- The Battle of Marj As-Suffar, near Damascus in which the Muslim Mamlouks defeated the Mongols - 702 A.H.

- Birth of Ibn Khaldoun, the great historian and pioneer of modern sociology - 732 A.H.

- The Battle of Bilaat Ash-Shuhadaa' in which the French defeated the Muslims and killed their leader Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Ghaafiqi -114 A.H.