Timeline of Khartoum

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Khartoum, Sudan.

Prehistoric times

* circa 5000 BCE, first documented skull, human bones and tools found in 1945

19th century

* 1821 - Settlement established by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.
* 1824 - "Turko-Egyptian governor Uthman Bey establishes Khartoum as a military centre."
* 1826 - Ali Khurshid Pasha in power.
* 1829 - Mosque built.
* 1830 - Town becomes capital of "the Sudanese possessions of Egypt."
* 1838 - Disease outbreak; capital relocated temporarily to Shendi.
* 1840 - Flood.
* 1841 - Flood.
* 1854 - Muhammad Sa'id Pasha in power.
* 1856 - Disease outbreak; capital relocated temporarily to Shendi.
* 1862 - Chamber of Commerce established.
* 1866 - Consulates of Austria, France, Italy, Persia, and Tuscany established.
* 1869 - Flood.
* 1874 - Flood.
* 1878 - Flood.
* 1884 - 13 March: Siege of Khartoum begins.
* 1885
** 26 January: Mahdists in power.
** Capital relocated to Omdurman from Khartoum.
* 1898
** 2 September: Conflict between Mahdist and British forces.
** Seat of government relocates to Khartoum from Omdurman.
* 1899
** Town becomes capital of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
** Railway begins operating (Wadi Halfa-Khartoum).
** ''Sudan Gazette'' (government newspaper) begins publication.

20th century

* 1902
** Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories and Coptic Girls School open.
** Population: 25,000.
* 1903 - Gordon Memorial College opens.
* 1905 - Military academy opens.
* 1907 - Population: 69,349.
* 1909 - Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge built to Halfaya.
* 1911 - ''Sudan Herald'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1912 - Cathedral Church of All Saints consecrated.
* 1913 - Famine.
* 1924
** Demonstrations.
** Flood.
** Kitchener School of Medicine established.
* 1926 - White Nile Bridge to Omdurman built.
* 1928 - Unity High School for Girls founded.
* 1946 - Flood.
* 1950 - Al Khartoum Sports Club formed.
* 1952 - Acropole Hotel in business.
* 1954 - Population: 100,000 (approximate).
* 1955 - Area of city: 7.9 square kilometers.
* 1956
** 1 January: City becomes capital of independent Republic of Sudan.
** University of Khartoum established.
* 1957
** Municipal Stadium opens.
** Khartoum American School established.
* 1960 - Bank of Sudan headquartered in Khartoum.
* 1962 - Industrial Bank of Sudan opens.
* 1964 - Population: 173,500.
* 1967 - August: Arab League summit held.
* 1970
** Area of city: 13.3 square kilometers.
** Bank of Khartoum established.
* 1971
** National Museum of Sudan established.
** Population: 261,840.
* 1973
** August: Anti-government unrest.
** Saudi embassy held by Palestinian militants.
* 1974 - Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Khartoum formed.
* 1976 - Friendship Hall built.
* 1977 - Oil pipeline to Port Sudan completed.
* 1978 - July - Organisation of African Unity summit held.
* 1980 - Area of city: 101.3 square kilometers.
* 1983
** September: Islamic law in effect.
** University of Juba relocates to Khartoum (approximate date).
* 1984
** March: Teacher/doctor strike begins.
** El-Sheikh Mosque built.
* 1985
** March: Economic protest.
** Population: 1,611,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 1988 - Flood.
* 1990 - Population: 2,360,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 1991
** City becomes part of Khartoum federal state (administrative region).
** Popular Arab and Islamic Congress held in city.
* 1992 - Khartoum International Airport terminal opens.
* 1993
** Khartoum Bank Group formed.
** Sudatel headquartered in Khartoum.
** Population: 924,505 city.
* 1994 - Venezuelan criminal Carlos the Jackal arrested in Khartoum.
* 1995
** Khartoum Stock Exchange begins trading.
** Population: 3,088,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 1997 - Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company incorporated.
* 1998
** August: Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum North bombed by U.S. forces.
** Area of city: 343.8 square kilometers.
* 1999
** Ibrahim Malik Islamic Center built.
** Republican Palace Museum opens.
** Greater Nile Oil Pipeline in operation.
* 2000
** '' Khartoum Monitor'' newspaper begins publication.
** Population: 3,505,000 (urban agglomeration).

21st century

2000s

* 2005
** July: Demonstrations.
** ''Citizen (Juba)'' newspaper begins publication.
** Population: 3,979,000 (urban agglomeration).
** City designated an Arab Capital of Culture by Arab League/UNESCO.
* 2006
** January: African Union summit held.
** March: Arab League summit held.
* 2007 - El Mek Nimr Bridge to Khartoum North built.
* 2008
** 10–12 May: City besieged by anti-government forces.
** Population: 639,598.
* 2009 - Tuti Bridge opens.

2010s

* 2010 - Population: 4,516,000 (urban agglomeration).
* 2012
** June: Economic protest.
** October: al-Yarmook armament factory bombed.

See also

* Khartoum history
* Timeline of Sudanese history
* List of universities in Khartoum

References

Bibliography

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* Arkell, A. J. Early Khartoum. CUP, Cambridge 1949.
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* McLean, W. H. The planning of Khartoum and Omdurman; transactions of the Town Planning Conference, October 1910. London 1919.
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* Walkley, C. (1935). The story of Khartoum. Sudan Notes and Records, 18(2), 221-241.

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