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Timeline of Jaffa

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1469 BCE – Egyptians in power (approximate date).
  • 762 BCE – Jonah embarks for Tarshish (approximate date).
  • 68 CE – Jaffa sacked by forces of Vespasian.
  • 636 CE – Umar in power.
  • 1099 – Jaffa taken by Crusaders.
  • 1126 – "Knights of St. John" in power.
  • 1187 – Saladin in power.
  • 1191 – Jaffa taken by forces of Richard I of England.
  • 1196 – Al-Adil I in power.
  • 1252 – Jaffa taken by forces of Louis IX.
  • 1538 – Bab el-Halil (gate) built.
  • 1517 – Ottomans in power.
  • 1654 – St. Peter's Church built.
  • 1799
  • 3–7 March: Jaffa besieged by French forces.
  • June: French ousted by British forces.
  • 1807 – Muhammad Abu-Nabbut becomes governor.
  • 1831 – Ibrahim Pasha in power.
  • 1837 – The Galilee earthquake produces high intensity shaking along the Dead Sea Transform on January 1 causing 6,000–7,000 casualties.
  • 1838 – Sephardic Talmud Torah school founded.
  • 1865 – Jaffa Light built.
  • 1866 – Population: 5,000.
  • 1868 – German Colony established.
  • 1871 – Municipal council established.
  • 1884 – Ashkenazic Talmud Torah school established.
  • 1887 – Population: 14,000.
  • 1891
  • Ramla-Jaffa railway begins operating; Jaffa Railway Station opens.
  • Hospital Sha'ar Ziyyon founded.
  • 1892 – Jaffa–Jerusalem railway completed.
  • 1897 – Population: 33,465.

    • 1900s–1940s

  • 1902
  • Cholera epidemic.
  • Trumpeldor Cemetery established.
  • 1908 – March: Zionist-Palestinian unrest.
  • 1909 – Tel Aviv founded near Jaffa.
  • 1911 – Filastin newspaper begins publication.
  • 1913 – Population: 50,000.
  • 1916 – Hassan Bek Mosque built.
  • 1917
  • April: Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation.
  • December: Battle of Jaffa (1917).
  • 1918 – Muslim-Christian Association established.
  • 1921 – May: Jaffa riots.
  • 1932 – National Congress of Arab Youth held.
  • 1936 – April: Arab-Jewish unrest.
  • 1945 – al-Najjada paramilitary youth group established.
  • 1948 – 25 April-14 May: Zionist Irgun forces take city.

    • 1950s

  • 1950
  • 24 April: Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality formed.
  • Jaffa Administration (municipal department) established.
  • 1960 – Company for the Development of Ancient Jaffa established.

    • References

    Timeline of Jaffa Wikipedia
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