Timeline of Jeddah#Bibliography

{{History of Saudi Arabia}}

• 500 BCE - Quda'a settle.
• 647 CE - Uthman Ibn Affan, turns Jeddah into a port making it the port of Makkah instead of Al Shoaiba port.
• 703 CE - Jeddah was briefly occupied by pirates from the Kingdom of Axum.
• 969 CE - Fatimids in power.
• 1177 - Jeddah becomes part of the Ayyubid Empire.
• 1254 - City becomes part of the Mamluk Sultanate.
• 1400 - In the 15th century it became the centre of trade between Egypt and India.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1517 - City besieged by Ottomans.
• 1525 - Barracks built; city walls rebuilt with six watchtowers and six city gates.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
• 1541 - City besieged by Portuguese.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
• 1804 - Town besieged by Sauds.{{sfn|Milburn|1813}}
• 1811 - Ottomans in power.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
• 1813 - Battle of Jeddah (1813).
• 1814 - Population: 15,000 (approximate).{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
• 1820 - European cemetery established (approximate date).{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
• 1855 - The Hejaz rebellion takes place in Hejaz against the Ottoman Empire, and results in riots in both Mecca and Jeddah.Badem, C. (2010). The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856). Tyskland: Brill. p357
• 1858 - 15 June: the Jeddah Massacre of 1858 takes place.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
• 1881 - Nasseef House built.{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120303221622/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1771 |title=Saudi Arabia: Jeddah |publisher=ArchNet |url-status=dead |url= http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1771 |archive-date= 2012-03-03 }}

• 1910 - Population: 30,000 (approximate).{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1916 - Sharifians in power.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
• 1924 - Capital of Kingdom of Hejaz relocates to Jeddah from Mecca.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
• 1925 - Battle of Jeddah (1925), House of Saud in power.
• 1927 - Ittihad Football Club formed.
• 1932 - Khozam Palace built.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
• 1937
• Al Madina (newspaper) begins publication.
• Al-Ahli Saudi Sports Club formed.
• 1938 - Al-Ahli Jeddah (basketball) club formed.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
• 1946 - Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry established.
• 1947 - City wall dismantled.{{sfn|Daghistani|1993}}
• 1953 - National Commercial Bank headquartered in Jeddah.
• 1960 - Okaz newspaper begins publication.{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/weekinreview/06fatt.html |work=New York Times |date= 6 February 2005 |title= Spreading the Word: Who's Who in the Arab Media }}
• 1962 - Population: 147,859.{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1960_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1965 |year=1966 |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=140–161 }}
• 1967 - King Abdulaziz University established.{{Citation |publisher = CRC Press |location = Boca Raton, Florida |editor = Marcia J. Bates |title = Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences |date = 2010 |isbn=9780849397127 |chapter=Saudi Arabia: Libraries, Archives and Museums |author= Ayman Shabana }}
• 1970 - Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium opens.
• 1971 - Organization of the Islamic Conference headquartered in city.{{cite book|author=Richard Green|title=Chronology of International Organizations |year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-35590-6 |chapter= Major Non-UN Organizations |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IQQSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA269 }}
• 1972 - International Islamic News Agency headquartered in Jeddah.
• 1974 - Population: 561,104.{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm |title=1985 Demographic Yearbook |year=1987 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=247–289 }}
• 1975
• Islamic Development Bank headquartered in Jeddah.{{cite book|editor=M. Kabir Hassan|editor2=Mervyn Lewis|title=Handbook of Islamic Banking|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvTtDzD5uFQC&pg=PA116 |year=2007|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=978-1-84720-541-4}}
• Hajj Research Centre founded at King Abdul Aziz University.[http://uqu.edu.sa/page/en/3192]
• Arab News begins publication.{{cite web |url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Organizations |title=Organizations |work= International Relations and Security Network |location=Switzerland |publisher=Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich |access-date=30 April 2015 }}
• 1976 - Saudi Gazette begins publication.
• 1977 - British International School established.
• 1981 - King Abdulaziz International Airport begins operating.
• 1983 - Corniche Road constructed.{{sfn|Daghistani|1993}}
• 1984 - Dallah Al-Baraka in business.
• 1985 - King Fahd's Fountain begins operating.
• 1987
• Jufali Mosque, King Saud Mosque, and Al-Mahmal Center built.
• King Abdul Aziz Public Library{{cite web |url=http://www.kapl.org.sa/epart.php?partid=17 |title=About the Library |publisher=King Abdulaziz Public Library |access-date=30 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917054257/http://www.kapl.org.sa/epart.php?partid=17 |archive-date=17 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }} and Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium open.
• Population: 1,312,000.{{sfn|Daghistani|1993}}
• 1988 - Azizeyah Mosque, Binladen Mosque, and Suleiman Mosque built.{{Cite book |publisher = Sage |isbn=9781412981767 |editor = Andrea L. Stanton |series = Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia: an Encyclopedia |title=Middle East |date = 2012 }}
• 1990
• Jeddah Light (lighthouse) constructed.
• Jeddah Historical Preservation Society organized.{{Cite journal |title=Reflections on the Red Sea Style: Beyond the Surface of Coastal Architecture |author=Nancy Um |journal=Northeast African Studies |volume= 12 |year= 2012 }}
• 1993 - Arab Radio and Television Network established.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}
• 1998
• Iqraa TV headquartered in Jeddah.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}
• Al-Ittihad Jeddah (basketball) club formed.
• 1999
• Jeddah Economic Forum begins.
• Saudi Geological Survey headquartered in Jeddah.

