Timeline of Medina

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to 20th century

 * 6th C. CE - Yathrib settled "by three Jewish tribes, the Banu Quynuqa, the Banu Qurayza, and the Banu Nadir."
 * 622 CE / 0-1 H
 * Muhammad arrives from Mecca, with followers (muhajirun).
 * Quba Mosque and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet) built.
 * Yathrib renamed "Medina."
 * Baqi Cemetery established.
 * 623 CE - Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Mosque of the two Qiblas) built.
 * 624 CE - Prophet's House built.
 * 627
 * March–April: Battle of the Trench.
 * Constitution of Medina created (approximate date).
 * 630 - Medina and Mecca "established as the holy cities of Islam."
 * 632 CE / 11 H
 * 8 June: Death of Muhammad.
 * Abu Bakr appointed caliph; Rashidun Caliphate established.
 * 634 - Umar becomes caliph.
 * 639 - Hijri year calendar devised.
 * 644 - Uthman ibn Affan becomes caliph.
 * 656 - Ali becomes caliph and moves capital from Medina to Kufa.
 * 661 - Umayyad Caliphate established; capital moved from Medina to Damascus.
 * 662 - Marwan ibn al-Hakam becomes Governor of Madina.
 * 683 - Medina sacked by Umayyads.
 * 8th century - Sharia (Islamic law) codified in Medina.
 * 706 - Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz becomes Governor of Madina.
 * 707 - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi rebuilt.
 * 975 - City wall built.
 * 976 - Establishment of the Sharifate of Medina.
 * 1162 - City wall expanded.
 * 1266 - Volcanic eruption within an hour's distance.
 * 1513 - Al-Hajjaria waqf (trust) incorporated.
 * 1517 - Ottoman Turks in power.
 * 1804 - Wahhabis in power.
 * 1812 - November: Battle of Medina (1812); Turks in power.
 * 1837 - Al-Masjid an-Nabawi dome painted green.
 * 1872 - Medina becomes part of the Ottoman Hejaz Vilayet.
 * 1896 - Telephone line installed.
 * 1900 - Population (estimate): 16,000 to 20,000.

20th century

 * 1908 - Hejaz Railway (Damascus-Medina) begins operating.
 * 1916 - Siege of Medina begins.
 * 1919 - January: Siege of Medina ends; Arabs in power.
 * 1920 - Hejaz Railway (Damascus-Medina) stops operating.
 * 1925 - Medina becomes part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
 * 1937 - Italian-Muslim hospital founded.
 * 1953 - Baqi Cemetery expanded.
 * 1955 - Al-Masjid al-Nabawi enlarged.
 * 1961 - Islamic University of Madinah established.
 * 1974
 * Mohammad Airport opens.
 * Population: 198,186.
 * 1985 - King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran begins operating.
 * 1986 - Quba Mosque rebuilt.

21st century

 * 2001 - 15 March: Chechen hijacking of Russian aircraft.
 * 2003 - Taibah University established.
 * 2006 - Hejaz Railway Museum opens.
 * 2010 - Population: 1,100,093.
 * 2014
 * 8 February: 2014 Medina hotel fire.
 * Air pollution in Medina reaches annual mean of 65 PM2.5 and 153 PM10, much higher than recommended.
 * 2016 - 4 July: bombing at Prophet's Mosque.