Timeline of Tangier

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tangier, Morocco.

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Prior to 20th century

• 42 CE - Tingis becomes capital of the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.
• 429 - Vandals take Tingis.
• 672 - Arab rule begins.
• 1078 - Almoravid dynasty rule, extended to Moorish Al Andalus.
• 1244 - Marinid dynasty (1244–1465) becomes the ruling Berber dynasty of Morocco.
• 1304 - Ibn Battuta born.
• 1437 - Battle of Tangier, attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier, and their subsequent defeat by the armies of the Marinid sultanate of Morocco.
• 1471 - Portuguese colonial rule (1471–1661) begins, under Afonso V of Portugal.
• 1561 - Portuguese Tangier was ceded to England, in order to encourage England to support Portugal in the Portuguese Restoration War.
• 1661 - English Tangier (1661−1684), English colonial rule.
• 1677 - The English banished all Jews from Tangiers.
• 1678 - City besieged by forces of Moulay Ismail.
• 1684 - Moroccan home−rule begins with end of colonial English Tangier.
• 1815 - Tangier Grand Mosque rebuilt.
• 1821 - American Legation building in use.
• 1844
  • 6 August: Bombardment of Tangiers.
  • October: Treaty of Tangiers signed in city.
• 1883 - Al-Moghreb al-Aksa newspaper begins publication.

20th century

• 1904 - Journal de Tanger begins publication.
• 1905
  • La Dépêche marocaine newspaper begins publication.
  • Anglican Church of St. Andrew consecrated.
• 1913 - Gran Teatro Cervantes opens.
• 1917 - Sidi Bou Abib Mosque built.
• 1920 - Gran Cafe de Paris in business.
• 1921 - Café Hafa opens.
• 1924 - Tangier International Zone in effect, per Tangier Protocol.
• 1937 - Dean's Bar in business.
• 1939 - Stade de Marchan (stadium) built.
• 1940 - 14 June: City occupied by Spanish forces.
• 1945 - 11 October: City returned to international status.
• 1947
  • Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco gives speech at the Grand Socco.
  • American writer Paul Bowles moves to Tangier.
• 1948 - Cinema Rif opens.
• 1952 - 30 March: Political demonstration.
• 1956
  • 8 October: City becomes part of independent Morocco; Tangier International Zone disestablished.
• 1983 - Ittihad Riadi Tanger football club formed.

21st century

• 2005 - Rabat–Tangier expressway constructed.
• 2006 - Cinematheque de Tanger opens.
• 2008
  • Tanger-Med port begins operating near city.
  • Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport new terminal building opens.
• 2011
  • Grand Stade de Tanger (stadium) opens.
  • Kenitra–Tangier high-speed rail line construction begins.

See also

• Tangier history
• Chronology of Tangier (French)
• List of governors of Tangier, 15th to 17th centuries

Other cities in Morocco

• Timeline of Casablanca
• Timeline of Fes
• Timeline of Marrakesh
• Timeline of Rabat

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

• (+ table of contents)

Published in the 21st century

• Elbl, Martin Malcolm. Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton (Baywolf Press: Toronto and Peterborough, 2013) ISBN 978-0-921437-50-5.

External links

• Map of Tangier, 1943