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- Founded before 2000 BCE
- 1800–1525 BCE – part of the Amorite dynasty
- 333 BCE – Alexander the Great in power.
- 286 BCE – Hellenic settlement of Beroea established.
- 88 BCE – City becomes part of Kingdom of Armenia.
- 64 BCE – City becomes part of Roman Syria.
- 611 CE – Persian Chosroes II in power.[1]
- 637
- July–October: Siege of Aleppo by Muslim forces.
- Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque built.
- 717 – Great Mosque built.
10th–12th centuries
- 944 – Sayf al-Dawla in power.
- 962 – City sacked by the Byzantines.[2]
- 1086 - Aleppo submit to the rule of Malik-Shah, the Turkish ruler of the Seljuk Empire[3]
- 1090 – Seljuks in power.[1]
- 1124 – City besieged by Christian crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem.[4]
- 1124 – Al-Halawiyah Madrasa built.
- 1138 – 11 October: Earthquake was one of deadliest of all time.
- 1168 – Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa established.
- 1170 – 29 June: Earthquake.[4]
- 1183 – Saladin assumes power.[1]
- 1193
- Az-Zahir Ghazi in power.
- Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa built.
13th century
- 1211 – Hammam al-Sultan built.
- 1212 – Bab al-Nasr (gate) rebuilt.
- 1218 – Aqueduct restored.[4]
- 1223 – Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa established.
- 1230 – Bab al-Maqam (gate) built.
- 1236 – Al-Firdaws Madrasa established.
- 1237
- Khanqah al-Farafira (monastery) and Al-Kameliyah Madrasa built.
- Bab al-Nairab (gate) built (approximate date).
- 1242 – Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa built.
- 1251 – Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa built.
- 1256 – Bab Qinnasrin (gate) rebuilt.
- 1260 – City besieged by Mongol forces under Hulagu Khan.[2]
- 1280 – City besieged by Mongol forces.[2]
14th–15th centuries
- 1303 – Mahmandar Mosque built.
- 1318 – Altun Bogha Mosque built.
- 1350 – Al-Sahibiyah Mosque built.
- 1354 – Bimaristan Arghun al-Kamili (asylum) active.
- 1398 – Al-Otrush Mosque and Al-Tawashi mosque built.
- 1400 – City sacked by forces of Timur of Transoxia.[2]
- 1427 – Citadel expanded.[2]
- 1418 – Central Synagogue rebuilt.
- 1425 – Al-Saffahiyah Mosque built.
- 1429 – Forty Martyrs Cathedral consecrated.
- 1450
- Khan al-Qadi active in Al-Madina Souq.
- Hammam al-Bayadah built.
- 1472 – Khan al-Burghul built in Al-Madina Souq.
- 1491 – Hammam Yalbugha built.
- 1500
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Syrians built.
- Church of the Dormition of Our Lady renovated.
16th century
- 1509 – Bab al-Hadid (gate) rebuilt.
- 1516 – Ottoman Selim I in power.[2]
- 1517 – Becomes part of Ottoman Empire.
- 1534 – City becomes capital of Aleppo Eyalet.
- 1537 – Population: 80,000.[5]
- 1539 – Souq Khan al-Nahhaseen built in Al-Madina Souq.
- 1546 – Khan al-Shouneh built in Al-Madina Souq.
- 1547 – Khusruwiyah Mosque built.
- 1548 – Consulate of Republic of Venice established.[6]
- 1557 – Al-Adiliyah Mosque built (approximate date).
- 1562 – Consulate of France established.[6]
- 1583 – Consulate of England established.[6]
17th–18th centuries
- 1603 – Beit Wakil (mansion) built.
- 1622 – Levant Company in business.[7]
- 1613 – Consulate of the Netherlands established.[6]
- 1629 – Guild of "makers of swords, knives, daggers, bows, and shields" organized.[8]
- 1682 - Souq Khan al-Wazir built in Al-Madina Souq.
- 1683 - Population: 115,000.[5]
- 1706 - Printing press established.[9]
- 1724 – Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa established.
- 1730 – Madrasa Ridaiya established.
19th century
- 1805 – Uprising.[1]
- 1812 – Earthquake;[10] citadel collapses.[11]
- 1814 – "Janissary massacre."[1]
- 1822 – Earthquake.[4]
- 1823
- 1827 – Plague.[13]
- 1830 – Earthquake.[2]
- 1832
- Ibrahim Pasha takes city for Muhammad Ali of Egypt.
- Cholera outbreak.[13]
- 1834 – Military barracks built in the Citadel.
- 1840 – Mohammed Ali relinquishes power.
