Timeline of Aden

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 19th century

• 24 BC - Romans in power (approximate date).
• 628 AD - Badhan (Persian Governor) converts to Islam, affecting Aden.
• 750 AD - 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 [sic] 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

See also: Aden Settlement

• 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

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 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 established.[1]
• 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

See also: Timeline of the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)

• 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

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

• (fulltext)
• R. J. Gavin. Aden under British Rule 1839–1967 (London: C. Hurst & Co., 1975)

Published in the 21st century

External links

• Map of Aden, 1978