Timeline of Casablanca
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Casablanca, Morocco.
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Prior to 20th century
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- First century CE - "Anfus" created by Romans as a port
- 11th century CE - Anfa founded by Zanata Berbers.[1]
- 1486 - Anfa sacked by Portuguese forces.[2]
- 1770 - City walls rebuilt (approximate date).[1]
- 1830 - Port re-opens to commerce.[2]
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 20,000.[1]
- 1907 - 30 July: Anti-European unrest; crackdown by French forces.[3][2]
- 1912
- French protectorate established.[1]
- 1914 - Population: 78,000.[1]
- 1918 - Public library opens.[4]
- 1927 - Population: 120,000.[1]
- 1929 - Casablanca Stock Exchange established.[5]
- 1935 - Vox Cinema opens.[6]
- 1937 : Wydad Club Athletic formed
- 1942 - American fictional movie Casablanca released.[7]
- 1943 - January: Allied Casablanca Conference held.[8][9]
- 1949 - Raja Club Athletic formed.
- 1950 - Population: 625,000 (urban agglomeration).[10]
- 1952
- 1960 - Population: 967,000 (urban agglomeration).[10]
- 1965
- 22 March: "Uprising of students and workers."[3]
- September: 1965 Arab League summit held.
- 1970 - Population: 1,505,000 (urban agglomeration).[10]
- 1971 - Maroc Soir newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1980s - City "organized into five separate prefectures."[2]
- 1980
- 1981 - 6 June: "Bread riots."[3]
- 1990 - Population: 2,682,000 (urban agglomeration).[10]
- 1993 - Hassan II Mosque built.[3]
- 1994 - Population: 2,940,000.[2]
- 1999 - l’Boulevard des Jeunes Musicians hip hop festival begins.[13]
21st century
- 2000 - Population: 2,937,000 (urban agglomeration).[10]
- 2003
- 16 May: 2003 Casablanca bombings.[14]
- Mohamed Sajid becomes mayor.
- 2007 - March-April: 2007 Casablanca bombings.[14]
- 2011 - Population: 3,046,000.[10]
- 2012
- May: "Trade union rally."[14]
- Casablanca tramway begins operating.[15]
See also
- Other cities in Morocco
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jean-Louis Cohen (2008). "Casablanca". The City in the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 1009+. ISBN 9789004162402.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 James A. Miller (2005). "Casablanca". In Kevin Shillington. Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Susan Gilson Miller (2013). "Chronology". A History of Modern Morocco. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81070-8.
- ↑ Lola Souad (1993). "Morocco". In Robert Wedgeworth. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
- ↑ "Kingdom of Morocco". International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Fitzroy Dearborn. 1999. ISBN 978-1-884964-35-0.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Casablanca, Morocco". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ James G. Ryan and Leonard Schlup, ed. (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-2107-8.
- ↑ Muriel E. Chamberlain (1998). Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-89744-6.
- ↑ "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved 30 January 2015
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.
- ↑ "Casablanca (Morocco) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ Susan Ossman (1994). Picturing Casablanca: Portraits of Power in a Modern City. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91431-5.
- ↑ "Rapping the Revolution". Muftah.org. Anna Jacobs and William Barnes, editors for Egypt & North Africa. 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Morocco Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Histoire". Casablanca (in French). Petit Futé. 2013. ISBN 978-2-7469-6459-4.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Leo Africanus; John Pory (1896), "Of Anfa a towne in Temesna", in Robert Brown, History and Description of Africa, 2, London: Hakluyt Society, OCLC 2649691 (written in the 16th century)
- Published in the 20th century
- "Casablanca", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Maurice de Périgny (1919). Au Maroc; Casablanca-Rabat-Meknes (in French).
- "Al-Dar al-Bayda". Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill. 1985.
- Published in the 21st century
- Mark Ellingham (2001), "Casablanca", Rough Guide to Morocco (6th ed.), London: Rough Guides, p. 299+, OL 24218635M
- Jean-Louis Cohen; Monique Eleb (2003). Casablanca: colonial myths and architectural ventures. Monacelli Press. ISBN 978-1-58093-087-1.
- Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). "Casablanca". Historical Dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Casablanca", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 114+
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- "Morocco: Casablanca". Archnet. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008.
- Map of Casablanca, 1942.
- "(Articles related to Casablanca)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.
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