Timeline of Hama
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Prior to 7th century
- 11th century BCE – Town is "capital of Aramean kingdom of Hamath."[1]
- 854 BCE – Town taken by Assyrian Shalmaneser II.[2]
- 743 BCE – Assyrians in power again.[3]
- 740 BCE – Uprising.[3]
- 720 BCE – Uprising "crushed by Sargon."[2]
- 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.[2]
- 637 – Great Mosque built.[4]
- 10th century – Hamdanids in power.
- 968 – Town sacked by Byzantine forces of Nicephorus Phocas.[1]
- 11th century – Town sacked by Mirdasid forces.
- 1108 – Tancred, Prince of Galilee takes town.[2]
- 1114 – Seljuks in power.[1]
- 1157 – Earthquake.[5]
- 1172 – Nur al-Din Mosque built.
- 1175 – Saladin takes town from Zangids.[1]
- 1178 – Al-Muzaffar I Umar becomes Emir of Hama.[1]
- 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.[1]
- 1310 – Ayyubid Abu al-Fida becomes Emir of Hama.[5]
- 1323 – al-Izzi Mosque built.[4]
- 1326 – Abu'l-Fida Mosque built.[4]
- 1331 – Al-Afdal Muhammad becomes Emir of Hama.
- 1400 – Timurlane takes town.
- 1453 – al-Mamunye (water wheel) constructed.[citation needed]
- 1516 – Ottoman Turks in power.
- 1556 – Khan Rustum Pasha (caravansary) built.[citation needed]
- 1742 – Azm Palace built.
- 1858 – Population: 30,000.[6]
- 1864 – Town becomes capital of the Hamah sanjak (district) in the Vilayet of Sham.[1]
- 1875 – Cholera outbreak.[5]
- 1898 – Public library opens (approximate date).[7]
20th century
- 1901 – Population: 45,000 (approximate).[3]
- 1902 – Rayak-Hama railway begins operating.[8]
- 1906 – Aleppo-Hama railway constructed.[9]
- 1917 – Shaker al-Hanbali becomes mayor.[10]
- 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.[11]
- 1930 – Population: 60,000.[12]
- 1941 – Al-Taliya Sport Club formed.
- 1945 – Al-Nawair Sport Club formed.
- 1946 – City becomes part of independent Syrian Republic.
- 1960 – Population: 97,390.[13]
- 1963 – April: Anti-Baathist demonstrations.[14]
- 1964
- April: Conflict between Muslim Brotherhood and Baath leaders.[12]
- Population: 131,630 (estimate).[15]
- 1970 – Population: 137,421.[13]
- 1980 – February: Islamist uprising[16]
- 1981 – April: 1981 Hama massacre.
- 1982 – February: Muslim Brotherhood uprising against Hafez al-Assad government; crackdown.[16][17]
- 1985 – Population: 193,610 (estimate).[18]
- 1989 – Apamea Cham Palace Hotel built.[4]
21st century
- 2003 – Population: 427,369 (estimate).[13]
- 2008 – Population: 1,508,000 (estimate).[19]
- 2011
- 15 March–3 July: Mass demonstrations.[16][20]
- 3 July–4 August: Army crackdown on protesters.[21][22]
- September–December: Hama Governorate clashes[23]
- 2012
- 2012/13
- Autumn–spring: Rebels in control of Hamidiyah, Tariq Halab and Al-Arbain neighbourhoods[26]
- 2013
- 25 April–15 June: Rest of the city captured by SAA during 2013 Hama offensive.[27]
- 2024
- 30 November–5 December: Syrian opposition forces captured the city following fierce clashes.[28]
