Timeline of Haifa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Haifa, Israel.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1047 – Persian traveler Nasir Khusraw visits village.
 * 1100 or 1101 – a Crusader fleet and land army conquer Haifa. The Crusaders rename it Caiphas.
 * 1187 – Saladin captures Haifa.
 * 1251 – Fortifications built by Louis IX of France (approximate date).
 * 1291 – Mamluk Al-Ashraf Khalil captures Haifa.
 * 1869 – German Colony established near town.
 * 1873 – Najib Effendi al-Yasin becomes mayor.
 * 1883 – Rushdi school opens.
 * 1887 – Haifa becomes part of the Ottoman Beirut Vilayet.
 * 1898 – Pier and Jaffa-Haifa roadway built.
 * 1900 - Population: estimate 12,000.

20th century

 * 1905 – Hejaz Railroad branch begins operating; train station built.
 * 1908 – Al-Karmil newspaper begins publication.
 * 1909 – Shrine of the Báb built on Mt. Carmel.
 * 1912 – Maccabi Haifa sport club formed.
 * 1913 – Hebrew Reali School and Maccabi Haifa Football Club established.
 * 1918 – 23 September: Haifa occupied by British forces.
 * 1921 – Haifa Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.
 * 1922 – Population: 24,600.
 * 1924
 * Technion – Israel Institute of Technology opens.
 * Hapoel Haifa Football Club formed.
 * 1928 – Stella Maris Light built.
 * 1931 – Population: 50,403.
 * 1933 – Port of Haifa expanded.
 * 1934 – Haifa Airport established.
 * 1935
 * Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline commissioned.
 * Armon Cinema opens.
 * 1937 – Orah Cinema in business (approximate date).
 * 1938 – British Government Hospital established.
 * 1939 – Oil refinery built.
 * 1941 – Shabtai Levy becomes mayor.
 * 1944 – Al-Ittihad newspaper begins publication.
 * 1947 – Population: 145,140.
 * 1948
 * April: Battle of Haifa (1948).
 * Haifa becomes part of the State of Israel.
 * 1950 – New Haifa Symphony Orchestra established.
 * 1951
 * Haifa Museum of Art established.
 * Abba Hushi becomes mayor.
 * Al-Jadid literary journal begins publication.
 * 1953 – Gordon College of Education established.
 * 1955 – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium opens.
 * 1959 – Haifa Underground Funicular Railway begins operating.
 * 1960 – Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art opens on Mt. Carmel.
 * 1961
 * Haifa Theatre founded.
 * Population: 183,021.
 * 1963 – University of Haifa established.
 * 1969
 * Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine established.
 * Moshe Flimann becomes mayor.
 * Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum opens.
 * 1971 – WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education established.
 * 1972
 * IBM Haifa Research Laboratory established.
 * Israeli National Maritime Museum opens.
 * 1973 – Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.
 * 1974
 * Matam hi-tech area developed.
 * Yosef Almogi becomes mayor.
 * 1975
 * Haifa Cinematheque established.
 * Yeruham Zeisel becomes mayor.
 * 1976 – Romema Arena opens.
 * 1978 – Aryeh Gur'el becomes mayor.
 * 1983
 * Haifa International Film Festival begins.
 * Israel Railway Museum opens.
 * Population: 225,775.
 * 1984 – Hecht Museum established.
 * 1989 – September: Mount Carmel forest fire (1989).
 * 1991 – Lev HaMifratz Mall in business.
 * 1993 – Amram Mitzna becomes mayor.
 * 1999 – Grand Canyon (mall) and Carmel Beach Railway Station open.

21st century

 * 2001 – Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station and Lev HaMifratz Railway Station open.
 * 2002
 * Sail Tower built.
 * Haifa Bay Central Bus Station opens.
 * 2003
 * Yona Yahav becomes mayor.
 * IEC Tower built.
 * Carmel Beach Central Bus Station opens.
 * 2004 – Almadina newspaper begins publication.
 * 2006 – 13 July: Haifa bombarded by Lebanese Hezbollah forces.
 * 2008 – Bahá'í World Centre designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 * 2010
 * December: Mount Carmel forest fire (2010).
 * Carmel Tunnels open.
 * 2011 – Wikimania 2011 held in Haifa.
 * 2012 – Israeli Personal Computer Museum opens.
 * 2013 – Population: 272,181.
 * 2014 – Sammy Ofer Stadium opens.
 * 2016 – November 2016 Israel wildfires