Timeline / 800 to 1400 / TUNISIA
Date Country | Description
827 A.D. Tunisia
The Aghlabids begin the conquest of Sicily.
836 A.D. Tunisia
Construction of the Great Mosque of Kairouan.
863 A.D. Tunisia
Construction of the Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis.
876 A.D. Tunisia
Foundation of the town of Raqqada a few kilometres outside Kairouan.
921 A.D. Tunisia
Foundation of the town of Mahdia, capital of the Fatimids.
947 A.D. Tunisia
Foundation of princely town of Sabra-al Mansuriya.
971 - 973 A.D. Tunisia
Foundation of Cairo (Egypt). The Fatimids leave for Cairo.
1007 A.D. Tunisia
Foundation of the Qal’at Bani Hammad (Algeria).
1015 A.D. Tunisia
The Zirid princes share out the kingdom of Ifriqiya and the fortress of the Bani Hammad.
1016 - 1062 A.D. Tunisia
Foundation of the kingdom of al-Mu‘izz ibn Badis, which splits from the Fatimid Caliphate of Cairo.
1050 - 1052 A.D. Tunisia
Ifriqiya is invaded by Hilalian tribes from Egypt. Split into several different kingdoms, Ifriqiya falls to the invaders.
1118 - 1156 A.D. Tunisia Date Country | Description
Norman incursions on the coast of Ifriqiya. The Djerba and Kerkennah islands, along with the towns of Gabès, Sfax, Mahdia and Sousse, are occupied by the Normans.
1160 A.D. Tunisia
Reconquest of the coast by the Almohads and reunification of Ifriqiya.
1184 - 1209 A.D. Tunisia
The powers of the Almohads declines.
1228 - 1236 A.D. Tunisia
The Hafsid Kingdom of Tunis exerts a remarkable influence in politics, economics and culture.
1253 A.D. Tunisia
The socio-cultural movement in Ifriqiya flourishes with individuals such as Sidi Bou Saïd and Sidi Mehrez venerated as patron saints.
1270 A.D. Tunisia
Death of Louis IX at the gates of Carthage during the Eighth Crusade against the Kingdom of Tunis.
1277 - 1370 A.D. Tunisia
The century is marked by trials and crises that shake the Hafsid kingdom: civil wars, foreign incursions and cholera epidemics.
1316 A.D. Tunisia
Birth of the illustrious scholar Ibn Arfa.
1332 A.D. Tunisia
Birth of the illustrious scholar Ibn Khaldun in Tunis.
1370 - 1394 A.D. Tunisia
Political stability under the reign of the Hafsid princes.
1394 - 1434 A.D. Tunisia
Development of commercial relations with Italian towns.