• Source: Timeline of Kano

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kano, Nigeria.




Prior to 20th century



999 CE - Bagauda in power.
1095 - City wall construction begins.
1349 - Yaji I in power.
1430 - Kano becomes capital of the Sultanate of Kano.
1463 - Muhammad Rumfa in power.
1480 - Gidan Rumfa (palace) built (approximate date).
1807 - Sokoto jihad active; Kano becomes capital of the Kano Emirate.
1819 - Ibrahim Dabo in power.
1890s - Kano Chronicle compiled.
1893 - Tukur-Yusufu succession conflict.




20th century



1903 - February: British in power.
1905 - Kano becomes capital of British colonial Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
1909 - Nassarawa School established.
1911 - Lagos-Kano railway begins operating.
1930 - Kano Girls' School established.
1931 - Daily Comet newspaper begins publication.
1932 - Water and Electric Light Works inaugurated.
1936 - Airport begins operating.
1937 - Rex cinema opens.
1951 - Masalla cin Jumma'an (mosque) built.
1952
Palace cinema opens.
Population: 130,173.
1953 - 1 May: Kano riot of 1953.
1967 - City becomes capital of the newly established Kano State.
1970 - Murtala Muhammad Mosque built in Fagge.
1975 - Population: 399,000.
1977 - Bayero University Kano established.
1980
Yan Tatsine religious unrest.
Triumph newspaper begins publication.
Hausawa mosque built.
1982 - No Man's Land mosque and Yar Akwa mosque built.
1985 - Population: 1,861,000 (urban agglomeration).
1986 - Hotoro mosque built.
1987 - Goron Dutse mosque built.
1988 - Goron Dutse Islamiyya secondary school opens.
1990
Kano Pillars Football Club formed.
Population: 2,095,000 (urban agglomeration).
1995 - Population: 2,339,000 (urban agglomeration).
1998 - Sani Abacha Stadium opens.
2000 - Population: 2,602,000 (urban agglomeration).




21st century


2006 - Population: 2,163,225 city; 2,828,861 metro.
2010
August: Flood.
Population: 3,271,000 (urban agglomeration).
2012 - 20 January: Boko Haram attack.
2013
Northwest University Kano opens.
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport remodelled.
2014 - 18 May: Boko Haram attack.




See also



Kano history
List of rulers of Kano
List of governors of Kano State
Timelines of other cities in Nigeria: Ibadan, Lagos, Port Harcourt




Bibliography






References






External links



Map of Kano, 1851, by Heinrich Barth
"(Kano)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"(Kano)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Kano)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Kano)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
"(Kano)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Kano)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
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