city Kairouan: All Data

Kairouan is a city in Tunisia. 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

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Kairouan: 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.

579 AD
Capital of Kingdom of the Dorsale
671 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Muslim invasion of Maghreb
684 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Muslim invasion of Maghreb
689 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Muslim invasion of Maghreb
801 AD
Capital of Aghlabids
1557 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)
1881 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of Tunisia
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Tunisian campaign
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Kairouan Governorate, part of Republic of Tunisia