# Timeline of Haifa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel.

## Prior to 20th century

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* 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