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1401 Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
1759 An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
1918 World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.
1920 France captures Damascus.
1961 A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.