The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hama, Syria.
Prior to 7th century
11th century BCE – Town is "capital of Aramean kingdom of Hamath." 854 BCE – Town taken by Assyrian Shalmaneser II. 743 BCE – Assyrians in power again. 740 BCE – Uprising. 720 BCE – Uprising "crushed by Sargon." 540 BCE – Persians in power (approximate date). 64 BCE – Town becomes part of the Roman province of Syria.
7th–19th centuries 639 CE – Town taken by Arab Muslim Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah. 637 – Great Mosque built. 10th century – Hamdanids in power. 968 – Town sacked by Byzantine forces of Nicephorus Phocas. 11th century – Town sacked by Mirdasid forces. 1108 – Tancred, Prince of Galilee takes town. 1114 – Seljuks in power. 1157 – Earthquake. 1172 – Nur al-Din Mosque built. 1175 – Saladin takes town from Zangids. 1178 – Al-Muzaffar I Umar becomes Emir of Hama. 1191 – Al-Mansur I Muhammad becomes Emir of Hama. 1221 – Al-Nasir Kilij Arslan becomes Emir of Hama. 1229 – Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud becomes Emir of Hama. 1244 – Al-Mansur Muhammad II becomes Emir of Hama. 1260 – Town sacked by Mongols. 1284 – Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud becomes Emir of Hama. 1299 – Mamluks in power. 1310 – Ayyubid Abu al-Fida becomes Emir of Hama. 1323 – al-Izzi Mosque built. 1326 – Abu'l-Fida Mosque built. 1331 – Al-Afdal Muhammad becomes Emir of Hama. 1400 – Timurlane takes town. 1453 – al-Mamunye (water wheel) constructed. 1516 – Ottoman Turks in power. 1556 – Khan Rustum Pasha (caravansary) built. 1742 – Azm Palace built. 1858 – Population: 30,000. 1864 – Town becomes capital of the Hamah sanjak (district) in the Vilayet of Sham. 1875 – Cholera outbreak. 1898 – Public library opens (approximate date).
20th century
1901 – Population: 45,000 (approximate). 1902 – Rayak-Hama railway begins operating. 1906 – Aleppo-Hama railway constructed. 1917 – Shaker al-Hanbali becomes mayor. 1918 – Town becomes part of French Mandate of Syria. 1925 – 1925 Hama uprising, early October uprising by Hama's inhabitants led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji against the French mandate, subsequent crackdown by French forces. Part of the Great Syrian Revolt. 1930 – Population: 60,000. 1941 – Al-Taliya Sport Club formed. 1945 – Al-Nawair Sport Club formed. 1946 – City becomes part of independent Syrian Republic. 1960 – Population: 97,390. 1963 – April: Anti-Baathist demonstrations. 1964 April: Conflict between Muslim Brotherhood and Baath leaders. Population: 131,630 (estimate). 1970 – Population: 137,421. 1980 – February: Islamist uprising 1981 – April: 1981 Hama massacre. 1982 – February: Muslim Brotherhood uprising against Hafez al-Assad government; crackdown. 1985 – Population: 193,610 (estimate). 1989 – Apamea Cham Palace Hotel built.
21st century
2003 – Population: 427,369 (estimate). 2008 – Population: 1,508,000 (estimate). 2011 15 March–3 July: Mass demonstrations. 3 July–4 August: Army crackdown on protesters. September–December: Hama Governorate clashes 2012 14 April: City under full SAA control 25 April: Explosion in Mashaa Attayar. 2012/13 Autumn–spring: Rebels in control of Hamidiyah, Tariq Halab and Al-Arbain neighbourhoods 2013 25 April–15 June: Rest of the city captured by SAA during 2013 Hama offensive. 2024 30 November–5 December: Syrian opposition forces captured the city following fierce clashes.
See also Timelines of other cities in Syria: Aleppo, Damascus, Homs, Latakia
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