title: Timeline of Amman
text: # 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 (approximate date).
  * 3rd century CE - Rujm Al-Malfouf (tower) in use.
  * 8th century - Al-Masjid al-Umawi (mosque) and Al-Qasr Umawi (palace) 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 (approximate).
  * 1918
     * March: First Battle of Amman.
     * 25 September: Second Battle of Amman.
  * 1923 - Al-Husseini Mosque [ar] 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 (approximate).
  * 1975 - The Jordan Times newspaper begins publication.
  * 1981 - Jordan Rally (automotive race) begins.
  * 1983 - Queen Alia International Airport built.
  * 1985 - Population: 812,500 (estimate).
  * 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 (city hall) 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 (TAJ Mall) opens
  * 2015 - 9 November: Amman shooting attack.
  * 2018 - June: Economic protests.
  