Timeline of Medina

The following is a :City timelines, timeline of the Medina#History, history of the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to 20th century

* 6th C. BCE - Yathrib settled "by three Jewish tribes, the Banu Qaynuqa, Banu Quynuqa, the Banu Qurayza, and the Banu Nadir."
* 622 Common Era, CE / 0-1 Islamic calendar, H
** Muhammad Hijra (Islam), arrives from Mecca, with followers (muhajirun).
** Quba Mosque and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet) built.
** Yathrib renamed "Medina."
** Al-Baqi', Baqi Cemetery established.
* 623 CE - Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Mosque of the two Qiblas) built.
* 624 CE - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, 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 Common Era, CE / 11 Islamic calendar, H
** 8 June: Death of Muhammad.
** Abu Bakr appointed caliph; Rashidun Caliphate established.
* 634 - Umar becomes Rashidun Caliphate, caliph.
* 639 - Hijri year calendar devised.
* 644 - Uthman ibn Affan becomes Rashidun Caliphate, caliph.
* 656 - Ali becomes Rashidun Caliphate, 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.
* 975 - City wall built.
* 1162 - City wall expanded.
* 1266 - Volcanic eruption within an hour's distance.
* 1513 - Al-Hajjaria waqf (trust) incorporated.
* 1517 - Ottoman Turks in power.
* 1804 - Wahhabi movement, Wahhabis in power.
* 1812 - November: Battle of Medina (1812); Turks in power.
* 1837 - Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Green Dome, 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 - Al-Baqi', Baqi Cemetery expanded.
* 1955 - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi enlarged.
* 1961 - Islamic University of Madinah established.
* 1974
** Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport, 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 Air quality guideline, higher than recommended.
* 2016 - 4 July: 2016 Medina suicide bombing, bombing at Prophet's Mosque.

See also

* Medina#History, History of Medina
* List of Asian city names in different languages#M, Other names of Medina
* :City timelines, Timelines of other List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia, cities in Saudi Arabia: Timeline of Jeddah, Jeddah, Timeline of Mecca, Mecca, Timeline of Riyadh, Riyadh

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External links

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Years in Saudi Arabia
History of Medina
Timelines of cities in Saudi Arabia, Medina