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Timeline of Haifa

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1046 - Persian traveler Nasir Khusraw visits village.
  • 1100 or 1101 - a Crusader fleet and land army conquer Haifa. The Crusaders rename it Caiphas.
  • 1187 - Saladin captures Haifa.
  • 1251 - Fortifications built by Louis IX of France (approximate date).
  • 1291 - Mamluk Al-Ashraf Khalil captures Haifa.
  • 1869 - German Colony established near town.
  • 1873 - Najib Effendi al-Yasin becomes mayor.
  • 1883 - Rushdi school opens.
  • 1887 - Haifa becomes part of the Ottoman Beirut Vilayet.
  • 1898 - Pier and Jaffa-Haifa roadway built.

    • 20th century

  • 1905 - Hejaz Railroad branch begins operating; train station built.
  • 1908 - Al-Karmil newspaper begins publication.
  • 1909 - Shrine of the Báb built on Mt. Carmel.
  • 1912 - Maccabi Haifa sport club formed.
  • 1913 - Hebrew Reali School and Maccabi Haifa Football Club established.
  • 1918 - 23 September: Haifa occupied by British forces.
  • 1921 - Haifa Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.
  • 1922 - Population: 24,600.
  • 1924
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology opens.
  • Hapoel Haifa Football Club formed.
  • 1928 - Stella Maris Light built.
  • 1931 - Population: 50,403.
  • 1933 - Port of Haifa expanded.
  • 1934 - Haifa Airport established.
  • 1935
  • Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline commissioned.
  • Armon Cinema opens.
  • 1937 - Orah Cinema in business (approximate date).
  • 1938 - British Government Hospital established.
  • 1939 - Oil refinery built.
  • 1941 - Shabtai Levy becomes mayor.
  • 1944 - Al-Ittihad newspaper begins publication.
  • 1947 - Population: 145,140.
  • 1948
  • April: Battle of Haifa (1948).
  • Haifa becomes part of the State of Israel.
  • 1950 - New Haifa Symphony Orchestra established.
  • 1951
  • Haifa Museum of Art established.
  • Abba Hushi becomes mayor.
  • Al-Jadid literary journal begins publication.
  • 1953 - Gordon College of Education established.
  • 1955 - Kiryat Eliezer Stadium opens.
  • 1959 - Haifa Underground Funicular Railway begins operating.
  • 1960 - Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art opens on Mt. Carmel.
  • 1961
  • Haifa Theatre founded.
  • Population: 183,021.
  • 1963 - University of Haifa established.
  • 1969
  • Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine established.
  • Moshe Flimann becomes mayor.
  • Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum opens.
  • 1971 - WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education established.
  • 1972
  • IBM Haifa Research Laboratory established.
  • Israeli National Maritime Museum opens.
  • 1973 - Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.
  • 1974
  • Matam hi-tech area developed.
  • Yosef Almogi becomes mayor.
  • 1975
  • Haifa Cinematheque established.
  • Yeruham Zeisel becomes mayor.
  • 1976 - Romema Arena opens.
  • 1978 - Aryeh Gur'el becomes mayor.
  • 1983
  • Haifa International Film Festival begins.
  • Israel Railway Museum opens.
  • Population: 225,775.
  • 1984 - Hecht Museum established.
  • 1989 - September: Mount Carmel forest fire (1989).
  • 1991 - Lev HaMifratz Mall in business.
  • 1993 - Amram Mitzna becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - Grand Canyon (mall) and Carmel Beach Railway Station open.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 - Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station and Lev HaMifratz Railway Station open.
  • 2002
  • Sail Tower built.
  • Haifa Bay Central Bus Station opens.
  • 2003
  • Yona Yahav becomes mayor.
  • IEC Tower built.
  • Carmel Beach Central Bus Station opens.
  • 2004 - Almadina newspaper begins publication.
  • 2006 - 13 July: Haifa bombarded by Lebanese Hezbollah forces.
  • 2008 - Bahá'í World Centre designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 2010
  • December: Mount Carmel forest fire (2010).
  • Carmel Tunnels open.
  • 2011 - Wikimania 2011 held in Haifa.
  • 2012 - Israeli Personal Computer Museum opens.[1]
  • 2013 - Population: 272,181.
  • 2014 - Sammy Ofer Stadium opens.
  • 2016 - November 2016 Israel wildfires

    • References

    Timeline of Haifa Wikipedia
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