- 1850
- City besieged by Beduins.[2]
- Massacre of Aleppo (1850).
- 1853 – Pogrom of Jews.
- 1858 – Population: 70,000 (approximate).[4]
- 1859 – Terre-Sainte College opens.
- 1864 – City becomes capital of Aleppo Vilayet.
- 1868 – Municipal council formed.
- 1873 – Saint Elias Cathedral built.
- 1875 – Pogrom of Jews.
- 1878 – Population: 95,000 (approximate).[2]
- 1885 – Aleppo chamber of commerce founded.
- 1892 – Thanawiyyat al-Ma'mun (school) opens.[14]
- 1899 - Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower built.
20th century
- 1901 – Ades Synagogue established.
- 1906 – Hama-Aleppo railway in operation.[15]
- 1909 – Abd al-Wahab al-Inklizi becomes mayor.[16]
- 1910
- 1911 – Baron Hotel in business.
- 1912 – Baghdad Railway in operation.[6]
- 1916 – Aleppo College established.
- 1918 – Ihsan al-Jabiri becomes mayor.[16]
- 1920 - Syria mandated to the French; city becomes capital of State of Aleppo.
- 1922 - Red Hand Society organized (approximate date).[16]
- 1924
- 1925 – Al-Yarmouk Sporting Club formed.
- 1927 – al-Hadith journal begins publication.[19]
- 1931 - National Museum of Aleppo founded.
- 1933 - Grand Serail d'Alep opens.
- 1936 - al-Nazir newspaper begins publication.[20]
- 1945
- National Library of Aleppo and Club d'Alep open.
- 1947 - Pogrom of Jews.
- 1948
- People's Party established.
- Al-Baladi Stadium opens.
- 1949
- Aleppo Public Park created.
- Al-Ittihad Sports Club and Jalaa FC formed.
- 1950
- Population: 362,500.
- al-Nass newspaper begins publication (approximate date).[16]
- 1952 – Hurriya Sporting Club formed.
- 1958 – University of Aleppo established.
- 1963 – Nasserist insurgency.
- 1964 – Population: 547,030 (estimate).[21]
- 1965 – Chemins de Fer Syriens headquartered in city.
- 1970
- Our Lady of Assumption church opens.
- Population: 639,428.[22]
- 1971 – Statue of Qustaki al-Himsi erected in Liberty Square.
- 1975 – Popular Traditions Museum opens in Beit Achiqbash.
- 1977 – International School of Aleppo established.
- 1979 – Aleppo Artillery School massacre took place by Muslim Brotherhood.
- 1980 – Siege of Aleppo.
- 1983 – International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas seed bank founded.
- 1985 – Population: 1,145,117 (estimate).[23]
- 1986 – Al-Hamadaniah Stadium opens.
- 1990 – Population: 1,216,000.
- 1994
- Aleppo Citadel Museum opens.
- Population: 1,542,000 (estimate).[24]
- 1997 – Lycée Français d'Alep established.
21st century
- 2002 – Private University of Science and Arts established.
- 2004 – Population: 2,132,100.
- 2006 – City designated an Islamic Capital of Culture.[25]
- 2007 – Aleppo International Stadium opens.
- 2008
- Sabah Fakhri Institute of music opened.[26]
- Population: 4,450,000 (estimate).[27]
- 2012
- 10 February: Bombings.[28]
- 18 March: Bombing.
- 4 May: Protest and crackdown.[28]
- 19 July: Battle of Aleppo begins.
- 9 September: Bombing near the 7 April Stadium.
- 3 October: Bombing in Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square.
- 2013
- 15 January: Aleppo University bombings.
- 19 March: Chemical weapon attack by militants.
- 2016
- 22 December: Battle of Aleppo ends.[29]
- 2020
- 16 February: Syrian Armed Forces recapture the entire city of Aleppo.[30][31]
See also
- History of Aleppo
- Ancient City of Aleppo
- List of churches in Aleppo
- List of mosques in Aleppo
- List of rulers of Aleppo
- Timelines of other cities in Syria: Damascus, Hama, Homs, Latakia
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baedeker 1876.
- ↑ Richards 2002.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Murray 1858.
- 1 2 Raymond 1984.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bosworth 2007.
- ↑ Blackwood 1916.
- ↑ Abdul-Karim Rafeq (2008). "Economic Organization of Cities in Ottoman Syria". In Peter Sluglett (ed.). Urban Social History of the Middle East, 1750–1950. NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815631941.
- ↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. H. Grevel & Co.
- ↑ History of Dates, J.M. Dent, London, 1954
- ↑ "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015
- ↑ Morse 1823.
- 1 2 Chambers 1901.
