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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Latakia, Syria. {{Dynamic list}} {{TOC right}}
==Prior to 20th century== {{History of Syria}}
* 183 CE - Latakia Tetraporticus built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 330 CE - Now part of the Eastern Roman Empire * 494 CE - Earthquake.{{sfn|Watson|1996}} * 528 CE - Declared capital of the Byzantine province of Theodorias. * 637 CE - Part of the Rashidun Caliphate * 661 CE - Part of the Umayyad Caliphate * 750 CE - Part of the Abbasid Caliphate * 1102 - Tancred in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1104 - Battle of Harran and reoccupation by the Byzantine Empire * 1170 - Earthquake.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1188 - Part of the Ayyubid Sultanate.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1287 ** al-Mansur Qala'un in power. ** Earthquake.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1332 - Ibn Battuta visited the city during his travels * 1725 - Sulayman Pasha al-'Azm of Tripoli in power.<ref name=reilly1999>{{cite journal |title=Past and Present in Local Histories of the Ottoman Period from Syria and Lebanon |author= James A. Reilly |journal= Middle Eastern Studies |volume= 35 |year= 1999 |issue= 1 |pages= 45–65 |doi= 10.1080/00263209908701255 |jstor=4283982 }}</ref> * 1752 - 21 July: Earthquake.<ref name="Soloviev2000">{{cite book|author=Sergey L. Soloviev|title=Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea 2000 B.C.-2000 A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_a-wtLJ5XIC|year= 2000|publisher=Kluwer |isbn=978-0-7923-6548-8|display-authors=etal}}</ref> * 1822 - Earthquake.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}<ref name="Soloviev2000" /> * 1829 - Franciscan monastery built. * 1880 - Literary society founded.<ref name=reilly1999 />
==20th century==
* 1909 - April: Influx of refugees.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |date=27 April 1909 |title= Refugees Pour Into Latakia }}</ref> * 1920 - Latakia becomes part of the Alawite State of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. * 1932 - Population: 24,000.<ref name=winckler1998 /> * 1933 - Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus built. * 1942 ** "France reunites ... Latakia with the rest of Syria."<ref name=Commins2014 /> ** July: "Explosion in a government building."<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |date=6 July 1942 |title=16 Killed in Latakia Blast }}</ref> * 1943 - Population: 36,000.<ref name=winckler1998 /> * 1945 - Hutteen Sporting Club formed. * 1947 - Tishreen Sports Club formed. * 1950s - Port of Latakia expanded.<ref name=Commins2014 /> * 1955 - Latakia Camp of Palestinian refugees established. * 1957 - Population: 56,000.<ref name=winckler1998 /> * 1970s - Ras Ibn Hani archaeological site discovered near Latakia. * 1970 - Population: 125,716.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253–279 |quote=Lattakia }}</ref> * 1971 - Latakia University established. * 1973 - 7 October: Battle of Latakia occurs offshore. * 1978 - Al-Assad Stadium opens. * 1980 - Marine Research Center built.<ref name=archnet /> * 1985 - Population: 229,944 (estimate).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm |title=1985 Demographic Yearbook |year=1987 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=247–289 }}</ref> * 1986 - National Museum of Latakia inaugurated. * 1987 ** Latakia Sports City Stadium opens.<ref name=archnet /> ** September: 1987 Mediterranean Games held. ** Population: 241,000.<ref name=winckler1998 /> * 1989 - Naissa Mosque built.<ref name=archnet>{{citation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024054314/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=2649 |title=Syria: Latakia |publisher=ArchNet |url= http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=2649|archive-date= 24 October 2012 }}</ref> * 1994 - Population: 303,000.<ref name=winckler1998>{{Citation|title=Demographic developments and population policies in Baʻathist Syria|author= Onn Winckler |publisher=Sussex Academic Press|year=1998|isbn=1-902210-16-6}}</ref>
==21st century== {{see also|Timeline of the Syrian Civil War}} * 2004 **Population: 383,786.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317032446/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm |archive-date=2013-03-17 }}</ref> * 2008 - Population: 951,000 (estimate).<ref>{{citation |chapter=Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants |chapter-url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2018/ |title=Demographic Yearbook – 2018 |publisher=United Nations }}</ref> * 2011 ** 28 March: Antigovernment protest.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |date=1 April 2011 |title=Syrian Protesters Clash With Security Forces |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/world/middleeast/02syria.html }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/cameroonNews/idAFLDE72R1G620110328?sp=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050137/http://af.reuters.com/article/cameroonNews/idAFLDE72R1G620110328?sp=true |archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher=Reuters |title= Notables calm sectarian tensions in Syrian city |date=28 March 2011 }}</ref> ** 13 August: Siege of Latakia.<ref name=Commins2014>{{cite book|author1=David Commins|author2=David W. Lesch|title=Historical Dictionary of Syria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpBWAgAAQBAJ|year= 2014 |edition=3rd |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7966-9}}</ref> * 2014 ** 22 September: Ancient tunnel uncovered beneath the National Museum of Latakia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=13840 |title= Ancient underground tunnel uncovered beneath Lattakia National Museum - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=22 September 2014 |access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref> * 2015 ** 30 September: Khmeimim airbase, an airbase near the Latakia International Airport becomes operational for use by Russian troops.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/russia-syria-50-journalists-12-countries-visit-russian-base-latakia-654316 |author=Johnlee Varghese |title=Russia in Syria: 50 journalists from 12 countries visit Russian base in Latakia |work=International Business Times |date=11 November 2015 |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=abc1>{{cite web| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russian-build-continues-base-syria-causing-concern-us/story?id=33637451 |author=Luis Martinez| title=Russian Build-Up Continues at Base in Syria, Causing Concern Among US Officials |publisher=ABC News| date=9 September 2015| access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> * 2016 ** 2 June: Suicide bombing near a mosque in the city's center kills three civilians and injures several others.