Timeline of Tunis

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tunis, Tunisia.

Prior to 13th century[edit]

814 BCE - Founding of the Carthaginian Empire
146 BCE – Romans sack Carthage.
737 CE – Ez-Zitouna madrassa founded.
800-909 – Tunis was one of the residences of the Aghlabids dynasty.^[1]
863 – Al-Zaytuna Mosque built.^[2]
902 – City becomes capital of Ifriqiya.
945 – Kharijite insurgents occupy city.
1159 – Almohads in power; Tunis becomes capital city.

13th–18th centuries[edit]

1227 – Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili founds his first zawiya in Tunis.
1229 – Hafsids in power.^[3]
1230 – Kasbah Mosque built.^[1]
1252 – Al Haoua Mosque built.
1270 – Louis IX of France takes power.
1320 – Bab el Khadra built.
1350 – Bab Saadoun built (approximate date).
1534 – Conquest of Tunis by Hayreddin Barbarossa; Ottomans in power.
1535
- Conquest of Tunis by Spanish Empire.^[1]
- Fortress built at La Goulette.
1574 – Conquest of Tunis by Ottomans.^[3]
1609 – 80,000 Moriscos arrive in Tunis after expulsion from Spain, the highest number since 1492.
1624 – Soubhan Allah Mosque built (approximate date).
1631 – Youssef Dey Mosque established.
1648 – Ksar Mosque renovated.
1655 – Hammouda Pacha Mosque built.
1685 – Arrival of the first community of Livorno Jews (known as 'Granas') in Tunis
1692 – Sidi Mahrez Mosque built.
1710 – Bab Jazira Mosque built.
1726 – El Jedid Mosque built.
1741 – Ali II ibn Hussein grants a charter to the Livorno Jews (Granas) in Tunis.
1756 – An Algerian army captures Tunis, deposing Abu l-Hasan Ali I and installing Muhammad I ar-Rashid

19th century[edit]

1811 – Rebellion.
1813 – Sabkha Mosque restored.
1814 – Saheb Ettabaâ Mosque built.
1818 – Plague strikes Tunis killing up to 50,000 and depopulating the city as people flee.
1819 – Dar Lasram built.
1840 – Military academy founded at Bardo by Ahmed Bey
1857 – Batto Sfez Affair.
1860 –
- Old city walls demolished.
- Tunisia's first official printing press established in Tunis. First edition of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia published.
1872 – Tunis-Goulette-Marsa railway begins operating.
1875 – Sadiki College founded.^[1]
1881 – City occupied by French.^[1]
1882 – Alaoui Museum dedicated.^[4]
1885 – Bibliothèque Francaise established.^[4]
1892 – Consulate of France building constructed.
1893 – Canal opens.^[1]
1897 – Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul opens.
1900 – Lycée de la Rue du Pacha founded.

20th century[edit]

