Timeline of Makkah
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Prior to 20th century
- 100 BCE - "Yemeni tribes of Jurham rule Makkah."
- 570 CE - Year of the Elephant.
- 613 CE - "Muhammad begins public preaching in Makkah."
- 622 CE / 0-1 H - Muhammad migrates from Makkah to Medina, with followers (muhajirun).
- 625-629 : Pilgrim Mosques built in numerous countries like (Kerala) India & in China by first disciples of Prophet.
- Pilgrimage of Muslims to Makkah per Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.
- 11 December: Occupation of Makkah.
- 683 / 63-64 H - Siege of Makkah (683); Kaaba burnt.
- 692 - Siege of Makkah (692).
- 751 - Milestones installed along the Darb Zubaidah [ar] (Baghdad-Makkah road).
- 793 - Harun al-Rashid visits city.
- 810 - Aqueduct built.
- 930 - City sacked by Qarmatians; Black Stone taken out of Makkah.
- 930 - City sacked by Qarmatians; Black Stone taken out of Makkah.
- 1184 - Traveller Ibn Jubayr visits city.
- 1265 - Egyptian Mamluks in power.
- 1265 - Egyptian Mamluks in power.
- 1517 - Ottomans in power;[7] Selim I becomes Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
- 1630 - Flood.
- 1631 - Kaaba rebuilt.
- 1802/1803 - Makkah "captured by the Sa'udi-Wahhabi army.
- 1812/1813 - Wahhabis ousted by Egyptian forces.
- 1840 - Ottomans in power again.
- 1880 - 21 March: Sharif assassinated.
- 1885 - Population: 45,000 (estimate).
- 1886 - Printing press in use (approximate date).
20th century
- 1908 / 1325-1326 H
- September: Hejaz Railway (Damascus-Makkah) begins operating.
- Hussein bin Ali becomes sharif.
- Al-Hijaz government newspaper begins publication.
- 1912 - Madrasat al-Falah established.
- 1916 / 1334-1335 H
- June–July: Battle of Makkah (1916).
- Hashimite al-Qibla government newspaper begins publication.
- 1921 - Population: 80,000 (approximate estimate).[
- 1924 / 1342-1343 H
- Battle of Makkah (1924)
- 12 December: Umm al-Qura government newspaper begins publication.
- Population: 60,000 (approximate estimate)
- Ali of Hejaz becomes sharif.
- 1925 - City becomes part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[
- 1926 - Al Adl cemetery and al-Mahad al-Ilmi Suudi (school)[11] established.
- 1929 - Amanat al-Asima (municipality) established.
- 1931 / 1349-1350 H - Public library founded (approximate date)
- 1932 - Dar al-Hadith (school) established
- 1930s - Aziziyya, Faysaliyya, Khayriyya, and Suudiyya schools established (approximate date)
- 1938 - Maktabat al-Haram (library) active.
- 1945 - Al-Wehda Club (sport club) formed.
- 1949 / 1368-1369 H - Kulliyyat al-Sharia (college) established.
- 1951 - College of Education established.
- 1958 - Al Nadwa newspaper begins publication
- 1960 - Police academy established
- 1962Slavery abolished.Population: 158,908.
- 1964 / 1383-1384 Malcolm X visits city.Masjid al-Haram expanded.
- 1966 - Mahad al-Nur (school) established.
- 1972 - Hajj televised
- 1973 - "Master Plan for the Holy City of Makkah" launched
- 1974 - Population: 366,801.
- 1975 - Fire in Mina
- 1979 - 20 November-4 December: Grand Mosque seizure.
- 1981 - Umm al-Qura University established.
- 1986 - King Abdul Aziz Stadium opens.
- 1987 - 31 July: 1987 Makkah incident.
- 1992 - Population: 965,697.
- 1997 - 16 April: Makkah fire of 1997.