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of the

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of the city of

Sana'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Gover ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

Prior to 20th century

* 530 CE -

Abraha Abraha ( Ge’ez: አብርሃ) (also spelled Abreha, died after CE 570;Stuart Munro-Hay (2003) "Abraha" in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.) ''Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. r. 525–at least 553S. C. Munro-Hay (1991) ''Aksum ...

in power, with Sana'a as his capital (approximate date). * 570 - Siege of Sana'a (570);

Sassanids The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

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 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 Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Sulayhi () was the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen. He established his kingdom in 1047 and by 1063, the Sulayhids controlled had unified the entire country of Yemen as well as the Muslim holy city of ...

in power. * 1067 -

Sulayhid The Sulayhid dynasty ( ar, بَنُو صُلَيْح, Banū Ṣulayḥ, lit=Children of Sulayh) was an Ismaili Shi'ite Arab dynasty established in 1047 by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi that ruled most of historical Yemen at its peak. The Sulayh ...

capital relocated from Sana'a to Jibla by

Arwa al-Sulayhi ) , name = Arwā bint Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Mūsā Aṣ-Ṣulayḥī , other_names = ''As-Sayyidah Al-Ḥurrah'' () ''Al-Malikah Al-Ḥurrah'' ( ar, ٱلْمَلِكَة ٱلْحُرَّة or ...

(approximate date). * 1221 -

Rasulid The Rasulids ( ar, بنو رسول, Banū Rasūl) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty who ruled Yemen from 1229 to 1454. History Origin of the Rasulids The Rasulids took their name from al-Amin's nickname "Rasul". The Zaidi Shi'i Imams of Yemen we ...

Badr al-Din Hasan in power. * 1259 - Earthquake. * 1538 - Ottomans in power. * 1602 - Ottomans ousted. * 1872 - Ottomans in power; Sana'a becomes capital of the

Yemen Vilayet ota, ولايت یمن , common_name = Yemen Vilayet , subdivision = Vilayet , nation = the Ottoman Empire , year_start = 1872 , year_end = 1918 , date_start = , ...

. * 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 , succession1 = King of Yemen , succession2 = Imam of Yemen , image = Imam yahya cropped.png , image_size = , caption = Portrait of Yahya by Ameen Rihani, 1922. Imam Yahya steadfastly refused to be photographed thro ...

assassinated. **

Alwaziri coup The Alwaziri coup ( ''al-thawra ad-dustūr al-Yamaniyya''), also referred as the Yahya clan coup was a violent dynasty overthrow attempt in the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen in 1948, which caused around 5,000 fatalities. During the coup attempt ...

. * 1952 -

Al-Ahli Club Sana'a Al-Ahli Club Sanaa () is a Yemeni football and basketball club based in Sanaa, Yemen. The club was founded in 1952. Al-Ahli has a fierce rivalry with local rivals Al-Wehda which manifests itself in the Al-Wahda versus Al-Ahli matches, known a ...

(football club) formed. * 1954 - Al-Wehda Club (football club) formed. * 1956 - Population: 60,000 (estimate). * 1962 ** September: Military coup; ** City becomes capital of the

Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen.The United States extend ...

. ** ''

Al-Thawra Al-Thawra ( ar, الثورة, meaning "The Revolution") is an experimental metal punk band with rhythms and modes that draw heavily on Middle Eastern influences. Band member Marwan Kemal describes a "third identity" between the "false dichotomy ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1967 - November: Siege of Sana'a (1967) begins. * 1970 - Sana'a University established. * 1971 -

National Museum of Yemen The National Museum of Yemen in Sana'a, Yemen, was founded in 1971 in ''Dar al-Shukr'' (Palace of Gratefulness) which is one of the Yemeni Imam Palaces. It is located near Qubbat al-Mutawakkil Mosque dome in Al- Tahreer Square in the city cente ...

established in Dar al-Shukr. * 1974 - June: Military coup;

Ibrahim al-Hamdi Lieutenant-Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi (30 September 1943 – 11 October 1977) ( ar, إبراهيم الحمدي, Ibrāhīm al-Ḥamdī) was the leader of a military '' coup d'etat'' in the Yemen Arab Republic that overthrew the regime of President ...

