Timeline of Kano

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kano, Nigeria.

Prior to 20th century

 * 999 CE - Bagauda in power.
 * 1095 - City wall construction begins.
 * 1349 - Yaji I in power.
 * 1430 - Kano becomes capital of the Sultanate of Kano.
 * 1463 - Muhammad Rumfa in power.
 * 1480 - Gidan Rumfa (palace) built (approximate date).
 * 1807 - Sokoto jihad active; Kano becomes capital of the Kano Emirate.
 * 1819 - Ibrahim Dabo in power.
 * 1890s - Kano Chronicle compiled.
 * 1893 - Tukur-Yusufu succession conflict.

20th century



 * 1903 - February: British in power.
 * 1905 - Kano becomes capital of British colonial Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
 * 1909 - Nassarawa School established.
 * 1911 - Lagos-Kano railway begins operating.
 * 1930 - Kano Girls' School established.
 * 1931 - Daily Comet newspaper begins publication.
 * 1932 - Water and Electric Light Works inaugurated.
 * 1936 - Airport begins operating.
 * 1937 - Rex cinema opens.
 * 1951 - Masalla cin Jumma'an (mosque) built.
 * 1952
 * Palace cinema opens.
 * Population: 130,173.
 * 1953 - 1 May: Kano riot of 1953.
 * 1967 - City becomes capital of the newly established Kano State.
 * 1970 - Murtala Muhammad Mosque built in Fagge.
 * 1975 - Population: 399,000.
 * 1977 - Bayero University Kano established.
 * 1980
 * Yan Tatsine religious unrest.
 * Triumph newspaper begins publication.
 * Hausawa mosque built.
 * 1982 - No Man's Land mosque and Yar Akwa mosque built.
 * 1985 - Population: 1,861,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 1986 - Hotoro mosque built.
 * 1987 - Goron Dutse mosque built.
 * 1988 - Goron Dutse Islamiyya secondary school opens.
 * 1990
 * Kano Pillars Football Club formed.
 * Population: 2,095,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 1995 - Population: 2,339,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 1998 - Sani Abacha Stadium opens.
 * 2000 - Population: 2,602,000 (urban agglomeration).

21st century

 * 2006 - Population: 2,163,225 city; 2,828,861 metro.
 * 2010
 * August: Flood.
 * Population: 3,271,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 2012 - 20 January: Boko Haram attack.
 * 2013
 * Northwest University Kano opens.
 * Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport remodelled.
 * 2014 - 18 May: Boko Haram attack.