History of Islam By mmullen 570 Muhammad Born 3760 BCE / Year 1 of Judaism Jan 1, 610 Muhammad Visited by Angel Gabriel Jan 1, 622 Qur'an Written in Medina Jan 1, 630 Muhammad Returns to Mecca Period: Nov 12, 632 to Nov 12, 661 Four Rightly Guided Calpihs Map Nov 1, 633 Muhammad Dies Period: Nov 12, 661 to Nov 12, 750 Umayyad Calpihate Nov 12, 1099 Jerusalem taken from Muslims Nov 11, 1918 Fall of Ottoman Empire Armistice in WWI led to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the last remaining Muslim empire in the world. Nov 12, 1979 Iranian Revolution