Timeline of Mosul

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mosul, Iraq.

Prior to 16th century

 * 570 CE - Mar Ishaya (monastery) founded across river from Ninevah; surrounding settlement later develops.
 * 641 CE - Arab forces of Utba bin Farqad take fortress in settlement.
 * 847 CE - 24 November: Earthquake.
 * 874/875 CE - Taghlibi Khidr bin Ahmad becomes governor.
 * 880 CE - Ishaq ibn Kundaj becomes governor.
 * 892 - Mosul besieged by forces of Harun bin Sulayman and Banu Shayban.
 * 907 - Hamdanids in power.
 * 990s - Syrian Uqaylids in power.
 * 1095/1096 - Seljuqs in power.
 * 1127/1128 - Seljuqs ousted by Imad ad-Din Zengi.
 * 1146 - Saif ad-Din Ghazi I in power.
 * 1170 - Great Mosque of al-Nuri construction begins.
 * 1182 - Mosul besieged by forces of Saladin during rule of Izz ad-Din Mas'ud.
 * 1185 - Mosul again besieged by forces of Saladin.
 * 1224 - Mosul taken by forces of Badr al-Din Lu'lu'.
 * 1239 - Mashhad Imam Yahya ibn al-Qasim (mausoleum) built near city.
 * 1248 - Imam Awn al-Din shrine built.
 * 1258 - Mosul sacked by forces of Hulagu Khan.
 * 1262 - July: Mosul taken by Mongol forces.

16th–19th centuries

 * 1516 - Ottomans in power.
 * 1535 - Ottoman administrative Mosul Eyalet created.
 * 1623 - Mosul taken by Persian forces (approximate date).
 * 1625 - Persians ousted; Ottomans in power again.
 * 1719 - Sari Mustafa becomes governor.
 * 1730 - Hussein Jalili appointed governor.
 * 1733 - Mosul besieged by forces of Nadir Khan.
 * 1743 - Siege of Mosul (1743) by Persian forces.
 * 1745 - Battle of Mosul (1745) fought in vicinity of city.
 * 1826 - Unrest; governor Yahya al-Jalili ousted.
 * 1839 - Ottoman administrative reform begins per Edict of Gülhane.
 * 1854 - "Rebellion" against administrative reform.

20th century

 * 1920 - Population: 703,378 in vilayet (province).
 * 1926 - Mosul becomes part of the Kingdom of Iraq per League of Nations ruling.
 * 1947 - Population: 133,625 in city; 595,190 in province.
 * 1957 - Mosul football club formed.
 * 1960 - Ash-Shabibah newspaper published.
 * 1965 - Population: 264,146.
 * 1967 - University of Mosul founded.
 * 1969
 * begins.
 * National Insurance Company built.
 * 1970 - Population: 310,313 (estimate).
 * 1986 - Mosul Dam begins operating near city.
 * 1987 - Population: 664,221.

21st century

 * 2003 - March–May: 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led forces; Mosul International Airport occupied.
 * 2004
 * 24 June: 2004 Mosul bombings.
 * November: Battle of Mosul (2004).
 * 2007 - 23 April: April 2007 Mosul massacre.
 * 2008 - Ninawa campaign.
 * 2013 - April: Anti-government protest.
 * 2014
 * 4–10 June: Mosul taken by forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
 * June: Mass executions in ISIL occupied Mosul begin.
 * 16–19 August: Battle for Mosul Dam fought near city.
 * 2015 - January: Mosul offensive (2015).
 * 2016 - October: Battle of Mosul (2016–17) begins.
 * 2017
 * 21 June: Great Mosque of al-Nuri destroyed.
 * July: Iraqi army takes city.