Timeline of Aden

Prior to 19th century

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.

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 - 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 - Aden Military Museum established.[2]

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

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.