Timeline of Tangier

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tangier, Morocco.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Ancient Ages

• 42 CE – Tingis becomes capital of the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.^[1]
• 429 CE – Vandals take Tingis.^[1]

Middle Ages

• 534 - Conquered by the Eastern Roman Empire ^{[citation needed]}
• 700s – Arab rule begins.
• 927 – Caliphate of Córdoba
• 1026 – Taifa of Málaga
• 1026 – Taifa of Ceuta
• 1078 – Almoravid dynasty rule^[2]
• 1147 – Almohad dynasty
• 1244 – Marinid dynasty (1244–1465).
• 1304 – Ibn Battuta is born.
• 1437 – Battle of Tangier, attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the citadel of Tangier, and their subsequent defeat by the armies of the Marinid sultanate .
• 1471 – Portuguese of Tangier rule (1471–1661) begins, under Afonso V of Portugal.^[3][4][2]
• 1580 - Spain in power.^[4] (Iberian Union)
• 1656 - Portugal in power again.^[4] (Portuguese Restoration War)

Modern Ages

• 1661 – English Tangier (1661–1684), English colonial rule.^[5][4]
• 1677 – The English banished all Jews from Tangiers.^[5]
• 1678 – City besieged by forces of Moulay Ismail.^[1]
• 1684 – Moroccan rule begins with end of English Tangier.^[3][4]
• 1815 – Grand Mosque of Tangier rebuilt.^[6]
• 1821 – American Legation building in use.
• 1844
  • 6 August: Bombardment of Tangiers (by the French).^[4]
  • October: Treaty of Tangiers signed in city.
• 1883 – Al-Moghreb al-Aksa newspaper begins publication.^[7]

20th century

Tangier in 1901

Aerial view of Tangier, 1932

• 1904 – Journal de Tanger newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1905
  • La Dépêche marocaine newspaper begins publication.
  • Anglican Church of St. Andrew consecrated.
• 1905/06 - First Moroccan Crisis leading to the Algeciras Conference
• 1910 - Population: 40,000 (approximate figure).^[4]
• 1911 - Agadir Crisis & Treaty of Fes (1912)
• 1913 – Gran Teatro Cervantes opens.^[9]
• 1917 – Sidi Bou Abib Mosque built.^[6]
• 1920 – Gran Cafe de Paris in business.^[10]
• 1921 – Café Hafa opens.
• 1925 – Tangier International Zone in effect, per Tangier Protocol.
• 1937 – Dean's Bar in business.^[1]
• 1939 – Stade de Marchan (stadium) built.^{[citation needed]}
• 1940 – 14 June: City occupied by Spanish forces.^[5]
• 1945 – 11 October: City returned to international status.^[11]
• 1947
  • Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco gives speech at the Grand Socco.^[12]
  • American writer Paul Bowles moves to Tangier.^[13]
• 1948 – Cinema Rif opens.^[14]
• 1952 – 30 March: Political demonstration.^[5]
• 1956
  • 8 October: City becomes part of independent Morocco;^[3] Tangier International Zone disestablished.^[12]
• 1960 – Population: 141,714.^[15]
• 1973 – Population: 185,850.^[16]
• 1983 – Ittihad Riadi Tanger football club formed.
• 1993 – Population: 307,000 urban agglomeration (estimate).^[17]

21st century

Satellite view of Tangier, circa 2005

• 2005 – Rabat–Tangier expressway constructed.
• 2003 - Tanger-Med (industrial port complex) supervisory board created.
• 2006 – Cinematheque de Tanger opens.^[18]
• 2008
  • Tanger-Med port begins operating near city.^[19]
  • Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport new terminal building opens.
• 2011
  • Grand Stade de Tanger (stadium) opens.
  • Kenitra–Tangier high-speed rail line construction begins.
• 2014 - Population: 998,972 (estimate).^[20]
• 2015 – City becomes part of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima administrative region.

See also

• Tangier history
• Chronology of Tangier (in French)
• List of governors of Tangier, 15th to 17th centuries
• Timelines of other cities in Morocco: Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes, Rabat, Salé [fr]
• Timeline of Morocco [fr]