The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Damascus , Syria .
Map of Damascus in 1855
View of Damascus, 1898
1918 – October: Arab troops led by Emir Feisal , and supported by British Armed Forces , capture Damascus, ending 400 years of Ottoman rule .[4]
1920 – July: French Armed Forces occupy Damascus, forcing Feisal to flee abroad.[4]
1923 – University founded.
1925/6 – French forces bombard Damascus.[4]
1928 – Al-Wahda Club of Damascus founded.
1935 – Population: 193,912.[5]
1939 – Chapel of Saint Paul inaugurated.
1946 – Population: 303,952.[6]
1947 – Al-Jaish Sports Club founded.
1960 – Syrian Television begins broadcasting.
1961 – September: Discontent with Egyptian domination of the United Arab Republic prompts a group of Syrian Army officers to seize power in Damascus and dissolve the union.[4]
1964 – Population: 562,907 (estimate).[7]
1970 – Population: 836,668 city; 923,253 urban agglomeration .[8]
1977 – Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts founded.
1981
1983 – Higher Institute for Applied Science and Technology founded.
1984 – Al-Assad National Library established.
1985 – Population: 1,196,710 (estimate).[10]
1986 – Bombings
1994 – Population: 1,549,000 (estimate).[11]
2000 – Spring
BBC News (28 August 2011). "Timeline" . Syria profile . Retrieved June 10, 2012 .
Published in 19th century
H. A. S. Dearborn (1819), "Damascus" , A Memoir on the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea , Boston: Wells & Lilly
Josiah Conder (1824), "Damascus" , Syria and Asia Minor , London: James Duncan, OCLC 8888382
John Fuller (1830), "Damascus" , Narrative of a Tour Through Some Parts of the Turkish Empire , John Murray, OCLC 15470157
David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Damascus". Edinburgh Encyclopædia . Vol. 7. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. hdl :2027/mdp.39015068302770 .
Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Damascus" . New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events . London: Thomas Kelly.
Josias Leslie Porter (1855), Five years in Damascus: Including an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of That City , London: J. Murray, OCLC 399684 , OL 6951148M
Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Damascus". Geography . English Cyclopaedia . Vol. 2. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl :2027/nyp.33433000064794 .
George Henry Townsend (1867), "Damascus" , A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
"Damascus" , Cook's Tourists' Handbook for Palestine and Syria , London: T. Cook & Son, 1876
"Damascus" , Palestine and Syria , Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1876 . (+ 1898 ed. )
Èmile Isambert (1881). "Damas". Itinéraire descriptif, historique et archéologique de l'Orient . Guides Joanne (in French). Vol. 3: Syrie, Palestine. hdl :2027/nyp.33433002689614 .
Guy Le Strange (1890), "Damascus" , Palestine under the Moslems: a description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500 , London: A.P. Watt
Published in 20th century
"Damascus" , Chambers's Encyclopaedia , London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
D.S. Margoliouth (1907), Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus , London: Chatto & Windus, OL 23283598M
Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart (1910). "Damascus" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 7 (11th ed.). pp. 784–785.
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Damascus" , Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
R. Stephen Humphreys. "Urban Topography and Urban Society: Damascus under the Ayyubids and Mamluks." In his, Islamic History: A Framework for Inquiry. Minneapolis, 1988. pp. 209–32.
Michael Chamberlain, Knowledge and Social Practice in Medieval Damascus, 1190–1350. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. pp. 27–68.
John Block Friedman; Kristen Mossler Figg (2000). "Damascus". Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: an Encyclopedia . Routledge. p. 146+. ISBN 978-1-135-59094-9 .
Published in 21st century