Timeline Damascus
Overview
4th century
- 4th century. The Temple of Jupiter is built by the Romans .
7th century
- 634 Arab conquest of Damascus
8th century
- 709–715 construction of the Great Mosque (Umayyad Mosque)
- 789 Construction of the Qubbat al-Khazna
11th century
- 1078 Construction of the Damascus Citadel
12th Century
- 1120 Founding of the al-Aminiyya Madrasa
- 1142 Founding of the al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa
- 1148 mausoleum of al-Najmiyya
- before 1151 founding of the al-Mismariyya-Madrasa
- 1154 Construction of the Nuraddin Clinic
- 1165 Construction of the Hammam al-Bzouriyya
- 1165 mausoleum of al-Najmiyya
- 1169 Founding of the al-'Umariyya-Madrasa
- 1170 al-Rayhaniyya Madrasa
- 1186–1260 Ayyubids in Damascus
- 1196 Construction of the Saladin mausoleum
13th Century
- about 1200 Ibn-al-Muqaddam-Madrasa
- 1204 Hammam of Usama al-Halabi
- 1206 Reconstruction of the Damascus Citadel
- 1210 Madrasa al-'Umariyya
- 1215 Al-Adiliyah Madrasa is founded
- 1224 Al-Rukniyah Madrasa was built
- 1234 Construction of the Aqsab mosque
- 1254 Foundation of the al-Qilijiyah Madrasa
- 1277 Al-Zahiriyah library founded
15th century
- 1400 The Turkic-Mongolian conqueror Timur besieges Damascus.
16th Century
- 1515 Construction of the al-Sibaiyah madrasa
- 1516 The Ottomans under Selim I conquer Damascus from the Mamlucken .
- 1558 Foundation of the Tekkiye Süleymans
- 1566 Founding of the al-Salimiyah Madrasa
- 1574 construction of Khan al-Harir
18th century
- 1736 construction of the Khan Sulayman Pasha
- 1750 Construction of the Azim Palace
- 1752 construction of the Khan As'ad Pasha
19th century
- 1885 Foundation of the Bakdash ice cream parlor
20th century
- 1918 (October) Arab troops led by Emir Faisal I , supported by British forces, conquer Damascus; 400 years of Ottoman rule are over.
- 1920 (July) French troops occupy Damascus and force King Faisal to flee abroad.
- 1923 Foundation of Damascus University
- 1925–1926 French troops bomb Damascus.
- 1928 Foundation of the Al-Wahda club (Damascus)
- 1935 population 193,912
- 1939 Opening of the Chapel of St. Paul
- 1947 Founding of the Al-Jaish sports club ('the army')
- 1960 Syrian television begins broadcasting .
- 1961 (September) A number of Syrian army officers dissatisfied with Egyptian hegemony in the United Arab Republic , take the reins of power in Damascus and leave the union.
- 1977 Foundation of the Academy of Dramatic Art (Damascus)
- 1981 Bomb explosion near the headquarters of the Syrian Air Force
- 1983 Foundation of the University of Applied Science and Technology (Damascus)
- 1984 Founding of the Assad National Library
21st century
- 2000 Damascus Spring
- 2004 Inauguration of the Dar Al-Assad Opera House in Damascus
- 2006
- (February) Attacks on the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus during demonstrations against the Mohammed cartoons published in a Danish newspaper
- (September) Attack on the US embassy in Damascus
- 2009 Damascus Securities Exchange founded
- 2011 start of the civil war