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Timeline of Kano

January 10, 2023

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kano, Nigeria.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

20th century

 
Kano city, Nigeria, circa 1910s
  • 1903 - February: British in power.[4]
  • 1905 - Kano becomes capital of British colonial Northern Nigeria Protectorate.[1]
  • 1909 - Nassarawa School established.[5]
  • 1911 - Lagos-Kano railway begins operating.
  • 1930 - Kano Girls' School established.[5]
  • 1931 - Daily Comet newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1932 - Water and Electric Light Works inaugurated.[7]
  • 1936 - Airport begins operating.[8]
  • 1937 - Rex cinema opens.[7]
  • 1951 - Masalla cin Jumma'an (mosque) built.[9]
  • 1952
    • Palace cinema opens.[10]
    • Population: 130,173.[11]
  • 1953 - 1 May: Kano riot of 1953.[12]
  • 1967 - City becomes capital of the newly established Kano State.
  • 1970 - Murtala Muhammad Mosque built in Fagge.[13]
  • 1975 - Population: 399,000.[14]
  • 1977 - Bayero University Kano established.
  • 1980
  • 1982 - No Man's Land mosque and Yar Akwa mosque built.[13]
  • 1985 - Population: 1,861,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
  • 1986 - Hotoro mosque built.[13]
  • 1987 - Goron Dutse mosque built.[13]
  • 1988 - Goron Dutse Islamiyya secondary school opens.
  • 1990
  • 1995 - Population: 2,339,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
  • 1998 - Sani Abacha Stadium opens.
  • 2000 - Population: 2,602,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]

21st century

See also

Bibliography

Arabic manuscripts

Arabic manuscripts documenting the history of Kano:[21]

  • Tarikh Arbab Hadha al-balad al-Musamma Kano (The Kano Chronicle) (18th century)
  • Asl al-Wangariyin (The Wangara Chronicle) (1650)
  • Taqyid al-Akbar (The Jihad Chronicle) (1863)
  • Al Eelan fi Tarikh Kano (1933)
  • Wakar Bagauda (The Song of Bagauda) (oral narrative, written in Hausa Ajami script)
Published in 19th-20th centuries
  • Josiah Conder (1830), "Kano", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
  • H. R. Palmer, ed. (1908), "The Kano Chronicle", Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 38 – via Internet Archive; via Google Books
  • B. A. Trevallion (1967). Metropolitan Kano: report on the twenty year development plan 1963-1983. Pergamon Press. OCLC 514199.
  • Paul M. Lubeck (2013) [1977]. "Contrasts and Continuity in a Dependent City: Kano, Nigeria". In J. Abu-Lughod and R. Hay (ed.). Third World Urbanization. Routledge. p. 281+. ISBN 978-1-135-68640-6.
  • Economic Crisis, Structural Adjustment and the Coping Strategies of Manufacturers in Kano, Nigeria, Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 1996 – via International Relations and Security Network
  • Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Kano". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. pp. 396+. ISBN 1884964036.
  • Alaine S. Hutson (1999). "Development of Women's Authority in the Kano Tijaniyya, 1894-1963". Africa Today. 46 (3/4): 43–64. doi:10.1353/at.2003.0093. JSTOR 4187284.
  • John Paxton, ed. (1999). "Kano, Nigeria". Penguin Encyclopedia of Places (3rd ed.). ISBN 9780140512755.
Published in 21st century
  • Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Kano, Nigeria". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
  • Rasheed Olaniyi (2004). "Yoruba Commercial Diaspora and Settlement Patterns in Pre-Colonial Kano". In Toyin Falola; et al. (eds.). Nigerian Cities. Africa World Press. p. 80+. ISBN 978-1-59221-169-2.
  • Kevin Shillington, ed. (2004), "Kano", Encyclopedia of African History, London: Routledge
  • C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Kano". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 272+. ISBN 978-9004153882.
  • Akachi Odoemene (2008). "Contexts of Colonialism ... Two Nigerian Cities". In Bahru Zewde (ed.). Society, State, and Identity in African History. African Books Collective. p. 231+. ISBN 978-99944-50-25-1. (about Kano)
  • "Kano". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. p. 369+. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
  • Robert F. Stock (2012). "Urban Economies and Societies: Kano". Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation (3rd ed.). Guilford Press. p. 403+. ISBN 978-1-4625-0811-2.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Watson 1996.
  2. ^ Stock 2012.
  3. ^ "ArchNet". Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d Bosworth 2007.
  5. ^ a b Hutson 1999.
  6. ^ "Kano (Nigeria) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, US: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  7. ^ a b Brian Larkin (2008). Signal and Noise: Media, Infrastructure, and Urban Culture in Nigeria. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-8931-6.
  8. ^ a b "Remodelled Kano Airport Offers Hope", This Day, Lagos, March 17, 2013 – via LexisNexis Academic
  9. ^ Grove 2009.
  10. ^ Brian Larkin (2002). "Materiality of Cinema Theaters in Northern Nigeria". Media Worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain. University of California Press. p. 319+. ISBN 978-0-520-22448-3.
  11. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  12. ^ Toyin Falola; Ann Genova (2009). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Nigeria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6316-3.
  13. ^ a b c d e Roman Loimeier (2011). "Chapter 2". Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria. Northwestern University Press. p. 96+. ISBN 978-0-8101-2810-1.
  14. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  15. ^ Paul M. Lubeck (1985). "Islamic Protest Under Semi-Industrial Capitalism: Yan Tatsine Explained". In John David Yeadon Peel and Charles Cameron Stewart (ed.). Popular Islam South of the Sahara. Manchester University Press. p. 369+. ISBN 978-0-7190-1975-3.
  16. ^ a b c d e . United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2015-09-10. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10.
  17. ^ "Torrential Rain Leaves Kano Prostrate", Vanguard, Lagos, August 27, 2010 – via LexisNexis Academic
  18. ^ "Nigeria: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  19. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
  20. ^ "Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis". BBC News. 19 May 2014.
  21. ^ Abdalla Uba Adamu. The City At the Edge of Forever – Archiving and Digitizing Arabic Sources on the History of Kano, Nigeria.

