522 Yusuf dhu-Nuwas captures power in Yemen.
525 Ethiopia conquers Yemen.
599 Final conquest of Yemen by the Sassanian Iran (approximate date).
1363 Al-Afdal al-Abbas succeeds Al-Mujahid Ali as Rasulid Sultan of Yemen.
1635 The Ottomans are expelled from Yemen.
1934 Emir of Yemen and ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia conclude a peace treaty
1948 Operation Magic Carpet to transport Jews from Yemen to Israel begins.
1962 Civil war erupts in Yemen.
1964 The United Nations Security Council adopts by a 9-0 vote a resolution deploring a British air attack on a fort in Yemen 12 days earlier, in which 25 persons were reported killed.
1966 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Republic begin negotiations in Kuwait to end the war in Yemen.
1967 The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
1994 Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen.
2000 In Aden, Yemen, the USS ''Cole'' is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, who placed a small boat laden with explosives along-side the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.