Timeline of Tripoli, Libya

Prior to 19th century

• 7th C. BCE
• * Tripoli was founded by Phoenicians
• * Cyrenaica colonized by the Greeks
• 2nd C. BCE - Romans in power.
• 163 CE - Roman Triumphal Arch built.
• 533- Successful recovered by Byzantines of Egypt
• 643 - Rashidun caliphate subdued Tripoli.
• 1140 - Normans in power in Tripolitania.
• 1149 - Tripoli pillaged by the Normans of Sicily.
• 1401 - Tripoli was reconquered by the Tunisians.
• 1510 - 25 July: Spanish forces captured the city; it remained under Spanish rule for the next two decades.
• 1530 - Tripoli granted to the Knights Hospitaller; it remained under their rule for the next two decades.
• 1551 - August: City besieged by Ottoman forces led by Sinan Pasha, Turgut Reis, and Murad Agha.
• 1556 - Cathedral mosque built.
• 1559 - St. Peter fortress built.
• 1604 - Iskandar Pasha hammam built.
• 1610 - Jama'a al-Naqa'a restored.
• 1654 - Uthman Pasha Madrasa built.
• 1670 - Sidi Salem restored.
• 1671 - Darghouth Turkish Bath established.
• 1675 - Conflict between Barbary corsairs and British naval forces.
• 1680 - Mosque of Mahmud Khaznadar built.
• 1699 - Mosque of Muhammad Pasha built.
• 1711 - Ahmed Karamanli in power.
• 1736 - Ahmad Pasha al-Qarahmanli mosque built.

19th century

• 1801 - First Barbary War begins.
• 1804 - Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor.
• 1815 - Second Barbary War.
• 1823 - Population: 15,000.
• 1825 - August: Battle of Tripoli.
• 1834 - Gurgi Mosque built.
• 1835 - Ottomans in power.
• 1846 - Santa Maria degli Angeli church built.
• 1858 - Arab demonstrations.
• 1859 - Technical school established.
• 1860 - Bab el-Jedid opens.
• 1870 - Torre dell'Orologio built.
• 1879 - Primary schools open.
• 1882 - Population: 25,000.
• 1883 - Royal Italian School opens.

20th century

• 1911
• * Italo-Turkish War
• * Population: 29,869.
• 1919 - Archaeological Museum established in the Red Castle
• 1924 - Lungomare Conte Volpi constructed.
• 1925
• * Tripoli Grand Prix begins.
• * Grand Hotel built.
• 1927 - Tripoli International Fair begins.
• 1928 - Tripoli Cathedral, Miramare Theatre, and Bank of Italy building constructed.
• 1929 - Governor's Palace built.
• 1935 - Suq al-Mushir reconstructed.
• 1937 - March: Mussolini visits city.
• 1938
• * Population: 108,240.
• * Italian military airfield built.
• 1939 - 7 October Stadium built.
• 1943
• * Allied forces in power; British occupation begins.
• * British military airport Castel Benito in operation.
• 1944
• * Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural and Social Club formed.
• * United States military base built at Wheelus Field.
• 1950
• * Al-Ahly Sports Club formed.
• * Corriere del Lunedi founded.
• 1951 - City becomes capital of United Libyan Kingdom.
• 1953 - Almadina Sporting Club formed.
• 1964 - Population: 213,506.
• 1973
• * University of Tripoli established.
• * Population: 551,477.
• 1975 - Misurata-Tripoli highway constructed.
• 1978
• * Libyan Studies Center opens.
• * Tripoli International Airport renovated.
• 1982
• * June 11 Stadium opens.
• * Grand Hotel Tripoli built.
• 1986 - 15 April - Aerial bombing by United States forces.
• 1990 - That El Emad Towers built.
• 2000 - GMR Stadium opens.

21st century

• 2011
• * 17–25 February: Tripoli protests and clashes.
• * 20–28 August: Battle of Tripoli.
• * 11 October: Tripoli International Airport re-opens.
• * 14 October: Tripoli clashes.
• * Population: 1,127,000.
• 2012 - General National Congress begins meeting in Ghabat Al Nasr Convention Centre.
• 2020 - Since January 6, 2020, GNA started entering the town, recapturing it from LNA.
• 2025 – The UN-recognized Libyan government in the west of the country is expected to assert its control, following the reported killing of powerful militia leader Abdelghani al-Kikli, also known as Gheniwa.