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Timeline of
Ottoman Syria


1516–1918

Following are timelines of the history of Ottoman Syria, taken as the parts of Ottoman Syria provinces under Ottoman rule.

Timeline of history of the parts of Ottoman Syria under Ottoman rule

16th century

Suleiman the Magnificent rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem in the mid-1530s

17th century

18th century

Battle of Nazareth

19th century

Galilee earthquake of 1837

20th century

first meeting between Chaim Weizmann (wearing Arab dress as a sign of friendship) and the Hashemite Prince Faisal in Transjordan in an attempt to establish favourable relations between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East, June 1918.
The surrender of Jerusalem to the British, 9 December 1917.
Ottoman machine gun corps at the Tell el Sheria Gaza line, 1917.

Notable births

1853

1856

1858

1870

1874

1876

1880

1881

1882

1883

1885

  • Avraham Elmalih (b. Jerusalem), Palestinian Jewish and Israeli journalist, community leader, Zionist activist and Israeli politician (d. 1967).

1886

  • 18 September – Yehuda Burla (b. Jerusalem), Palestinian Jewish and Israeli educator and author (d. 1969).

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

  • 7 April – Moshe Chelouche (b. Jaffa), Palestinian Jewish and Israeli politician and businessman, mayor of Tel Aviv for ten days (d. 1968).
  • 24 September - Tawfiq Canaan (b. Beit Jala), Palestinian Arab physician, medical researcher, and nationalist (d. 1964).
  • Aref al-Aref (b. Jerusalem), Palestinian Arab journalist, historian, and politician (d. 1973).

1893

  • 13 August – Gad Machnes (b. Petah Tikva), Palestinian Jewish and Israeli politician and businessman (d. 1954).

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1902

  • 27 January – Yosef Sapir (b. Jaffa), Palestinian Jewish politician and Israeli cabinet minister (d. 1972).
  • 2 February – Eliyahu Sasson (b. Damascus), Palestinian Jewish politician and Israeli cabinet minister (d. 1978).

1903

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

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