Islam Timeline

By religiongroup
  • Birth of Mohammad
    570

    Birth of Mohammad

    Muhammad is born during this year.
    The most common date of birth found is April 20th
  • Muhammad%u2019s first revelation
    Jan 1, 610

    Muhammad%u2019s first revelation

    Muhammad's first revelation is the event in which Muhammad is said to have been visited by the angel Gabriel (Jibril) who revealed a few verses from the Quran.
  • Muhammad and Muslims immagrate to Madinah
    Jan 1, 622

    Muhammad and Muslims immagrate to Madinah

    Mohammed and his few believers escape to Madinah, after persecution. This is also the start of the lunar Muslim calendar.
  • Muslims return to Makkah
    Jan 1, 630

    Muslims return to Makkah

    Muhammad gained enough followers to conquer Makkah.
    (Mecca)
  • Jan 1, 632

    Death of Muhammad

  • Great Mosque of the Umayyads, Damascus
    Jan 1, 706

    Great Mosque of the Umayyads, Damascus

  • Jan 1, 711

    North African Muslims start landing on southern tip Liberia

    Muslims from North Africa begin landing on the southern tip of the Liberian peninsula
  • Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem
    Jan 1, 715

    Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem

  • ibn al-Bawwab produces earliest Qur'an still existant
    Jan 1, 1001

    ibn al-Bawwab produces earliest Qur'an still existant

    Ibn al-Bawwab produces earliest still-existing Qur'an copy on paper, Baghdad
    Ibn a-Bawwab was an Arabic calligrapher (someone skilled in penmanship).
  • Salan al-Din returns Jerusalem to Muslim rule
    Jan 1, 1187

    Salan al-Din returns Jerusalem to Muslim rule

    unifies Mesopotamia, Syria, and Egypt into single state, defeats crusaders, and takes back Jerusalem from Latins
  • Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo
    Jan 1, 1362

    Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo

  • Mosque of Qa%u2019itbay, Cairo
    Jan 1, 1474

    Mosque of Qa%u2019itbay, Cairo

  • End of Muslim states in Spain
    Jan 1, 1492

    End of Muslim states in Spain

    Muslims considered serious military threat, spread their religion far on crusades, hard to conquer , but last Muslim state in Spain finally conquered in 1492. Religion still widespread.
  • Mosque of Cordoba began

    Mosque of Cordoba began

  • Mosque of al-Mutawkkil

    Mosque of al-Mutawkkil

  • Qarawiyin Mosque founded, Fez

    Qarawiyin Mosque founded, Fez

  • Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun, Cairo

    Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun, Cairo