# Timeline of Sanaa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sana'a, Yemen.

## Prior to 20th century

* 530 CE - Abraha in power, with Sana'a as his capital (approximate date).
* 570 - Siege of Sana'a (570); Sassanids in power.
* 715 - Great Mosque of Sana'a building expanded.
* 869 - Hiwali Yufirids in power (approximate date).
* 901 - Town occupied by forces of Zaidi Yahya bin al-Husain.
* 905 - Karmatian Ali bin al-Fadl in power.
* 915 - Yufirid As'ad bin Ibrahim in power.
* 956 - Town taken by Zaidi Mukhtar.
* 1062 - Ali al-Sulayhi in power.
* 1067 - Sulayhid capital relocated from Sana'a to Jibla by Arwa al-Sulayhi (approximate date).
* 1221 - Rasulid Badr al-Din Hasan in power.
* 1259 - Earthquake.
* 1538 - Ottomans in power.
* 1602 - Ottomans ousted.
* 1872 - Ottomans in power; Sana'a becomes capital of the Yemen Vilayet.
* 1887 - Population: 25,000 (estimate).
* 1891
** Uprising against Turkish rule.
** Population: 50,000 (estimate).

## 20th century

* 1902 - Dar as-Sanay built.
* 1905 - Uprising against Turkish rule.
* 1911 - Political unrest.
* 1918 - Turkish rule ends.
* 1921 - Population: 25,000 (approximate estimate).
* 1948
** 17 February: Imam Yahya assassinated.
** Alwaziri coup.
* 1952 - Al-Ahli Club Sana'a (football club) formed.
* 1954 - Al-Wehda Club (football club) formed.
* 1956 - Population: 60,000 (estimate).
* 1962
** September: Military coup;
** City becomes capital of the Yemen Arab Republic.
** Al-Thawra newspaper begins publication.
* 1967 - November: Siege of Sana'a (1967) begins.
* 1970 - Sana'a University established.
* 1971 - National Museum of Yemen established in Dar al-Shukr.
* 1974 - June: Military coup; Ibrahim al-Hamdi in power.
* 1975
** Installation of water supply system begins.
** Population: 140,339 (estimate).
* 1981 - 280,000.
* 1982 - French Center for Archaeology and Social Sciences [fr] established.
* 1983 - Sana'a University Museum built.
* 1984 - Military Museum and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a established.
* 1986
** Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and Althawra Sports City Stadium open.
** Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
** Population: 427,505.
* 1987 - Sultan Palace Hotel in business.
* 1988 - Women's Technical School built.
* 1990
** City becomes capital of the Republic of Yemen.
** Central Bank of Yemen headquartered in city.
* 1991 - Yemen Times newspaper begins publication.
* 1994 - Population: 973,548.
* 1995 - San'a Institute for the Arabic Language established.
* 1996 - Yemen Observer newspaper begins publication.

## 21st century
### 2000s

* 2004 - House of Folklore museum established.
* 2008
** Saleh Mosque built.
** 17 September: 2008 attack on the American Embassy in Yemen.
** November: Political demonstration.
** Al-Oruba football club formed.
* 2009 - Population: 1,976,286.

### 2010s

* 2011
** 23 May-7 June: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (first phase).
** 18 September-25 November: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (second phase).
** 2011 Yemeni protests.
* 2012 - 21 May: 2012 Sana'a bombing.
* 2014
** 16–21 September: Battle of Sana'a (2014).
** 21 September: 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état begins.
** 9 October: Bombing in Tahrir Square.
* 2015
** January 2015 Sana'a bombing
** 20 January: Houthis take Presidential Palace.
** 20 March: 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings.
** April: Airstrike.
* 2016
** 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak begins.
** Yemen Supreme Political Council headquartered in city.