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- Prior to 20th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Muscat, Oman. {{Dynamic list}}{{TOC right}}Prior to 20th century{{History of Oman}}- 550 BCE - Achaemenids in power (approximate date).{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 4th century CE - Yemeni Arabs in power.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 633 CE - Regional Islamization.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1507 - City taken by Portuguese forces under command of Afonso de Albuquerque.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1522 - Uprising against Portuguese rule.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1546 - City attacked by Ottoman forces.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1552 - Capture of Muscat (1552) by Ottoman forces.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1581 - City sacked by Ottmans.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1586-1588 - Fort São João and Fort Capitan built.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}[1]
- 1624 - Construction begins of "earthen land wall" around city.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1640 - City attacked by forces of Nasir bin Murshid.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1648 - City occupied by Persians.[2]
- 1650 - City taken by forces of Sultan bin Saif; Portuguese ousted.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}[1]
- 1670 - Dutch East India Company factory established.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1738 - Muscat occupied by forces of Muhammad Taqi Khan of Fars.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
- 1740s - Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi in power.[2][3]
- 1780s - Al Bu Sa'id capital relocated to Muscat by Hamad bin Said.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1798 - British East India Company active (approximate date).
- 1806 - Said bin Sultan in power.[4]
- 1820 - Muscat becomes capital of the newly formed Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
- 1832 - Capital of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman relocated from Muscat to colonial Zanzibar by Said bin Sultan.{{sfn|Watson|1996}}
- 1845 - Bait al-Falaj Fort built.[5]
- 1856 - Thuwaini bin Said becomes sultan.
- 1890 - "Cyclonic storm;" flooding.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1893 - Hospital established.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1894 - French consulate established.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1895 - City besieged.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
20th century- 1928 - Al-Sa'idiyah School established.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1929 - Vehicular road into city built "by the hacking out of a one-lane track through the mountains."[1]
- 1932 - Said bin Taimur becomes sultan.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1939 - Municipal council established.[6]
- 1943 - Bombing of ship in harbor by Japanese forces.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1948 - British Bank of the Middle East branch in business.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1949 - Municipal Law for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman issued.[6]
- 1951 - Indian consulate established.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1952 - Population: 4,200 in town (approximate estimate).[7]
- 1960 - Population: 5,080 in town; 6,208 urban agglomeration (approximate estimate).[8]
- 1962 - Muttrah-Muscat road paved.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1963 - Slavery abolished.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1967 - Petroleum Development Oman headquartered in Muscat.
- 1968 - Electric power plant commissioned in Riyam.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- 1970 - Qaboos bin Said al Said in power.{{sfn|Turner|2008}}
- 1972
- June: Muttrah and Muscat merge to form the Muscat Municipality.[6]
- Al Alam Palace built.
- 1973
- Seeb Airport opens.
- British School – Muscat established.
- 1974
- Port Sultan Qaboos built in Muttrah.[1]
- Museum of Omani Heritage opens.
- 1975
- Office of municipality president established.[6]
- Times of Oman newspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1981
- Oman Daily Observer newspaper begins publication.[16]
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor[18] and Ministry of Petroleum[18] built.
- 1984 - Muscat Governorate established.[6]
- 1985
- Gulf Cooperation Council meets in Muscat.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}[9]
- Al-Bustan Palace Hotel in business.{{sfn|Peterson|2007}}
- Oman Natural History Museum opens.[5]
- 1986 - Sultan Qaboos University opens.[16]
- 1987 - Royal Hospital built.[10]
- 1988
- Muscat Securities Market established.
- Alwatan newspaper in publication.[11]
- French embassy built.[10]
- 1990 - Oman Children's Museum established.
- 1992 - Omani French Museum established.
- 1993
- 40,856 in city.[16]
- Dam{{sfn|Peterson|2007}} and Oman International Bank[10] built.
- Oman Society for Fine Arts established.[5]
- 1995 - Oman Oil and Gas Exhibition Centre established.
- 1996 - National Hospitality Institute headquartered in city.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}
- 1998 - Bait al Zubair museum opens.
21st century- 2001
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque built.
- Muscat Gate Museum opens.
- Population: 685,676 in governorate.[12]
- 2003 - Chedi Hotel in business.[10]
- 2006 - Bait Al Baranda (house museum) opens.
- 2010 - Al-Musannah Sports City opens.[13]
- 2011
- Protest in {{illm|People's Square (Muscat)|ar|3=ساحة الشعب}}
- Royal Opera House Muscat opens in Shati Al-Qurm.
- 2012 - Muscat Expressway built.[14]
- 2013 - Fish souk rebuilt.[14]
- 2018 - EDM producer Avicii dies in Muscat.
See also- Muscat history
- List of cities in Oman (also by population, in German)
- Old Muscat
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}}- {{Cite book |publisher = Routledge |isbn = 1884964036 |title = International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa |publication-date = 1996 |editor=Noelle Watson |location=UK |chapter=Muscat |pages=529 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XMBAwAAQBAJ
|ref= {{harvid|Watson|1996}} }}- {{cite book |author= Abdelhamid Mahmoud Hussein Nasr |title= Musqat asimat Oman |location= Irbid |year= 1997 |language=Arabic
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}}{{refend}}External links{{commonscat|Muscat}}- Map of Muscat, 1985
- {{cite web |url= http://www.qdl.qa/en/search/site/Muscat |title=(Muscat) |work= Qatar Digital Library |publisher= Qatar National Library }}
- Europeana. [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=what%3Amuscat&rows=96 Items related to Muscat], various dates.
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