• 2003 - Jeddah United women's basketball team formed.{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE2D6173AF933A15752C1A9669D8B63 |title=Saudi Women And the Right To Play Sports |date=20 November 2010 |work=New York Times }}
• 2005
• Adel Fakeih becomes mayor.
• Population: 2,800,000 (estimate).{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
• Serafi Mega Mall in business.
• 2006
• Jeddah Film Festival begins.{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006198/?refCatId=1061 |title= Saudi Arabia nixes Jeddah festival |author=Ali Jaafar |date=20 July 2009 |work=Variety |location=Los Angeles }}
• Jeddah TV Tower built.
• 2008 - Mall of Arabia and Red Sea Mall in business.
• 2009 - 25 November: Flood.{{cite book|author= Karen Elliott House|author-link= Karen Elliott House|title=On Saudi Arabia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIu0LSe8aVwC|year=2013|publisher=Vintage Books |isbn=978-0-307-47328-8}}
• 2010
• Hani Mohammad Aburas becomes mayor.{{cite web |url=http://www.jeddah.gov.sa/English/index.php |title=Jeddah Municipality |access-date=30 January 2013 }}
• Population: 3,230,697.{{citation |chapter=Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants |chapter-url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2018/ |title=Demographic Yearbook – 2018 |publisher=United Nations }}
• 2011
• 26 January: Flood.{{cite web |url= http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/01/2011127133721334153.html |title=Floods inundate Saudi city |date=27 January 2011 |publisher=Al Jazeera.com }}
• King Road Tower built.
• Women to drive demonstrations.{{cite web |url= http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/saudi-women-protest-driving-ban/ |title=Saudi Women Defy Driving Ban |date=17 June 2011 |work=New York Times }}
• 2012 - Population: 3,412,018.
• 2014 - Air pollution in Jeddah reaches annual mean of 68 PM2.5 and 161 PM10, much higher than recommended.{{citation |author=World Health Organization |location=Geneva |title=Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database |year=2016 |url=https://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/cities/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328100014/http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/cities/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2014 }}

• List of universities and colleges in Jeddah
• Timelines of other cities in Saudi Arabia: Mecca, Medina, Riyadh

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;Published in 18th-19th centuries

