Timeline of Aleppo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aleppo, Syria.

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Prior to 10th century

See also: Ancient City of Aleppo

• Founded before 2000 BCE
• 1800–1525 BCE – part of the Amorite dynasty
• 333 BCE – Alexander the Great in power.
• 286 BCE – Hellenic settlement of Beroea established.
• 88 BCE – City becomes part of Kingdom of Armenia.
• 64 BCE – City becomes part of Roman Syria.
• 611 CE – Persian Chosroes II in power.[1]
• 637
  • July–October: Siege of Aleppo by Muslim forces.
  • Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque built.
• 717 – Great Mosque built.

10th–12th centuries

• 944 – Sayf al-Dawla in power.
• 962 – City sacked by the Byzantines.[2]
• 1086 - Aleppo submit to the rule of Malik-Shah, the Turkish ruler of the Seljuk Empire[3]
• 1094 – After defeating opposing Seljuk governor Aq Sunqur, Tutush becomes ruler of the city.[4]
• 1124 – City besieged by Christian crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem.[5]
• 1124 – Al-Halawiyah Madrasa built.
• 1138 – 11 October: Earthquake was one of deadliest of all time.
• 1168 – Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa established.
• 1170 – 29 June: Earthquake.[5]
• 1183 – Saladin assumes power.[1]
• 1193
  • Az-Zahir Ghazi in power.
  • Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa built.

13th century

• 1211 – Hammam al-Sultan built.
• 1212 – Bab al-Nasr (gate) rebuilt.
• 1218 – Aqueduct restored.[5]
• 1223 – Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa established.
• 1230 – Bab al-Maqam (gate) built.
• 1236 – Al-Firdaws Madrasa established.
• 1237
  • Khanqah al-Farafira (monastery) and Al-Kameliyah Madrasa built.
  • Bab al-Nairab (gate) built (approximate date).
• 1242 – Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa built.
• 1251 – Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa built.
• 1256 – Bab Qinnasrin (gate) rebuilt.
• 1260 – City besieged by Mongol forces under Hulagu Khan.[2]
• 1280 – City besieged by Mongol forces.[2]

14th–15th centuries

Bimaristan Arghun al-Kamili, 1354

• 1303 – Mahmandar Mosque built.
• 1318 – Altun Bogha Mosque built.
• 1350 – Al-Sahibiyah Mosque built.
• 1354 – Bimaristan Arghun al-Kamili (asylum) active.
• 1398 – Al-Otrush Mosque and Al-Tawashi mosque built.
• 1400 – City sacked by forces of Timur of Transoxia.[2]
• 1427 – Citadel expanded.[2]
• 1418 – Central Synagogue rebuilt.^[citation needed]
• 1425 – Al-Saffahiyah Mosque built.
• 1429 – Forty Martyrs Cathedral consecrated.
• 1450
  • Khan al-Qadi active in Al-Madina Souq.^[citation needed]
  • Hammam al-Bayadah built.
• 1472 – Khan al-Burghul built in Al-Madina Souq.
• 1491 – Hammam Yalbugha built.
• 1500
  • Cathedral of Our Lady of Syrians built.
  • Church of the Dormition of Our Lady renovated.

16th century

• 1509 – Bab al-Hadid (gate) rebuilt.
• 1516 – Ottoman Selim I in power.[2]
• 1517 – Becomes part of Ottoman Empire.
• 1534 – City becomes capital of Aleppo Eyalet.
• 1537 – Population: 80,000.[6]
• 1539 – Souq Khan al-Nahhaseen built in Al-Madina Souq.
• 1546 – Khan al-Shouneh built in Al-Madina Souq.
• 1547 – Khusruwiyah Mosque built.
• 1548 – Consulate of Republic of Venice established.[7]
• 1557 – Al-Adiliyah Mosque built (approximate date).
• 1562 – Consulate of France established.[7]
• 1583 – Consulate of England established.[7]

17th–18th centuries

Aleppo, 1754

• 1603 – Beit Wakil (mansion) built.
• 1622 – Levant Company in business.[8]
• 1613 – Consulate of the Netherlands established.[7]
• 1629 – Guild of "makers of swords, knives, daggers, bows, and shields" organized.[9]
• 1682 - Souq Khan al-Wazir built in Al-Madina Souq.
• 1683 - Population: 115,000.[6]
• 1706 - Printing press established.[10]
• 1724 – Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa established.
• 1730 – Madrasa Ridaiya established.

