Timeline of Ottoman Syria history

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Following are timelines of the history of Ottoman Syria , taken as the parts of Ottoman Syria provinces under Ottoman rule.

Contents

Timeline of history of the parts of Ottoman Syria under Ottoman rule

16th century

Suleiman the Magnificent rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem in the mid-1530s Jerusalem, city wall.jpg
Suleiman the Magnificent rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem in the mid-1530s

17th century

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Syrian women, 1683

18th century

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Battle of Nazareth

19th century

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Galilee earthquake of 1837
Remains of a peripteral temple and mosque in Lakatia, from an 1810 illustration by Luigi Mayer Illustration from Views in the Ottoman Dominions by Luigi Mayer, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 45.jpg
Remains of a peripteral temple and mosque in Lakatia, from an 1810 illustration by Luigi Mayer
Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus in Lakatia, by Luigi Mayer Illustration from Views in the Ottoman Dominions by Luigi Mayer, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 47.jpg
Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus in Lakatia, by Luigi Mayer
Tartus in Ottoman Syria, by Luigi Mayer Illustration from Views in the Ottoman Dominions by Luigi Mayer, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 57.jpg
Tartus in Ottoman Syria, by Luigi Mayer

20th century

first meeting between Chaim Weizmann (wearing Arab dress as a sign of friendship) and the Hashemite Prince Faisal in Transjordan in an attempt to establish favourable relations between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East, June 1918. Weizmann and feisal 1918.jpg
first meeting between Chaim Weizmann (wearing Arab dress as a sign of friendship) and the Hashemite Prince Faisal in Transjordan in an attempt to establish favourable relations between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East, June 1918.
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The surrender of Jerusalem to the British, 9 December 1917.
Ottoman machine gun corps at the Tell el Sheria Gaza line, 1917. Machine gun corps Gaza line WWIb edit2.jpg
Ottoman machine gun corps at the Tell el Sheria Gaza line, 1917.

Notable births

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