Timeline of Mecca
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 100 BCE - "Yemeni tribes of Jurham rule Mecca."[1]
- 570 CE - Year of the Elephant.
- 613 CE - "Muhammad begins public preaching in Mecca."[2]
- 622 CE / 0-1 H - Muhammad migrates from Mecca to Medina, with followers (muhajirun).[3]
- 629
- Pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca per Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.[2]
- 11 December: Occupation of Mecca.
- 683 / 63-64 H - Siege of Mecca (683); Kaaba burnt.[4]
- 692 - Siege of Mecca (692).[5]
- 751 - Milestones installed along the ar (Baghdad-Mecca road).
- 793 - Harun al-Rashid visits city.[4]
- 810 - Aqueduct built.[1]
- 930 - City sacked by Qarmatians; Black Stone taken out of Mecca.[4]
- 951 - Black Stone returned to Mecca.[4]
- 1184 - Traveller Ibn Jubayr visits city.[6]
- 1265 - Egyptian Mamluks in power.[4]
- 1326 - Traveller Ibn Battuta visits Mecca.[6]
- 1517 - Ottomans in power;[7] Selim I becomes Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
- 1630 - Flood.[7]
- 1631 - Kaaba rebuilt.[8]
- 1802/1803 - Mecca "captured by the Sa'udi-Wahhabi army."[9]
- 1812/1813 - Wahhabis ousted by Egyptian forces.[7]
- 1840 - Ottomans in power again.[7]
- 1880 - 21 March: Sharif assassinated.[5]
- 1885 - Population: 45,000 (estimate).[10]
- 1886 - Printing press in use (approximate date).[11]
20th century
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- 1908 / 1325-1326 H
- September: Hejaz Railway (Damascus-Mecca) begins operating.[5]
- Hussein bin Ali becomes sharif.[1]
- Al-Hijaz government newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1912 - Madrasat al-Falah established.[11]
- 1916 / 1334-1335 H
- June–July: Battle of Mecca (1916).[4]
- Hashimite al-Qibla government newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1921 - Population: 80,000 (approximate estimate).[12]
- 1924 / 1342-1343 H
- Battle of Mecca (1924).[11]
- 12 December: Umm al-Qura government newspaper begins publication.[11]
- Population: 60,000 (approximate estimate).[13]
- Ali of Hejaz becomes sharif.
- 1925 - City becomes part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[4]
- 1926 - Al Adl cemetery and al-Mahad al-Ilmi Suudi (school)[11] established.
- 1929 - Amanat al-Asima (municipality) established.[11]
- 1931 / 1349-1350 H - Public library founded (approximate date).[11]
- 1932 - Dar al-Hadith (school) established.[11]
- 1930s - Aziziyya, Faysaliyya, Khayriyya, and Suudiyya schools established (approximate date).[11]
- 1938 - Maktabat al-Haram (library) active.[11]
- 1945 - Al-Wehda Club (sport club) formed.
- 1949 / 1368-1369 H - Kulliyyat al-Sharia (college) established.[11]
- 1951 - College of Education established.[11]
- 1958 - Al Nadwa newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1960 - Police academy established.[11]
- 1962 - Slavery abolished.[11]
- 1964 / 1383-1384 H
- Malcolm X visits city.[1]
- Masjid al-Haram expanded.[1]
- 1966 - Mahad al-Nur (school) established.[11]
- 1972 - Hajj televised.[15]
- 1973 - "Master Plan for the Holy City of Mecca" launched.[1]
- 1975 - Fire in Mina.[1]
- 1979 - 20 November-4 December: Grand Mosque seizure.[16]
- 1981 - Umm al-Qura University established.[11]
- 1986 - King Abdul Aziz Stadium opens.
- 1987 - 31 July: 1987 Mecca incident.
- 1992 - Population: 965,697.[14]
- 1997 - 16 April: Mecca fire of 1997.
21st century
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- 2005 - April: 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games held in city.
- 2006 / 1426-1427 H
- 5 January: 2006 Mecca hostel collapse.
- 12 January: 2006 Hajj stampede.[16]
- December: Abraj al Bait Mall in business.[17]
- 2007 - Jamaraat Bridge for pedestrians rebuilt.
- 2010
- Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro begins operating.
- Makkah Clock Royal Tower Hotel in business.
- 2012
- August: Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in city.
- Abraj Al Bait built.
- 2013 - Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud becomes governor of Mecca Province.
- 2014 / 1435-1436 H - Raffles Makkah Palace hotel and Swissôtel Makkah in business.
- 2015
- 13 July: City visible via Snapchat imagery.[18][19]
- September: Mecca crane collapse.
See also
- Mecca history
- History of Mecca (in Arabic)
- List of sharifs of Mecca
- Timeline of Muhammad in Mecca
- ar
- Timeline of Islamic history
- Other cities in Saudi Arabia
References
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Further reading
- Published in the 18th-19th century
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- Published in the 20th century
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- Francis Edwards Peters. Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-03267-X (1994)
- Published in the 21st century
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mecca. |
- Map of Mecca, 1946
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- Europeana. Items related to Mecca, various dates
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Mecca, various dates
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