| 622 (16th of July) |
The flight of Muhammed the Prophet from Mecca to Medina |
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| 1831 |
Ibrahìm Pasha, adopted son of the Khedive Mehemed Ali, conquers Syria. Battle of Konia |
1256–7 |
| 1831–1840 |
A time of great prosperity for all classes, Christians and Muslims alike, under an enlightened government |
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| 1840 |
Syria signed back to the Sultàn at Conference of London |
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| 1858 |
Bombardment of Jedda by the French as a punishment for the massacre there |
1275 |
| 1860 (March–April) |
Saïd leaves his native town, his house and his fig-tree by the seashore |
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| 1860 (June) |
The Maronites attack the Drûz and are slaughtered all over Lebanon |
1277 |
| 1860 (June–July) |
Great massacre of Damascus |
1277 |
| 1860 (September) |
Execution of Ahmed Pasha, Wâly of Damascus, for culpable incompetence shown during the massacre |
1278 |