19th century

• 1805 – Uprising.[1]
• 1812 – Earthquake;[11] citadel collapses.[12]
• 1814 – "Janissary massacre."[1]
• 1822 – Earthquake.[5]
• 1823
  • Cholera outbreak.[1]
  • Population: 250,000 (approximate).[13]
• 1827 – Plague.[14]
• 1830 – Earthquake.[2]
• 1832
  • Ibrahim Pasha takes city for Muhammad Ali of Egypt.
  • Cholera outbreak.[14]
• 1834 – Military barracks built in the Citadel.
• 1840 – Mohammed Ali relinquishes power.
• 1850
  • City besieged by Beduins.[2]
  • Massacre of Aleppo (1850).
• 1853 – Pogrom of Jews.
• 1858 – Population: 70,000 (approximate).[5]
• 1859 – Terre-Sainte College opens.
• 1864 – City becomes capital of Aleppo Vilayet.
• 1868 – Municipal council formed.
• 1873 – Saint Elias Cathedral built.
• 1875 – Pogrom of Jews.
• 1878 – Population: 95,000 (approximate).[2]
• 1885 – Aleppo chamber of commerce founded.
• 1892 – Thanawiyyat al-Ma'mun (school) opens.[15]
• 1899 - Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower built.

20th century

Aleppo Nestlé building; Tilel street 1920s, postcard by Wattar Brothers

• 1901 – Ades Synagogue established.
• 1906 – Hama-Aleppo railway in operation.[16]
• 1909 – Abd al-Wahab al-Inklizi becomes mayor.[17]
• 1910
  • Nadi al-Ta'ddud (Mutual Aid Society) founded.[18]
  • Population: 130,000 (approximate).[1]
• 1911 – Baron Hotel in business.
• 1912 – Baghdad Railway in operation.[7]
• 1916 – Aleppo College established.
• 1918 – Ihsan al-Jabiri becomes mayor.[17]
• 1920 - Syria mandated to the French; city becomes capital of State of Aleppo.
• 1922 - Red Hand Society organized (approximate date).[17]
• 1924
  • Damascus and Aleppo united by the French.
  • Airport in operation (approximate date).
  • Municipal library established.[19]
• 1925 – Al-Yarmouk Sporting Club formed.
• 1927 – al-Hadith journal begins publication.[20]
• 1931 - National Museum of Aleppo founded.
• 1933 - Grand Serail d'Alep opens.
• 1936 - al-Nazir newspaper begins publication.[21]
• 1945
  • National Library of Aleppo and Club d'Alep open.
• 1947 - Pogrom of Jews.
• 1948
  • People's Party established.
  • Al-Baladi Stadium opens.
• 1949
  • Aleppo Public Park created.
  • Al-Ittihad Sports Club and Jalaa FC formed.
• 1950
  • Population: 362,500.
  • al-Nass newspaper begins publication (approximate date).[17]
• 1952 – Hurriya Sporting Club formed.
• 1958 – University of Aleppo established.
• 1963 – Nasserist insurgency.
• 1964 – Population: 547,030 (estimate).[22]
• 1965 – Chemins de Fer Syriens headquartered in city.
• 1970
  • Our Lady of Assumption church opens.
  • Population: 639,428.[23]
• 1971 – Statue of Qustaki al-Himsi erected in Liberty Square.
• 1975 – Popular Traditions Museum opens in Beit Achiqbash.
• 1977 – International School of Aleppo established.
• 1979 – Aleppo Artillery School massacre took place by Muslim Brotherhood.
• 1980 – Siege of Aleppo.
• 1983 – International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas seed bank founded.[1][2]
• 1985 – Population: 1,145,117 (estimate).[24]
• 1986 – Al-Hamadaniah Stadium opens.
• 1990 – Population: 1,216,000.
• 1994
  • Aleppo Citadel Museum opens.
  • Population: 1,542,000 (estimate).[25]
• 1997 – Lycée Français d'Alep established.

