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Jordan History Timeline6th -4 th Century BC Nabateans settled in Jordan
106 Nabatae, whose capital was Petra, absorbed by Roman Empire.
333 Alexander the Great destroyed Jordan on his way to Egypt
662 Jordan was conquered by Muslim Arabs and comes under control of the Ummayad empire.
1037 Seljuk Turks begin to rule Jordan
1250 The Mamlukes, slave soldiers, seized control of the Egyptian Sultanate and ruled until 1517
1517 Ottoman Turks conquered Jordan.
1880 Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine were part of Syria under Ottoman rule.
1923 Britain recognized Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader
1946 Transjordan (now Jordan) gained independence from Britain and became a kingdom.
1948 Thousands of Palestinians flee Arab-Israeli fighting to West Bank and Jordan
1951 King Abdullah Ibn Hussein was assassinated in Jerusalem by a Palestinian fanatic
1952 Hussein proclaimed king after his father.
1957 British troops complete their withdrawal from Jordan.
1958 King Hussein dissolved the Arab Federation of Jordan and Iraq.
1967 Israel takes control of Jerusalem and West Bank during Six-Day War
1970 Major fights break out between government forces and Palestinian guerrillas. The Black September crises left 2,000 people dead in 13 days of fighting.
1974 King Hussein recognises PLO as sole legitimate representative of Palestinian people.
1986 Jordan’s government shut down all offices of al-Fatah, the mainstream group in the divided Palestine Liberation Organization.
1988 Hussein publicly supports the Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule.
1994 Jordan signs peace treaty with Israel, ending 46-year official state of war. Bill Clinton attended the ceremonies
1997 Most political parties boycotted the parliamentary poll in November
1999 King Hussein passes away on 7 February. More than 50 heads of state attend his funeral. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.
2003 First parliamentary elections under King Abdullah II. Allies of the King win more than half of the seats.
2007 First local elections since 1999. The Islamist Action Front - the main opposition party- withdraws after accusing the government of vote-rigging.
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