Gaza: All Data
Gaza is a city in Israel and Palestine. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Gaza: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1199 BC
Capital of Philistine Confederation
711 BC
Capital of Philistine Confederation (Assyria)
711 BC
Mentioned in Event: Campaigns of Sargon II
332 BC
Mentioned in: Siege of Gaza, part of Conquest of the Achaemenid Empire
314 BC
Mentioned in Event: Third War of the Diadochi
312 BC
Mentioned in Event: Third War of the Diadochi
312 BC
Mentioned in: Battle of Gaza, part of Third War of the Diadochi
297 BC
Mentioned in Event: Consolidation of the borders after the Third War of the Diadochi
634 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Dathin, part of Conquest of Syria
1239 AD
Mentioned in: Battle at Gaza (1239), part of Barons' Crusade
1516 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman-Mamluk War (1516-17)
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: British Campaign in Palestine
1917 AD
Mentioned in: Third Battle of Gaza, part of British Campaign in Palestine
1917 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Gaza, part of World War I
1917 AD
Mentioned in: First Battle of Gaza, part of World War I
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1948 AD
Mentioned in Event: Southern Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1949 Armistice Agreements
1956 AD
Mentioned in Event: Suez Crisis
1956 AD
Mentioned in: 1956 Gaza battle, part of Suez Crisis
1957 AD
Mentioned in Event: Suez Crisis
1967 AD
Mentioned in Event: Six-Day War
2007 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hamas' takeover of Gaza
2007 AD
Capital of Gaza Strip under Hamas control
2008 AD
Mentioned in: Operation Hot Winter
2009 AD
Mentioned in Event: Gaza War
2023 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Gaza City, part of Invasion of the Gaza Strip
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Gaza, part of State of Palestine
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Gaza City, part of Gaza Strip under Hamas control