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Timeline of Hama

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hama, Syria.

Contents

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 century

  • 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 Umar becomes Emir of Hama.
  • 1191 – Al-Mansur Muhammad becomes Emir of Hama.
  • 1221 – Al-Nasir Kilij Arslan becomes Emir of Hama.
  • 1229 – Al-Muzaffar Mahmud becomes Emir of Hama.
  • 1244 – Al-Mansur Muhammad II becomes Emir of Hama.
  • 1260 – Town sacked by Mongols.
  • 1284 – Al-Muzaffar Umar II 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.
  • 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 Islamic Brotherhood and Baath leaders.
  • 1970 – Population: 137,421.
  • 1980 – February: Islamic uprising; crackdown on Sunnis.
  • 1981 – April: 1981 Hama massacre.
  • 1982 – February: Muslim Brotherhood uprising against Hafez al-Asad regime; government crackdown.
  • 1989 – Apamee Cham Palace Hotel built.

    • 21st century

  • 2003 – Population: 427,369 (estimate).
  • 2011
  • Mass demonstrations.
  • July–August: Army crackdown on protesters.
  • 2012 – 25 April: Explosion in Mashaa Attayar.
  • 2013 – Syrian civil war.

    • References

    Timeline of Hama Wikipedia
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