21st century

See also: Timeline of the Syrian Civil War

• 2002 – Private University of Science and Arts established.
• 2004 – Population: 2,132,100.
• 2006 – City designated an Islamic Capital of Culture.[26]
• 2007 – Aleppo International Stadium opens.
• 2008
  • Sabah Fakhri Institute of music opened.[27]
  • Population: 4,450,000 (estimate).[28]
• 2012
  • 10 February: Bombings.[29]
  • 18 March: Bombing.
  • 4 May: Protest and crackdown.[29]
  • 19 July: Battle of Aleppo begins.
  • 9 September: Bombing near the 7 April Stadium.
  • 3 October: Bombing in Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square.
• 2013
  • 15 January: Aleppo University bombings.
  • 19 March: Chemical weapon attack by militants.
• 2016
  • 22 December: Battle of Aleppo ends.[30]
• 2020
  • 16 February: Syrian Armed Forces recapture the entire city of Aleppo.[31][32]
• 2024
  • 30 November: Syrian opposition forces capture most of the city in a surprise offensive.[33]

See also

• History of Aleppo
• Ancient City of Aleppo
• List of churches in Aleppo
• List of mosques in Aleppo
• List of rulers of Aleppo
• Timelines of other cities in Syria: Damascus, Hama, Homs, Latakia

References

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6. Raymond 1984.
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Bibliography

Published in 18th–19th century

• Alexander Russell (1756), "Description of the City of Aleppo", The Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent, London: Printed for A. Millar, OCLC 13595445
• H. A. S. Dearborn (1819), "Aleppo", A Memoir on the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea, Boston: Wells & Lilly
• Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Aleppo", New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
• Henry Teonge (1825), "('Description of this cytty of Aleppo'...)", The Diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board His Majesty's ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, anno 1675 to 1679, London: Charles Knight
• Josiah Conder (1834), "Aleppo", Dictionary of Geography, Ancient and Modern, London: T. Tegg
• John MacGregor (1844). "Trade of Aleppo". Commercial Statistics. London: C. Knight and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433024596516.
• "Aleppo", Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine, London: J. Murray, 1858, OCLC 2300777
• J. Willoughby Rosse (1858). "Aleppo". Index of Dates ... Facts in the Chronology and History of the World. London: H.G. Bohn. hdl:2027/uva.x030807786 – via Hathi Trust.
• "Aleppo", Palestine and Syria, Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1876 (+ 1898 ed. and 1912 ed.)

Published in 20th century

• "Aleppo", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
• "Aleppo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 541.
• W.J.C. (1916). "Aleppo". Blackwood's Magazine. 200: 179–190. hdl:2027/uc1.b2927384.
• Ralph Davis, Aleppo and Devonshire Square English Traders in the Levant in the Eighteenth Century (1967) Macmillan
• Hector William Dinning (1920), "Aleppo", Nile to Aleppo, London: G. Allen & Unwin
• Andre Raymond (1984). "Population of Aleppo in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries according to Ottoman Census Documents". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 16 (4): 447–460. doi:10.1017/S002074380002849X. JSTOR 163151. S2CID 162113165.
• Yasser Tabbaa. "Circles of Power: Palace, Citadel, and City in Ayyubid Aleppo." Ars Orientalis 23 (1993): 181–200.
• Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Aleppo, Syria". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. ISBN 1884964036.

Published in 21st century

• David Dean Commins (2004). "Aleppo". Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4934-1.
• Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Aleppo". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
• C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Aleppo". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 6. ISBN 978-9004153882.
• Jean-Claude David (2008). "Aleppo: from the Ottoman Metropolis to the Syrian City". In Salma K. Jayyusi; et al. (eds.). The City in the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 329–356. ISBN 9789004162402.
• Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009). "Aleppo". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
• Nora Lafi, "Building and Destroying Authenticity in Aleppo: Heritage between Conservation, Transformation, Destruction, and Re-Invention" in Christoph Bernhardt, Martin Sabrow, Achim Saupe (eds.)., Gebaute Geschichte. Historische Authentizität im Stadtraum, Göttingen, Wallstein, 2017, pp. 206–228.
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• Winter, Stefan; Ade, Mafalda, eds. (2019). Aleppo and its Hinterland in the Ottoman Period / Alep et sa province à l'époque ottomane. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-37902-2.

External links

• Michel Ecochard. "Aleppo Album". Regional Surveys. ArchNet. 1930s–1940s
• ArchNet. "Aleppo". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
• Europeana. Items related to Aleppo
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Aleppo
• Laura Kurgan (ed.). "Conflict Urbanism: Aleppo". New York: Columbia University, Center for Spatial Research. Map of Aleppo...before and during the current civil war 2016–

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