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Timeline of Medina

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 6th century BCE - Yathrib settled "by three Jewish tribes, the Banu Quynuqa, the Banu Qurayza, and the Banu Nadir."
  • 622 CE / 0-1 H
  • Muhammad arrives from Mecca, with followers (muhajirun).
  • Quba Mosque and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet) built.
  • Yathrib renamed "Medina."
  • Baqi Cemetery established.
  • 623 CE - Masjid al-Qiblatain (Mosque of the two Qiblas) built.
  • 624 CE - Prophet's House built.
  • 627
  • March–April: Battle of the Trench.
  • Constitution of Medina created (approximate date).
  • 630 - Medina and Mecca "established as the holy cities of Islam."
  • 632 CE / 11 H
  • 8 June: Death of Muhammad.
  • Abu Bakr appointed caliph; Rashidun Caliphate established.
  • 634 - Umar becomes caliph.
  • 639 - Hijri year calendar devised.
  • 644 - Uthman ibn Affan becomes caliph.
  • 656 - Ali becomes caliph and moves capital from Medina to Kufa.
  • 661 - Umayyad Caliphate established; capital moved from Medina to Damascus.
  • 662 - Marwan ibn al-Hakam becomes Governor of Madina.
  • 683 - Medina sacked by Umayyads.
  • 8th century - Sharia (Islamic law) codified in Medina.
  • 706 - Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz becomes Governor of Madina.
  • 707 - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi rebuilt.
  • 975 - City wall built.
  • 1162 - City wall expanded.
  • 1513 - Al-Hajjaria waqf (trust) incorporated.
  • 1517 - Ottoman Turks in power.
  • 1804 - Wahhabis in power.
  • 1812 - November: Battle of Medina (1812); Turks in power.
  • 1837 - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi dome painted green.
  • 1872 - Medina becomes part of the Ottoman Hejaz Vilayet.
  • 1896 - Telephone line installed.

    • 20th century

  • 1908 - Hejaz Railway (Damascus-Medina) begins operating.
  • 1916 - Siege of Medina begins.
  • 1919 - January: Siege of Medina ends; Arabs in power.
  • 1925 - Medina becomes part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 1937 - Italian-Muslim hospital founded.
  • 1953 - Baqi Cemetery expanded.
  • 1955 - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi enlarged.
  • 1961 - Islamic University of Madinah established.
  • 1974 - Mohammad Airport opens.
  • 1985 - King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran begins operating.
  • 1986 - Quba Mosque rebuilt.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 - 15 March: Chechen hijacking of Russian aircraft.
  • 2003 - Taibah University established.
  • 2006 - Hejaz Railway Museum opens.
  • 2010 - Population: 1,180,770.
  • 2014
  • 8 February: 2014 Medina hotel fire.
  • Air pollution in Medina reaches annual mean of 65 PM2.5 and 153 PM10, much higher than recommended.
  • 2016 - 4 July: bombing at Prophet's Mosque.

    • References

    Timeline of Medina Wikipedia
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