Timeline of Syrian history

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This is a timeline of Syrian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Syria and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Syria.

Contents

Millennia: 1st BC  · 1st–2nd  · 3rd
Centuries: 1st  · 2nd  · 3rd  · 4th  · 5th  · 6th  · 7th  · 8th  · 9th  · 10th  · 11th  · 12th  · 13th  · 14th  · 15th  · 16th  · 17th  · 18th  · 19th  · 20th  · See also  · Further reading

1st century BC

YearDateEvent
64 BCSyria became a Roman (later Byzantine) province.
40 BCSyria is briefly captured by the Parthian forces under Pacorus I

1st century

2nd century

YearDateEvent
198Emperor Septimius Severus divided Syria into two provinces called Coele Syria and Syria Phoenice. [1]

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

YearDateEvent
526The 526 Antioch earthquake and conflagration destroyed most of the city.

7th century

YearDateEvent
614Syria fell to the Sasanian forces under Shahrbaraz
636 Byzantine rule over Syria came to an end.
661The reign of the Umayyad Caliphate began.

8th century

YearDateEvent
750The reign of the Umayyad Caliphate ended.

9th century

10th century

YearDateEvent
977 Fatimid Caliph Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah conquered Ramla.
994The Hamdanid dynasty came to power over Syria.

11th century

YearDateEvent
1033 Al-Ma'arri writes "The Epistle of Forgiveness". [2]
1097 First Crusade : The forces of the First Crusade captured Antioch.

12th century

13th century

YearDateEvent
12601 March Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquered Damascus.
1260September Baibars, Mamluk Sultan, wages war with the Mongols to recapture Damascus and Aleppo. [3]

14th century

15th century

YearDateEvent
1485The Ottomans invade Anatolia and Syria, starting the first Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491).
1491The Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491) ends in a stalemate. A peace treaty is signed, returning Mamluk control to the pre-war status quo.

16th century

YearDateEvent
1516The Ottoman Empire established its rule over Syria.

17th century

18th century

19th century

Massacre of Aleppo 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war

20th century

YearDateEvent
1918 The Ottoman Empire's rule over Syria came to an end.
1 OctoberThe Allies of World War I, joined by Arab nationalists, entered Damascus.
1920April San Remo conference : The conference partitioned the Ottoman Empire, establishing a French mandate in Syria and Lebanon.
1925July Great Syrian Revolt : Revolts started against French rule.
1936SeptemberThe Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence was signed.
1939The monks of Alexandretta and Antioch were ceded to Turkey by the French.
1946 1 JanuarySyria was recognized as an independent republic.
194617 April French troops evacuated Syria.
1947The first Baʿth Party congress was held in Damascus.
1948 1948 Arab–Israeli War : Syria was involved in the war.
19581 FebruaryThe United Arab Republic (UAR) was formed by the union of Syria and Egypt.
196128 SeptemberFollowing a military coup Syria seceded from the UAR, reestablishing itself as the Syrian Arab Republic.
19675 June Six-Day War : A war with Israel began.
Six-Day War: The Golan Heights were occupied by Israel.
197013 NovemberMinister of Defense Hafez al-Assad effected a bloodless military coup and assumed the role of President.
19736 October Yom Kippur War : Syria and Egypt fought against Israel.
1974MaySyria and Israel signed a disengagement agreement.
1976 Syrian occupation of Lebanon : The Syrian occupation of Lebanon began.
1982FebruaryA Muslim Brotherhood uprising in Hama was suppressed by the military.
1990Syria participated in a United States-led multinational coalition against Saddam Hussein.

21st century

YearDateEvent
200010 June Al-Assad died.
10 July Al-Assad's son Bashar al-Assad was made President.
20035 October Ain es Saheb airstrike : Israel bombed a site near Damascus.
2005Syrian occupation of Lebanon: Syria withdrew from Lebanon.
20076 September Operation Orchard : Israel bombed a target in the area of Deir ez-Zor.
2008OctoberSyria established diplomatic relations with Lebanon.
201126 January Syrian Revolution : Anti-government protests began in Syria.
201530 SeptemberRussia carries out its first air strikes in Syria. [4]
20177 April Donald Trump orders a missile attack on an airbase from which Syrian government planes allegedly staged a chemical weapons attack on Khan Shaykhun.

See also

Cities in Syria

References

  1. de Gueleneer, Adolphe (1874). Essai sur la vie et le règne de Septime Sévère[Essay on the Life and Reign of Septimius Severus] (in French). University of Minnesota. p. 245.
  2. Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, 'The Snake in the Tree in Abu al-ʿAlaʾ al-Maʿarri’s Epistle of Forgiveness: Critical Essay and Translation', Journal of Arabic Literature, 45 (2014), 1-80 (p. 2).
  3. Cummins, Joseph (2011), p. 89. History's Greatest Wars: The Epic Conflicts that Shaped the Modern World. Fair Winds Press. ISBN   9781610580557.
  4. "Russia carries out first air strikes in Syria". Al Jazeera. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

Further reading