# 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
** Mosul Spring Festival [ar] 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.
* Other U.S. Army units to have occupied the city include the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 172nd Stryker Brigade, the 3rd Brigade-2nd Infantry Division, 18th Engineer Brigade (Combat), Alpha Company 14th Engineer Battalion-555th Combat Engineer Brigade, 1st Brigade-25th Infantry Division, the 511th Military Police Company, the 812th Military Police Company and company-size units from Reserve components, an element of the 364th Civil Affairs Brigade, and the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, which covered the areas north of the Green Line. The 67th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from January 2004 to January 2005, running split based operations in Mosul and Tikrit. The Task Force (TF) 67 Headquarters and Company B operated out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Diamondback (Mosul), and Company A operating out of FOB Speicher (Tikrit).
* 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.

## Images

* Spring Festival, est. 1969