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kano Nigeria This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Prior to 20th century 2 20th century 3 21st century 4 See also 5 Bibliography 6 References 7 External linksPrior to 20th century Edit999 CE Bagauda in power 1 1095 City wall construction begins 2 1349 Yaji I in power 1430 Kano becomes capital of the Sultanate of Kano citation needed 1463 Muhammad Rumfa in power 1 1480 Gidan Rumfa palace built approximate date 3 1807 Sokoto jihad active Kano becomes capital of the Kano Emirate 4 1819 Ibrahim Dabo in power 4 1890s Kano Chronicle compiled 1 1893 Tukur Yusufu succession conflict 4 20th century Edit Kano city Nigeria circa 1910s 1903 February British in power 4 1905 Kano becomes capital of British colonial Northern Nigeria Protectorate 1 1909 Nassarawa School established 5 1911 Lagos Kano railway begins operating 1930 Kano Girls School established 5 1931 Daily Comet newspaper begins publication 6 1932 Water and Electric Light Works inaugurated 7 1936 Airport begins operating 8 1937 Rex cinema opens 7 1951 Masalla cin Jumma an mosque built 9 1952 Palace cinema opens 10 Population 130 173 11 1953 1 May Kano riot of 1953 12 1967 City becomes capital of the newly established Kano State 1970 Murtala Muhammad Mosque built in Fagge 13 1975 Population 399 000 14 1977 Bayero University Kano established 1980 Yan Tatsine religious unrest 15 Triumph newspaper begins publication Hausawa mosque built 13 1982 No Man s Land mosque and Yar Akwa mosque built 13 1985 Population 1 861 000 urban agglomeration 16 1986 Hotoro mosque built 13 1987 Goron Dutse mosque built 13 1988 Goron Dutse Islamiyya secondary school opens 1990 Kano Pillars Football Club formed Population 2 095 000 urban agglomeration 16 1995 Population 2 339 000 urban agglomeration 16 1998 Sani Abacha Stadium opens 2000 Population 2 602 000 urban agglomeration 16 21st century Edit2006 Population 2 163 225 city 2 828 861 metro 2010 August Flood 17 Population 3 271 000 urban agglomeration 16 2012 20 January Boko Haram attack 18 19 2013 Northwest University Kano opens Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport remodelled 8 2014 18 May Boko Haram attack 20 See also Edit Nigeria portalKano history List of rulers of Kano List of Governors of Kano State Timelines of other cities in Nigeria Ibadan Lagos Port HarcourtBibliography EditArabic manuscriptsArabic manuscripts documenting the history of Kano 21 Tarikh Arbab Hadha al balad al Musamma Kano The Kano Chronicle 18th century Asl al Wangariyin The Wangara Chronicle 1650 Taqyid al Akbar The Jihad Chronicle 1863 Al Eelan fi Tarikh Kano 1933 Wakar Bagauda The Song of Bagauda oral narrative written in Hausa Ajami script Published in 19th 20th centuriesJosiah Conder 1830 Kano The Modern Traveller London J Duncan H R Palmer ed 1908 The Kano Chronicle Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland vol 38 via Internet Archive via Google Books B A Trevallion 1967 Metropolitan Kano report on the twenty year development plan 1963 1983 Pergamon Press OCLC 514199 Paul M Lubeck 2013 1977 Contrasts and Continuity in a Dependent City Kano Nigeria In J Abu Lughod and R Hay ed Third World Urbanization Routledge p 281 ISBN 978 1 135 68640 6 Economic Crisis Structural Adjustment and the Coping Strategies of Manufacturers in Kano Nigeria Geneva United Nations Research Institute for Social Development 1996 via International Relations and Security Network Noelle Watson ed 1996 Kano International Dictionary of Historic Places Middle East and Africa UK Routledge pp 396 ISBN 1884964036 Alaine S Hutson 1999 Development of Women s Authority in the Kano Tijaniyya 1894 1963 Africa Today 46 3 4 43 64 doi 10 1353 at 2003 0093 JSTOR 4187284 John Paxton ed 1999 Kano Nigeria Penguin Encyclopedia of Places 3rd ed ISBN 9780140512755 