<ref>{{citation |work=Reuters |date=2 June 2016 |title=SSuicide bomber kills several in Syrian coastal city Latakia: monitor |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-latakia-idUSKCN0YO1TV}}</ref> ** 14 August: Asma al-Assad, the First Lady of Syria visits the city and attends the graduation ceremony for the 5th batch of students of the National Center for Distinguished Students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=85324 |title= Mrs. Asma al-Assad attends graduation ceremony for 5th batch of National Center of Distinguished Students in Lattakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=14 August 2016 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> **27 November: Al-Manara University opened.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=102956|title= Al-Manara University opened in Lattakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=27 November 2016 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> * 2017 **25 March: Authorities seize large amounts of weapons and ammo that were to be smuggled to terrorists in Latakia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=102956|title= Authorities seize large amounts of weapons and ammo meant to be smuggled to terrorists in Hama and Lattakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=25 March 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> **6 April: Latakia University (then Tishreen University) Hospital in Lattakia receives new batch of medical aid provided by Russia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=103750|title= Russian Medical Aid delivered to Tishreen University Hospital in Lattakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=6 April 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> ** 4 May: Authorities arrest a criminal group responsible for a number of kidnappings and killings in the city and surrounding villages.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=105532|title= Criminal gang responsible for acts of kidnapping and killing arrested in Lattakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=4 May 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> ** 4 September: Terrorist groups launch a missile onto Latakia causing material damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=113122 |title= Material damage caused in a terrorist rocket attack in Lattakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=4 September 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> ** 10 October: Over 140 students graduate from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport in Latakia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=115523 |title= More than 140 students graduated from AASTMT in Lattakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> ** 24 October: A car rigged with 50 kg of explosives was seized by the authorities near a private hospital.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=116490 |title= Authorities seize a car rigged with explosives in Lattakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=24 October 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> ** 17 November: Prime Minister of Syria Imad Khamis launches plans to rehabilitate the Al-Assad Sports City complex, which was closed temporarily during the civil war and used to house refugees from the city of Aleppo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=118414 |title= Prime Minister launches work plan to rehabilitate al-Assad Sports City in Latakia - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=17 November 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> ** 18 November: A batch of aid sent from Belarus containing canned food, 2500 pieces of clothes and other relief materials arrives in Latakia to be distributed among hundreds of families affected by terrorism in Latakia, Damascus, and Homs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=118530 |title= Lattakia receives new batch of aid from Belarus - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=18 November 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> ** 25 November: Following the liberation of the city of Deir ez-Zor from ISIL militants, 125 tons of citrus were sent from Latakia to the city of Deir ez-Zor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=119650 |title= 125 Tons of Citrus sent from Lattakia to the people of Deir ez-Zor - Syrian Arab News Agency |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |date=25 November 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref> ** 11 December: Russian president Vladimir Putin, accompanied by his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad visits the Khmeimim airbase.<ref>{{citation |work=The Guardian |date=11 December 2017 |title=Vladimir Putin makes triumphant visit to Syria airbase |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/11/vladimir-putin-visit-to-syria-airbase-bashir-al-assad}}</ref> * 2024 ** 9 December: Syrian opposition took control over the city.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
==See also== * Latakia history * History of Latakia (in Arabic) * Timelines of other cities in Syria: Aleppo, Damascus, Hama, Homs
==References== {{reflist|30em}} ''This article incorporates information from the Arabic Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.''
==Bibliography== {{Refbegin}} * {{Citation |publisher = J. Murray |location = London |title = Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine |date = 1868 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b000916685?urlappend=%3Bseq=300 |chapter= Ladikiyeh, Laodicea |hdl = 2027/uc1.b000916685?urlappend=%3Bseq=300 }} * {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Latakia |volume= 16|last= Hogarth |first= David George |author-link= David George Hogarth| page = 239 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}} * {{Citation | publisher = Karl Baedeker | location = Leipsig | title = Palestine and Syria | edition =5th | date = 1912 |chapter= El-Ladikiyeh | hdl = 2027/njp.32101064638636?urlappend=%3Bseq=566 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101064638636?urlappend=%3Bseq=566}} * {{cite book |year=1934 |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |title=Encyclopedia of Islam |chapter= Al-Ladhikiya |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Va6oSxzojzoC |page=3 |author=Ernst Honigmann |author-link=:de:Ernst Honigmann (Byzantinist) |title-link=Encyclopedia of Islam |isbn=9004097910 }} * {{cite book |author=Yasir Sari |title= Safahat min Tarikh al-Ladhiqiyya |location=Damascus |year= 1992 |language=ar}} (essays on Latakia city history) * {{Citation|title=International Dictionary of Historic Places|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R44VRnNCzAYC |chapter=Latakia |editor=Noelle Watson |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |year=1996|isbn=9781884964039 | ref = {{harvid|Watson|1996}}}}
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==External links== {{Commons category|History of Latakia}} * {{citation |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/multimedia/100000002901216/latakia-residents-live-peacefully-in-a-city-untouched-by-syrian.html |date= 25 May 2014 |title=Latakia residents live peacefully in a city untouched by Syrian war }} (video)
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