Sidon: All Data
Sidon is a city in Lebanon. 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
Sidon: 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.
1229 BC
Capital of Sidon
840 BC
Mentioned in Event: Campaigns of Shalmaneser III
840 BC
Capital of Sidon (Assyria)
670 BC
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Sidon, part of Assyrian Empire
286 BC
Mentioned in Event: Fifth War of the Diadochi
199 BC
Mentioned in Event: Fifth Syrian War
976 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine conquest of Damascus, Tiberiade, Nazareth, Acri and Caesarea
1110 AD
Mentioned in Event: Norwegian Crusade
1110 AD
Mentioned in: siege of Sidon (1110), part of Norwegian Crusade
1197 AD
Mentioned in Event: Crusade of 1197
1204 AD
Mentioned in Event: Frankish conquest of Sidon, Lydda and Ramla
1229 AD
Mentioned in Event: Sixth Crusade
1832 AD
Mentioned in Event: Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831-1833)
1840 AD
Mentioned in Event: Egyptian-Ottoman War (1839-1841)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syria-Lebanon campaign
1941 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Sidon, part of Syria-Lebanon campaign
1946 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syria-Lebanon campaign
1982 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1982 Lebanon War
1985 AD
Mentioned in Event: South Lebanon conflict (1985-2000)
2013 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Sidon (2013)
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of South Governorate, part of Lebanese Republic