The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tel Aviv, Israel.
__NOTOC__ 19th century 20th century: 1900s1910s1920s 1930s1940s1950s1960s 1970s1980s 1990s 21st century: 2000s2010s 2020s
19th century
1886 – Neve-Tzedek was founded. 1890 – Neve Shalom was founded. 1896 – Yafa Nof was founded. 1899 – Achva was founded.
20th century
1900s 1904 – Ohel Moshe was founded. 1905 - Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, the first Hebrew Highschool was founded. 1906 – Kerem HaTeimanim was founded. 1909 – Tel Aviv founded as neighborhood in Jaffa.
1910s 1917 – April: Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation.
1920s
1921 – Meir Dizengoff becomes mayor. 1925 – David Bloch-Blumenfeld becomes mayor. 1926 - The Histadrut art school, the first modern art academy in Israel, is founded by Yitzhak Frenkel.
1930s 1930s – White City built. 1932 Tel Aviv Museum of Art established. Maccabiah Stadium opens. 1936 – Israel Rokach becomes mayor. 1938 – Jaffa Zoo opens. 1939 – Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper begins publication.
1940s 1941 – Tel Aviv Central Bus Station opens. 1948 – Population: 244,614.
1950s
1950 Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality formed. Chen Cinema opens. 1951 – Ramat Gan Stadium opens near Tel Aviv. 1953 Tel Aviv Stock Exchange founded. Chaim Levanon becomes mayor. 1959 - 1961 - Historic building of Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium destroyed sparking conservation movement in Israel.
1960s 1960 Mordechai Namir becomes mayor. Israel Sports Center for the Disabled established near city. 1962 – Bloomfield Stadium opens. 1963 – Yad Eliyahu Arena opens. 1964 – November: 16th Chess Olympiad held. 1965 – Shalom Meir Tower built. 1968 – November: 1968 Summer Paralympics. 1969 – Yehoshua Rabinovitz becomes mayor.
1970s 1970 Luna Park (amusement park) built. Russian-language newspaper in publication. 1972 – London Ministores Mall built. 1973 – Yarkon Park and Tel Aviv Cinematheque open. 1974 – Shlomo Lahat becomes mayor.
1980s 1983 – Dizengoff Center (shopping mall) in business. 1987 – Marganit Tower built. 1989 – Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater established.
1990s 1990 – Tel Aviv 2000 Terminal (bus station) built. 1993 Roni Milo becomes mayor. Opera Tower built. 1994 – 19 October: Dizengoff Street bus bombing. 1995 – 4 November: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. 1996 – 4 March: Dizengoff Center suicide bombing. 1997 – Isrotel Tower built. 1998 Ron Huldai becomes mayor. Center for Contemporary Art founded. 1999 – Azrieli Center, Tzameret Towers, and Beit Rubinstein hi-rise built.
2000s 2000 Tel Aviv University Railway Station opens. Levinstein Tower and Tel Aviv Towers built.
21st century 2003 – Matcal Tower and Tel Aviv Convention Center pavilion built. 2005 – Kirya Tower built. 2006 Bank Discount Tower built. Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival begins. 2007 – Neve Tzedek Tower built. 2009 Tel Aviv-Yafo Centennial. First International Bank Tower and Vision Tower built. Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
2010s 2011 Elco Tower built. Tel Aviv Light Rail construction begins. 2013 – Population: 414,600. 2013 – Eurovision Song Contest 2019 held.
2020s
2025 2025 Houthi attack on Tel Aviv airport: A ballistic missile launched by the Houthis strikes near Ben Gurion Airport, injuring eight people and temporarily halting air traffic. The 2025–26 Toto Cup Al takes place, with Beitar Jerusalem finishing as champions. 2026 – Dutch airline KLM announces the suspension of its Amsterdam–Tel Aviv route.
See also History of Tel Aviv Timeline of Jaffa Timeline of Jerusalem Timeline of Haifa Timeline of Israeli history List of cities in Israel
References
This article incorporates information from the Hebrew Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
External links
Map of Tel Aviv, 1958 Europeana. Items related to Tel Aviv, various dates.