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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.

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1st century BC Year Date Event 64 BC Syria became a Roman (later Byzantine) province. 40 BC Syria is briefly captured by the Parthian forces under Pacorus I

2nd century Year Date Event 198 Emperor Septimius Severus divided Syria into two provinces called Coele Syria and Syria Phoenice. 6th century

Year Date Event 526 The 526 Antioch earthquake and conflagration destroyed most of the city.

7th century Year Date Event 614 Syria fell to the Sasanian forces under Shahrbaraz 636 Byzantine rule over Syria came to an end. 661 The reign of the Umayyad Caliphate began.

8th century Year Date Event 750 The reign of the Umayyad Caliphate ended.

10th century Year Date Event 977 Fatimid Caliph Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah conquered Ramla. 994 The Hamdanid dynasty came to power over Syria.

11th century Year Date Event1033Al-Ma'arri writes "The Epistle of Forgiveness".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). 1097 First Crusade: The forces of the First Crusade captured Antioch. 13th century

Year Date Event 1260 1 March Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquered Damascus. 1260 September Baibars, Mamluk Sultan, wages war with the Mongols to recapture Damascus and Aleppo.Cummins, Joseph (2011), p. 89. History's Greatest Wars: The Epic Conflicts that Shaped the Modern World. Fair Winds Press. . 15th century Year Date Event 1485 The Ottomans invade Anatolia and Syria, starting the first Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491). 1491 The 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 Year Date Event 1516 The Ottoman Empire established its rule over Syria. 19th century

Massacre of Aleppo

1860 Mount Lebanon civil war

20th century Year Date Event 1918 The Ottoman Empire's rule over Syria came to an end. 1 October The Allies of World War I, joined by Arab nationalists, entered Damascus. 1920 April San Remo conference: The conference partitioned the Ottoman Empire, establishing a French mandate in Syria and Lebanon. 1925 July Great Syrian Revolt: Revolts started against French rule. 1936 September The Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence was signed. 1939 The monks of Alexandretta and Antioch were ceded to Turkey by the French. 1946 1 January Syria was recognized as an independent republic. 1946 17 April French troops evacuated Syria. 1947 The first Baʿth Party congress was held in Damascus. 1948 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Syria was involved in the war. 1958 1 February The United Arab Republic (UAR) was formed by the union of Syria and Egypt. 1961 28 September Following a military coup Syria seceded from the UAR, reestablishing itself as the Syrian Arab Republic. 1963 8 March A coup brought in the Ba'ath Party into power beginning the establishment of Ba'athist Syria. 1967 5 June Six-Day War: A war with Israel began. Six-Day War: The Golan Heights were occupied by Israel. 1970 13 November Minister of Defense Hafez al-Assad effected a bloodless military coup and assumed the role of President. 1973 6 October Yom Kippur War: Syria and Egypt fought against Israel. 1974 May Syria and Israel signed a disengagement agreement. 1976 Syrian occupation of Lebanon: The Syrian occupation of Lebanon began. 1982 February A Muslim Brotherhood uprising in Hama was suppressed by the military. 1990 Syria participated in a United States-led multinational coalition against Saddam Hussein.

21st century Year Date Event 2000 10 June Al-Assad died. 10 July Al-Assad's son Bashar al-Assad was made President. 2003 5 October Ain es Saheb airstrike: Israel bombed a site near Damascus. 2005 Syrian occupation of Lebanon: Syria withdrew from Lebanon. 2007 6 September Operation Orchard: Israel bombed a target in the area of Deir ez-Zor. 2008 October Syria established diplomatic relations with Lebanon. 2011 26 January Syrian Revolution: Anti-government protests began in Syria.201530 SeptemberRussia carries out its first air strikes in Syria.20177 AprilDonald Trump orders a missile attack on an airbase from which Ba'athist Syrian ar force planes allegedly staged a chemical weapons attack on Khan Shaykhun. 2024 8 December The Assad regime collapsed after the rebels took Damascus ending 61 years of Ba'athist rule, while Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia.

See also Cities in Syria Timeline of Aleppo Timeline of Damascus Timeline of Hama Timeline of Latakia

References BBC – Syria timeline timelines.ws Extensive timeline – thru 2010 , 2011-

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