Timeline of Medina

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

Prior to 20th century

• 6th C. CE - Yathrib settled "by three Jewish tribes, the Banu Quynuqa, the Banu Qurayza, and the Banu Nadir."
• 622 CE / 0-1 H
• Muhammad arrives from Mecca, with followers (muhajirun).
• Quba Mosque and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet) built.
• Yathrib renamed "Medina."
• Baqi Cemetery established.
• 623 CE - Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Mosque of the two Qiblas) built.
• 624 CE - Prophet's House built.
• 627
• March–April: Battle of the Trench.
• Constitution of Medina created (approximate date).
• 630 - Medina and Mecca "established as the holy cities of Islam."
• 632 CE / 11 H
• 8 June: Death of Muhammad.
• Abu Bakr appointed caliph; Rashidun Caliphate established.
• 634 - Umar becomes caliph.
• 639 - Hijri year calendar devised.
• 644 - Uthman ibn Affan becomes caliph.
• 656 - Ali becomes caliph and moves capital from Medina to Kufa.
• 661 - Umayyad Caliphate established; capital moved from Medina to Damascus.
• 662 - Marwan ibn al-Hakam becomes Governor of Madina.
• 683 - Medina sacked by Umayyads.
• 8th century - Sharia (Islamic law) codified in Medina.
• 706 - Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz becomes Governor of Madina.
• 707 - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi rebuilt.
• 763 - Medina slave rebellion.
• 975 - City wall built.
• 976 - Establishment of the Sharifate of Medina.
• 1162 - City wall expanded.
• 1266 - Volcanic eruption within an hour's distance.
• 1513 - Al-Hajjaria waqf (trust) incorporated.
• 1517 - Ottoman Turks in power.
• 1804 - Wahhabis in power.
• 1812 - November: Battle of Medina (1812); Turks in power.
• 1837 - Al-Masjid an-Nabawi dome painted green.
• 1872 - Medina becomes part of the Ottoman Hejaz Vilayet.
• 1896 - Telephone line installed.
• 1900 - Population (estimate): 16,000 to 20,000.

20th century

• 1908 - Hejaz Railway (Damascus-Medina) begins operating.
• 1916 - Siege of Medina begins.
• 1919 - January: Siege of Medina ends; Arabs in power.
• 1920 - Hejaz Railway (Damascus-Medina) stops operating.
• 1925 - Medina becomes part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• 1937 - Italian-Muslim hospital founded.
• 1953 - Baqi Cemetery expanded.
• 1955 - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi enlarged.
• 1961 - Islamic University of Madinah established.
• 1974
• Mohammad Airport opens.
• Population: 198,186.
• 1985 - King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran begins operating.
• 1986 - Quba Mosque rebuilt.

21st century

• 2001 - 15 March: Chechen hijacking of Russian aircraft.
• 2003 - Taibah University established.
• 2006 - Hejaz Railway Museum opens.
• 2010 - Population: 1,100,093.
• 2014
• 8 February: 2014 Medina hotel fire.
• Air pollution in Medina reaches annual mean of 65 PM2.5 and 153 PM10, much higher than recommended.
• 2016 - 4 July: bombing at Prophet's Mosque.

See also

• History of Medina
• Other names of Medina
• of other cities in Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, Mecca, Riyadh

References

Bibliography

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