Timeline of Beirut

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Coordinates: 33°53′13″N 35°30′47″E / 33.88694°N 35.51306°E / 33.88694; 35.51306 The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Prior to 20th century[]

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Hellenistic rule 332–64 BC
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20th century[]

1900s–1960s[]


1970s–1990s[]

  • 1970
    • L'Orient Le Jour newspaper begins publication.
    • Population: 474,870 city; 938,940 urban agglomeration.[13]
  • 1972 – Manoukian Center established.[11]
  • 1973 – Holiday Inn in business.[14]
  • 1974 – As-Safir newspaper begins publication.
  • 1975
    • April: Lebanese Civil War begins.[12]
    • Green Line established between mainly Muslim factions in West Beirut and the Christian Lebanese Front in East Beirut.
    • Centre for Arab Unity Studies founded.[15]
  • 1976 – al-Murābiṭ newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • 1977 – Mitri El Nammar takes office as Governor of Beirut.
  • 1978 – Syrian siege of Achrafiyeh, the main Christian district of Beirut.
  • 1982
  • 1983 – French and US barracks bombed.
  • 1986 – Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Arabes Chretiennes founded.[16]
  • 1987 – George Smaha takes office as Governor of Beirut.
  • 1988 – Ad-Diyar newspaper begins publication.
  • 1989 – Lebanese Center for Policy Studies headquartered in city.[15]
  • 1990 – Solidere (redevelopment company) and Center for Strategic Studies Research and Documentation[15] founded.
  • 1991 – Al Manar TV begins broadcasting.
  • 1992 – Nayef Al Maaloof takes office as Governor of Beirut
  • 1993
    • B 018 nightclub opens.
    • Future Television begins broadcasting.
  • 1994 – Souk el-Tayeb farmer's market opens.[17]
  • 1995 – Nicolas Saba takes office as Governor of Beirut
  • 1997
  • 1999
  • 2000 – Museum of Lebanese Prehistory established.

21st century[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

2020s[]

  • 2020
    • 4 August: Explosion in port

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Haydn 1910.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f OCLC. "WorldCat". Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  4. ^ Palestine and Syria, Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, 1898
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Racy 1986.
  6. ^ "Beirut Traders Association". Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  7. ^ Mittelmeer, Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, 1934
  8. ^ The Columbia Encyclopedia, CUP, New York, 1950
  9. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
  10. ^ Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Rogers 2008.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Chronology of Key Events". Lebanon Profile. BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  13. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
  14. ^ "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  16. ^ Scalenghe 2003.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b M. Egan (28 March 2010). "The Scene- Beirut". New York Times.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lebanon". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  19. ^ Deeb 2007.
  20. ^ Mona Khechen (2007). "Beyond the Spectacle: Al-Saha Village, Beirut". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. 19 – via University of California, Berkeley. Free to read
  21. ^ Deeb 2013.
  22. ^ "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  23. ^ S. Sherwood (29 April 2010). "36 Hours in Beirut". New York Times.
  24. ^ R. Doyle (17 February 2012). "In Beirut, the Zaitunay Bay Promenade Opens". New York Times.
  25. ^ "New pan-Arab satellite channel hopes to counter Al-Jazeera's Arab Spring coverage". Washington Post. Associated Press. 11 June 2012.[dead link]

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

Published in 19th century
Published in 20th century
  • "Beirut", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910). "Beyrout". Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.). London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  • Ali Jihad Racy (1986). "Words and Music in Beirut: A Study of Attitudes". Ethnomusicology. 30 (3): 413–427. doi:10.2307/851587. JSTOR 851587.
  • Mona Takieddin Amyuni (1987). "The Image of the City: Wounded Beirut". Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics (7). JSTOR 521854. — literary criticism
  • Dona J. Stewart (1996). "Economic Recovery and Reconstruction in Postwar Beirut". Geographical Review. 86 (4): 487–504. doi:10.2307/215929. JSTOR 215929.
  • Saree Makdisi (1997). "Laying Claim to Beirut: Urban Narrative and Spatial Identity in the Age of Solidere". Critical Inquiry. 23 (3): 661–705. doi:10.1086/448848. JSTOR 1344040.
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Published in 21st century
  • Sara Scalenghe and Nadya Sbaiti (2003). "Conducting Research in Lebanon: An Overview of Historical Sources in Beirut". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 37. JSTOR 23063088.
  • C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Beirut". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 53+. ISBN 978-9004153882.
  • Lara Deeb and Mona Harb (2007). "Sanctioned Pleasures: Youth, Piety and Leisure in Beirut". Middle East Report (245): 12–19. JSTOR 25164816.
  • Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008), "Beirut", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 82+, ISBN 9781576079201
  • Joe Nasr; Eric Verdeil (2008). "Reconstructions of Beirut". City in the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 1115+. ISBN 978-9004171688 – via HAL, Centre pour la communication scientifique directe, France.
  • Sarah Rogers (2008). "Producing the Local: The Visual Arts in Beirut". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 42 (1/2): 19–25. JSTOR 23063538.
  • Gerhard Böwering, ed. (2013). "Beirut". Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-691-13484-0.
  • Lara Deeb; Mona Harb (2013). Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi'ite South Beirut. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-4856-0.
  • Beirut City Profile, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2021

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