• Source: Timeline of Benghazi

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




Prior to 20th century



7th century BCE - Euesperides founded by Cyrenians near the site of present-day Benghazi.
1517 CE - Cyrenaica becomes part of Ottoman Tripolitania.
1577 - Atiq Mosque built.
1816/1817 - Massacre occurs at the Ottoman fortress.
1820 - Alhadadp Mosque founded.(ar)
1827 - British consulate established.
1858 - Plague outbreak.
1869 - Administrative Benghazi mutessariflik (province) created.
1874 - Plague outbreak.
1895
Barracks built in Al-Berka.
Italian "Società d'Esplorazione Commerciale in Africa" active in Benghazi.




20th century






= 1900s-1940s

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1906 - Market burns down.
1911
19 October: Town occupied by Italian forces during the Italo-Turkish War.
Population: 35,000.
1913 - Albergo Italia (hotel) built.
1914 - Benghazi–Benina railway begins operating.
1916 - Benghazi Central Station built.
1922 - Benghazi Lighthouse built.
1924 - City Hall built.
1926 - Benghazi-Suluq Railway begins operating.
1927
Benghazi–Marj railway begins operating.
Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Cyrenaica established.
1928 - Berenice Theatre opens.
1931 - September: Trial of Omar Mukhtar, leading to his execution on 16 September in nearby Suluq.
1934
Pier built in the Port of Benghazi.
Administrative Benghazi Province created.
1936 - Hotel Berenice built.
1937 - March: Mussolini visits Benghazi.
1939 - Benghazi Cathedral built.
1942
November: British forces take city during the Battle of El Agheila in World War II.
Italian rule ends.
Omar al-Mukhtar Society formed.
1945 - Population: 60,000 (approximate).
1947 - Ahly Benghazi football club active.




= 1950s-1990s

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1952
Al-Hilal SC (sport club) formed.
University of Oxford's Ashmolean Expedition to Cyrenaica begins its archaeological excavation of Euesperides site.
1953 - City boundary established.
1954 - Al Tahaddy SC (football club) formed.
1955 - University of Libya founded.
1956 - Benghazi Zoo founded.
1957 - Benghazi Military University Academy established.
1964 - Population: 137,295.
1967 - Stadium and Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena open.
1970s - Giuliana Bridge opens.
1973
University of Benghazi active.
Population: 266,000.
1980 - February: Protest at French consulate.
1982
March: Part of 1982 African Cup of Nations football contest held in Benghazi.
Convention centre built.
1984 - Population: 442,860.
1986 - 15 April: Aerial bombing of city by United States forces.
1989 - Tibesti Hotel (hi-rise) built.
1990 - Population: 800,000 (estimate).
1991 - "Administrative Office Complex" (hi-rise) built.
1993 - September: Great Man-Made River constructed; water begins flowing to Benghazi.
2000
1 September: Al-Ahly football stadium demolished.
September: Unrest.




21st century



2005 - Population: 685,367 (estimate).
2006 - 15 February: Protest against Muhammad cartoons.
2007 - Quryna newspaper begins publication.
2008 - Sirt–Benghazi Railway construction begins.
2009 - Martyrs of February Stadium opens in nearby Benina.
2011
15 February: Arab Spring-related protest; Libyan Civil War (2011) begins.
Al Kalima newspaper begins publication.
2012
19 May: Local election held.
June: Pro-autonomy mob ransacks the election commission building.
September: United States consulate attacked.
2014
16 May: Benina International Airport closes due to fighting.
15 October: Battle of Benghazi begins.
2017
18 April: Abdelrahman Alabbar becomes mayor.
15 July: Benina Airport reopens.
27 July: Battle of Benghazi officially concludes.




See also


History of Benghazi
Timeline of Tripoli, Libya
Timeline of the Italian Empire




Notes






References



This article incorporates information from the Arabic Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, and Italian Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



"(Benghazi)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
Items related to Benghazi, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Benghazi, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
"(Benghazi)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)




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