Timeline of Sanaa

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 530 CE - Abraha in power, with Sana'a as his capital (approximate date).
 * 570 - Siege of Sana'a (570); Sassanids in power.
 * 715 - Great Mosque of Sana'a building expanded.
 * 869 - Hiwali Yufirids in power (approximate date).
 * 901 - Town occupied by forces of Zaidi Yahya bin al-Husain.
 * 905 - Karmatian Ali bin al-Fadl in power.
 * 915 - Yufirid As'ad bin Ibrahim in power.
 * 956 - Town taken by Zaidi Mukhtar.
 * 1062 - Ali al-Sulayhi in power.
 * 1067 - Sulayhid capital relocated from Sana'a to Jibla by Arwa al-Sulayhi (approximate date).
 * 1221 - Rasulid Badr al-Din Hasan in power.
 * 1259 - Earthquake.
 * 1538 - Ottomans in power.
 * 1602 - Ottomans ousted.
 * 1872 - Ottomans in power; Sana'a becomes capital of the Yemen Vilayet.
 * 1887 - Population: 25,000 (estimate).
 * 1891
 * Uprising against Turkish rule.
 * Population: 50,000 (estimate).

20th century

 * 1902 - Dar as-Sanay built.
 * 1905 - Uprising against Turkish rule.
 * 1911 - Political unrest.
 * 1918 - Turkish rule ends.
 * 1921 - Population: 25,000 (approximate estimate).
 * 1948
 * 17 February: Imam Yahya assassinated.
 * Alwaziri coup.
 * 1952 - Al-Ahli Club Sana'a (football club) formed.
 * 1954 - Al-Wehda Club (football club) formed.
 * 1956 - Population: 60,000 (estimate).
 * 1962
 * September: Military coup;
 * City becomes capital of the Yemen Arab Republic.
 * Al-Thawra newspaper begins publication.
 * 1967 - November: Siege of Sana'a (1967) begins.
 * 1970 - Sana'a University established.
 * 1971 - National Museum of Yemen established in Dar al-Shukr.
 * 1974 - June: Military coup; Ibrahim al-Hamdi in power.
 * 1975
 * Installation of water supply system begins.
 * Population: 140,339 (estimate).
 * 1981 - 280,000.
 * 1982 - established.
 * 1983 - Sana'a University Museum built.
 * 1984 - Military Museum and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a established.
 * 1986
 * Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and Althawra Sports City Stadium open.
 * Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 * Population: 427,505.
 * 1987 - Sultan Palace Hotel in business.
 * 1988 - Women's Technical School built.
 * 1990
 * City becomes capital of the Republic of Yemen.
 * Central Bank of Yemen headquartered in city.
 * 1991 - Yemen Times newspaper begins publication.
 * 1994 - Population: 973,548.
 * 1995 - San'a Institute for the Arabic Language established.
 * 1996 - Yemen Observer newspaper begins publication.

2000s

 * 2004 - House of Folklore museum established.
 * 2008
 * Saleh Mosque built.
 * 17 September: 2008 attack on the American Embassy in Yemen.
 * November: Political demonstration.
 * Al-Oruba football club formed.
 * 2009 - Population: 1,976,286.

2010s

 * 2011
 * 23 May-7 June: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (first phase).
 * 18 September-25 November: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (second phase).
 * 2011 Yemeni protests.
 * 2012 - 21 May: 2012 Sana'a bombing.
 * 2014
 * 16–21 September: Battle of Sana'a (2014).
 * 21 September: 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état begins.
 * 9 October: Bombing in Tahrir Square.
 * 2015
 * January 2015 Sana'a bombing
 * 20 January: Houthis take Presidential Palace.
 * 20 March: 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings.
 * April: Airstrike.
 * 2016
 * 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak begins.
 * Yemen Supreme Political Council headquartered in city.