Posted on 08/05/2002 10:12:24 AM PDT by Prysson
Most of the history of warfare for the last 1400 years is the history of Islam and their war against the rest of the world.
I have attempted to locate information on conflicts between Islam and other cultures. I have ignored internal issues within each culture, such as "sultan X dies and is replaced by sultan Y."
Islam against the world | West against Islam | Other | |
610 AD | Birth of Islam | ||
629 | Slaughter of Jews in Medina | ||
630 | Conquest of Makkah (Mecca) | ||
632 | Death of Muhammed | ||
633 | Conquest of Arab Peninsula | ||
637 | Conquest of Jeruselam | ||
642 | Conquest of Egypt | ||
647 | Conquest of North Africa | ||
711 | Conquest of Spain | ||
716 | Invasion of Constantinople | ||
725 | Muslims occupy Nimes, France | ||
732 | Battle of Tours | ||
792 | Invasion of South France | ||
1095 | First Crusade | ||
1099 | Crusaders recapture Jerusalem | ||
1174 | Salah ud Din annexes Syria | ||
1187 | Salah ud Din wrests Jerusalem from the Christians | Third crusade. | |
1194 | Occupation of Delhi by the Muslims. | ||
1199 | Conquest of Northern India and Bengal by the Ghurids. | ||
1245 | The Muslims reconquer Jerusalem. | ||
1258 | Mongols sack Baghdad - Mongol II-Khans establish their rule in Iran and Iraq | ||
1266 | The eighth crusade. The crusaders invade Tunisia. Failure of the crusade. | Death of Berek Khan the first ruler of the Golden Horde to be converted to Islam. | |
1267 | First Muslim state in Indonesia. | ||
1299 | Mongols invade Syria. | ||
1365 | In the Ottoman Turks empire, The Turks defeat the Christians at the battle of Matiza, the Byzantine ruler becomes a vassal of the Turks. | ||
1371 | In the Ottoman Turks empire, Invasion of Bulgaria, Bulgarian territory upto the Balkans annexed by the Turks. | ||
1456 | In the Ottoman Turks empire, Annexation of Serbia. | ||
1461 | In the Ottoman Turks empire, Annexation of Bosnia and Herzogovina. | ||
1462 | In the Ottoman Turks empire, Annexation of Albania. | ||
1473 | In the Ottoman Turks empire, War against Persia; Persians defeated. | ||
1475 | In the Ottoman Turks empire, Annexation of Crimea. War against Venice. Tukey became the master of the Aegean Sea. | ||
1499 | In the Ottoman Turks empire, The Turks defeated the Venetian fleet in the battle of Lepanto. | ||
1507 | The Portuguese under d'Albuquerque establish strongholds in the Persian Gulf. | ||
1511 | D'Albuquerque conquers Malacca from the Muslims. | ||
1517 | The Ottoman Sultan Selim Yavuz ("the Grim") defeats the Mamluks and conquers Egypt. | ||
1526 | The Battle of Panipat in India, and the Moghul conquest; Babur makes his capital at Delhi and Agra. | ||
1528 | The Ottomans take Buda in Hungary. | ||
1529 | Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna. | ||
1571 | The Ottomans are defeated at the naval Battle of Lepanto, and their dominance in the Mediterranean is brought to a close. | ||
1603 | Persia occupies Tabriz, Mesopotamia. Mosul and Diyarbekr | ||
1683 | The Turks lift the siege of Vienna and retreat. Kara Mustafa the Grand Wazir executed for the failure of the expedition. | ||
1711 | War between Turkey and Russia. Russia defeated at the battle of Pruth. | ||
1718 | In the war against Austria, Turkey suffers defeat. By the treaty of Passarowich Turkey loses Hungary. | ||
1811 | British occupied Indonesia. | ||
1814 | Iran executed treaty of alliance with the British known as Definitive Treaty. | ||
1830 | French forces landed near Algiers and occupied Algeria ending 313 years rule of Turks. | ||
1840 | Quadruple Alliance by the European powers to force Egypt to relinquish Syria. | ||
1857 | British captured Delhi and eliminated Mughal rule in India after 332 years. Last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to Rangoon in Burma. This was also the end of 1000 years of Muslim rule over India. | ||
1879 | Treaty of Berlin. Turkey lost 4/5 th of its territory in Europe. | ||
1881 | France invaded Tunisia and the Bey acknowledged supremacy of France as a result of the treaty of Bardo. | ||
1882 | Egypt came under British military occupation. | ||
1901 | French forces occupy Morocco. | ||
1914 | World War I. | ||
1916 | Arab revolt against Ottoman (Turkish) rule. Lawrence of Arabia leads attacks on the Hijaz Railway. | ||
1918 | Armistice signed with Ottomans on October 30 | ||
1918 | World War I ends on November 11 | ||
1918 | Syria and Damascus become a French protectorate | ||
1928 | Hasan al-Banna founds the Muslim Brotherhood | ||
1932 | Iraq granted independence by League of Nations | ||
1936 | Increased Jewish immigration provokes widespread Arab-Jewish fighting in Palestine | ||
1939 | World War II | ||
1941 | British and Russian forces invade Iran and Reza Shah is forced to abdicate in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Shah in Iran | ||
1943 | Beginning of Zionist terrorist campaign in Palestine | ||
1945 | End of World War II | ||
1946 | Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria are granted independence from Britain and France | ||
1947 | Creation of Pakistan from Muslim Majority area in India | ||
1948 | Creation of state of Israel. Arab armies suffer defeat in war with Israel |
This is mostly from a brief chronology of Muslim history http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/history/chronology/
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