Beirut: All Data
Beirut 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
Beirut: 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 Beirut
318 BC
Mentioned in Event: Second War of the Diadochi
316 BC
Mentioned in Event: Second War of the Diadochi
315 BC
Mentioned in Event: Consolidation of the borders after the Second War of the Diadochi
311 BC
Mentioned in Event: Third War of the Diadochi
301 BC
Mentioned in Event: Fourth War of the Diadochi
270 BC
Mentioned in Event: First Syrian War
218 BC
Mentioned in Event: Invasion of Phoenicia
82 BC
Mentioned in Event: Armenian Occupation of Syria
62 BC
Mentioned in Event: Restoration of the Seleucids
42 BC
Mentioned in Event: Liberators' Civil War
40 BC
Mentioned in Event: Persian Invasion (Antony's Atropatene campaign)
39 BC
Mentioned in Event: Roman Counterattack
38 BC
Mentioned in Event: Antony's Atropatene campaign
193 AD
Mentioned in Event: Year of the Five Emperors
194 AD
Mentioned in Event: Year of the Five Emperors
270 AD
Mentioned in Event: Secession of the Kingdom of Palmyra
274 AD
Mentioned in Event: Reconquest of the Kingdom of Palmyra
286 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Tetrarchic Period
306 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
314 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
325 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
337 AD
Mentioned in Event: Division of the Empire among the sons of Constantine the Great
353 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
395 AD
Mentioned in Event: Definitive Division of the Roman Empire
976 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine conquest of Damascus, Tiberiade, Nazareth, Acri and Caesarea
1197 AD
Mentioned in Event: Crusade of 1197
1772 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Mediterranean expedition
1772 AD
Mentioned in: First Russian bombardment of Beirut, part of Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774)
1773 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Mediterranean expedition
1773 AD
Mentioned in: Second Russian bombardment of Beirut, part of Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774)
1832 AD
Mentioned in Event: Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831-1833)
1840 AD
Mentioned in Event: Egyptian-Ottoman War (1839-1841)
1905 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Beyrut, part of Ottoman Empire
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I
1920 AD
Capital of State of Greater Lebanon
1926 AD
Capital of Lebanese Republic (France)
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)
1940 AD
Capital of French Lebanon (Vichy France)
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syria-Lebanon campaign
1941 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Beirut, part of Syria-Lebanon campaign
1946 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syria-Lebanon campaign
1946 AD
Capital of Lebanese Republic
1975 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of the Hotels, part of Lebanese Civil War
1976 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syrian occupation of Lebanon
1982 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1982 Lebanon War
1982 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Beirut, part of 1982 Lebanon War
1984 AD
Mentioned in: February 6 Intifada, part of Lebanese Civil War
1985 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1982 Lebanon War
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Beirut Governorate, part of Lebanese Republic