• {{cite book |title=Travels through Arabia |author=Carsten Niebuhr |author-link=Carsten Niebuhr |translator= Robert Heron |translator-link= Robert Heron (writer) |location= Edinburgh |publisher= R. Morison and Son |year= 1792 |chapter= Of the City of Jidda and its Vicinity |hdl=2027/hvd.hxj9mv?urlappend=%3Bseq=262 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hxj9mv?urlappend=%3Bseq=262 |via=HathiTrust

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• {{Citation |publisher = Black, Parry & Co. |location = London |title = Oriental Commerce |author = William Milburn |date = 1813 |oclc = 6856418 |chapter=Judda |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/orientalcommerce01milb#page/86/mode/2up

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• {{cite book |title=Travels in Arabia |author=Johann Ludwig Burckhardt |author-link=Johann Ludwig Burckhardt |location=London |publisher= H. Colburn |year= 1829 |chapter = (Djidda) |hdl=2027/mdp.39015010937236?urlappend=%3Bseq=33 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010937236?urlappend=%3Bseq=33

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• {{cite book|author=James Horsburgh|author-link=James Horsburgh|title= India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America|year=1852 |edition=6th |publisher=William H. Allen & Co. |location=London |via=Google Books |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gCk6YV5AslIC&pg=PA303 |chapter= Red Sea, East Side: Jiddah

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• {{Citation |publisher = Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts |location = London |title = Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to el Medinah and Meccah |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kXcOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA283 |chapter=To Jeddah |author = Richard Burton |author-link=Richard Francis Burton |edition = 2nd |date = 1857 |oclc = 5778233

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• {{Citation |publisher = Dyk'sche Buchhandlung |location=Leipzig |title = Meine Wallfahrt nach Mekka |author = Heinrich Freiherrn von Maltzan |author-link=Heinrich von Maltzan, Baron zu Wartenburg und Penzlin |date = 1865 |oclc = 72240504 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/meinewallfahrtn00maltgoog#page/n228/mode/2up |chapter=Dschedda |language=de

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;Published in 20th century

• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Jidda |volume= 15 | pages = 414–415 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
• A. Pesce. Jiddah: Portrait of an Arabian City. London, 1974.
• {{Citation |publisher = Middle East Editorial Associates |location=Washington DC |edition=4th |title = Green Book Guide for Living in Saudi Arabia |author = Madge Pendleton |date = 1984 |ol=8342230M |chapter=Jeddah |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/greenbookguidefo00pend#page/82/mode/2up

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• {{citation |title=A Case Study in Planning Implementation: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |author= Abdal-Majeed Ismail Daghistani |year=1993 |publisher= University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Global Urban Research Unit

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• {{cite journal |author=Tawfiq M. Abu-Ghazzeh |title=Built Form and Religion: Underlying Structures of Jeddah Al-Qademah |journal= Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review |volume= 5 |year= 1994 |publisher= International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments |url=http://iaste.berkeley.edu/category/tdsr |via=University of California, Berkeley

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• {{Citation |publisher = Lonely Planet |title = Arab Gulf States |year=1993 |ol= 8314448M |chapter=Jeddah |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/arabgulfstatesba00robi#page/232/mode/1up

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;Published in 21st century

• {{cite book |title=Historic Cities of the Islamic World |editor=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |editor-link=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |year=2007 |publisher=Koninklijke Brill |location=Leiden |chapter=Jeddah

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• {{cite book|author1=Gabor Agoston |author2= Bruce Alan Masters |title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire|year= 2009|publisher=Facts on File |isbn=978-1-4381-1025-7 |chapter= Jeddah |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC |page=298

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{{commons category|Jeddah}}

• {{cite web |url=http://www.jeddah.gov.sa/English/JeddahCity/History.php |title=Jeddah History |publisher=Jeddah Municipality |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307005027/https://www.jeddah.gov.sa/English/JeddahCity/History.php |archive-date=7 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.outofedenwalk.com/map-room/walking-jeddah/ |title=Walking Jeddah |date=May 2013 |author= Paul Salopek |author-link= Paul Salopek |work=Out of Eden Walk |publisher=Knight Foundation |location=USA }}

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