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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sana'a, Yemen.


Prior to 20th century

* 530 CE - Abraha in power, with Sana'a as his capital (approximate date). * 570 -
Siege of Sana'a (570) The siege of Sana'a took place when the Sasanian under military officer Vahrez besieged the Aksumite city of Sana'a in 570. Sources * * * {{cite book, last= Zakeri, first= Mohsen, title=Sāsānid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: The Origins ...
; Sassanids in power. * 715 -
Great Mosque of Sana'a The Great Mosque of Sana'a (, ) is an ancient mosque in Sana'a, Yemen, and one of the oldest mosques in the world. The mosque is said to have been founded in the early Islamic period, suggested to be in 633. While the precise date of construction ...
building expanded. * 869 - Hiwali
Yufirids The Yuʿfirids ( ar, بنو يعفر, Banū Yuʿfir) were an Islamic Hemyariite dynasty that held power in the highlands of Yemen from 847 to 997. The name of the family is often incorrectly rendered as "Yafurids". They nominally acknowledged the ...
in power (approximate date). * 901 - Town occupied by forces of Zaidi Yahya bin al-Husain. * 905 - Karmatian Ali bin al-Fadl in power. * 915 - Yufirid As'ad bin Ibrahim in power. * 956 - Town taken by Zaidi Mukhtar. * 1062 - Ali al-Sulayhi in power. * 1067 - Sulayhid capital relocated from Sana'a to Jibla by Arwa al-Sulayhi (approximate date). * 1221 - Rasulid Badr al-Din Hasan in power. * 1259 - Earthquake. * 1538 -
Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...
in power. * 1602 - Ottomans ousted. * 1872 - Ottomans in power; Sana'a becomes capital of the Yemen Vilayet. * 1887 - Population: 25,000 (estimate). * 1891 ** Uprising against Turkish rule. ** Population: 50,000 (estimate).


20th century

* 1902 - Dar as-Sanay built. * 1905 - Uprising against Turkish rule. * 1911 - Political unrest. * 1918 - Turkish rule ends. * 1921 - Population: 25,000 (approximate estimate). * 1948 ** 17 February: Imam Yahya assassinated. ** Alwaziri coup. * 1952 - Al-Ahli Club Sana'a (football club) formed. * 1954 - Al-Wehda Club (Sana'a), Al-Wehda Club (football club) formed. * 1956 - Population: 60,000 (estimate). * 1962 ** September: Military coup; ** City becomes capital of the Yemen Arab Republic. ** ''Al-Thawra (Yemen), Al-Thawra'' newspaper begins publication. * 1967 - November: Siege of Sana'a (1967) begins. * 1970 - Sana'a University established. * 1971 - National Museum of Yemen established in Dar al-Shukr. * 1974 - June: Military coup; Ibrahim al-Hamdi in power. * 1975 ** Installation of water supply system begins. ** Population: 140,339 (estimate). * 1981 - 280,000. * 1982 - established. * 1983 - Sana'a University Museum built. * 1984 - Yemen Military Museum, Military Museum and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a established. * 1986 ** Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and Althawra Sports City Stadium open. ** Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. ** Population: 427,505. * 1987 - Sultan Palace Hotel in business. * 1988 - Women's Technical School built. * 1990 ** City Yemeni unification, becomes capital of the Republic of Yemen. ** Central Bank of Yemen headquartered in city. * 1991 - ''Yemen Times'' newspaper begins publication. * 1994 - Population: 973,548. * 1995 - San'a Institute for the Arabic Language established. * 1996 - ''Yemen Observer'' newspaper begins publication.


21st century


2000s

* 2004 - House of Folklore museum established. * 2008 ** Saleh Mosque built. ** 17 September: 2008 attack on the American Embassy in Yemen. ** November: Political demonstration. ** Al-Oruba (Zabid), Al-Oruba football club formed. * 2009 - Population: 1,976,286.


2010s

* 2011 ** 23 May-7 June: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (first phase). ** 18 September-25 November: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (second phase). ** 2011 Yemeni protests. * 2012 - 21 May: 2012 Sana'a bombing. * 2014 ** 16–21 September: Battle of Sana'a (2014). ** 21 September: 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état begins. ** 9 October: Bombing in Tahrir Square, Sana'a, Tahrir Square. * 2015 ** January 2015 Sana'a bombing ** 20 January: Houthis take Presidential Palace (Yemen), Presidential Palace. ** 20 March: March 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings, 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings. ** April: Airstrike. * 2016 ** 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak begins. ** Yemen Supreme Political Council headquartered in city.


See also

* Sana'a#History, Sana'a history * Timeline of Yemeni history * :City timelines, Timelines of other List of cities in Yemen, cities in Yemen: Timeline of Aden, Aden


References

''This article incorporates information from the Arabic Wikipedia.''


Bibliography

;Published in 18th-19th centuries * * * ;Published in 20th century * * * * R.B. Serjeant and R. Lewcock, eds., San'a: An Arabian-Islamic City (London: World of Islam Festival Trust, 1983). * R. Lewcock, The Old Walled City of San'a (Paris: UNESCO, 1986) * * * * * ;Published in 21st century * * * * * *


External links


Map of San'a
1946 * * * Europeana
Items related to Sana'a
various dates. * (Television documentary filmed in Sana'a in 2015, and also in Saada, Jaʿār, Rada'a, Aden) {{Sana'a Governorate History of Sanaa, Timelines of cities in Asia, Sana'a Yemeni history timelines, Sanaa Years in Yemen Timelines of capitals, Sana'a