Timeline of Aleppo

Prior to 10th century

Founded before 2000 BCE

1800 - 1525 BCE- part of the Amorite dynasty

333 BCE - Alexander the Great in power.

286 BCE - Hellenic settlement of Beroea established.

88 BCE - City becomes part of Kingdom of Armenia.

64 BCE - City becomes part of Roman Syria.

611 CE - Persian Chosroes II in power.

637

July–October: Siege of Aleppo by Muslim forces.

Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque built.

717 - Great Mosque built.

10th-12th centuries

944 - Sayf al-Dawla in power.

961 - Byzantines in power.

1090 - Seljuks in power.

1098 - City besieged by Christian crusaders.

1124

City besieged by Christian crusaders under Baldwin II.

Al-Halawiyah Madrasa built.

1138 - 11 October: Earthquake was one of deadliest of all time.

1168 - Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa established.

1170 - 29 June: Earthquake.

1183 - Saladin assumes power.

1193

Az-Zahir Ghazi in power.

Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa built.

13th century

1211 - Hammam al-Sultan built.

1212 - Bab al-Nasr (gate) rebuilt.

1218 - Aqueduct restored.

1223 - Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa established.

1230 - Bab al-Maqam (gate) built.

1236 - Al-Firdaws Madrasa established.

1237

Khanqah al-Farafira (monastery) and Al-Kameliyah Madrasa built.

Bab al-Nairab (gate) built (approximate date).

1242 - Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa built.

1251 - Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa built.

1256 - Bab Qinnasrin (gate) rebuilt.

1260 - City besieged by Mongol forces under Hulagu Khan.

1280 - City besieged by Mongol forces.

14th-15th centuries

1303 - Mahmandar Mosque built.

1318 - Altun Bogha Mosque built.

1350 - Al-Sahibiyah Mosque built.

1354 - Bimaristan Arghun al-Kamili (asylum) active.

1398 - Al-Otrush Mosque and Al-Tawashi mosque built.

1400 - City besieged by forces of Timur of Transoxia.

1427 - Citadel expanded.

1418 - Central Synagogue rebuilt.

1425 - Al-Saffahiyah Mosque built.

1429 - Forty Martyrs Cathedral consecrated.

1450

Khan al-Qadi active in Al-Madina Souq.

Hammam al-Bayadah built.

1472 - Khan al-Burghul built in Al-Madina Souq.

1491 - Hammam Yalbugha built.

16th century

1500

Cathedral of Our Lady of Syrians built.

Church of the Dormition of Our Lady renovated.

1509 - Bab al-Hadid (gate) rebuilt.

1516 - Ottoman Selim I in power.

1517 - Becomes part of Ottoman Empire.

1534 - City becomes capital of Aleppo Eyalet.

1537 - Population: 80,000.

1539 - Souq Khan al-Nahhaseen built in Al-Madina Souq.

1546 - Khan al-Shouneh built in Al-Madina Souq.

1547 - Khusruwiyah Mosque built.

1548 - Consulate of Republic of Venice established.

1557 - Al-Adiliyah Mosque built (approximate date).

1562 - Consulate of France established.

1583 - Consulate of England established.

17th-18th centuries

1603 - Beit Wakil (mansion) built.

1622 - Levant Company in business.

1613 - Consulate of the Netherlands established.

1629 - Guild of "makers of swords, knives, daggers, bows, and shields" organized.

1682 - Souq Khan al-Wazir built in Al-Madina Souq.

1683 - Population: 115,000.

1706 - Printing press established.

1724 - Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa established.

1730 - Madrasa Ridaiya established.

19th century

1805 - Uprising.

1812 - Earthquake; citadel collapses.

1814 - "Janissary massacre."

1822 - Earthquake.

1823

Cholera outbreak.

Population: 250,000 (approximate).

1827 - Plague.

1830 - Earthquake.

1832

Ibrahim Pasha takes city for Muhammad Ali of Egypt.

Cholera oubreak.

1834 - Military barracks built in the Citadel.

1840 - Mohammed Ali relinquishes power.

1850

City besieged by Beduins.

Massacre of Aleppo (1850).

1853 - Pogrom of Jews.

1858 - Population: 70,000 (approximate).

1859 - Terre-Sainte College opens.

1864 - City becomes capital of Aleppo Vilayet.

1868 - Municipal council formed.

1873 - Saint Elias Cathedral built.

1875 - Pogrom of Jews.

1878 - Population: 95,000 (approximate).

1885 - Aleppo chamber of commerce founded.

1892 - Thanawiyyat al-Ma'mun (school) opens.

1899 - Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower built.

20th century

1901 - Ades Synagogue established.

1906 - Hama-Aleppo railway in operation.

1909 - Abd al-Wahab al-Inklizi becomes mayor.

1910

Nadi al-Ta'ddud (Mutual Aid Society) founded.

Population: 130,000 (approximate).

1911 - Baron Hotel in business.

1912 - Baghdad Railway in operation.

1916 - Aleppo College established.

1918 - Ihsan al-Jabiri becomes mayor.

1920 - Syria mandated to the French; city becomes capital of State of Aleppo.

1922 - Red Hand Society organized (approximate date).

1924

Damascus and Aleppo united by the French.

Airport in operation (approximate date).

Municipal library established.

1925 - Al-Yarmouk Sporting Club formed.

1927 - al-Hadith journal begins publication.

1931 - National Museum of Aleppo founded.

1933 - Grand Serail d'Alep opens.

1936 - al-Nazir newspaper begins publication.

1945

National Library of Aleppo and Club d'Alep open.

1947 - Pogrom of Jews.

1948

People's Party established.

Al-Baladi Stadium opens.

1949

Aleppo Public Park created.

Al-Ittihad Sports Club and Jalaa FC formed.

1950

Population: 362,500.

al-Nass newspaper begins publication (approximate date).

1952 - Hurriya Sporting Club formed.

1958 - University of Aleppo established.

1963 - Nasserist insurgency.

1965

Population: ca. 500,000

Chemins de Fer Syriens headquartered in city.

1970 - Our Lady of Assumption church opens.

1971 - Statue of Qustaki al-Himsi erected in Liberty Square.

1975 - Popular Traditions Museum opens in Beit Achiqbash.

1977 - International School of Aleppo established.

1979 - Aleppo Artillery School massacre took place by the Islamic Brotherhood.

1980 - Siege of Aleppo.

1983 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas seed bank founded.[1][2]

1986 - Al-Hamadaniah Stadium opens.

1990 - Population: 1,216,000.

1994 - Aleppo Citadel Museum opens.

1997 - Lycée Français d'Alep established.

21st century

2002 - Private University of Science and Arts established.

2004 - Population: 2,132,100.

2006 - City designated an Islamic Capital of Culture.

2007 - Aleppo International Stadium opens.

2008 - Sabah Fakhri Institute of music opened.

2012

10 February: Bombings.

18 March: Bombing.

4 May: Protest and crackdown.

19 July: Battle of Aleppo begins.

9 September: Bombing near the 7 April Stadium.

3 October: Bombing in Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square.

2013

15 January: Aleppo University bombings.

19 March: Chemical weapon attack by militants.