WARS TIMELINE

Updated in: Jumada Al Oula 1442 / January 2021

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This section covers a timeline of wars. This section does not include all wars. It covers a lot of the main wars that occurred from B.C. until 2015. Wars timeline starts in order from 12th-9th century B.C. until the recent dates mentioned in our time now.

1300-1000 B.C.
Prophet Dawood (pbuh) (David) and his army of Taaluut defeated their enemy of Jaaluut (Goliath).

490 B.C.
Greeks defeated Persians in battles of Marathon.

431-404 B.C.
Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta. Sparta was victorious.

264-241 B.C.
Beginning of Punic War. Rome defeated Carthage and controlled the Mediterranean Sea.

219-201 B.C.
Second Punic War. Hannibal, Carthaginian general crossed the Alps, reached gates of Rome to capture it, retreated, and was defeated by Scipio Africanus at Zama.

150-101 B.C.
Third Punic War. Rome defeated Carthage.

55-50 B.C.
Julius Caesar invaded Britain and conquered France.

70
Jews declared revolution against Romans, Jerusalem destroyed.

570
"Abd Al Muttaleb, prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) grandfather, defeated Abraha of Yemen in Mecca.

623-630
The battles of prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He conquered Mecca in year 8 Hirji (630).

636
Khalid Ibn Al Waleed (ra) defeated Heraclius's army in the battle of Yarmouk.

1073
The fights continued between English and French kings during the medieval era.

1096-1270
Eight crusades occurred to get the Muslims out of Jerusalem.

1187
Salaah Al Deen defeated the Crusaders in battle of Hittin.

1290
King Edward I evacuated the Jews from England. 400 years later King Oliver Cromwell brought them back.

1337-1453
One-Hundred-Year War between England and France over the control of France. The war lasted 116 years.

1517
Turks conquered Egypt and controlled the Arab area.

1520-1560
Invasions and conquests of Sulaiman I, sultan of Turkey.

1570
Turks attacked Cyprus and declared war on Venice, Italy.

1572
Constantine Peace Treaty (Istanbul now) to stop invasions on Europe.

1590
Henry IV conquered France and declared war on Spain in 1595.

1618-1648:
Thirty-Year War in Germany, Catholics against Protestants. Denmark, Sweden and France invaded Germany later on.

1642
English Civil War.

1683-1699
European Powers and Turks War, Vienna withstood three-month Turkish siege; high point of Turkish advanced in Europe.

1689-1763
Beginning of French and Indian War.

1701-1714
Beginning of War of the Spanish Succession, the last of Louis XIV's wars for domination of the continent. The Peace of Utrecht (1714) ended the conflict and marked the rise of the British Empire.

1756-1763
Seven-Year War. Britain, Hanover (former state of northwestern Germany), and Prussia vs. France, Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony (a region in East Germany) for recapturing Silesia (a region in South-west Poland now). Britain, Hanover, and Prussia were victorious. Before the war started, there was the French and Indian War, American phase of a worldwide nine years’ war in 1754 fought between France and Britain. The war started over whether upper Ohio River belongs to the French, or the English. Britain was victorious in 1763.

1759
The British captured Quebec from the French.

1775
Beginning of American revolution with battles of Lexington and Concord.

1796-1815
Invasions and conquests of French general Napoleon Bonaparte, until year 1815, after being defeated by English general Duke of Wellington in battle of Waterloo.

1804
Haiti declared its independence from France, first black nation to gain freedom from European colonial rule.

1822-1829
Turkey invaded Greece, then Russia declared war on Turkey, and France and England sided Greece in 1828. In 1829 Turkey admitted Greece's independence.

1839-1842
Beginning of Opium War between Britain and China for importation of drugs into China.

1846-1848
USA declared war on Mexico, California and New Mexico were annexed by USA. In 1848 the war ended and USA gained California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Utah, and Nevada.

1848
Revolution in Paris, France.

1853-1854
Beginning of Crimean War. Turkey declared war on Russia. In 1854 Britain and France sided Turkey in the war. Many people died in that war because of the disease.

1861
Beginning of Civil War in USA.

1866
Seven-Week War. Italy and Prussia defeated Austria.

1899-1902
Boer War (South Africa War). Conflict between British and Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers of South Africa). Britain defeated Boers in 1902.

1914-1918
World War I. Turkey, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Bulgaria against the alias (USA, Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro, Portugal, Italy, and Japan). In 1918, the alias were victorious.

1933
Beginning of Nazi terror.

1939-1945
World War II. Germany, Italy, and Japan against France, Britain, USA, USSR, and China. In 1939 Germany attacked the Balkan and Russia, and in 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, making USA join the war with the British against Japan. Hitler committed suicide, Germany surrendered in 1945 then Japan was next after USA dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki.

1948
Palestine's first calamity.

1954-1975
Beginning of Vietnam War. South Vietnam and USA against North Vietnam and National Liberation Font (Vietnam congress). USA entered the war in 1961 siding South Vietnam. South Vietnam surrendered in 1975.

1954-1962
Algeria declared war on France to gain independence. France struggled to maintain colonial rule until 1962. Evian Peace treaty was made and Algeria gained independence.

1967
Palestine's second calamity.

1975-1990
Civil War in Lebanon

1982
Sabra and Chatila Massacre in Lebanon that was planned by Zionists. Lots of Palestinians were massacred in Sabra and Chatila refugee camps. The Zionists denied responsibility.

1990-1991
Persian Gulf War. Iraq against Kuwait. USA entered the war in 1991 siding Kuwait and, during the same year, Iraq surrendered and left Kuwait.

2003
Britain and USA declared war on Iraq.

2011
Beginning of Arabic Spring, starting from Tunisia. Beginning of revolution in Egypt. Other riots occurred in several Arab countries.

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