Timeline of Fez
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fez, Morocco.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 789 - Madinat Fas settlement (later Fes el Andalous) established by Idris I of Morocco.[1]
- 807 - Second settlement (later Fes el Karaouyine) established by Idris II of Morocco.[2][3]
- 818 - Andalucian Arab refugees arrive (approximate date).[3]
- 825 - Tunisian Kairouan refugees arrive.[3]
- 828 - Idris II of Morocco dies.
- 848 - Yahya ibn Muhammad in power.
- 859 - Al-Qarawiyyin Madrasa founded.
- 980 - Maghrawa in power.[4]
- 1033 - 1033 Fez massacre of Jews.
- 1070 - Almoravids in power.[2]
- 1145 - Almohads take city.[4]
- 1248 - Marinids in power.[2]
- 1276 - Fes Jdid built.[4]
- 1325 - Al-Attarine Madrasa built.
- 1351 - Bou Inania Madrasa founded.
- 1357 - Dar al-Magana water clock built.
- 1408 - Lalla Ghariba mosque built at Fes Jdid.[1]
- 1438 - Mellah Jewish quarter established.
- 1465 - 1465 Moroccan revolt.
- 1472 - Wattassids in power.
- 1522 - Earthquake.[3]
- 1576 - Capture of Fez by Ottoman forces of Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi.
- 1670 - Sharratin madrasa rebuilt.[1][5]
20th century
- 1912
- March: Morocco becomes a French protectorate, per Treaty of Fez.[1]
- April: 1912 Fez riots.[1]
- Moroccan capital relocated from Fez to Rabat.
- 1913 - Bab Boujeloud (gate) refurbished.[3]
- 1916 - Ville Nouvelle founded.[1]
- 1917 - Kissariyya market fire.[6]
- 1920 - Public library opens.[7]
- 1942 - Cinema Rex opens.[8]
- 1946 - Maghreb Association Sportive de Fez football club formed.
- 1948 - Widad Fez football club formed.
- 1963 - University of al-Qarawiyyin active.
- 1981 - Medina of Fez designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 1990 - 14 December: Labour strike.[9]
- 1994 - World Sacred Music Festival begins.
- 1999 - Rabat–Fes expressway built.
21st century
- 2003 - Hamid Chabat becomes mayor.
- 2004 - Population: 947,000.[1]
- 2005 - École nationale des sciences appliquées de Fès (school) established.
- 2007 - Fez Stadium opens.
- 2011
- International Institute for Languages and Cultures established.
- Population: 1,088,000.[10]
See also
- Other cities in Morocco
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Fez". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 137+.
- 1 2 3 Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Fes". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. ISBN 1884964036.
- 1 2 3 Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). "Fes". Historical Dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- ↑ Michael E. Bonine (1990). "Islamic Cities of Morocco". In Oleg Grabar. Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. 4. Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 90-04-09347-8.
- ↑ Stacy E. Holden (2007). "Constructing an Archival Cityscape: Local Views of Colonial Urbanism in the French Protectorate of Morocco". History in Africa. 34. JSTOR 25483694.
- ↑ Lola Souad (1993). "Morocco". In Robert Wedgeworth. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Fez, Morocco". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ M. Laetitia Cairoli (1999). "Garment Factory Workers in the City of Fez". Middle East Journal. 53. JSTOR 4329282.
- ↑ "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
- Josiah Conder (1830), "City of Fez", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès (in French). 1860.
- Leo Africanus; John Pory (1896), "Fez", in Robert Brown, History and Description of Africa, 2, London: Hakluyt Society, OCLC 2649691 (written in 16th century)
- Published in the 20th century
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Maroc: Description des villes: Fes". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. (+ table of contents)
- Maurice de Périgny (1922). Au Maroc; Fès, la capitale du nord (in French).
- "Fez, Heart of Morocco", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 67, 1935
- "Morocco's Ancient City of Fez", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 169, 1986
- Published in the 21st century
- Stefano Bianca (2000), "(Fez)", Urban form in the Arab world, Verlag der Fachvereine Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zurich, ISBN 3728119725
- Mark Ellingham (2001), "Fes", Rough Guide to Morocco (6th ed.), London: Rough Guides, p. 198+, OL 24218635M
- Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Fez". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
- Simon O'Meara (2007). "Foundation Legend of Fez". In Amira K. Bennison and Alison L. Gascoigne. Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World:. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-09650-3.
- Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Fez", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 151–153
- Rachel Newcomb (2009). Women of Fes: Ambiguities of Urban Life in Morocco. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-4124-X.
External links
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- Map of Fes, 1942.
- "Morocco: Fez". Archnet. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.
- "(Articles related to Fez)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.
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