timeline of Muhammad in Mecca
• Timeline of Islamic history
• of other cities in Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh

References

Bibliography

Published in 18th-19th centuries

• , v.2

Published in 20th century

• (fulltext)
• Francis Edward Peters. Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land, Princeton University Press, (1994)

Published in 21st century

External links

• Map of Mecca, 1946
• Europeana. Items related to Mecca, various dates
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Mecca, various dates