Mecca: All Data
Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia. 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
Mecca: 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.
570 AD
Mentioned in: The day of the elephant
629 AD
Mentioned in: Conquest of Mecca
683 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Mecca (683), part of Second Fitna
683 AD
Capital of Zubayrid Caliphate
692 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Fitna
692 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Mecca, part of Second Fitna
786 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Fakhkh, part of Alid uprising of 786
883 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mecca (883)
930 AD
Mentioned in: Sack of Mecca
1013 AD
Capital of Sharifate of Mecca
1013 AD
Capital of Sharifate of Mecca
1201 AD
Capital of Emirate of Mecca
1609 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Eyalet of Hejaz, part of Ottoman Empire
1812 AD
Mentioned in Event: Wahhabi War
1813 AD
Mentioned in: Ottoman return of Mecca 1813, part of Wahhabi War
1905 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Hejaz, part of Ottoman Empire
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Mecca
1916 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mecca, part of Battle of Mecca
1916 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Hejaz
1924 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Saudi-Hashemite War
1924 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mecca (1924), part of Second Saudi-Hashemite War
1925 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Saudi Arabia
1927 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Saudi Arabia
1927 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz
1932 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Saudi Arabia
1987 AD
Mentioned in: 1987 Mecca incident
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Makkah, part of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia