Timeline of Damascus

Prior to 7th century

965 BCE – Ezron, King of Aram-Zobah conquers Damascus
843 BCE – Hazael assassinated Ben-Hadad I and made himself king of Damascus.^[1]
732 BCE – Neo-Assyrian Empire conquers Damascus
572 BCE – Neo-Babylonians conquered Damascus
538 BCE – Achaemenid Empire annexes Damascus
333 BCE – Alexander the Great conquers Damascus
112 BCE – Damascus fell to Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.^[1]
150 CE – Damascus became a Roman provincial city under Trajan.^[1]
4th century – Temple of Jupiter built by the Romans.

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7th–19th centuries

613 – Sasanian captured Damascus during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
634 – 21 August to 19 September:^[2] Arab conquest of Damascus under Khalid ibn al-Walid.^[1]
715 – Great Mosque built by Al-Walid I by converting the church of St John the Baptist constructed by Arcadius.^[1]
789 – Qubbat al-Khazna built.
1078 – Citadel of Damascus built.
1126 – Crusaders attacked Damascus.^[1]
1129 – Crusaders march on Damascus.
1142 – Al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa established.
1154 – Nur al-Din Bimaristan built.
1196 – Mausoleum of Saladin built.
1215 – Al-Adiliyah Madrasa founded.
1216 – Citadel of Damascus rebuilt.
1224 – Al-Rukniyah Madrasa built.
1229 – Damascus besieged
1234 – Aqsab Mosque built.
1250 – Qaymariyya hand city over to al-Nasir Yusuf in bloodless coup.
1254 – Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa established.
1260 – Kitbuga, a confidant of the Mongol Ilkhan Hulagu, captured Damascus.^[3] Then, it was captured five days after the Battle of Ain Jalut by the Mamluk Sultanate.
1277 – Al-Zahiriyah Library established.
1400 – Timur, the Turco-Mongol conqueror, besieges Damascus.
1515 – Al-Sibaiyah Madrasa built.
1516 – Ottomans under Selim I conquered Damascus from the Mamluks.
1518 – Salimiyya Takiyya built.
1558 – Sulaymaniyya Takiyya built.
1566 – Salimiyya Madrasa established.
1574 – Khan al-Harir built.
1605 – Printing press established.^[4]
1736 – Khan Sulayman Pasha built.
1750 – Azm Palace built.
1752 – Khan As'ad Pasha built.
1832 – Captured by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.^[1]
1840 – Return of the city to Turkish domination, when the Egyptians were driven out of Syria.^[1]
1860 – Massacre; the Moslem population rose against the Christians.^[1]
1885 – Bakdash (ice cream parlor) established.
1900 – Population: 154,000. (approx date) ^[1]

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20th century

1918 – October: Arab troops led by Emir Feisal, and supported by British Armed Forces, capture Damascus, ending 400 years of Ottoman rule.^[5]
1920 – July: French Armed Forces occupy Damascus, forcing Feisal to flee abroad.^[5]
1923 – University founded.
1925/6 – French forces bombard Damascus.^[5]
1928 – Al-Wahda Club of Damascus founded.
1933 – Arab Women's Union in Damascus founded.
1935 – Population: 193,912.^[6]
1939 – Chapel of Saint Paul inaugurated.
1946 – Population: 303,952.^[7]
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.^[5]
1964 – Population: 562,907 (estimate).^[8]
1970 – Population: 836,668 city; 923,253 urban agglomeration.^[9]
1977 – Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts founded.
1981
- Bomb explodes near Syrian Air Force headquarters.^[10]
- Azbakiyah bombing
1983 – Higher Institute for Applied Science and Technology founded.
1984 – Al-Assad National Library established.
1985 – Population: 1,196,710 (estimate).^[11]
1986 – Bombings
1994 – Population: 1,549,000 (estimate).^[12]
2000 – Spring

Timeline of Damascus

Prior to 7th century

7th–19th centuries

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

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