Founding of Fatimid Caliphate
909–1171 · Event
Shia Fatimids establish caliphate in North Africa, rival to Sunni Abbasids; later move capital to Cairo (969).
On these timelines: North Africa, Islam, Major Religions, Master
More from North Africa
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Algerian War of Independence (1954)
- Third Punic War / Destruction of Carthage (149 BCE)
- Founding of Carthage (814 BCE)
- Almohad Caliphate (1121)
- French conquest of Algeria (1830)
Around 909
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- The Tale of Genji written (1008)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)