The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Algiers, Algeria.
Prior to 16th century
- 3rd century BC – Yksm settled by Punics.
- 146 BC – Icosium became part of the Roman Empire.[1]
- 371 AD – City raided by Firmus.[1]
- 5th century AD – Vandals in power.
- 7th century AD – Arabs in power.
- 960 – Algiers founded by Bologhine ibn Ziri.[2]
- 1014 – Hammadids in power.
- 1018 – Djamaa el Kebir mosque built.[1]
- 1159 – Almohades in power.
- 1313 – Ziyanids of the Kingdom of Tlemcen in power.[3]
16th–18th centuries
- 1516
- Capture of Algiers by Hayreddin Barbarossa and Aruj.
- Kasbah construction begins.[4]
- 1518 – Harbour construction begins.[4]
- 1529 – Capture of Algiers by Hayreddin Barbarossa.[5][1]
- 1544 – Lighthouse built.[4]
- 1545 – Fort de l'Empereur built.[6]
- 1549 – Muslim hospital founded.[7]
- 1556 – Citadel built.
- 1581 – Fort Bab Azoun built.[8]
- 1612
- Ketchaoua Mosque built.[9][10]
- Hospital of the Holy Trinity founded.[7]
- 1622 – Aqueducts[11] and Jama Bitchnin (mosque) built.[12]
- 1660 – Mosque of the Fishery built.[12][10]
- 1661 – Tamentfoust Castle built.[citation needed]
- 1696 – Mosque of Sidi Abderrahman built.[12]
- 1770 – Dano-Norwegian Bombardment of Algiers
- 1775 – 8 July: Attempted invasion of Algiers by Spanish forces.[3]
- 1783 – 4–8 August: Bombardment of Algiers by Spanish forces.
- 1784 – 12 July: Bombardment of Algiers by Spanish-Neapolitan-Maltese-Portuguese forces.
- 1791 – Ketshawa Mosque built.[12]
- 1799 – Palais d'Hiver du Gouverneur built.[12]
19th century
- 1805 – The day after the assassination of the head of the influential family, Busnach (29 June 1805), the Janissaries sacked Algiers killing between 200 and 500 Jews. Causing serious unrest throughout the city.[1]
- 1816 – 27 August: Bombardment of Algiers by Anglo-Dutch forces.[1]
- 1817 – Kesba Berranee mosque built.[8]
- 1824 – Bombardment of Algiers by British forces.
- 1825 – Fort des Anglais built.[8]
- 1830 – June–July: Invasion of Algiers by French forces; city becomes capital of French Algeria.[3][1]
- 1832 – Jardin d'essai laid out.
- 1835 – National Library of Algeria founded.
- 1836 – Northern harbour construction begins.[4]
- 1847 – Jardin Marengo laid out.[12]
- 1866 – Boulevard de la Republique constructed.[8]
- 1870 – Holy Trinity church built.[4]
- 1872 – Notre Dame d'Afrique church built.[9]
- 1878 – Church of St. Augustin built.[8]
- 1888 – Population: 56,000.[11]
- 1890 – Algiers Observatory built in Bouzaréah.
- 1897 – National Museum of Algerian Antiquities relocates to Mustapha Superieur.[4]
Distinguished Moorish women, Algiers, 1899
Arabs disputing, Algiers, 1899
Arabs at a cafe, Algiers, 1899
Algiers – the embankment and Boulevard de la Republique 1894
Algiers – the new Mosque Djamaa, El-Djedid 1894
Algiers – depot and station grounds of Algerian Railway 1894
20th century
- 1904
- 1906 – Population: 138,240.[4]
- 1908
- National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers established.
- Quai de la Marine extended.[12]
- Cinema opens.[13]
- 1909 – University of Algiers founded.[14]
- 1910 – Grand Post Office built.[15]
- 1912 – Population: 172,397.[16]
- 1921 – Mouloudia Chaàbia d'Alger football club formed.
- 1924 – Maison Blanche Airport begins operating.
- 1928 – Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography established.