- ↑ Keith David Watenpaugh (2006), Being modern in the Middle East, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, ISBN 9780691121697, 0691121699
- ↑ Lewis R. Freeman (1915). "Railway Lines of Syria and Palestine". Railway Age Gazette.
- 1 2 3 4 Sami Moubayed (2006), Steel & Silk, Seattle, USA: Cune Press, ISBN 9781885942401
- ↑ Keith David Watenpaugh (2012), "Being middle class and being Arab: sectarian dilemmas and middle-class modernity in the Arab Middle East, 1908-1936", in A. Ricardo López (ed.), The making of the middle class, Durham: Duke University Press, ISBN 9780822351177
- ↑ Arnold H. Green (1988). "The History of Libraries in the Arab World: A Diffusionist Model". Libraries & Culture. 23 (4): 454–473. JSTOR 25542092.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Taylor & Francis. 1998. ISBN 9780415185714.
- ↑ Keith D. Watenpaugh (2003). "Middle-Class Modernity and the Persistence of the Politics of Notables in Inter-War Syria". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 35 (2): 257–286. doi:10.1017/S0020743803000114. JSTOR 3879620. S2CID 155020440.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
- ↑ 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.
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- ↑ Karin van Nieuwkerk (2011), Muslim rap, halal soaps, and revolutionary theater: artistic developments in the Muslim world, Austin, Tex: University of Texas Press, ISBN 9780292726819
- ↑ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
- 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
- ↑ "Syrian army announces victory in Aleppo in boost for Assad". Huffington Post. Reuters. 2 January 2017.
- ↑ "Assad vows to defeat rebels, as forces capture new ground". AP NEWS. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ↑ News Desk (16 February 2020). "Battle of Aleppo city ends in Syrian Army victory after 7+ years of fighting". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
Bibliography
- Published in 18th–19th century
- Alexander Russell (1756), "Description of the City of Aleppo", The Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent, London: Printed for A. Millar, OCLC 13595445
- H. A. S. Dearborn (1819), "Aleppo", A Memoir on the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea, Boston: Wells & Lilly
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Aleppo", New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- Henry Teonge (1825), "('Description of this cytty of Aleppo'...)", The Diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board His Majesty's ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, anno 1675 to 1679, London: Charles Knight
- Josiah Conder (1834), "Aleppo", Dictionary of Geography, Ancient and Modern, London: T. Tegg
- John MacGregor (1844). "Trade of Aleppo". Commercial Statistics. London: C. Knight and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433024596516.
- "Aleppo", Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine, London: J. Murray, 1858, OCLC 2300777
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- "Aleppo", Palestine and Syria, Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1876 (+ 1898 ed. and 1912 ed.)
- Published in 20th century
- "Aleppo", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 541. .
- W.J.C. (1916). "Aleppo". Blackwood's Magazine. 200: 179–190. hdl:2027/uc1.b2927384.
- Ralph Davis, Aleppo and Devonshire Square English Traders in the Levant in the Eighteenth Century (1967) Macmillan
- Hector William Dinning (1920), "Aleppo", Nile to Aleppo, London: G. Allen & Unwin
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- Yasser Tabbaa. "Circles of Power: Palace, Citadel, and City in Ayyubid Aleppo." Ars Orientalis 23 (1993): 181–200.
- Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Aleppo, Syria". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. ISBN 1884964036.
- Published in 21st century
- David Dean Commins (2004). "Aleppo". Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4934-1.
- Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Aleppo". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
- C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Aleppo". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 6. ISBN 978-9004153882.
- Jean-Claude David (2008). "Aleppo: from the Ottoman Metropolis to the Syrian City". In Salma K. Jayyusi; et al. (eds.). The City in the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 329–356. ISBN 9789004162402.
- Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009). "Aleppo". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
- Nora Lafi, "Building and Destroying Authenticity in Aleppo: Heritage between Conservation, Transformation, Destruction, and Re-Invention" in Christoph Bernhardt, Martin Sabrow, Achim Saupe (eds.)., Gebaute Geschichte. Historische Authentizität im Stadtraum, Göttingen, Wallstein, 2017, pp. 206–228.
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- Winter, Stefan; Ade, Mafalda, eds. (2019). Aleppo and its Hinterland in the Ottoman Period / Alep et sa province à l'époque ottomane. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-37902-2.
External links
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- Michel Ecochard. "Aleppo Album". Regional Surveys. ArchNet. 1930s–1940s
- ArchNet. "Aleppo". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
- Europeana. Items related to Aleppo
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Aleppo
- Laura Kurgan (ed.). "Conflict Urbanism: Aleppo". New York: Columbia University, Center for Spatial Research.
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