# Timeline of Tripoli

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tripoli, Libya.

## Prior to 19th century

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* 7th C. BCE
** Tripoli was founded by Phoenicians
** Cyrenaica (eastern coastal region of Libya) colonized by the Greeks
* 2nd C. BCE - Romans in power.
* 163 CE - Roman Triumphal Arch built (approximate date).
* 533- Successful recovered by Byzantines of Egypt
* 643 - Rashidun caliphate subdued Tripoli.
* 1140 - Normans in power in Tripolitania.
* 1149 - Tripoli pillaged by the Normans of Sicily.
* 1401 - Tripoli was reconquered by the Tunisians.
* 1510 - 25 July: Spanish forces captured the city; it remained under Spanish rule for the next two decades.
* 1530 - Tripoli granted to the Knights Hospitaller; it remained under their rule for the next two decades.
* 1551 - August: City besieged by Ottoman forces led by Sinan Pasha, Turgut Reis, and Murad Agha.
* 1556 - Cathedral mosque built.
* 1559 - St. Peter fortress built.
* 1604 - Iskandar Pasha hammam built.
* 1610 - Jama'a al-Naqa'a (mosque of the camel) restored.
* 1654 - Uthman Pasha Madrasa built.
* 1670 - Sidi Salem (building) restored.
* 1671 - Darghouth Turkish Bath established.
* 1675 - Conflict between Barbary corsairs and British naval forces.
* 1680 - Mosque of Mahmud Khaznadar built.
* 1699 - Mosque of Muhammad Pasha built.
* 1711 - Ahmed Karamanli in power.
* 1736 - Ahmad Pasha al-Qarahmanli mosque built.

## 19th century

* 1801 - First Barbary War begins.
* 1804 - Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor.
* 1815 - Second Barbary War.
* 1823 - Population: 15,000.
* 1825 - August: Battle of Tripoli.
* 1834 - Gurgi Mosque built.
* 1835 - Ottomans in power.
* 1846 - Santa Maria degli Angeli church built.
* 1858 - Arab demonstrations.
* 1859 - Technical school established.
* 1860 - Bab el-Jedid (gate) opens.
* 1870 - Torre dell'Orologio built.
* 1879 - Primary schools open.
* 1882 - Population: 25,000.
* 1883 - Royal Italian School opens.

## 20th century

* 1911
** Italo-Turkish War
** Population: 29,869.
* 1919 - Archaeological Museum established in the Red Castle
* 1924 - Lungomare Conte Volpi constructed.
* 1925
** Tripoli Grand Prix begins.
** Grand Hotel built.
* 1927 - Tripoli International Fair begins.
* 1928 - Tripoli Cathedral, Miramare Theatre, and Bank of Italy building constructed.
* 1929 - Governor's Palace built.
* 1935 - Suq al-Mushir reconstructed.
* 1937 - March: Mussolini visits city.
* 1938
** Population: 108,240.
** Italian military airfield built.
* 1939 - 7 October Stadium built.
* 1943
** Allied forces in power; British occupation begins.
** British military airport Castel Benito in operation.
* 1944
** Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural and Social Club formed.
** United States military base built at Wheelus Field.
* 1950
** Al-Ahly Sports Club formed.
** Corriere del Lunedi founded.
* 1951 - City becomes capital of United Libyan Kingdom.
* 1953 - Almadina Sporting Club formed.
* 1964 - Population: 213,506.
* 1973
** University of Tripoli established.
** Population: 551,477.
* 1975 - Misurata-Tripoli highway constructed.
* 1978
** Libyan Studies Center opens.
** Tripoli International Airport renovated.
* 1982
** June 11 Stadium opens.
** Grand Hotel Tripoli built.
* 1986 - 15 April - Aerial bombing by United States forces.
* 1990 - That El Emad Towers built.
* 2000 - GMR Stadium opens.

## 21st century

* 2011
** 17–25 February: Tripoli protests and clashes.
** 20–28 August: Battle of Tripoli.
** 11 October: Tripoli International Airport re-opens.
** 14 October: Tripoli clashes.
** Population: 1,127,000.
* 2012 - General National Congress begins meeting in Ghabat Al Nasr Convention Centre.
* 2020 - Since January 6, 2020, GNA started entering the town, recapturing it from LNA.