Damascus: All Data
Damascus is a city in Syria. 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
Damascus: 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.
1099 BC
Capital of Aram-Damascus
841 BC
Mentioned in Event: Campaigns of Shalmaneser III
841 BC
Capital of Aram-Damascus (Assyria)
670 BC
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Damas, part of Assyrian Empire
500 BC
Subdivision Capital of the Satrapy of Ebir-Nari, part of Achaemenid Empire
331 BC
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of the Achaemenid Empire
315 BC
Mentioned in Event: Consolidation of the borders after the Second War of the Diadochi
313 BC
Mentioned in Event: Third War of the Diadochi
301 BC
Mentioned in Event: Fourth War of the Diadochi
273 BC
Mentioned in Event: First Syrian War
270 BC
Mentioned in Event: First Syrian War
83 BC
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Cana
106 AD
Mentioned in Event: Annexation of Nabatea
614 AD
Mentioned in Event: Persian dominance (Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628)
634 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of Syria
634 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Damascus (634), part of Conquest of Syria
661 AD
Capital of Umayyad Caliphate
684 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Marj Rahit, part of Second Fitna
722 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Marj al-Hijara
750 AD
Mentioned in Event: Abbasid Revolution
976 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine conquest of Damascus, Tiberiade, Nazareth, Acri and Caesarea
1105 AD
Capital of Burid dynasty
1148 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Crusade
1148 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Damascus (1148), part of Second Crusade
1174 AD
Capital of Ayyubid Dynasty
1229 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Damascus (1229)
1260 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mongol-Mamluk Wars
1280 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of al-Jassora
1299 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
1299 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Damascus (1299), part of Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
1300 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
1301 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
1304 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
1400 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Damascus (1400), part of Timurid invasions
1521 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mastaba
1609 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Eyalet of Damascus, part of Ottoman Empire
1832 AD
Mentioned in Event: Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831-1833)
1905 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Damascus, part of Ottoman Empire
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: British Campaign in Palestine
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1919 AD
Capital of Arab Kingdom of Syria
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Syrian War
1920 AD
Capital of State of Damascus
1920 AD
Capital of Syra (France)
1923 AD
Capital of Syrian Federation
1925 AD
Capital of State of Syria
1930 AD
Capital of Syrian Republic (France)
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)
1940 AD
Capital of Syria (Vichy France)
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syria-Lebanon campaign
1941 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Damascus (1941), part of Syria-Lebanon campaign
1946 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syria-Lebanon campaign
1946 AD
Capital of Syrian Republic
1961 AD
Capital of Arab Republic of Syria
1973 AD
Mentioned in: Syrian General Staff Headquarters raid, part of Yom Kippur War
2012 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Damascus
2014 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Al-Malihah
2024 AD
Mentioned in: Fall of Damascus (2024), part of Syrian Civil War
2024 AD
Capital of Syrian Transitional Government
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Damascus Governorate, part of Arab Republic of Syria