- 1930 – Population: 246,061.[1]
- 1933 – Palais du Gouvernement built.[15]
- 1935 – Stade communal de Saint Eugène (sport stadium) built.
- 1942
- November: Conflict between Axis and Allied forces.[14]
- Camus' novel L’Étranger published.
- 1948 – Population: 266,165 city; 488,893 urban agglomeration.[17]
1950s–1980s
- 1950 – Population: 516,000 (urban agglomeration).[18]
- 1952 – Aerohabitat housing complex built.[15]
- 1953 – Jacques Chevallier becomes mayor.[19]
- 1954
- Anti-French unrest.[1]
- Diar el Mahçoul housing development and 200 Colonnes housing complex built.[15][19]
- 1956
- 30 September: Battle of Algiers begins.[20]
- National Liberation Front headquartered in city.[1]
- 1958 – May: Pro-French unrest.[1][20]
- 1959 – Siemens branch in business.[21]
- 1960
- 1961 – April: Coup attempt.[23]
- 1962
- 1963
- 1966
- Pontecorvo's film The Battle of Algiers released.
- Population: 903,530 city; 943,142 urban agglomeration;[27] 1,648,038 metro.[1]
- 1969 – Pan-African Arts Festival held.[28]
- 1972 – 5 July 1962 Stadium opens.
- 1973 – September: International summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in city.
- 1975 – Hotel El-Aurassi in business.
- 1977 – Population: 1,523,000 city; 1,740,461 urban agglomeration.[29]
- 1978 – July: All-Africa Games held.
- 1982 – Martyrs Memorial erected.
- 1985 – National Institute for Global Strategic Studies headquartered in city.[25]
- 1988 – October: Anti-government demonstrations.[3][5]
1990s
- 1990
- March: African Cup of Nations held.
- Population: 1,819,000 (urban agglomeration).[18]
- 1991 – Political unrest.[3]
- 1992
- August: Algiers airport bombing.
- Casbah of Algiers designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.[9]
- 1994
- 24 December: Air France Flight 8969 hijacked at Algiers Airport.[23]
- National Library of Algeria building inaugurated.
- 1997 – Algiers Stock Exchange established.
- 1998 – Population: 2,988,145.
- 2000
- L'Expression newspaper begins publication.
- Population: 2,278,000 (urban agglomeration).[18]
21st century
- 2001
- 2003 – 21 May: The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake affected northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With at least 400 killed in Algiers alone, more than 2,200 people were killed altogether, and a moderate tsunami sank boats located near Spain's Balearic Islands.
- 2004 – September–October: 2004 Pan Arab Games held.
- 2007
- Museum of Modern Art of Algiers inaugurated.
- April: Bombings.[30]
- July: All-Africa Games held.
- 11 December: Bombings.
- 2008
- Centre Commercial Al Qods shopping mall opens.
- Population: 2,712,944.[32]
- 2009 – Centre Commercial Bab Ezzouar built.
- 2010 – Protests.
- 2011
- Protests.
- Algiers Metro and Algiers tramway begin operating.[30]
- Population: 2,916,000 (urban agglomeration).[18]
- 2018 – African Youth Games to be held in Algiers.
See also
- Algiers history
- List of Pashas and Deys of Algiers (Regency of Algiers)
- List of mayors of Algiers, 1830–present (includes French period)
- History of Algeria
- Years in Algeria
- Timeline of Algeria
- Timelines of other cities in Algeria: Oran
References
Bibliography
in English
- Published in 18th–19th centuries
- J. Morgan (1728), "The Antiquity, Names, Revolutions and Situation of the City of Algiers", A Complete History of Algiers, London: Printed for the author, by J. Bettenham, OCLC 3343218
- James Wilson Stevens (1797), An Historical and Geographical Account of Algiers, Philadelphia: Printed by Hogan & M'Elroy, OL 7239367M
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Algiers", The Cycloppædia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- William Shaler (1826), "City of Algiers", Sketches of Algiers, Political, Historical, and Civil, Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Company
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Algiers". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. hdl:2027/mdp.39015082314801 – via Hathi Trust.
