# Timeline of Amman

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amman, Kingdom of Jordan.

## Prior to 20th century

* 7250 BCE - 'Ain Ghazal Neolithic settlement was built spanning over an area of 15 hectares.
* 800 BCE - Amman Citadel Inscription
* 2nd century CE - Roman theatre and Nymphaeum built (approximate date).
* 3rd century CE - Rujm Al-Malfouf (tower) in use.
* 8th century - Al-Masjid al-Umawi (mosque) and Al-Qasr Umawi (palace) built.
* 1879 - Population: 150. English traveller Laurence Oliphant wrote of a visit in 1879 in his The Land of Gilead, suggesting that the area was uninhabited prior to the arrival of the Circassians.
* 1890 - Population: 1,000.

## 20th century

* 1908 - Hejaz Railway in operation.
* 1909
** Municipal council formed.
** Population: 2,000 (approximate).
* 1918
** March: First Battle of Amman.
** 25 September: Second Battle of Amman.
* 1923 - Al-Husseini Mosque [ar] built.
* 1926 - Raghadan Palace built.
* 1928 - Amman becomes capital of the Emirate of Transjordan.
* 1932 - Al-Faisaly Football Club formed.
* 1938 - National electricity company founded.
* 1946 - City becomes capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
* 1947 - Population: 33,110.
* 1948 - Palestinian population expands.
* 1949 - Cornerstone of Church of the Redeemer, Amman is laid.
* 1951 - Jordan Archaeological Museum established.
* 1952 - Population: 103,304.
* 1956 - Al-Wehdat Sports Club formed.
* 1958 - Amman Surgical Hospital built.
* 1961
** Abu Darweesh Mosque built.
** Population: 246,475.
* 1962 - University of Jordan established.
* 1963 - Amman International Stadium opens.
* 1966 - Population: 330,000.
* 1967
** Palestinian war refugee population expands.
** Ad-Dustour newspaper begins publication.
* 1970 - September: Conflict begins between Jordanian Armed Forces and Palestine Liberation Organisation.
* 1974 - Population: 598,000 (approximate).
* 1975 - The Jordan Times newspaper begins publication.
* 1981 - Jordan Rally (automotive race) begins.
* 1983 - Queen Alia International Airport built.
* 1985 - Population: 812,500 (estimate).
* 1989
** Ali Suheimat becomes mayor.
** King Abdullah I Mosque and Kan Zaman Tourist Village constructed.
* 1991 - Palestinian war refugee population expands.
* 1993 - Jordan Hospital and Jubilee School established.
* 1994 - Arab Medical Center in business.
* 1997 - Amanat 'Amman al-Kubra (city hall) built.
* 1998 - King Abdullah Stadium opens.
* 1999 - Amman Stock Exchange founded.
* 2000 - Al-Hussein Cultural Center inaugurated.

## 21st century

* 2001 - Jordan Media City established.
* 2002
** Broadcasting of Arab Radio and Television Network relocated to Amman.
** City designated an Arab Capital of Culture.
* 2003
** Alghad newspaper begins publication.
** Iraqi war refugee population expands.
** Mecca Mall opens.
** Le Royal Hotel built.
** Raghadan Flagpole in use.
* 2004 - Al Ghad newspaper begins publication.
* 2005
** Souk Jara begins in Jabal Amman.
** 9 November: Hotel bombings.
* 2006
** Omar Maani becomes mayor.
** Abdoun Bridge and King Hussein Ben Talal Mosque built.
** City Mall opens.
* 2007 - Children's Museum established.
* 2008
** Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival begins.
** Rainbow Street renovated.
* 2010 - Population: 1,919,000.
* 2011
** Protests.
** Abdul Halim Al Kilani becomes mayor.
* 2012
** Prophet Mohammad Museum opens.
** TAJ Lifestyle Center (TAJ Mall) opens
* 2015 - 9 November: Amman shooting attack.
* 2018 - June: Economic protests.