Timeline of Aden

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

Prior to 19th century

 * 8th century BC - ,The emergence of the awsan Kingdom in Aden.
 * 6th century BC - The Qataban-Sabai alliance Awsan falls in Aden.
 * 110 BCE - Himyarites overthrow the Kingdom of Saba and Qataban and take control of Aden
 * 632- Rashidun Caliphate Islam entered Yemen in the year 6AH
 * 661 - Umayyad Caliphate
 * 750 - Abbasids in power (approximate date).
 * 819 - Banu Ziyad becomes independent from the Abbasid state
 * 1021 - Banu Ma'an They are independent from the Ziadian state
 * 1067 - Banū Zuraiʿ Rulers of Aden.
 * 1173 - Ayyubids in power.
 * 1229 - Rasulids in power.
 * 1330 - Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visits Aden (approximate date).
 * 1420s - Chinese explorer Zheng He visits Aden (approximate date).
 * 1454 - Tahirids in power.
 * 1500 - Aqueduct built from Bir Mahait (approximate date).
 * 1511 - Italian traveller Varthema visits Aden.
 * 1513 - Aden "unsuccessfully attacked by the Portuguese under Albuquerque."
 * 1538 - Aden taken by Ottoman forces of Hadım Suleiman Pasha.
 * 1630 - Ottomans ousted.
 * 1735 - Sultan of Lahej in power.
 * 1538 - Aden taken by Ottoman forces of Hadım Suleiman Pasha.
 * 1630 - Ottomans ousted.
 * 1735 - Sultan of Lahej in power.

19th century

 * 1839
 * January: Aden occupied by British forces.
 * November: Abdali anti-British unrest; crackdown.
 * British colonial postal mail begins operating.
 * 1840
 * May: Abdali anti-British unrest; crackdown.
 * June: Sultan of Lahej Shaykh Muhsin ibn Fadl signs treaty with British.
 * 1850 - Aden becomes a free port.
 * 1852 - Catholic church built.
 * 1858 - Grand Synagogue of Aden built.
 * 1867 - Aqueduct built.
 * 1868 - Jebel Ihsan peninsula and nearby Sirah island sold by Sultan of Lahej to British.
 * 1869 - Suez Canal opens in Egypt, affecting Aden as a port.
 * 1871 - Protestant church built.
 * 1876 - "Settlement committee" (local government) established.
 * 1880 - August: French poet Rimbaud visits Aden.
 * 1882 - Sheikh Othman bought by British.
 * 1889 - "Port trust" (local government) established.
 * 1890 - Big Ben Aden clocktower built.

1900s-1950s

 * 1915
 * Lahej-Aden railway construction begins.
 * Population: 36,900 town.
 * 1917 - British Royal Air Force Khormaksar station established.
 * 1924 - Sukkat Shalom synagogue established.
 * 1925 - Arab Literary Club formed.
 * 1929 - Arab Reform Club active.
 * 1937 - 1 April: City becomes capital of the British Colony of Aden.
 * 1946 - Population: 56,849.
 * 1947
 * Legislative Council established.
 * December: 1947 Aden riots against Jews.
 * 1951 - Aden Women's Club formed.
 * 1954
 * British Petroleum refinery built in Little Aden.
 * 27 April: British queen visits Aden.
 * 1955 - Aden Legislative Council election, 1955 held.
 * 1956 - General Labour Union established.
 * 1958 - Al-Ayyam newspaper begins publication.
 * 1959 - January: Legislative council election held.

1960s-1990s

 * 1963 - January: Aden becomes part of the Federation of South Arabia.
 * 1964 - 16 October: Aden Legislative Council election, 1964 held.
 * 1966 - established.
 * 1967
 * January: Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen-National Liberation Front conflict.
 * June: Suez Canal closes, affecting port of Aden.
 * 29 November: Aden becomes capital of People's Republic of South Yemen; British forces depart.
 * 1968 - Ar-Rabi Ashar Min Uktubar newspaper begins publication.
 * 1970 - Aden becomes part of the Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen.
 * 1971 - established.
 * 1972 - Ittihad al-Udaba (writers' guild) established.
 * 1973 - Population: 264,326.
 * 1975
 * Suez Canal reopens, affecting port of Aden.
 * University of Aden established.
 * 1985 - Aden Airport new terminal built.
 * 1986 - January: South Yemen Civil War.
 * 1990 - City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Yemen.
 * 1991 - Rimbaud House opens.
 * 1992
 * General Hospital built.
 * 29 December: 1992 Yemen hotel bombings.
 * 1994
 * 1994 civil war in Yemen.
 * Population: 564,335 governorate.
 * 1996 - University of Aden museum established.
 * 1997 - 27 April: Yemeni parliamentary election, 1997 held.
 * 2000 - 12 October: USS Cole bombing.

21st century

 * 2009 - Population: 684,322.
 * 2012 - Population: 760,923.
 * 2015
 * 19 March: Battle of Aden Airport.
 * 25 March: Battle of Aden begins.