2005 Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation
1994 Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
1992 Nureddin Al-Atassi, president of Syria (1966-70), dies
1991 Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
1986 Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria
1984 Syria frees captured U.S. pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson
1983 Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
1982 Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon
1982 Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
1981 Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
1980 U.S.S.R. and Syria sign peace treaty
1979 Moslem Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo, Syria
1977 Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and S Yemen
1976 Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon
1975 Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126
1974 Israel and Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva
1973 Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria
1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
1973 Ghada Shouaa, Syria, heptatlete, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Syria adopts constitution
1971 Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (FAR)
1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
1969 Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via miltary coup
1969 9 Jews publically executed in Damascus Syria
1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help
1966 Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria
1966 Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government
1964 Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market
1963 General Amin al-Hafez becomes president of Syria
1963 Failed military coup in Syria
1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria
1962 Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria
1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
1961 Mamum Kuzbari becomes premier of Syria
1961 Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic
1958 Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
1958 Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
1958 Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
1957 U.S.S.R. offers Syria economic/military aid
1955 Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected president of Syria
1953 Khabib Munir, Syria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-3 backup
1952 Arab Liberation Movement becomes only party of Syria
1951 Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
1951 Muhammed Ahmad Faris, Syria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-3
1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact
1949 Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria
1949 Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death
1949 Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death
1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel
1946 Syria declares independence from French administration
1946 Syria gains independence from France
1945 Egypt and Syria declares war on nazi-Germany
1941 Cease fire of Joan of Arc, ends combat in Lebanon and Syria
1941 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria
1941 English and French troop overthrow pro-German Syria
1933 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50
1930 Hafez al Assad, president, Syria
1926 French air force bombs Damascus, Syria
1924 French government names Gen Serrail Governor-General of Syria
1898 John George, Syria, actor, Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu
1883 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria
1837 Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
1822 Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die
1516 Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria
1497 Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)
1496 Jews are expelled from Syria
1420 Jews of Syria and Austria expelled
1191 Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52
1174 Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies
1110 Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
1109 Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli
1099 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria
1098 1st Crusaders capture and plunder Mara Syria
969 Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria
526 Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria
9 Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59
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