The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel.
Prior to 20th century
1047 – Persian traveler Nasir Khusraw visits village. 1100 or 1101 – a Crusader fleet and land army conquer Haifa. The Crusaders rename it Caiphas. 1187 – Saladin captures Haifa. 1251 – Fortifications built by Louis IX of France (approximate date). 1291 – Mamluk Al-Ashraf Khalil captures Haifa. 1869 – German Colony established near town. 1873 – Najib Effendi al-Yasin becomes mayor. 1883 – Rushdi school opens. 1887 – Haifa becomes part of the Ottoman Beirut Vilayet. 1898 – Pier and Jaffa-Haifa roadway built. 1900 - Population: estimate 12,000.
20th century
1905 – Hejaz Railroad branch begins operating; train station built. 1908 – Al-Karmil newspaper begins publication. 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. 1921 – Haifa Chamber of Commerce and Industry established. 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. 1934 – Haifa Airport established. 1935 Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline commissioned. Refinery starts production in 1939. Pipeline deliveries stop in 1948. Armon Cinema opens. 1937 – Orah Cinema in business (approximate date). 1938 – British Government Hospital established. 1939 – Oil refinery built. 1941 – Shabtai Levy becomes mayor. 1944 – Al-Ittihad newspaper begins publication. 1947 – Population: 145,140. 1948 April: Battle of Haifa (1948). Haifa becomes part of the State of Israel. 1950 – New Haifa Symphony Orchestra established. 1951 Haifa Museum of Art established. Abba Hushi becomes mayor. Al-Jadid literary journal begins publication. 1953 – Gordon College of Education established. 1955 – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium opens. 1959 – Haifa Underground Funicular Railway begins operating. 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. 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: 1989 Mount Carmel forest fire. 1991 – Lev HaMifratz Mall in business. 1993 – Amram Mitzna becomes mayor. 1999 – Grand Canyon (mall) and Carmel Beach Railway Station open.
21st century
2001 – Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station and 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. 2008 – Bahá'í World Centre designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. 2010 December: 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire. Carmel Tunnels open. 2011 – Wikimania 2011 held in Haifa. 2012 – Israeli Personal Computer Museum opens. 2013 – Population: 272,181. 2014 – Sammy Ofer Stadium opens. 2016 – November 2016 Israel wildfires
See also 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
External links
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