Timeline of Marrakesh
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Marrakesh, Morocco.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1062 CE - Almoravid military camp established by Yusuf ibn Tashfin (approximate date).[1][2]
- 1117 - Almoravid Koubba built.
- 1126 - Ramparts built (approximate date).[1][3]
- 1127 - Bab Agnaou (gate) built.[4]
- 1129 - City besieged by Almohads.[5]
- 1132 - Masjid al-Siqaya (mosque) built (approximate date).
- 1147 - Almohads in power.[1]
- 1157 - Agdal Gardens laid out.[4]
- 1158 - Koutoubia Mosque built.[3]
- 1182 - Scholar Al-Suhayli arrives in Marrakesh (approximate date).
- 1197 - New qasba built.[6]
- 1248 - Marinids in power.[5]
- 1288 - Abu Yaqub in power.[6]
- 1331 - Sidi Muhammad ibn Salih mosque built.[3]
- 1350 - Traveler Ibn Battuta visits city.
- 1525 - Saadians in power.[5]
- 1554 - Mohammed ash-Sheikh in power.[6]
- 1557 - Sidi’l-Jazuli hospice built.[7]
- 1565 - Ben Youssef Madrasa built.[4]
- 1572 - al-Muwassin mosque built.[3]
- 1593 - El Badi Palace built.[7][6]
- 1603 - Saadian Tombs built.[7]
- 1606 - City taken by forces of Abd Allah.[6]
- 1664 - 31 July: City taken by forces of Alaouite Al-Rashid of Morocco.[1]
- 1746 - Mohammed ben Abdallah in power.[1]
20th century
- 1900 - Bahia Palace built.[4]
- 1912
- Mauritanian Ahmed al-Hiba in power.[8]
- 6 September: Battle of Sidi Bou Othman occurs near city.
- September: City occupied by French forces.[6]
- Fort built.[9]
- 1919 - Guéliz area planned.[8]
- 1923
- Marrakesh railway station built.
- La Mamounia hotel in business.[10]
- Public library opens.[11]
- 1926 - Population: 149,263.[9]
- 1932 - Musée Dar Si Saïd (museum) opens.[12]
- 1947
- Majorelle Garden opens.
- Kawkab Marrakech football club formed.
- 1948 - Mouloudia de Marrakech football club formed.
- 1978 - Cadi Ayyad University established.
- 1985 - Medina of Marrakesh UNESCO World Heritage Site established.[13]
- 1987
- Marrakech Marathon begins.
- École supérieure de commerce de Marrakech (school) established.
- 1994
- August: Hotel shooting.
- Population: 745,541.[8]
- 1996 - Musée Bert-Flint (museum) opens.
21st century
- 2000 - École nationale des sciences appliquées de Marrakech established.
- 2004 - Population: 823,000.[6]
- 2005 - Marrakech Biennale begins.
- 2009 - Fatima-Zahra Mansouri becomes mayor.[14]
- 2011
- 28 April: 2011 Marrakesh bombing at Jemaa el-Fnaa.[15]
- Stade de Marrakech (stadium) opens.
- TEDx Marrakesh begins.[16]
- Population: 939,000.[17]
See also
- Other cities in Morocco
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). "Marrakech". Historical Dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- ↑ "Timeline". Morocco. Fodor's. 2012. ISBN 978-0-307-92832-0.
- 1 2 3 4 "Marrakesh". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
- 1 2 3 4 "Morocco: Marrakech". Archnet. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013.
- 1 2 3 Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Marrakesh". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 319+.
- 1 2 3 "Western North Africa (The Maghrib), 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 James A. Miller (2005). "Marrakech". In Kevin Shillington. Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2.
- 1 2 "Marrakesh". Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. 1927. p. 296+.
- ↑ "36 Hours in Marrakesh", New York Times, December 2010
- ↑ Lola Souad (1993). "Morocco". In Robert Wedgeworth. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
- ↑ Katarzyna Pieprzak (2010). Imagined Museums: Art and Modernity in Postcolonial Morocco. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-1520-3.
- ↑ "Medina of Marrakesh". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Morocco: Celebrating the First Female Mayor of Marrakesh". Global Voices. 29 June 2009.
- ↑ "Morocco Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "TEDx Marrakesh". Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
- Josiah Conder (1830), "City of Morocco", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- Paul Lambert (1868). "Notice sur la ville de Maroc". Bulletin de la Société de Géographie (in French). Paris.
- Leo Africanus; John Pory (1896), "Citie of Maroco", in Robert Brown, History and Description of Africa, 2, London: Hakluyt Society, OCLC 2649691 (written in 16th century)
- Published in the 20th century
- S.L. Bensusan (1904). Morocco. London: A and C Black. (includes Marrakesh)
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Maroc: Description des villes: Merrakech". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. (+ table of contents)
- "Marrakesh", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Maurice de Périgny (1918). Au Maroc; Marrakech (in French).
- Published in the 21st century
- "History". Marrakech. Time Out. 2007. ISBN 978-1-84670-019-4.
- Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008). "Marrakesh". Cities of the Middle East and North Africa. Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO. p. 246+.
- "Chronologie". Marrakech (in French). Petit Futé. 2009.
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