# Timeline of Aden

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Ancient history
Kingdom of Awsan (c. 800 – c. 700 BC)
Kingdom of Saba' (c. 1200 – c. 275 CE)
Kingdom of Ḥaḑramawt (c. 1000 – c. 290 BCE)
Kingdom of Qatabān (c. 1000 – c. 200 AD)
Kingdom of Ma'in (c. 600 – c. 150 BCE)
Kingdom of Ḥimyar (c. 110 – c. 525 CE)
Axumite Yemen (c. 517 – c. 570 )
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Islamic history
First Islamic State (c. 622 – c. 632)
Rashidun Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate
Ziyadid dynasty
Najahid dynasty
Sulayhid dynasty
Zurayids (266–316)
Hamdanids (304–439)
Mahdids (304–439)
Ayyubid dynasty
Rasulid dynasty
Tahirid state (266–316)
Kathiri State (304–439) :
Modern history
Ottoman Eyalet
Qasimid state
Aden Protectorate
Ottoman vilayet
Mutawakkilite Kingdom
South Yemen (1967–1990)
North Yemen (1962–1990)
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   State of Aden within the FSA 1963–1967
    South Yemen 1967–1990
    Republic of Yemen 1990–present
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 awsan Kingdom 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
** British Petroleum 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 – National Museum of Aden [de] 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 – Aden Military Museum [ar] 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.