Year Date Event
571 Birth of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
610 The Prophet (SAW) receives call to Islam.
613 The public preaching (da’wah) of Islam begins.
615 The first emigration of Muslims to Abyssinia to escape Makkan persecution.
619 ‘The Year of Sadness’: the deaths of Khadijah, the Prophet’s first wife, and of Abu Talib, his uncle and protector, head of the Banu Hashim.
620 The Prophet (SAW) goes to Taaif to seek haven and convert, and is successful in neither. The ‘Nigh Journey’, in which the Prophet (SAW) is taken in one night from Makkah to Jerusalem, mounted on Buraq brought to him by the Angel Jibril. From Temple Mount the Prophet (SAW), accompanied by Jibril, ascends to the Divine Presence.
622 Hijrah of the Prophet (SAW) from Makkah to Madinah.
624 First Muslim victory Battle of Badr.
630 The Prophet (SAW) conquers Makkah.
632 Death of the Prophet (SAW). Abu Bakr (RA) becomes 1st Caliph.
634 Abu Bakr (RA) dies. Umar bin Khattab (RA) becomes 2nd Caliph.
644 Umar (RA) martyred. Uthman bin Affan (RA) becomes 3rd Caliph.
656 Uthman martyred. Ali bin Abi Talib (RA) becomes 4th Caliph.
661 Ali martyred. Beginning of Ummayad Dynasty.
680 Martyrdom of Hussain (RA) at Karbala.
710 First Muslim arrival in Spain.
712 Muslim conquest of Sind.
750 Fall of Ummayads and rise of Abbassid Dynasty.
767 Imam Abu Hanifa (RA) dies.
786-809 Caliph Haroon Al-Rasheed.
795 Imam Malik (RA) dies.
838 Muslims settle in Southern Italy.
855 Imam Hambal (RA) dies.
1096-1099 First Crusade against Islam.
1099 July 15 Crusaders conquer Jerusalem.
1147-1149 Second Crusade against Islam.
1187 Oct.2 Salahuddin recaptures Jerusalem defeating the Crusaders.
1189-1193 Third Crusade against Islam.
1202-1204 Fourth Crusade against Islam.
1220 Mongols conquereastern territory of the caliphate.
1236 Christians capture Cordova.
1260 Mamelukes defeat Mongols at Ain Jalut in Palestine.
C 1295 The first establishment of small Islamic Sates in the north of Sumatra, Indonesia.
1300 Beginning of Usmani (Ottoman) Dynasty.
1348 Building of Gate of Justice at Alhambra Granda.
1382 Muslims capture Sofia.
Year Date
1389 June 15 Muslims defeat Serbians at Kosova.
1453 Muslim capture Constantinople, renamed Istanbul.
1463 Muslims capture Bosnia.
1492 Christians capture Granda.
1517 Ottoman rule over Iraq.
1792 Death of Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab in Rabia.
1809 The founding of Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria by Usmanu dan Fodio.
1820 Beginning of British involvement in the Arabian Gulf.
1830 June French conquers Algiers and begins occupation.
1839 British occupation of Aden.
1856 Modernizing Tanzimat reforms in Turkey: Hatt-I-Humayur.
1857 Revolt against British Rule in India. End of Mughal Dynasty.
1873 The Dutch attack the Muslim kingdom of Aceh in Northern Sumatra, and capture the Sultan.
1881 May French occupation of Tunisia.
1882 Sept. British occupy Egypt and Sudan.
1884 Muhmmad Abduh publishes a magazine, “Al-Urwatul Wuthqa” in Paris advocating Islamic reform.
1901 Ibn Saud begins restoration of Saudi Emirate of Najd.
1908 July 24 Young Turk revolution in Turkey.
1912 K.H. Ahmad Dahlan founds the Muhammadiyah reform movement in Indonesia.
1920 French Mandate for Lebanon and Syria. British Mandate for Palestine. Trans Jordan and Iraq.
1924 End of Usmani (Ottoman) Islamic Caliphate.
1926 The King of Najd, Abdul Aziz Ibn Sauud assumes the title of ‘King of Najd and Hijaz’.
1928 Turkey is declared a secular state. Hassan al-Banna founds Al-Ikhwanul Muslimun (The Muslim Brotherhood).
1932 End of British Mandate in Iraq.
1935 Iran becomes the official name of Persia.
1936 Independence of Egypt.
1939-1945 World War II.
1941 Independence of Syria and Lebanon.
1941 Aug. Abul ‘Alaa Al- Maudoodi founds Jama’at-e-Islami in undivided India.
1945 Mar. 22 League of Arab States formed.
1945 Aug. 17 Independence of Indonesia from the Dutch.
1946 Independence of Transjordan.
1947 Aug. 14 Pakistan emerges as a new Muslim state.
1948 Massacres in Palestine by Zionist forces.
1948 May 15 Creation of Zionist State of Israel after first Arab-Jew War.
1948 Fall of Hyderabad. Kashmir merged with India.
1951 Libya becomes independent.
1953 The deaths of King Abdul Aziz bin Saud of Saudi Arabiah. In November the foundation stone is laid to enlarge the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah.
Year Date
1956 Oct. Sues Crisis-Second Arab-Israeli War.
1956 Independence of Sudan, Morocco and Tunisia.
1962 Independence of Algeria.
1963 Independence of Malaysia.
1965 Feb. Assassination of Malcolm X
1968 The enlargement of the Great Mosque of Makkah, began in 1957, is completed.
1971 India-Pakistan War, creation of Bangladesh.
1973 Oct. Fourth Arab-Israel War.
1974 Turkish Military lands in Cyprus.
1975 Mar. 25 King Faisal of Saudi Arabiah assassinated.
1979 Feb Return of Ayatullah Komeini to Iran.
1979 Dec. 27 Soviet troops enter Afghanistan.
1981 Dec. Israeli annexation of Golan Heights.
1982 Dec. Israeli invasion of Lebanon begins.
1982 Sep. 16 Massacre at Sabra and Chtilla refugee camps.
1987 Dec. 9 Beginning of Intifada in occupied Palestine.
1989 Feb. 18 Khomeini declares Fatwa against ‘Satanic Verses’.
1989 Feb. Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1990Aug. 2 Iraqi forces invade Kuwait.
1990 Oct. 8 Massacre of Palestinians by Israeli police at Al-Aqsa.
1991 Collapse of USSR. Emergence of Islamic States of Central Asia.
1991 Jan. 16 Operation Desert Storm begins against Iraq.
1991 Dec. 16 UN rescinds Res. 2279 equating Zionism with Racism.
1991 Dec. 26 Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) wins Algerian election, 1st stage.
1992 Jan. 1 Bosnia Herzegovina proclaims independence.
1992 Jan. 11 Algerian government cancels elections after FIS success.
1992 Apr. Escalation of war in Bosnia by the Serb forces.
1992 Dec. 6 Ayodhya Mosque (Babri Mosque) destroyed by Hindu extreminsts.
1992 Dec. 17 Israel deports 415 Islamic activists.
1993 Jan. 11 Islamic States threaten military action in Bosnia.
1993 Sept. 13 PLO-Israeli Peace Accord at Washington.
1994 Feb. 25 Massacre of Muslims praying in Al-Khalil- Hebron
1994 Oct. 25 Jordanian-Israeli Peace Accord
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