Aden: All Data
Aden 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
Aden: 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.
571 AD
Mentioned in Event: Sassanid conquest of Aden
1061 AD
Capital of Banu Ma'an Dynasty
1084 AD
Capital of Zurayids (Fatimid)
1172 AD
Capital of Zurayids
1513 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Aden
1514 AD
Capital of Aden
1539 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (1538-1559)
1839 AD
Capital of Aden Protectorate
1962 AD
Capital of Federation of South Arabia
1963 AD
Capital of Protectorate of South Arabia
1967 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aden Emergency
1967 AD
Capital of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
1990 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Yemen
2014 AD
Capital of Republic of Yemen
2014 AD
Capital of Republic of Yemen
2015 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Aden Airport, part of Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
2015 AD
Mentioned in: Aden unrest, part of Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
2015 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Aden (2015), part of Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
2018 AD
Mentioned in Event: Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
2018 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Aden (2018), part of Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of 'Adan Governorate, part of Republic of Yemen