• Source: Timeline of Sanaa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sana'a, Yemen.




Prior to 20th century



530 CE - Abraha in power, with Sana'a as his capital (approximate date).
570 - Siege of Sana'a (570); Sassanids in power.
715 - Great Mosque of Sana'a building expanded.
869 - Hiwali Yufirids in power (approximate date).
901 - Town occupied by forces of Zaidi Yahya bin al-Husain.
905 - Karmatian Ali bin al-Fadl in power.
915 - Yufirid As'ad bin Ibrahim in power.
956 - Town taken by Zaidi Mukhtar.
1062 - Ali al-Sulayhi in power.
1067 - Sulayhid capital relocated from Sana'a to Jibla by Arwa al-Sulayhi (approximate date).
1221 - Rasulid Badr al-Din Hasan in power.
1259 - Earthquake.
1538 - Ottomans in power.
1602 - Ottomans ousted.
1872 - Ottomans in power; Sana'a becomes capital of the Yemen Vilayet.
1887 - Population: 25,000 (estimate).
1891
Uprising against Turkish rule.
Population: 50,000 (estimate).




20th century


1902 - Dar as-Sanay built.
1905 - Uprising against Turkish rule.
1911 - Political unrest.
1918 - Turkish rule ends.
1921 - Population: 25,000 (approximate estimate).
1948
17 February: Imam Yahya assassinated.
Alwaziri coup.
1952 - Al-Ahli Club Sana'a (football club) formed.
1954 - Al-Wehda Club (football club) formed.
1956 - Population: 60,000 (estimate).
1962
September: Military coup;
City becomes capital of the Yemen Arab Republic.
Al-Thawra newspaper begins publication.
1967 - November: Siege of Sana'a (1967) begins.
1970 - Sana'a University established.
1971 - National Museum of Yemen established in Dar al-Shukr.
1974 - June: Military coup; Ibrahim al-Hamdi in power.
1975
Installation of water supply system begins.
Population: 140,339 (estimate).
1981 - 280,000.
1982 - French Center for Archaeology and Social Sciences established.
1983 - Sana'a University Museum built.
1984 - Military Museum and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a established.
1986
Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and Althawra Sports City Stadium open.
Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Population: 427,505.
1987 - Sultan Palace Hotel in business.
1988 - Women's Technical School built.
1990
City becomes capital of the Republic of Yemen.
Central Bank of Yemen headquartered in city.
1991 - Yemen Times newspaper begins publication.
1994 - Population: 973,548.
1995 - San'a Institute for the Arabic Language established.
1996 - Yemen Observer newspaper begins publication.




21st century






= 2000s

=
2004 - House of Folklore museum established.
2008
Saleh Mosque built.
17 September: 2008 attack on the American Embassy in Yemen.
November: Political demonstration.
Al-Oruba football club formed.
2009 - Population: 1,976,286.




= 2010s

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2011
23 May-7 June: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (first phase).
18 September-25 November: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (second phase).
2011 Yemeni protests.
2012 - 21 May: 2012 Sana'a bombing.
2014
16–21 September: Battle of Sana'a (2014).
21 September: 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état begins.
9 October: Bombing in Tahrir Square.
2015
January 2015 Sana'a bombing
20 January: Houthis take Presidential Palace.
20 March: 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings.
April: Airstrike.
2016
2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak begins.
Yemen Supreme Political Council headquartered in city.




See also


Sana'a history
Timeline of Yemeni history
Timelines of other cities in Yemen: Aden




References






Bibliography






External links



Map of San'a, 1946
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Director) (1971). Le mura di Sana'a [Walls of Sana'a] (in Italian).
"Geographical Index: Sanaa". Arabian Humanities (in French). Sana'a. ISSN 2308-6122.
Europeana. Items related to Sana'a, various dates.
Safa Al Ahmad (7 April 2015). "The Fight for Yemen". Frontline. USA: Public Broadcasting Service. (Television documentary filmed in Sana'a in 2015, and also in Saada, Jaʿār, Rada'a, Aden)

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