1901 – Palais de Justice built.^[1]
1903 – Compagnie des tramways de Tunis founded
1906 – Population: 227,519.^[1]
1906 – Thala-Kasserine Disturbances
1907 – Young Tunisians founded
1908 – Omnia Pathé opens.
1910 – Belvedère Park opens.^[4]
1911 – Jellaz Affair
1912 – Tunis Tram Boycott
1914 – Hotel Majestic built.
1919 – Espérance Sportive de Tunis founded.
1920
- Club Africain sport club founded.
- Municipal Theatre built.
1923 – Tunis Institute of Fine Arts founded.
1924 – National Library opens.
1931
- Coliseum built.
- Hajjamine Mosque restored.
1932 – Hotel Claridge built.
1934 – The Rachidia Institute founded to preserve traditional Tunisian music.
1935 – El Omrane Mosque built.
1936 – Population: 219,578.
1937 – Grand synagogue opens.^[1]
1942 – November – Occupation of city by Axis powers begins.
1943 – May – Allies oust Axis forces.
1944 – Tunis–Carthage International Airport developed.
1946 – Population: 364,593.^[5]
1948 – Stade Tunisien football club founded.
1953 – Election boycott.^[6]
1956
- Independence from France
- Zitouna University formed.
- Lycée Francais de Mutuelleville and National Library of Tunisia established.^[4]
1957 – Monarchy abolished
1958 – Central Bank of Tunisia headquartered in Tunis.
1959 – City designated capital of Tunisian Republic.
1963 – Parc Zoologique de la Ville de Tunis set up.^[4]
1964 – Carthage International Festival begins.
1966
- First Carthage Film Festival
- Population: 468,997 city; 647,640 urban agglomeration.^[7]
1967 – Stade El Menzah built.
1969
- Bourse de Tunis founded.
- Tunisian Symphony Orchestra established.
1973 – Tunisia Private University founded.
1976 – Puppet theatre established.^{[citation needed]}
1978 – Museum of Popular Arts and Tradition inaugurated.^[4]
1979 –
- Arab League headquartered in Tunis.
- UNESCO designates the Medina of Tunis as a World Heritage Site.
1982 – Palestine Lberation Organisation (PLO) moves from Beirut to Tunis
1983 –
- National Theatre of Tunisia established.
- First Carthage Theatre Festival held.
1984 – Population: 596,654 city; 1,394,749 urban agglomeration.^[8]
1985 – Métro léger de Tunis begins operating.
1988
- Israeli attack on PLO headquarters
- University of Carthage founded.
1990 – Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
1992 – Maison des arts "Dar el founoun" in operation.^[4]
1993 – Palace Theatre opens.
1996 – Theâtre de l'Étoile du Nord established.
1998
- National School of Circus Arts established.^{[citation needed]}
- Population: 702,330.^[9]
2000 – Tunis El Manar University founded.

21st century[edit]

2003 – Société des transports de Tunis formed.
2004
- Population: 728,453.
- City hosts African Judo Championships.
2007
- Islamist militants clash with security forces.^[10]
- Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis begins.
2008 – Tunis Sports City construction begins.
2009 – Stade Chedli Zouiten renovated.
2010
- December – Protests.^[11]
- Air pollution in Tunis reaches annual mean of 38 PM2.5 and 90 PM10, more than recommended.^[12]
2011
- Protests.^[13]
- Population: 790,000.^[14]
2012
- June – Salafists riot against art exhibit.^[15]^[relevant?]
- August – Protests against reduction of women's rights.^[10]^[relevant?]
2014 – Population: 1,056,247 (urban agglomeration).^[16]
2015
- 18 March – The Bardo National Museum attack kills 21, mostly tourists.^[17]
- 25 March – 2015 Tunis barracks shooting.
- 24 November – The 2015 Tunis bombing.
2016
- City hosts African Judo Championships.
2018
- City hosts African Judo Championships.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Britannica 1910.
^ "Timeline: Tunisia". Discoverislamicart.org. Vienna: Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ali Houissa (2010), "Tunisia: Libraries, Archives, and Museums", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
^ U.S. Library of Congress (1953), Chronology of International Events: January 1, 1952 – June 30, 1953, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust (fulltext)
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations. 1997. pp. 262–321.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
^ ^a ^b BBC News (11 July 2011). "Timeline". Tunisia profile. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
^ U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. "Tunisia". World Factbook. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
^ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on March 28, 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ D. Kirkpatrick (January 12, 2011). "Protests Spread to Tunisia's Capital, and a Curfew Is Decreed". New York Times.
^ The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2015-09-10. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10.
^ "Tunisia: Conservative Islamists Riot Over Art Exhibit". New York Times. Reuters. June 12, 2012.
^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
^ British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (March 18, 2015). "Tunis attack: Gunmen kill tourists in museum raid". BBC News Africa.

