Timeline of Fez

Prior to 20th century

789 – Madinat Fas settlement (later Fes el Andalous) established by Idris I of Morocco.^[1]
809 – Second settlement (later Fes el Karaouyine) established by Idris II of Morocco.^[2]^[3]^[4]
818 – Andalucian Arab refugees arrive (approximate date).^[2]
825 – Tunisian Kairouan refugees arrive.^[2]
828 – Idris II of Morocco dies.
848 – Yahya ibn Muhammad in power.
859 – Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque founded.
980 – Maghrawa in power.^[5]
1033 – 1033 Fez massacre of Jews.^{[citation needed]}
1070 – Almoravids in power.^[6]
1145 – Almohads take city.^[5]
1204 – the fortifications of Fes el-bali completed.
1248 – Marinids in power.^[6]
1276 – Fes Jdid built.^[5]
1325 – Al-Attarine Madrasa completed.^[7]
1355 – Bou Inania Madrasa completed.^[8]
1357 – Dar al-Magana water clock built.^[9]
1408 – Lalla Ghariba mosque built at Fes Jdid.^[1]
1437 – Probable date of the transfer of Jewish population of Fes el-Bali to the Mellah in Fes Jdid.^[10]^[11]^[12]
1465 – 1465 Moroccan revolt.
1472 – Wattassids in power.
1522 – Earthquake.^[2]
1554 – Capture of Fez by the Ottoman Empire^[13]
1554 – Recapture of Fez by the Saadian Sultan Mohammed Al-Shaykh.
1576 – Capture of Fez by Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi and his forces.
1670 – Cherratine Madrasa rebuilt.^[1]^[14]

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20th century

1912
- March: Morocco becomes a French protectorate, per Treaty of Fez.^[1]
- April: 1912 Fez riots.^[1]
- Moroccan capital relocated from Fez to Rabat.
1913 – Bab Boujeloud (gate) refurbished.^[2]
1916 – Ville Nouvelle founded.^[1]
1917 – Kissariyya market fire.^[15]
1920 – Public library opens.^[16]
1931 - Future billionaire Othman Benjelloun born in Fez.
1940 - student music association orchestra at fez as now music Institute in fez has founded there. (First called fez youth orchestra)
1942 – Cinema Rex opens.^[17]
1946 – Maghreb Association Sportive de Fez football club formed.
1948 – Widad Fez football club formed.
1951 - Population: 179,372.^[18]
1963 – University of al-Qarawiyyin active.
1973 - Population: 321,460 city; 426,000 urban agglomeration.^[19]
1981 – Medina of Fez designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1988 - A Trappist community is founded upon invitation of the archbishop of Rabat and is housed in the former Bellevue Hotel. The monks move in 1999 to Midelt.^[20]
1990 – 14 December: Labour strike.^[21]
1993 - Population: 564,000 urban agglomeration (estimate).^[22]
1994 – World Sacred Music Festival begins.
1999 – Rabat–Fes expressway built.^[23]

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21st century

2003 – Hamid Chabat becomes mayor.
2004 – Population: 947,000.^[1]
2005 – École nationale des sciences appliquées de Fès (school) established.
2007 – After a construction period from 1994 to 2003,Fez Stadium opens in 2007.
2011 ** International Institute for Languages and Cultures established.
- Population: 1,088,000.^[24]
2014 - Population: 1,126,551 (estimate).^[25]
2015
- City becomes part of the Fès-Meknès administrative region.
- Idriss Azami Al Idrissi becomes mayor.

Prior to 20th century