Timeline of Hebron

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hebron, West Bank, Palestinian territories.

This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 20th century

• 990 BCE - Capital of David of Israel relocated from Hebron to Jerusalem (approximate date).^[1]
• 164 BCE - Hebron sacked by forces of Judas Maccabeus.^[1]
• 638 CE - Hebron taken by Muslim forces.^[2]
• 1168 - Hebron taken by crusaders.^[3]
• 1170 - Traveler Benjamin of Tudela visits city.^[1]
• 1187 - Saladin in power.^[4]
• 1270 - Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque construction begins.^[4]
• 1320 - Al-Jawali Mosque built.
• 1326 - Traveler Ibn Battuta visits city.^[1]
• 1517
  • 1517 Hebron pogrom.^[5]
  • Ottomans in power.
• 1540 - Abraham Avinu Synagogue built.
• 1834 - Hebron sacked by Egyptian forces.^[3]

20th century

• 1922
  • Hebron becomes part of the British Mandate of Palestine.^[3]
  • Population: 16,500.^[3]
• 1925 - Abraham's Oak Holy Trinity Monastery consecrated.
• 1929 - 24 August: 1929 Hebron massacre.^[6]
• 1943 - Shabab Al-Khalil SC (football team) formed.
• 1948
  • British Mandate of Palestine ends.^[1]
  • Transjordan forces in power.^[1]

1960s-1990s

• 1965 - Palestine Red Crescent Society branch established.
• 1967 - June: Israeli occupation begins; Israeli Military Governorate established.^[3]
• 1968 - Kiryat Arba Israeli settlement founded near city.^[3]
• 1971 - Hebron University established.^[3]
• 1976
  • 12 April: West Bank local elections, 1976 held.
  • Fahd Qawasmeh becomes mayor.
• 1978 - Palestine Polytechnic University established.
• 1983 - July: City council and mayor Mustafa Natshe ousted.^[7]
• 1994
  • 25 February: Ibrahimi Mosque massacre.^[6]
  • 8 May: Temporary International Presence in Hebron begins.
  • Al-Shuhada Street closed to Palestinians.
  • Palestinian Child Arts Center founded.
• 1996 - 20 January: Palestinian general election, 1996.^[8]
• 1997
  • 16 January: Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron effected.
  • Population: 119,801 (119,401 Palestinians + 400 Jewish settlers).^[3]

21st century

• 2003 - Population: 154,714.^[1]
• 2007
  • Khaled Osaily becomes mayor.
  • Jewish settlers occupy Rajabi House in H2.
• 2012
  • October: Municipal election held.^[9]
  • Youth Against Settlements active (approximate date).

See also

• History of Hebron
• Timeline of the history of the region of Palestine

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Further reading

• Josiah Conder (1830), "(Hebron)", Palestine, The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan 
• "Hebron", Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine, London: J. Murray, 1868 
• M. Franco (1907), "Hebron", Jewish Encyclopedia 6, New York 
• Sévérien Salaville (1910). "Hebron". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 
• "Hebron", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 
• Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Hebron". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7. 
• Edward Platt (2012). "Timeline". City of Abraham: History, Myth and Memory: A Journey through Hebron. Picador. ISBN 978-1-4472-1330-7. 
• Menachem Klein (2014). Lives in Common: Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Hebron. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-025746-0. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hebron.

• Europeana. Items related to Hebron, various dates.
• Division for Palestinian Rights. "Chronological Review of Events Relating to the Question of Palestine: Monthly media monitoring review". United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine.  1993-present

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