Published in 21st centuryPaul Tiyambe Zeleza Dickson Eyoh eds 2003 Kano Nigeria Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century African History Routledge ISBN 0415234794 Rasheed Olaniyi 2004 Yoruba Commercial Diaspora and Settlement Patterns in Pre Colonial Kano In Toyin Falola et al eds Nigerian Cities Africa World Press p 80 ISBN 978 1 59221 169 2 Kevin Shillington ed 2004 Kano Encyclopedia of African History London Routledge C Edmund Bosworth ed 2007 Kano Historic Cities of the Islamic World Leiden Koninklijke Brill p 272 ISBN 978 9004153882 Akachi Odoemene 2008 Contexts of Colonialism Two Nigerian Cities In Bahru Zewde ed Society State and Identity in African History African Books Collective p 231 ISBN 978 99944 50 25 1 about Kano Kano Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art amp Architecture Oxford University Press 2009 p 369 ISBN 978 0 19 530991 1 Robert F Stock 2012 Urban Economies and Societies Kano Africa South of the Sahara A Geographical Interpretation 3rd ed Guilford Press p 403 ISBN 978 1 4625 0811 2 References Edit a b c d Watson 1996 Stock 2012 ArchNet Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty url help a b c d Bosworth 2007 a b Hutson 1999 Kano Nigeria Newspapers Global Resources Network Chicago US Center for Research Libraries Retrieved 30 September 2014 a b Brian Larkin 2008 Signal and Noise Media Infrastructure and Urban Culture in Nigeria Duke University Press ISBN 978 0 8223 8931 6 a b Remodelled Kano Airport Offers Hope This Day Lagos March 17 2013 via LexisNexis Academic Grove 2009 Brian Larkin 2002 Materiality of Cinema Theaters in Northern Nigeria Media Worlds Anthropology on New Terrain University of California Press p 319 ISBN 978 0 520 22448 3 Population of capital city and cities of 100 000 or more inhabitants Demographic Yearbook 1955 New York Statistical Office of the United Nations Toyin Falola Ann Genova 2009 Chronology Historical Dictionary of Nigeria Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 0 8108 6316 3 a b c d e Roman Loimeier 2011 Chapter 2 Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria Northwestern University Press p 96 ISBN 978 0 8101 2810 1 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistical Office 1976 Population of capital city and cities of 100 000 and more inhabitants Demographic Yearbook 1975 New York pp 253 279 Paul M Lubeck 1985 Islamic Protest Under Semi Industrial Capitalism Yan Tatsine Explained In John David Yeadon Peel and Charles Cameron Stewart ed Popular Islam South of the Sahara Manchester University Press p 369 ISBN 978 0 7190 1975 3 a b c d e The State of African Cities 2014 United Nations Human Settlements Programme 2015 09 10 ISBN 978 92 1 132598 0 Archived from the original on 2014 09 10 Torrential Rain Leaves Kano Prostrate Vanguard Lagos August 27 2010 via LexisNexis Academic Nigeria Timeline BBC News Retrieved 30 September 2014 Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year 2013 ISBN 978 1 62513 103 4 Nigeria s Boko Haram crisis BBC News 19 May 2014 Abdalla Uba Adamu The City At the Edge of Forever Archiving and Digitizing Arabic Sources on the History of Kano Nigeria External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Kano Map of Kano 1851 by Heinrich Barth Kano Directory of Open Access Journals UK Bibliography of open access articles Kano via Europeana Images etc Kano via Digital Public Library of America Images etc Kano Internet Library Sub Saharan Africa Germany Frankfurt University Library Bibliography Kano Connecting Africa Leiden Netherlands African Studies Centre Bibliography Kano AfricaBib org Bibliography Kano Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Timeline of Kano amp oldid 1082204618, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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