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Timeline of Kano

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kano, Nigeria.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 999 CE - Bagauda in power.
  • 1095 - City wall construction begins.
  • 1349 - Yaji I in power.
  • 1430 - Kano becomes capital of the Sultanate of Kano.
  • 1463 - Muhammad Rumfa in power.
  • 1480 - Gidan Rumfa (palace) built (approximate date).
  • 1807 - Sokoto jihad active; Kano becomes capital of the Kano Emirate.
  • 1819 - Ibrahim Dabo in power.
  • 1890s - Kano Chronicle compiled.
  • 1893 - Tukur-Yusufu succession conflict.

    • 20th century

  • 1903 - February: British in power.
  • 1905 - Kano becomes capital of British colonial Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
  • 1909 - Nassarawa School established.
  • 1911 - Lagos-Kano railway begins operating.
  • 1930 - Kano Girls' School established.
  • 1931 - Daily Comet newspaper begins publication.
  • 1932 - Water and Electric Light Works inaugurated.
  • 1936 - Airport begins operating.
  • 1937 - Rex cinema opens.
  • 1951 - Masalla cin Jumma'an (mosque) built.
  • 1952 - Palace cinema opens.
  • 1953 - 1 May: Kano riot of 1953.
  • 1967 - City becomes capital of the newly established Kano State.
  • 1970 - Murtala Muhammad Mosque built in Fagge.
  • 1977 - Bayero University Kano established.
  • 1980
  • Yan Tatsine religious unrest.
  • Triumph newspaper begins publication.
  • Hausawa mosque built.
  • 1982 - No Man's Land mosque and Yar Akwa mosque built.
  • 1985 - Population: 1,861,000 (urban agglomeration).
  • 1986 - Hotoro mosque built.
  • 1987 - Goron Dutse mosque built.
  • 1988 - Goron Dutse Islamiyya secondary school opens.
  • 1990
  • Kano Pillars Football Club formed.
  • Population: 2,095,000 (urban agglomeration).
  • 1995 - Population: 2,339,000 (urban agglomeration).
  • 1998 - Sani Abacha Stadium opens.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - Population: 2,602,000 (urban agglomeration).
  • 2006 - Population: 2,163,225 city; 2,828,861 metro.
  • 2010
  • August: Flood.
  • Population: 3,271,000 (urban agglomeration).
  • 2012 - 20 January: Boko Haram attack.
  • 2013
  • Northwest University Kano opens.
  • Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport remodelled.
  • 2014 - 18 May: Boko Haram attack.

    • References

    Timeline of Kano Wikipedia
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