Timeline of Haifa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel.

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Prior to 20th century

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• 1047 – Persian traveler Nasir Khusraw visits village.^[1][2][3]
• 1100 or 1101 – a Crusader fleet and land army conquer Haifa. The Crusaders rename it Caiphas.^[4][5]
• 1187 – Saladin captures Haifa.^[1]
• 1251 – Fortifications built by Louis IX of France (approximate date).^[1]
• 1291 – Mamluk Al-Ashraf Khalil captures Haifa.^[1]
• 1869 – German Colony established near town.^[6]
• 1873 – Najib Effendi al-Yasin becomes mayor.
• 1883 – Rushdi school opens.^[7]
• 1887 – Haifa becomes part of the Ottoman
  Beirut Vilayet.^[7]
• 1898 – Pier and Jaffa-Haifa roadway built.^[1]
• 1900 - Population: estimate 12,000. ^[8]

20th century

• 1905 – Hejaz Railroad branch begins operating;^[6] train station built.^[7]
• 1908 – Al-Karmil newspaper begins publication.^[9]
• 1909 – Shrine of the Báb built on Mt. Carmel.
• 1912 – Maccabi Haifa sport club formed.
• 1913 – Hebrew Reali School and Maccabi Haifa Football Club established.
• 1918 – 23 September: Haifa occupied by British forces.^[1]
• 1921 – Haifa Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.^[10]
• 1922 – Population: 24,600.
• 1924
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology opens.
  • Hapoel Haifa Football Club formed.
• 1928 – Stella Maris Light built.
• 1931 – Population: 50,403.
• 1933 – Port of Haifa expanded.^[1]
• 1934 – Haifa Airport established.
• 1935
  • Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline
    commissioned.
  • Armon Cinema opens.^[11]
• 1937 – Orah Cinema in business (approximate date).^[11]
• 1938 –
  British Government Hospital
  established.
• 1939 – Oil refinery built.^[1]
• 1941 – Shabtai Levy becomes mayor.
• 1944 – Al-Ittihad newspaper begins publication.
• 1947 – Population: 145,140.
• 1948
  • April: Battle of Haifa (1948).^[1]
  • Haifa becomes part of the
    State of Israel.^[1]
• 1950 – New Haifa Symphony Orchestra established.
• 1951
  • Haifa Museum of Art established.
  • Abba Hushi becomes mayor.
  • Al-Jadid literary journal begins publication.^[10]
• 1953 – Gordon College of Education established.
• 1955 – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium opens.
• 1959 – Haifa Underground Funicular Railway begins operating.^[10]
• 1960 – Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art opens on Mt. Carmel.
• 1961
  • Haifa Theatre founded.
  • Population: 183,021.
• 1963 – University of Haifa established.
• 1969
  • Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine established.
  • Moshe Flimann becomes mayor.
  • Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum opens.
• 1971 – WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education established.
• 1972
  • IBM Haifa Research Laboratory
    established.
  • Israeli National Maritime Museum opens.
• 1973 – Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.^[12]
• 1974
  • Matam hi-tech area developed.
  • Yosef Almogi becomes mayor.
• 1975
  • Haifa Cinematheque established.
  • Yeruham Zeisel becomes mayor.
• 1976 – Romema Arena opens.
• 1978 – Aryeh Gur'el becomes mayor.
• 1983
  • Haifa International Film Festival begins.
  • Israel Railway Museum opens.
  • Population: 225,775.
• 1984 – Hecht Museum established.
• 1989 – September:
  Mount Carmel forest fire (1989)
  .
• 1991 – Lev HaMifratz Mall in business.
• 1993 – Amram Mitzna becomes mayor.
• 1999 –
  Carmel Beach Railway Station
  open.

21st century

• 2001 –
  Lev HaMifratz Railway Station
  open.
• 2002
  • Sail Tower built.
  • Haifa Bay Central Bus Station
    opens.
• 2003
  • Yona Yahav becomes mayor.
  • IEC Tower built.
  • Carmel Beach Central Bus Station
    opens.
• 2004 – Almadina newspaper begins publication.
• 2006 – 13 July: Haifa bombarded by Lebanese Hezbollah forces.^[13]
• 2008 –
  Bahá'í World Centre
  designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 2010
  • December:
    Mount Carmel forest fire (2010)
    .
  • Carmel Tunnels open.
• 2011 –
  Wikimania 2011
  held in Haifa.
• 2012 – Israeli Personal Computer Museum opens.[1]
• 2013 – Population: 272,181.
• 2014 – Sammy Ofer Stadium opens.
• 2016 –
  November 2016 Israel wildfires^[14]

• History of Haifa
• Timelines of other cities in Israel: Tel Aviv (+ Jaffa)
• Timeline of Jerusalem

References

This article incorporates information from the Hebrew Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• "Haifa", Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine, London: J. Murray, 1858,
  OCLC 2300777
• "Haifa, Sycaminum", Palestine and Syria, Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1876
• M. Franco (1907), "Haifa",
  Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 6, New York{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
  )
• "Haifa" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 820.
• ISBN 90-04-11051-8
  .
• May Seikaly (2000). Haifa: Transformation of an Arab Society, 1918–39. I.B.Tauris.
  ISBN 978-0-85771-842-6
  .
• Philip Mattar (2005). "Haifa". Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Facts on File. p. 192.
  ISBN 978-0-8160-6986-6
  .
• ISBN 978-9004153882
  .
• Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Haifa", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA:
  ABC-CLIO
• Gabor Agoston and Bruce Alan Masters, ed. (2009). "Haifa". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire.
  ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7
  .
• Alex Carmel (2010). Ottoman Haifa: A History of Four Centuries under Turkish Rule. Library of Middle East History (Book 2). London: I. B. Tauris. p. 2 of the Introduction.
  ISBN 9781848855601
  .

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haifa.

• Map of Haifa (1958), via the
  University of Texas
• Items related to Haifa (various dates), via Europeana
• Items related to Haifa (various dates), via the Digital Public Library of America

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