Benghazi: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Benghazi: 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.
1911 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Front
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Front
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Lausanne (1912)
1912 AD
Capital of Italian Cyrenaica
1938 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Bengasi, part of Libya (Italy)
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Crusader
1942 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Gazala
1942 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Battle of El Alamein
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (North African Theatre)
1949 AD
Capital of Emirate of Cyrenaica
1951 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Libya
2011 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Protest Phase of the First Libyan Civil War
2011 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Civil War (2011)
2011 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Benghazi
2011 AD
Mentioned in: First Battle of Benghazi
2011 AD
Capital of National Transitional Council of Libya
2012 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Civil War (2014-present)
2012 AD
Mentioned in: 2012 Benghazi attack
2012 AD
Capital of House of Representatives
2014 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Phase (Tobruk/GNA/Islamists/IS)
2014 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Benghazi (2014), part of First Phase (Tobruk/GNA/Islamists/IS)
2014 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Benghazi (2014–17)
2016 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Civil War (2014-present)
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the District of Benghazi, part of State of Libya