Timeline of Amman
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amman, Kingdom of Jordan.
Prior to 20th century
- 7250 BCE - 'Ain Ghazal Neolithic settlement was built spanning over an area of 15 hectares.
- 800 BCE - Amman Citadel Inscription
- 2nd century CE - Roman theatre and Nymphaeum built.
- 3rd century CE - Rujm Al-Malfouf in use.
- 8th century - Al-Masjid al-Umawi and Al-Qasr Umawi built.
- 1879 - Population: 150. English traveller Laurence Oliphant wrote of a visit in 1879 in his The Land of Gilead, suggesting that the area was uninhabited prior to the arrival of the Circassians.
- 1890 - Population: 1,000.
20th century
- 1908 - Hejaz Railway in operation.
- 1909
- * Municipal council formed.
- * Population: 2,000.
- 1918
- * March: First Battle of Amman.
- * 25 September: Second Battle of Amman.
- 1923 - built.
- 1926 - Raghadan Palace built.
- 1928 - Amman becomes capital of the Emirate of Transjordan.
- 1932 - Al-Faisaly Football Club formed.
- 1938 - National electricity company founded.
- 1946 - City becomes capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- 1947 - Population: 33,110.
- 1948 - Palestinian population expands.
- 1949 - Cornerstone of Church of the Redeemer, Amman is laid.
- 1951 - Jordan Archaeological Museum established.
- 1952 - Population: 103,304.
- 1956 - Al-Wehdat Sports Club formed.
- 1958 - Amman Surgical Hospital built.
- 1961
- * Abu Darweesh Mosque built.
- * Population: 246,475.
- 1962 - University of Jordan established.
- 1963 - Amman International Stadium opens.
- 1966 - Population: 330,000.
- 1967
- * Palestinian war refugee population expands.
- * Ad-Dustour newspaper begins publication.
- 1970 - September: Conflict begins between Jordanian Armed Forces and Palestine Liberation Organisation.
- 1974 - Population: 598,000.
- 1975 - The Jordan Times newspaper begins publication.
- 1981 - Jordan Rally begins.
- 1983 - Queen Alia International Airport built.
- 1985 - Population: 812,500.
- 1989
- * Ali Suheimat becomes mayor.
- * King Abdullah I Mosque and Kan Zaman Tourist Village constructed.
- 1991 - Palestinian war refugee population expands.
- 1993 - Jordan Hospital and Jubilee School established.
- 1994 - Arab Medical Center in business.
- 1997 - Amanat 'Amman al-Kubra built.
- 1998 - King Abdullah Stadium opens.
- 1999 - Amman Stock Exchange founded.
- 2000 - Al-Hussein Cultural Center inaugurated.
21st century
- 2001 - Jordan Media City established.
- 2002
- * Broadcasting of Arab Radio and Television Network relocated to Amman.
- * City designated an Arab Capital of Culture.
- 2003
- * Alghad newspaper begins publication.
- * Iraqi war refugee population expands.
- * Mecca Mall opens.
- * Le Royal Hotel built.
- * Raghadan Flagpole in use.
- 2004 - Al Ghad newspaper begins publication.
- 2005
- * Souk Jara begins in Jabal Amman.
- * 9 November: Hotel bombings.
- 2006
- * Omar Maani becomes mayor.
- * Abdoun Bridge and King Hussein Ben Talal Mosque built.
- * City Mall opens.
- 2007 - Children's Museum established.
- 2008
- * Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival begins.
- * Rainbow Street renovated.
- 2010 - Population: 1,919,000.
- 2011
- * Protests.
- * Abdul Halim Al Kilani becomes mayor.
- 2012
- * Prophet Mohammad Museum opens.
- * TAJ Lifestyle Center opens
- 2015 - 9 November: Amman shooting attack.
- 2018 - June: Economic protests.