Timeline of Port Said
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Port Said, Egypt.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1859
- 1861 - Population: 4,000.[2]
- 1863 - Sweet Water Canalbuilt.
- 1869
- Lighthouse of Port Saidbegins operating.
- November: Suez Canal opens.
- 1870 - Coal heaving porters guild established.[3]
- 1870s - Anti-European unrest.[4]
- 1881 - Abbas Mosque commissioned (built later).[5]
- 1883 - Population: 17,000.[6]
- 1895 - Headquarter of the Suez Canal Authority in Port Said built.[7]
- 1899 - De Lesseps statue unveiled on Jetee Ouest (pier).[6]
20th century
- 1904 - Cairo-Port Said railway begins operating.
- 1917 - Russian battleship Peresvet sinks offshore.
- 1920 - Al-Masry Sporting Clubformed.
- 1926
- Port Fouadfounded on opposite side of Suez Canal.
- Catholic Diocese of the Canal of Suez established.[8]
- 1947 - Population: 177,703.[9]
- 1955 - Port Said Stadiumopens.
- 1956
- 5 November: British and French forces arrive during Suez Crisis.[10]
- 23 December: British and French troops depart.[10]
- December: Moorhouse Affair.
- 1960 - Population: 244,000.[11]
- 1967 - After Israeli forces occupy Sinai Peninsula, some residents begin to flee city.[12]
- 1974 - Population: 342,000.[13]
- 1976
- Suez Canal University established.
- Port Said declared a duty-freeport.
- 1992 - Population: 460,000 (estimate).[14]
- 1995 - Museum of Modern Art opens.
- 1998 - History Gardens laid out.[15]
- 1999 - Port Said Hall (arena) opens.
21st century
- 2004
- Suez Canal Container Terminal begins operating.
- Misr Public Library inaugurated.
- 2005 - Port Said International School opens.
- 2008
- December: 2008 Arab Futsal Championship held.
- Population: 588,938.[1]
- 2010
- Port Said University established.
- Population: 603,787.
- 2012 - 1 February: Port Said Stadium riot.[16]
- 2013
- 2017 - Population: 749,371 (urban agglomeration).[17]
See also
- History of Port Said
- Timelines of other cities in Egypt: Alexandria, Cairo
- Timeline of Egypt
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-8025-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78242-057-6.
- JSTOR 27672741.
- S2CID 146461720.
- ISBN 978-0-7546-7512-9.
- ^ a b "Port Said", Egypt and the Sudan (7th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914
- ^ Edmond coignet
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Egypt". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- ^ a b "Timeline: The Suez Crisis". BBC News. 18 July 2006.
- S2CID 154169691.
- JSTOR 41858507.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Egypt: Port Said, ArchNet, archived from the original on 29 October 2013
- ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
- ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
External links
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- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Port Said, various dates