Timeline of Haifa
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1046 - Persian traveler Nasir Khusraw visits village.[1]
- 1100 or 1101 - a Crusader fleet and land army conquer Haifa. The Crusaders rename it Caiphas.[2][3]
- 1187 - Saladin captures Haifa.[1]
- 1251 - Fortifications built by Louis IX of France (approximate date).[1]
- 1291 - Mamluk Al-Ashraf Khalil captures Haifa.[1]
- 1869 - German Colony established near town.[4]
- 1873 - Najib Effendi al-Yasin becomes mayor.
- 1883 - Rushdi school opens.[5]
- 1887 - Haifa becomes part of the Ottoman Beirut Vilayet.[5]
- 1898 - Pier and Jaffa-Haifa roadway built.[1]
20th century
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- 1905 - Hejaz Railroad branch begins operating;[4] train station built.[5]
- 1908 - Al-Karmil newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1909 - Shrine of the Báb built on Mt. Carmel.
- 1912 - Maccabi Haifa sport club formed.
- 1913 - Hebrew Reali School and Maccabi Haifa Football Club established.
- 1918 - 23 September: Haifa occupied by British forces.[1]
- 1921 - Haifa Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.[7]
- 1922 - Population: 24,600.
- 1924
- 1928 - Stella Maris Light built.
- 1931 - Population: 50,403.
- 1933 - Port of Haifa expanded.[1]
- 1934 - Haifa Airport established.
- 1935
- Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline commissioned.
- Armon Cinema opens.[8]
- 1937 - Orah Cinema in business (approximate date).[8]
- 1938 - British Government Hospital established.
- 1939 - Oil refinery built.[1]
- 1941 - Shabtai Levy becomes mayor.
- 1944 - Al-Ittihad newspaper begins publication.
- 1947 - Population: 145,140.
- 1948
- April: Battle of Haifa (1948).[1]
- Haifa becomes part of the State of Israel.[1]
- 1950 - New Haifa Symphony Orchestra established.
- 1951
- Haifa Museum of Art established.
- Abba Hushi becomes mayor.
- Al-Jadid literary journal begins publication.[7]
- 1953 - Gordon College of Education established.
- 1955 - Kiryat Eliezer Stadium opens.
- 1959 - Haifa Underground Funicular Railway begins operating.[7]
- 1960 - Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art opens on Mt. Carmel.
- 1961
- Haifa Theatre founded.
- Population: 183,021.
- 1963 - University of Haifa established.
- 1969
- Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine established.
- Moshe Flimann becomes mayor.
- Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum opens.
- 1971 - WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education established.
- 1972
- IBM Haifa Research Laboratory established.
- Israeli National Maritime Museum opens.
- 1973 - Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.[9]
- 1974
- Matam hi-tech area developed.
- Yosef Almogi becomes mayor.
- 1975
- Haifa Cinematheque established.
- Yeruham Zeisel becomes mayor.
- 1976 - Romema Arena opens.
- 1978 - Aryeh Gur'el becomes mayor.
- 1983
- Haifa International Film Festival begins.
- Israel Railway Museum opens.
- Population: 225,775.
- 1984 - Hecht Museum established.
- 1989 - September: Mount Carmel forest fire (1989).
- 1991 - Lev HaMifratz Mall in business.
- 1993 - Amram Mitzna becomes mayor.
- 1999 - Grand Canyon (mall) and Carmel Beach Railway Station open.
21st century
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- 2001 - Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station and Lev HaMifratz Railway Station open.
- 2002
- Sail Tower built.
- Haifa Bay Central Bus Station opens.
- 2003
- Yona Yahav becomes mayor.
- IEC Tower built.
- Carmel Beach Central Bus Station opens.
- 2004 - Almadina newspaper begins publication.
- 2006 - 13 July: Haifa bombarded by Lebanese Hezbollah forces.[10]
- 2008 - Bahá'í World Centre designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 2010
- December: Mount Carmel forest fire (2010).
- Carmel Tunnels open.
- 2011 - Wikimania 2011 held in Haifa.
- 2012 - Israeli Personal Computer Museum opens.[1]
- 2013 - Population: 272,181.
- 2014 - Sammy Ofer Stadium opens.
- 2016 - November 2016 Israel wildfires[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Haifa". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 149+. ISBN 9004153888.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Moshe Gil (1992). A History of Palestine, 634-1099. Cambridge University Press. p. 829. ISBN 9780521404372. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ Alex Carmel (2010). Ottoman Haifa: A History of Four Centuries under Turkish Rule. Library of Middle East History (Book 2). London: I. B. Tauris. p. 2 of the Introduction. ISBN 9781848855601. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ a b Gabor Agoston and Bruce Alan Masters, ed. (2009). "Haifa". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Mahmoud Yazbak (1998). Haifa in the Late Ottoman Period, 1864-1914: A Muslim Town in Transition. Brill. ISBN 90-04-11051-8.
- ^ Philip Mattar (2005). "Chronology". Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-6986-6.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Israel: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Haifa, Israel". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "San Francisco Sister Cities". USA: City & County of San Francisco. Retrieved December 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Bernard Reich; David H. Goldberg (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Israel. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6403-0.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/24/five-countries-help-israel-fight-massive-fires/
This article incorporates information from the Hebrew Wikipedia.
Further reading
- M. Franco (1907), "Haifa", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 6, New York
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - May Seikaly (2000). Haifa: Transformation of an Arab Society, 1918-39. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85771-842-6.
- Philip Mattar (2005). "Haifa". Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-6986-6.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haifa.
- Map of Haifa (1958), via the University of Texas
- Items related to Haifa (various dates), via Europeana
- Items related to Haifa (various dates), via the Digital Public Library of America