Timeline of Aden

Prior to 19th century

8th century BC – The emergence of the awsan Kingdom in Aden.^[1]
6th century BC – The Qataban-Sabai alliance Awsan falls in Aden.^[2]
110 BCE – Himyarites overthrow the Kingdom of Saba and Qataban and take control of Aden
632 – Rashidun Caliphate Islam entered Yemen in the year 6AH
661 – Umayyad Caliphate
750 – Abbasids in power (approximate date).^[2]
819 – Banu Ziyad becomes independent from the Abbasid state ^[2]
1021 – Banu Ma'an They are independent from the Ziadian state
1067 – Banū Zuraiʿ Rulers of Aden.^[3]
1173 – Ayyubids in power.^[3]
1229 – Rasulids in power.^[3]
1330 – Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visits Aden (approximate date).
1420s – Chinese explorer Zheng He visits Aden (approximate date).^[2]
1454 – Tahirids in power.^[3]
1500 – Aqueduct built from Bir Mahait (approximate date).^[4]
1511 – Italian traveller Varthema visits Aden.^[2]
1513 – Aden "unsuccessfully attacked by the Portuguese under Albuquerque."^[1]
1538 – Aden taken by Ottoman forces of Hadım Suleiman Pasha.^[1]^[2]
1630 – Ottomans ousted.^[2]
1735 – Sultan of Lahej in power.^[1]
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19th century

1839
- January: Aden occupied by British forces.^[5]^[6]
- November: Abdali anti-British unrest; crackdown.^[2]
- British colonial postal mail begins operating.
1840
- May: Abdali anti-British unrest; crackdown.^[2]
- June: Sultan of Lahej Shaykh Muhsin ibn Fadl signs treaty with British.^[5]
1850 – Aden becomes a free port.^[7]
1852 – Catholic church built.^[8]
1858 – Grand Synagogue of Aden built.
1867 – Aqueduct built.^[1]
1868 – Jebel Ihsan peninsula and nearby Sirah island sold by Sultan of Lahej to British.^[4]
1869 – Suez Canal opens in Egypt, affecting Aden as a port.^[9]
1871 – Protestant church built.^[8]
1876 – "Settlement committee" (local government) established.^[5]
1880 – August: French poet Rimbaud visits Aden.^[10]
1882 – Sheikh Othman bought by British.^[8]
1889 – "Port trust" (local government) established.^[5]
1890 – Big Ben Aden clocktower built.

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20th century

1915
- Lahej-Aden railway construction begins.^[11]
- Population: 36,900 town.^[12]
1917 – British Royal Air Force Khormaksar station established.
1924 – Sukkat Shalom synagogue established.^{[citation needed]}
1925 – Arab Literary Club formed.^[13]
1929 – Arab Reform Club active.^[13]
1937 – 1 April: City becomes capital of the British Colony of Aden.^[5]
1946 – Population: 56,849.^[14]
1947
- Legislative Council established.^[5]
- December: 1947 Aden riots against Jews.^[2]
1951 – Aden Women's Club formed.^[15]
1954
- BP refinery built in Little Aden.^[16]
- 27 April: British queen visits Aden.^[17]
1955 – Aden Legislative Council election, 1955 held.
1956 – General Labour Union established.^[18]
1958 – Al-Ayyam newspaper begins publication.^[19]
1959 – January: Legislative council election held.^[5]

1963 – January: Aden becomes part of the Federation of South Arabia.^[5]
1964 – 16 October: Aden Legislative Council election, 1964 held.
1966 – National Museum of Aden [de] established.^[20]
1967
- January: Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen-National Liberation Front conflict.^[2]
- June: Suez Canal closes, affecting port of Aden.^[9]
- 29 November: Aden becomes capital of People's Republic of South Yemen; British forces depart.^[9]
1968 – Ar-Rabi Ashar Min Uktubar newspaper begins publication.^[21]
1970 – Aden becomes part of the Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen.^[16]
1971 – Aden Military Museum [ar] established.
1972 – Ittihad al-Udaba (writers' guild) established.^[13]
1973 – Population: 264,326.^[22]
1975
- Suez Canal reopens, affecting port of Aden.^[9]
- University of Aden established.^[2]
1985 – Aden Airport new terminal built.
1986 – January: South Yemen Civil War.
1990 – City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Yemen.
1991 – Rimbaud House opens.^[23]
1992
- General Hospital built.^[24]
- 29 December: 1992 Yemen hotel bombings.^[2]
1994
- 1994 civil war in Yemen.^[2]
- Population: 564,335 governorate.^[25]
1996 – University of Aden museum established.^[20]
1997 – 27 April: Yemeni parliamentary election, 1997 held.^[26]
2000 – 12 October: USS Cole bombing.

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Prior to 19th century