Timeline of Damascus
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Damascus, Syria.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 965 BCE – Ezron, King of Aram-Zobah conquers Damascus
- 732 BCE – Neo-Assyrian Empire conquers Damascus
- 572 BCE – Neo-Babylonians conquered Damascus
- 4th century – Temple of Jupiter built by the Romans.
- 634 – Arab conquest of Damascus.
- 715 – Great Mosque built.
- 789 – Qubbat al-Khazna built.
- 1078 – Citadel of Damascus built.
- 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.
- 1234 – Aqsab Mosque built.
- 1254 – Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa established.
- 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.
- 1558 – Tekkiye Mosque built.
- 1566 – Al-Salimiyah Madrasa established.
- 1574 – Khan al-Harir built.
- 1605 - Printing press established.[2]
- 1736 – Khan Sulayman Pasha built.
- 1750 – Azm Palace built.
- 1752 – Khan As'ad Pasha built.
- 1885 – Bakdash (ice cream parlor) established.
20th century
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- 1918 – October: "Arab troops led by Emir Feisal, and supported by British forces, capture Damascus, ending 400 years of Ottoman rule."[3]
- 1920 – July: "French forces occupy Damascus, forcing Feisal to flee abroad."[3]
- 1923 – Damascus University founded.
- 1925-6 – "French forces bombard Damascus."[3]
- 1928 – Al-Wahda Club of Damascus founded.
- 1935 – Population: 193,912.[4]
- 1939 – Chapel of Saint Paul inaugurated.
- 1946 – Population: 303,952.[5]
- 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."[3]
- 1977 – Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts founded.
- 1981 – Bomb explodes near Syrian Air Force headquarters.[6]
- 1983 – Higher Institute for Applied Science and Technology founded.
- 1984 – Al-Assad National Library established.
21st century
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- 2000 – Damascus Spring
- 2004 – Damascus Opera House inaugurated.
- 2006
- 2009 – Damascus Securities Exchange founded.
- 2011
- March: Protest; crackdown.[7]
- Syrian civil war begins.
- 2012
See also
- Other cities in Syria
References
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Further reading
Published in the 19th century
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Published in the 20th century
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- 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.
Published in the 21st century
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External links
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