Bibliography[edit]

in English[edit]

Published in 19th century

M.M. Noah (1819), "(Tunis)", Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States, New-York: Kirk and Mercein, hdl:2027/nyp.33433081557641, OCLC 1338665
Josiah Conder (1830), "Tunis", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
Ernest von Hesse-Wartegg (1882), Tunis: the Land and the People, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, OL 24641383M
R. Lambert Playfair (1895), "City of Tunis", Handbook for Travellers in Algeria and Tunis (5th ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 4443952

Published in 20th century

Frances E. Nesbitt (1906), "Tunis", Algeria and Tunis, London: A. and C. Black
"Tunis", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 12, New York, 1907{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Tunis", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1648449
Graham Petrie (1908), Tunis, Kairouan & Carthage, London: W. Heinemann, OL 23351574M
"Tunis" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 392–393.
"Tunis". Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. 1936. p. 837+. via Google Books
Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Tunis". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. pp. 708–710. ISBN 978-1884964039.

Published in 21st century

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Tunis, Tunisia". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415234795.
Kevin Shillington, ed. (2005). "Tunis". Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Tunis", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, US: ABC-CLIO
Gabor Agoston and Bruce Alan Masters, ed. (2009). "Tunis". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. p. 573. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.

in French[edit]

Brossard, Ch., ed. (1906). "Tunisie: Description des villes: Tunis". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005579753. (+ table of contents)
Abdesslem Ben Hamida (2002). "Cosmopolitisme et colonialisme: Le cas de Tunis". Cahiers de l'URMIS (in French). 8 – via Revues.org.
Pierre-Arnaud Barthel (2003). "Les lacs de Tunis en projets, reflets d'un nouveau gouvernement urbain" [Developing the lakes of Tunis: a new approach in urban governance]. Annales de géographie (in French). 112 (633): 518–536. doi:10.3406/geo.2003.966 – via Persee.fr.
Moez Bouraoui (2003). "L'agriculture urbaine en Tunisie: espace relictuel ou nouvelle composante territoriale? Le cas du Grand Tunis" [Urban agriculture in Tunisia: residual space or a new territorial component? The case of Greater Tunis]. Revue de géographie alpine (in French). 91 (4): 43–54. doi:10.3406/rga.2003.2261.
Habib Dlala [in French] (2011). "L'émergence métropolitaine de Tunis dans le tournant de la mondialisation" [Emergence of metropolitan Tunis in the face of globalization]. Méditerranée (in French). 116 (116): 95–103. doi:10.4000/mediterranee.5416 – via Revues.org.

External links[edit]

"(Tunis)" – via Qatar National Library, Qatar Digital Library. (Images, etc.)
"(Tunis)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Tunis)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Tunis)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. 2016-09-29. (Bibliography)
"(Tunis)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Tunis)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Tunis)". Research Papers in Economics. US: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
"(Tunis)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"Tunis, Tunisia". BlackPast.org. US. 2015-01-08.
ArchNet. "Tunis". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04.

[FOOTNOTE''Britannica''1910-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Britannica 1910.

[NoFrontiers-2] "Timeline: Tunisia". Discoverislamicart.org. Vienna: Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[Ilahiane2006-3] Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.

[bates2010-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ali Houissa (2010), "Tunisia: Libraries, Archives, and Museums", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127

[5] "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.

[6] U.S. Library of Congress (1953), Chronology of International Events: January 1, 1952 – June 30, 1953, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust (fulltext)

[7] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[8] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations. 1997. pp. 262–321.

[9] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.

[bbc-10] BBC News (11 July 2011). "Timeline". Tunisia profile. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

[11] U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. "Tunisia". World Factbook. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

[12] World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on March 28, 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[13] D. Kirkpatrick (January 12, 2011). "Protests Spread to Tunisia's Capital, and a Curfew Is Decreed". New York Times.

[unhabitat2014-14] The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2015-09-10. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10.

[15] "Tunisia: Conservative Islamists Riot Over Art Exhibit". New York Times. Reuters. June 12, 2012.

[16] "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

[17] British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (March 18, 2015). "Tunis attack: Gunmen kill tourists in museum raid". BBC News Africa.

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Prior to 13th century[edit]

13th–18th centuries[edit]

19th century[edit]

20th century[edit]

21st century[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

in English[edit]

in French[edit]

External links[edit]