Timeline of Fez
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fez, Morocco.
Prior to 20th century
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- 789 – Madinat Fas settlement (later Fes el Andalous) established by Idris I of Morocco.[1]
- 807 – Second settlement (later Fes el Karaouyine) established by Idris II of Morocco.[2][3]
- 818 – Andalucian Arab refugees arrive (approximate date).[3]
- 825 – Tunisian Kairouan refugees arrive.[3]
- 828 – Idris II of Morocco dies.
- 848 – Yahya ibn Muhammad in power.
- 859 – Al-Qarawiyyin Madrasa founded.
- 980 – Maghrawa in power.[4]
- 1033 – 1033 Fez massacre of Jews.
- 1070 – Almoravids in power.[2]
- 1145 – Almohads take city.[4]
- 1248 – Marinids in power.[2]
- 1276 – Fes Jdid built.[4]
- 1325 – Al-Attarine Madrasa built.
- 1351 – Bou Inania Madrasa founded.
- 1357 – Dar al-Magana water clock built.[citation needed]
- 1408 – Lalla Ghariba mosque built at Fes Jdid.[1]
- 1438 – Mellah Jewish quarter established.
- 1465 – 1465 Moroccan revolt.
- 1472 – Wattassids in power.
- 1522 – Earthquake.[3]
- 1576 – Capture of Fez by Ottoman forces of Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi.
- 1670 – Sharratin madrasa rebuilt.[1][5]
20th century
- 1912
- March: Morocco becomes a French protectorate, per Treaty of Fez.[1]
- April: 1912 Fez riots.[1]
- Moroccan capital relocated from Fez to Rabat.
- 1913 – Bab Boujeloud (gate) refurbished.[3]
- 1916 – Ville Nouvelle founded.[1]
- 1917 – Kissariyya market fire.[6]
- 1920 – Public library opens.[7]
- 1931 - Future billionaire Othman Benjelloun born in Fez.
- 1942 – Cinema Rex opens.[8]
- 1946 – Maghreb Association Sportive de Fez football club formed.
- 1948 – Widad Fez football club formed.
- 1951 - Population: 179,372.[9]
- 1963 – University of al-Qarawiyyin active.
- 1973 - Population: 321,460 city; 426,000 urban agglomeration.[10]
- 1981 – Medina of Fez designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 1990 – 14 December: Labour strike.[11]
- 1993 - Population: 564,000 urban agglomeration (estimate).[12]
- 1994 – World Sacred Music Festival begins.
- 1999 – Rabat–Fes expressway built.[13]
21st century
- 2003 – Hamid Chabat becomes mayor.
- 2004 – Population: 947,000.[1]
- 2005 – École nationale des sciences appliquées de Fès (school) established.
- 2007 – After a construction period from 1994-2003,Fez Stadium opens in 2007.
- 2011 ** International Institute for Languages and Cultures established.
- Population: 1,088,000.[14]
- 2015 - City becomes part of the Fès-Meknès administrative region.
- 2015 – Idriss Azami Al Idrissi becomes mayor.
See also
- Fez history
- Timelines of other cities in Morocco: Casablanca, Marrakesh, Meknes, Rabat, Salé, Tangier
- Timeline of Morocco
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Bosworth 2007.
- ^ a b c Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
- ^ a b c d e Watson 1996.
- ^ a b c Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). "Fes". Historical Dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- ^ Michael E. Bonine (1990). "Islamic Cities of Morocco". In Oleg Grabar (ed.). Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol. 4. Koninklijke Brill. p. 50+. ISBN 90-04-09347-8.
- ^ Stacy E. Holden (2007). "Constructing an Archival Cityscape: Local Views of Colonial Urbanism in the French Protectorate of Morocco". History in Africa. 34. JSTOR 25483694.
- ^ Lola Souad (1993). "Morocco". In Robert Wedgeworth (ed.). World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). American Library Association. p. 585+. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Fez, Morocco". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Cairoli 1999.
- ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sweco; Nordic Consulting Group (2003), Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links (PDF), vol. 2: Description of Corridors, African Development Bank and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- ^ "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10.
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Bibliography
in English
- Published in 19th century
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Fez", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Josiah Conder (1830), "City of Fez", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - H.M.P. de la Martinière (1889), "(Fez)", Morocco: Journeys in the Kingdom of Fez and to the Court of Mulai Hassan, London: Whittaker & Co., OCLC 4428176
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Leo Africanus; John Pory (1896), "Fez", in Robert Brown (ed.), History and Description of Africa, vol. 2, London: Hakluyt Society, OCLC 2649691
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) (written in 16th century)
- Published in 20th century
- "Fez", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Edith Wharton (1920), "Fez", In Morocco, New York: Scribner
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Fez, Heart of Morocco", National Geographic Magazine, vol. 67, Washington DC, 1935
- Arden, Harvey (March 1986). "Morocco's Ancient City of Fez". National Geographic. 169 (3). Washington DC: 330–353. ISSN 0027-9358.
- Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Fes". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. p. 275+. ISBN 1884964036.
- M. Laetitia Cairoli (1999). "Garment Factory Workers in the City of Fez". Middle East Journal. 53. JSTOR 4329282.
- Stefano Bianca (2000), "(Fez)", Urban form in the Arab world, Verlag der Fachvereine Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zurich, ISBN 3728119725
- Published in 21st century
- Mark Ellingham (2001), "Fes", Rough Guide to Morocco (6th ed.), London: Rough Guides, p. 198+, OL 24218635M
- Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Fez". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. p. 257+. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
- C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Fez". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 137+.
- Simon O'Meara (2007). "Foundation Legend of Fez". In Amira K. Bennison and Alison L. Gascoigne (ed.). Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World:. Routledge. p. 27+. ISBN 978-1-134-09650-3.
- Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Fez", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 151–153
- "Fez". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.
- Rachel Newcomb (2009). Women of Fes: Ambiguities of Urban Life in Morocco. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-4124-X.
in French
- Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès (in French). 1860.
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Maroc: Description des villes: Fes". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) (+ table of contents) - Laribe; et al. (1922). Maroc pittoresque: Fès-Meknès-et-région: album de photographies (in French). Marseille.
{{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Maurice de Périgny (1922). Au Maroc; Fès, la capitale du nord (in French).
- A. Fejjal (1986). "Industrie et industrialisation à Fès". Méditerranée (in French). 59. doi:10.3406/medit.1986.2427 – via Persee.fr.
- Jean-François Troin (1995). "Fès et Marrakech: Evolution comparée de deux capitales régionales marocaines". Cahiers de la Méditerranée (in French). 50. doi:10.3406/camed.1995.1143 – via Persee.fr.
- C. Agabi; J. C. Santucci (1997), "Fès", Encyclopédie berbère (in French), vol. 18 – via Revues.org
- Mohamed Métalsi (2002). Fès, la ville essentielle (in French). Paris.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Brahim Akdim; Mohamed Laaouane (2010). "Patrimoine et développement local à Fès: priorités, acteurs et échelles d'action". Norois (in French) (1). doi:10.4000/norois.3083 – via Revues.org.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fes.
- Map of Fes, 1942.
- "Morocco: Fez". Archnet. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - "(Articles related to Fez)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.
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