Timeline of Tripoli

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tripoli, Libya.

Prior to 19th century

View of Tripoli in Barbary, 1675

• 7th century B.C. - Oea founded by Phoenicians.
• 2nd century B.C. - Romans in power.
• 163 C.E. - Roman Triumphal Arch built (approximate date).^[1]
• 434 -Taken by Vandals
• 533- Successful recovered by Byzantines of Egypt
• 643 - Muslims in power.
• 1140 - Normans in power in Tripolitania.^[1]
• 1510 - 25 July: Spanish in power.^[2]
• 1530 - Maltese Knights in power in Tripolitania.^[1]
• 1551 - August: City besieged by Ottoman forces led by Sinan Pasha, Turgut Reis, and Murad Agha.^[2]
• 1556 - Cathedral mosque built.^[2]
• 1559 - St. Peter fortress built.^[2]
• 1604 - Iskandar Pasha hammam built.^[2]
• 1610 - Jama'a al-Naqa'a (mosque of the camel) restored.^[2]
• 1654 - Uthman Pasha Madrasa built.^[3]
• 1670 - Sidi Salem (building) restored.^[2]
• 1671 - Darghouth Turkish Bath established.
• 1675 - Conflict between Barbary corsairs and British naval forces.^[4]
• 1680 - Mosque of Mahmud Khaznadar built.^[2][3]
• 1699 - Mosque of Muhammad Pasha built.^[3]
• 1711 - Ahmed Karamanli in power.
• 1736 - Ahmad Pasha al-Qarahmanli mosque built.^[3]

19th century

• 1801 - First Barbary War begins.
• 1804 - Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor.
• 1815 - Second Barbary War.
• 1823 - Population: 15,000.^[5]
• 1825 - August: Battle of Tripoli.
• 1834 - Gurgi Mosque built.^[3]
• 1835 - Ottomans in power.^[2]
• 1846 - Santa Maria degli Angeli church built.^[1]
• 1858 - Arab demonstrations.^[2]
• 1859 - Technical school established.^[2]
• 1860 - Bab el-Jedid (gate) opens.^[1]
• 1870 - Torre dell'Orologio built.^[1]
• 1879 - Primary schools open.^[2]
• 1882 - Population: 25,000.^[2]
• 1883 - Royal Italian School opens.^[2]

20th century

• 1911
  • Italians in power.
  • Population: 29,869.^[2]
• 1919 - Archaeological Museum established.
• 1924 - Lungomare Conte Volpi constructed.^[6]
• 1925
  • Tripoli Grand Prix begins.
  • Grand Hotel built.^[6]
• 1927 - Tripoli International Fair begins.^[7]
• 1928 - Tripoli Cathedral, Miramare Theatre,^[8] and Bank of Italy building^[9] constructed.
• 1929 - Governor's Palace built.^[9]
• 1935 - Suq al-Mushir reconstructed.^[8]
• 1937 - March: Mussolini visits city.^[10][11]
• 1938
  • Population: 108,240.
  • Italian military airfield built.
• 1939 - 7 October Stadium built.
• 1943
  • Allied forces in power; British occupation begins.
  • British military airport Castel Benito in operation.
• 1944
  • Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural and Social Club formed.
  • United States military base built at Wheelus Field.^[12]
• 1950 - Al-Ahly Sports Club formed.
• 1951 - City becomes capital of United Libyan Kingdom.
• 1953 - Almadina Sporting Club formed.
• 1964 - Population: 212,577.^[12]
• 1973 - University of Tripoli established.
• 1978 - Tripoli International Airport renovated.
• 1982
  • June 11 Stadium opens.
  • Grand Hotel Tripoli built.^[3]
• 1986 - 15 April - Aerial bombing by United States forces.
• 1990 - That El Emad Towers built.

21st century

• 2000 - GMR Stadium opens.
• 2011
  • 17–25 February: Tripoli protests and clashes.
  • 20–28 August: Battle of Tripoli.
  • 11 October: Tripoli International Airport re-opens.
  • 14 October: Tripoli clashes.
  • Population: 1,127,000.^[13]
• 2012 - General National Congress begins meeting in Ghabat Al Nasr Convention Centre.

See also

• History of Tripoli
• Pasha of Tripoli
• Tripolitania

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Further reading

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Published in the 19th century

• Ali Bey (1816), "Chapter 22 (Tripoli)", Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, Between the Years 1803 and 1807, Philadelphia: John Conrad, OCLC 754174 
• Richard Tully (1819), Letters Written During a Ten Years' Residence at the Court of Tripoli (3rd ed.), London: H. Colburn . v.1
• Josiah Conder (1830), "Tripoli", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan 
• R. Lambert Playfair (1889), Bibliography of the Barbary States, Part 1: Tripoli and the Cyrenaica, London, OCLC 12038289 
• R. Lambert Playfair (1892), "Tripoli", Handbook to the Mediterranean (3rd ed.), London: John Murray 
• Leo Africanus; John Pory (1896), "Tripolis in Barbarie", in Robert Brown, History and Description of Africa, 3, London: Hakluyt Society, OCLC 2649691 

Published in the 20th century

• "Tripoli". Guide to the Western Mediterranean. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906. 
• "Tripoli", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424 
• Charles Wellington Furlong (1914), Gateway to the Sahara: Observations and Experiences in Tripoli (2nd ed.), New York: C. Scribner's Sons, OCLC 4904661 
• "Tripoli". Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. 1936. p. 814+. 
• Ward, Philip. 1969. Tripoli: Portrait of a City. Cambridge, England: The Oleander Press,
• Warfelli, Muhammad. 1976. The Old City of Tripoli. Art and Archaeology Research Papers.
• M. Brett (1986). "The City-State in Medieval Ifriqiya: the Case of Tripoli". Les Cahiers de Tunisie. 34.