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

Prior to 19th century

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• 24 BCE - Romans in power (approximate date).
• 628 CE - Badhan (Persian Governor) converts to Islam, affecting Aden.
• 750 CE - Abbasids in power (approximate date).
• 904 - Ibn al-Fadl in power (approximate date).
• 1062 - Ali al-Sulayhi in power.
• 1135 - Attempted siege by "ruler of the Arabian Gulf island of Kish/Qais."
• 1173 - Ayyubids in power.
• 1229 - Rasulids in power.
• 1330 - Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visits Aden (approximate date).
• 1420s - Chinese explorer Zheng He visits Aden (approximate date).
• 1454 - Tahirids in power.
• 1500 - Aqueduct built from Bir Mahait (approximate date).
• 1511 - Italian traveller Varthema visits Aden.
• 1513 - Aden "unsuccessfully attacked by the Portuguese under Albuquerque."
• 1538 - Aden taken by Ottoman forces of Hadım Suleiman Pasha.
• 1630 - Ottomans ousted.
• 1735 - Sultan of Lahej in power.
• 1745 - Aden besieged by Zaydi forces.

19th century

• 1839
  • January: Aden occupied by British forces.
  • November: Abdali anti-British unrest; crackdown.
  • British colonial postal mail begins operating.
• 1840
  • May: Abdali anti-British unrest; crackdown.
  • June: Sultan of Lahej Shaykh Muhsin ibn Fadl signs treaty with British.
• 1850 - Aden becomes a free port.
• 1852 - Catholic church built.
• 1858 - Grand Synagogue of Aden built.
• 1867 - Aqueduct built.
• 1868 - Jebel Ihsan peninsula and nearby Sirah island sold by Sultan of Lahej to British.
• 1869 - Suez Canal opens in Egypt, affecting Aden as a port.
• 1871 - Protestant church built.
• 1876 - "Settlement committee" (local government) established.
• 1880 - August: French poet Rimbaud visits Aden.
• 1882 - Sheikh Othman bought by British.
• 1889 - "Port trust" (local government) established.
• 1890 - Big Ben Aden clocktower built.

20th century

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1900s-1950s

• 1915
  • Lahej-Aden railway construction begins.
  • Population: 36,900 town.
• 1917 - British Royal Air Force Khormaksar station established.
• 1924 - Sukkat Shalom synagogue established.
• 1925 - Arab Literary Club formed.
• 1929 - Arab Reform Club active.
• 1937 - 1 April: City becomes capital of the British Colony of Aden.
• 1947
  • Legislative council established.
  • December: 1947 Aden riots against Jews.
• 1951 - Aden Women's Club formed.
• 1954
  • British Petroleum refinery built in Little Aden.
  • 27 April: British queen visits Aden.
• 1955 - Aden Legislative Council election, 1955 held.
• 1956 - General Labour Union established.
• 1958 - Al-Ayyam newspaper begins publication.
• 1959 - January: Legislative council election held.

1960s-1990s

• 1963 - January: Aden becomes part of the Federation of South Arabia.
• 1964 - 16 October: Aden Legislative Council election, 1964 held.
• 1966 - de [National Museum of Aden] established.
• 1967
  • January: Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen-National Liberation Front conflict.
  • June: Suez Canal closes, affecting port of Aden.
  • 29 November: Aden becomes capital of People's Republic of South Yemen; British forces depart.
• 1968 - Ar-Rabi Ashar Min Uktubar newspaper begins publication.
• 1970 - Aden becomes part of the Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen.
• 1971 - ar [Aden Military Museum] established.
• 1972 - Ittihad al-Udaba (writers' guild) established.
• 1975
  • Suez Canal reopens, affecting port of Aden.
  • University of Aden established.
• 1985 - Aden Airport new terminal built.
• 1986 - January: South Yemen Civil War.
• 1990 - City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Yemen.
• 1991 - Rimbaud House opens.
• 1992
  • General Hospital built.
  • 29 December: 1992 Yemen hotel bombings.
• 1994
  • 1994 civil war in Yemen.
  • Population: 564,335 governorate.
• 1996 - University of Aden museum established.
• 1997 - 27 April: Yemeni parliamentary election, 1997 held.

21st century

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• 2000 - 12 October: USS Cole bombing.
• 2009 - Population: 684,322.
• 2012 - Population: 760,923.
• 2015
  • 19 March: Battle of Aden Airport.
  • 25 March: Battle of Aden begins.

