Sanaa: All Data
Sanaa is a city in Yemen. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Sanaa: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
100 AD
Capital of Saba (Antiquity)
450 AD
Capital of Himyarite Kingdom
570 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Sanaa (570), part of Aksumite-Persian wars
571 AD
Mentioned in Event: Sassanid conquest of Aden
1041 AD
Capital of Sulayhid dynasty
1598 AD
Capital of Zaidi Imamate
1850 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Expedition of 1849
1873 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Expedition of 1872
1905 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Expedition of 1905
1905 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Rebellion of 1904
1905 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Rebellion of 1911
1905 AD
Capital of Zaidi State
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War I Middle East Theatre
1918 AD
Capital of Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
1962 AD
Mentioned in Event: North Yemen Civil War
1962 AD
Capital of Yemen Arab Republic
1990 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Yemen
1990 AD
Capital of Republic of Yemen
1990 AD
Capital of Republic of Yemen
2011 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Revolution
2011 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Sana'a (2011)
2012 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Revolution
2014 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
2014 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Sanaa
2014 AD
Capital of Houthis
2017 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Sanaa (2017)
2017 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Sanaa (2017), part of Battle of Sanaa (2017)
2017 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Sana'a (2017), part of Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Municipality of Sana'a, part of Republic of Yemen
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Sana'a Governorate, part of Republic of Yemen