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 -

Military Museum Military Museum may refer to museums of military and war, or specific museums including: * Aldershot Military Museum, in Aldershot, England * Athens War Museum, in Athens, Greece * Base Borden Military Museum, Borden, Ontario, Canada * California ...

and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a established. * 1986 ** Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and

Althawra Sports City Stadium Altawra Sports City Stadium ( ar, مدينة الثورة الرياضية), also known as the Ali Mohsen al-Muraisi Stadium ( ar, ملعب علي محسن المريسي), is a multi-purpose stadium in San‘a’, Yemen. It is currently used most ...

open. ** Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. ** Population: 427,505. * 1987 -

Sultan Palace Hotel Sultan Palace Hotel is a hotel in Sana'a, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi A ...

in business. * 1988 - Women's Technical School built. * 1990 ** City becomes capital of the

Republic of Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ...

. **

Central Bank of Yemen The Central Bank of Yemen ( ar, البنك المركزي اليمني) is the central bank of Yemen. The Bank is engaged in developing policies to promote financial inclusion and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. The Centra ...

headquartered in city. * 1991 - ''

Yemen Times The ''Yemen Times'' was an independent English-language newspaper in Yemen. The paper was published twice weekly. History and profile ''Yemen Times'' was founded in 1991 by Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf, a leading economist and human rights activist, who ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1994 - Population: 973,548. * 1995 -

San'a Institute for the Arabic Language Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Govern ...

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 football club formed. * 2009 - Population: 1,976,286.

2010s

* 2011 ** 23 May-7 June:

Battle of Sana'a (2011) The Battle of Sanaa was a battle during the 2011 Yemeni uprising between forces loyal to Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition tribal forces led by Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar for control of the Yemeni capital Sanaa and, on the part of th ...

(first phase). ** 18 September-25 November:

(second phase). **

2011 Yemeni protests The Yemeni Revolution (intifada), also known as the Yemeni Revolution of Dignity followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and other Arab Spring protests in the ...

. * 2012 - 21 May:

2012 Sana'a bombing The 2012 Sana'a bombing was a suicide attack on 21 May 2012, against Yemeni Army soldiers practicing for the annual Unity Day military parade in Sana'a, Yemen. The ceremony is carried out every year on 22 May since 1990 to mark the unificatio ...

. * 2014 ** 16–21 September:

Battle of Sana'a (2014) The Battle of Sanaa in 2014 marked the advance of the Houthis into Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and heralded the beginning of the armed takeover of the government that unfolded over the following months. Fighting began on 9 September 2014, when ...

. ** 21 September:

2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known as the September 21 Revolution (by supporters), or 2014–15 coup d'état (by opponents), was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis and their supporters t ...

begins. ** 9 October: Bombing in

Tahrir Square Tahrir Square ( ar, ميدان التحرير ', , English: Liberation Square), also known as "Martyr Square", is a major public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations in Cai ...

. * 2015 **

January 2015 Sana'a bombing On 7 January 2015, a car bomb was detonated in front of a police academy in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, killing at least 38 people and injuring more than 60 others. This was the third major attack in the country in less than a month, after the de ...

** 20 January: Houthis take Presidential Palace. ** 20 March: 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings. ** April: Airstrike. * 2016 ** 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak begins. ** Yemen

Supreme Political Council The Supreme Political Council (SPC; ar, المجلس السياسي الأعلى ''al-Majlis as-Siyāsiyy al-ʾAʿlā'') is a largely unrecognised executive body formed by the Houthi movement and the General People's Congress (GPC) to rule Y ...

headquartered in city.

References

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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 * * * * * *

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