See also

• Aden history
• Timeline of Yemeni history
• List of British representatives at Aden, 1839-1967
• Timeline of Sana'a

References

1. ^ "Aden", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), 1910, OCLC 14782424 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
2. ^ Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Aden", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 8+ {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
3. ^ Roxani Eleni Margariti (2006). "Aden". In Josef W. Meri (ed.). Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. p. 14+. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
4. ^ "Aden". Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 5. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1908. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
5. ^ Roy E. Thoman (1991). "Aden". In James Stuart Olson (ed.). Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26257-9. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
6. BBC News. "Yemen Profile: Timeline". Retrieved April 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
7. Roy Facey (1998), Development of the Port of Aden, British-Yemeni Society – via Al-Bab.com {{citation}}: line feed character in |title= at position 16 (help)
8. ^ Z. H. Kour (1981). The History of Aden 1839-1872. Frank Cass. ISBN 978-1-135-78115-6.
9. ^ Robert D. Burrowes (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5528-1.
10. Charles Nicholl (1999). Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa 1880-91. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-58029-6.
11. "British Empire: Asia: Aden, Perim, Sokotra, and Kuria Muria Islands". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. p. 95+. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
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13. ^ Sheila Carapico (1998). Civil Society in Yemen: the Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia. Cambridge Middle East Studies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-03482-1.
14. Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. Brill. 2005. ISBN 90-04-12818-2.
15. ^ "Yemen Time Line", Atlas of the Middle East, Washington DC: US Central Intelligence Agency, 1993 – via University of Texas, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
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18. Rémy Leveau; et al., eds. (1999). Le Yémen contemporain (in French). fr [Éditions Karthala]. ISBN 978-2-86537-893-7.
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23. Population of Yemen, 1994 census, Al-Bab.com, retrieved April 2015 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
24. Mark N. Katz (1997), Election Day in Aden, Al-Bab.com
25. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

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• William Milburn (1813), "Aden", Oriental Commerce: containing a geographical description of the principal places in the East Indies, China, and Japan, London: Black, Parry & Co., OCLC 6856418 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• John Macgregor (1844). "Aden". Commercial Statistics. London: C. Knight and Co. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• James Horsburgh (1852). "Arabia, South Coast: Aden Bay and Aden Harbor". India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America (6th ed.). London: William H. Allen & Co. – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• R.L. Playfair (1859). "Aden". History of Arabia Felix or Yemen. Bombay. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• William Perry Fogg (1875), "Aden", Arabistan, Hartford, USA: Dustin, Gilman & Co. {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• N. Elias, ed. (1876). Precis of Papers in the Foreign Dept. of the Government of India Regarding Aden, 1838-1872. Simla: Government Central Branch Press.
• F. M. Hunter (1877), An account of the British settlement of Aden in Arabia, London: Trübner, OCLC 1088546
• Edward Balfour (1885), "Aden", Cyclopaedia of India (3rd ed.), London: B. Quaritch {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• "Aden", Handbook for Travellers in India and Ceylon, London: J. Murray, 1892 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

Published in the 20th century

• Marco Polo; Henry Yule (1903), "(Aden)", Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, vol. 2 (3rd ed.), London: John Murray {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• Frederick Mercer Hunter; Charles William Henry Sealey (1909). An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden.
• "Aden". Encyclopædia of Islam. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 1913. p. 131. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• British Admiralty (1916). "Aden and Hadhramaut: Districts and Towns: Aden Town". Handbook of Arabia. Vol. 1. London: British War Office. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• United States Navy (1943). "Aden". Sailing Directions for the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Washington DC: Government Printing Office – via Hathi Trust. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help) (fulltext)
• R. J. Gavin. Aden under British Rule 1839–1967 (London: C. Hurst & Co., 1975)
• José-Marie Bel (1998). Aden, Mythical port of Yemen. Amyris. ISBN 978-2-7068-1360-3.

Published in the 21st century

• Roxani Eleni Margariti (2007), Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port, University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 9780807830765
• "Yemen's Despair on Full Display in 'Ruined' City", New York Times, 10 April 2015

External links

• Map of Aden, 1978
• "Military Situation in Aden City". Archicivilians. 2 April 2015.
• "(Aden)". Qatar Digital Library. Qatar National Library.
• Records of the British Administrations in Aden 1837-1967, India Office Records, London "Guide to archival sources for areas outside India" – via British Library.

v t e Aden Governorate
Capital: Aden
Districts	Al Buraiqeh District Al Mansura District Mualla District Sheikh Othman District Tawahi District Crater District Dar Sad District Khormaksar District

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