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570 Born
610 The archangel Gabriel first appears to Muhammad (according to Islamic belief), reciting to him the first verses of surat Iqra (al-`Alaq) and thus beginning the revelation of the Qur'an (approximate date).
613 Muhammad begins preaching Islam in publi
615 Muslims begin to emigrate to Abyssinia.
620 Medina is converted to Islam.
632 Died
650 Islam established as state religion in Iran
657 Ali Ben Abu Talib fights Muawiyah over the Caliphate of Islam and captures Anbar, Battle of Siffin.
1066 The first black Africans convert to Islam (in modern-day Gambia.)
1091 The Normans took Sicily from the Islamic rulers.
1165 Muslims take Caesarea Philippi from Crusaders.
1178 The Sung Document written detailing the discovery of "Mu-Lan-Pi" (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors
1249 The Moors lose possession of Alicante in Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain).
1258 Battle of Baghdad (1258) - Hulagu Khan's Mongol forces overrun Baghdad, then the leading center of Islamic culture and learning and capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. They burn the imperial city to the ground, killing as many as 800,000 citizens.
1264 In Spain, King James I of Aragon reconquers the cities of Orihuela in Alicante and Elx in Valencia from the Moors, ending over 500 years of Islamic rule.
1267 Malik ul Salih establishes Samudra Pasai, the first Muslim state in Indonesia.
1295 Mongol leader Ghazan Khan is converted to Islam, ending a line of Tantric Buddhist leaders.
1882 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian claims to be the 'Reformer of Islam or Majaddid' of 14th Century.
1956 Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic and a National holiday is observed in the country included the former East Pakistan state.
1988 Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
1997 In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut (police killed the assailants).
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