Timeline of Tangier

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

Ancient Ages

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History of Morocco
Map of Morocco in 1836
Prehistory
  • Acheulean
  • Mousterian
  • Aterian
  • Iberomaurusian
  • Capsian
Classical to Late Antiquity
(8th century BC – 7th century AD)
Empire
(beginning 11th century AD)

other political entities

  • Zawiya Dila'iya
  • Principality of Debdou
  • Republic of Salé
  • Franco-Moroccan War
  • Anglo-Moroccan Treaty of 1856
  • Hispano-Moroccan War
  • Protégé system
  • Treaty of Wad Ras
  • Treaty of Madrid
  • Tangier Crisis
  • Treaty of Algeciras
  • Agadir Crisis
  • Hafidiya
  • Bombardment of Casablanca (1907)
  • French conquest of Morocco
  • Ifni War
  • Sand War
  • Moroccanization
  • Coup d'état attempt in 1971 / in 1972
  • Moulay Bouazza plot
  • Years of lead
  • Madrid Accords
  • Green March
  • Western Sahara War
  • 2011–2012 protests
  • Hirak Rif Movement
  • Abraham Accords
  • Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)
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  • 42 CE – Tingis becomes capital of the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.[1]
  • 429 CE – Vandals take Tingis.[1]

Middle Ages

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.
  • 1940 – 14 June: City occupied by Spanish forces.[5]
  • 1945 – 11 October: City returned to international status.[11]
  • 1947
  • 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
  • Timeline of Morocco

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rough Guide to Morocco. Rough Guides. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4093-3267-1.
  2. ^ a b Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
  3. ^ a b c Aguiar 2005.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
  5. ^ a b c d Watson 1996.
  6. ^ a b "ArchNet". Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Tangier (Morocco) – Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, US: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Morocco: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 29 July 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  9. ^ "Lost in Tangier", New York Times, 10 September 2010
  10. ^ Shoemake 2013.
  11. ^ "Reestablishment of the International Regime in Tangiers". 330. US: US Department of State. 21 October 1945. pp. 613–618.
  12. ^ a b Susan Gilson Miller (2013). "Chronology". History of Modern Morocco. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81070-8.
  13. ^ Christopher Petkanas (20 May 2011), "Last Casbah", New York Times
  14. ^ "Movie Theaters in Tangier, Morocco". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  16. ^ 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)
  17. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
  18. ^ "Morocco". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  19. ^ The Report: Morocco 2012. Oxford Business Group. 2012. ISBN 978-1-907065-54-5.
  20. ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

Bibliography

Published in 19th century
  • Ali Bey al-Abbasi (1816), "Chapters 2–4 (Tangier)", Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, Between the Years 1803 and 1807, Philadelphia: John Conrad, OCLC 754174
  • Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831). "Tangier". Sketches in Spain and Morocco. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. OCLC 13783280.
  • "Tangiers" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (9th ed.). 1888. p. 46.
  • H.M.P. de la Martinière (1889). "(Tangier)". Morocco: Journeys in the Kingdom of Fez and to the Court of Mulai Hassan. London: Whittaker & Co. OCLC 4428176.
Published in 20th century
  • S. L. Bensusan (1904). Morocco. London: A and C Black.
  • Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Maroc: Description des villes: Tanger". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. (+ table of contents)
  • "Tangier" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 397–398.
  • "Tangier", The Mediterranean, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 490068
  • Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Tangier". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. pp. 665+. ISBN 978-1884964039.
Published in 21st century
  • Mark Ellingham (2001), "Tangier", Rough Guide to Morocco (6th ed.), London: Rough Guides, p. 79+, OL 24218635M
  • Marian Aguiar (2005). "Tangier". In Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates (ed.). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.
  • Kevin Shillington, ed. (2005). "Tangier". Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
  • Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008). "Tangier". Cities of the Middle East and North Africa. Santa Barbara, US: ABC-CLIO.
  • Zoubir Chattou (2011). "Tanger à la croisée de nouvelles recompositions territoriales et de mobilités transnationales" [Tangier, transnational mobilities and territorial restructuring]. Méditerranée (in French). 116 (116): 133–138. doi:10.4000/mediterranee.5447 – via Revues.org. Open access icon
  • Martin Malcolm Elbl. Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton (Baywolf Press: Toronto and Peterborough, 2013) ISBN 978-0-921437-50-5.
  • Josh Shoemake (2013). Tangier: A Literary Guide for Travellers. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85773-376-4.
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