The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aden, Yemen.

Prior to 19th century 8th century BC – The emergence of the Kingdom of Awsan in Aden. 6th century BC – The Qataban-Sabai alliance Awsan falls in Aden. 110 BCE – Himyarites overthrow the Kingdom of Saba and Qataban and take control of Aden

632 – Rashidun Caliphate Islam entered Yemen in the year 6AH 661 – Umayyad Caliphate

750 – Abbasids in power (approximate date). 819 – Banu Ziyad becomes independent from the Abbasid state 1021 – Banu Ma'an They are independent from the Ziadian state 1067 – Banū Zuraiʿ Rulers of Aden.

1173 – Ayyubids in power. 1229 – Rasulids in power. 1330 – Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visits Aden (approximate date). 1420s – Chinese explorer Zheng He visits Aden (approximate date). 1454 – Tahirids in power. 1500 – Aqueduct built from Bir Mahait (approximate date). 1511 – Italian traveller Varthema visits Aden. 1513 – Aden "unsuccessfully attacked by the Portuguese under Albuquerque." 1538 – Aden taken by Ottoman forces of Hadım Suleiman Pasha. 1630 – Ottomans ousted. 1735 – Sultan of Lahej in power.

19th century

1839 January: Aden occupied by British forces. November: Abdali anti-British unrest; crackdown. British colonial postal mail begins operating. 1840 May: Abdali anti-British unrest; crackdown. June: Sultan of Lahej Shaykh Muhsin ibn Fadl signs treaty with British. 1850 – Aden becomes a free port. 1852 – Catholic church built. 1858 – Grand Synagogue of Aden built. 1867 – Aqueduct built. 1868 – Jebel Ihsan peninsula and nearby Sirah island sold by Sultan of Lahej to British. 1869 – Suez Canal opens in Egypt, affecting Aden as a port. 1871 – Protestant church built. 1876 – "Settlement committee" (local government) established. 1880 – August: French poet Rimbaud visits Aden. 1882 – Sheikh Othman bought by British. 1889 – "Port trust" (local government) established. 1890 – Big Ben Aden clocktower built.

20th century

1900s-1950s 1915 Lahej-Aden railway construction begins. Population: 36,900 town. 1917 – British Royal Air Force Khormaksar station established. 1924 – Sukkat Shalom synagogue established. 1925 – Arab Literary Club formed. 1929 – Arab Reform Club active. 1937 – 1 April: City becomes capital of the British Colony of Aden. 1946 – Population: 56,849. 1947 Legislative Council established. December: 1947 Aden riots against Jews. 1951 – Aden Women's Club formed. 1954 BP refinery built in Little Aden. 27 April: British queen visits Aden. 1955 – Aden Legislative Council election, 1955 held. 1956 – General Labour Union established. 1958 – Al-Ayyam newspaper begins publication. 1959 – January: Legislative council election held.

1960s-1990s 1963 – January: Aden becomes part of the Federation of South Arabia. 1964 – 16 October: Aden Legislative Council election, 1964 held. 1966 – established. 1967 January: Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen-National Liberation Front conflict. June: Suez Canal closes, affecting port of Aden. 29 November: Aden becomes capital of People's Republic of South Yemen; British forces depart. 1968 – Ar-Rabi Ashar Min Uktubar newspaper begins publication. 1970 – Aden becomes part of the Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen. 1971 – established. 1972 – Ittihad al-Udaba (writers' guild) established. 1973 – Population: 264,326. 1975 Suez Canal reopens, affecting port of Aden. University of Aden established. 1985 – Aden Airport new terminal built. 1986 – January: South Yemen Civil War. 1990 – City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Yemen. 1991 – Rimbaud House opens. 1992 General Hospital built. 29 December: 1992 Yemen hotel bombings. 1994 1994 civil war in Yemen. Population: 564,335 governorate. 1996 – University of Aden museum established. 1997 – 27 April: Yemeni parliamentary election, 1997 held. 2000 – 12 October: USS Cole bombing.

21st century

2009 – Population: 684,322. 2012 – Population: 760,923. 2015 19 March: Battle of Aden Airport. 25 March: Battle of Aden begins.

See also Aden history Timeline of Yemeni history List of British representatives at Aden, 1839-1967 Timelines of other cities in Yemen: Sana'a

References

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

Published in 20th century

(fulltext) Garston, J. "Aden: The First Hundred Years," History Today (Mar 1965) 15#3 pp 147–158. covers 1839 to 1939. Gavin, R.J. Aden Under British Rule: 1839–1967 (C. Hurst & Co. 1975).

Published in 21st century Walker, Jonathan. Aden Insurgency: The Savage War in South Arabia 1962–67 (Spellmount Staplehurst, 2003) Mawby, Spencer. British Policy in Aden & the Protectorates, 1955-67: Last Outpost of a Middle East Empire (2005). Hinchcliffe, Peter, et al. Without Glory in Arabia: The British Retreat from Aden (2006).

Mawby, Spencer. "Orientalism and the failure of British policy in the Middle East: The case of Aden." History 95.319 (2010): 332–353. online

Scott Steven Reese. Imperial Muslims: Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937. (A history of Aden) Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press, 2017. ix + 212 pp. . Edwards, Aaron. "A triumph of realism? Britain, Aden and the end of empire, 1964–67." Middle Eastern Studies 53.1 (2017): 6-18.

External links

Map of Aden, 1978