- Josiah Conder (1830), "City of Algiers", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- Josiah Conder (1830), "(Algiers)", Africa, Dictionary of Geography, Ancient and Modern, London: T. Tegg
- Edward William Lewis Davies (1858), Algiers in 1857, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, OL 20463583M
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (1870), Search for Winter Sunbeams in the Riviera, Corsica, Algiers and Spain, New York: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 1022285, OL 6944535M
- Lisbeth Gooch Seguin (1878), Walks in Algiers and its Surroundings, London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., OL 23405512M
- "Algiers", Appleton's European Guide Book, New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888
- Noah Brooks (1895), "Algiers", The Mediterranean Trip, C. Scribner's Sons, OCLC 1315401
- R. Lambert Playfair (1895), "City of Algiers", Handbook for Travellers in Algeria and Tunis (5th ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 4443952
- Leo Africanus; John Pory (1896), "Alger", in Robert Brown (ed.), History and Description of Africa, vol. 2, London: Hakluyt Society, OCLC 2649691
- Published in 20th century
- "Algiers", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
- T. G. Bonney; et al. (1904), "Algiers", The Mediterranean, its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins, New York: J. Pott
- Cook's Practical Guide to Algiers, Algeria and Tunisia, London: T. Cook & Son, 1904
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 653–655.
- "Algiers", The Mediterranean, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
- "Alger". Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. 1913. p. 256+. ISBN 9004082654.
- D.E. Lorenz (1922), "Algiers", The New Mediterranean Traveller: A Handbook of Practical Information (7th ed.), F.H. Revell Company
- Gert Eichler (1977). "From Colonialism to National Independence: Algiers' Social Ecology". GeoJournal. 1 (5): 5–12. doi:10.1007/BF00188881. JSTOR 41142033. S2CID 143917804.
- Ellen G. Friedman (1980). "Trinitarian Hospitals in Algiers: An Early Example of Health Care for Prisoners of War". Catholic Historical Review. 66 (4): 551–564. JSTOR 25020912. PMID 11631798.
- Zeynep Çelik (scholar) (1997). Urban Forms and Colonial Confrontations: Algiers Under French Rule. Berkeley: University of California Press – via UC Press E-Books Collection.
- Published in 21st century
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Algiers, Algeria". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
- Allen Christelow (2004). "Algiers". In Kevin Shillington (ed.). Encyclopedia of African History. Routledge. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2.
- Karim Hadjri, Mohamed Osmani (2004). "Spatial development and urban transformation of colonial and postcolonial Algiers". In Yasser Elsheshtawy (ed.). Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-134-41010-1.
- Jean-Louis Cohen (2006). "Architectural History and the Colonial Question: Casablanca, Algiers and Beyond". Architectural History. 49. ISSN 0066-622X.
- C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Algiers". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 22. ISBN 978-9004153882.
- Kenneth Brown (2008), "Algiers", in Bruce E. Stanley; Michael R.T. Dumper (eds.), Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 29, ISBN 9781576079201
- Shiela Crane (2008). "Architecture at the ends of empire: urban reflections between Algiers and Marseille". In Gyan Prakash and Kevin Michael Kruse (ed.). Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life. Princeton University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-691-13343-0.
- Attilio Petruccioli (2008). "Algiers: the Colonial City". In Salma K. Jayyusi; et al. (eds.). The City in the Islamic World. Koninklijke Brill. p. 993+. ISBN 978-90-04-16240-2.
- Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009). "Algiers". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
- "Algiers". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
in French
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Algerie: Description des villes: Algers". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005579753. (+ table of contents)
- Rachid Sidi Boumedine (2002). "Alger, la complexité d'une métropole". Cahiers de la Méditerranée (in French). 64 – via Revues.org.
- Nora Semmoud (2003). "Les mutations de la morphologie socio-spatiale algéroise" [Transformation of Algiers urban morphology]. Annales de géographie (in French). 112 – via Persee.fr.
External links
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- "(Algiers)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
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- "(Algiers)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
- "(Algiers)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. 14 January 2019. (Bibliography)
- "(Algiers)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
- "(Algiers)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
- "Algiers". BlackPast.org. United States. 30 August 2011.
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