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Islam timeline

By Solo-Swirl
  • 1520
    1520 BCE

    1520

    Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent; Ottoman Empire reaches its zenith. Hungary and coastlands of Algeria and Tunisia come under Ottoman rule.
  • 1492
    1492 BCE

    1492

    Castile and Aragon capture Granada. All Muslims (and Jews) expelled from Spain.
  • 1300 BCE

    1300

    Reign of Uthman (Osman), who founds the Ottoman Empire. Muslim merchants and missionary Sufis settle in SE Asia.
  • 1258
    1258 BCE

    1258

    The Mongol chief Hulegu, grandson of Genghis Khan, sacks Baghdad, massacring the population and killing the last Abbasid caliph.
  • 1216
    1216 BCE

    1216

    Invasion of Egypt by the Crusaders. They take Damietta and head for Cairo, but the sultan al-Kamil, son of al-Adil, finally repels them.
  • 1187 BCE

    1187

    1187: The year of Islamic victory.Ê Saladin crushes the Crusaders armies at Hittin, near Lake Tiberias. He reconquers Jerusalem and the greater part of the Crusaders territories. The Crusaders now hold only Tyre, Tripoli and Antioch.
  • 1099 BCE

    1099 C.E.

    Raymond of Toulouse, after disagreeing with Bohemund about the future crusader course of action, leads the majority of crusaders away from Antioch and toward Jerusalem.
  • 1095 C.E.
    1095 BCE

    1095 C.E.

    Pope Urban II opens the Council of Clermont where ambassadors from the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus, asking help against the Muslims, were warmly received.
  • 1055 C.E.
    1055 BCE

    1055 C.E.

    Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad.
  • 900 BCE

    900 C.E.

    The Fatimids of Egypt conquered north Africa and included the territory as an extension of Egypt until 972.
  • 850 BCE

    850 C.E.

    Perfectus, a Christian priest in Muslim Cordova, is executed after he refuses to retract numerous insults he made about the Prophet Muhammed. Numerous other priests, monks, and laity would follow as Christians became caught up in a zest for martyrdom.
  • 750 C.E.
    750 BCE

    750 C.E.

    The Abbasids take over rule from the Umayyads, shifting the seat of power to Baghdad.
  • 732 C.E.
    732 BCE

    732 C.E.

    Muslims are defeated at Potiers in France by Charles Martel.
  • 711 BCE

    711 C.E.

    Muslims enter Spain in the west and India in the east. Eventually almost the entire Iberian Peninsula is under Islamic control.
  • 661 BCE

    661 C.E.

    Imam Ali is killed, bringing to an end the rule of the four "righteous caliphs": Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. This also marks the beginning of the Umayyad rule.
  • 632 C.E.
    632 BCE

    632 C.E.

    Muhammad dies after a prolonged illness. The Muslim community elects his father-in-law and close associate, Abu Bakr, as caliph, or successor.