Sunni Islam

most populous Islamic denomination

15 dated entries naming Sunni Islam, drawn from 14 separate years between 821 CE and 2014 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Sunni, Sunni Islamic, Sunni Muslim in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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9th century

821Ibn Abi Asim, Muslim Sunni scholar (or 822)source
822Ibn Abi Asim, Muslim Sunni scholar (or 821)source
900Ibn Abi Asim, Muslim Sunni scholar (born 822)source

10th century

933Al-Hakim Nishapuri, Persian Sunni scholar (died 1014)source
994Ahmad al-Bayhaqi, Persian Sunni hadith scholar (died 1066)source

11th century

1014Hammad ibn Buluggin adopts Sunni Islam and declares his independence from the Zirid dynasty (modern Algeria). He recognizes the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad as being the rightful caliphs and becomes the first ruler of the Hammadid dynasty (until 1028).source
1014Al-Hakim Nishapuri, Persian Sunni scholar (born 933)source
1017The Sunnis of Kairouan (modern Tunisia) revolt against the Shi'ite Zirid dynasty. The city is quickly retaken and sacked.source
1066April 9 – Al-Bayhaqi, Persian Sunni hadith scholar (born 994)source

12th century

1173Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi, Arab Sunni scholar (died 1245)source

14th century

1311December 26 – Al-Mahdi Muhammad bin al-Mutahhar, the Shi'ite Muslim Imam of the Zaidiyyah state in Yemen, leads Zaidi troops to victory in a battle in the Sheref district against the Sunni Muslim Rasulid sultanate that dominates most of Yemen. A 10-year ceasefire agreement is brokered between Zaidiyyah and the Rasulid Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'udsultan.source

18th century

1749December 1 – Sultan Azim ud-Din I, recently forced to flee to Manila after being driven from the throne of Sultanate of Sulu elsewhere in the Philippine Islands, announces his intention to convert from Sunni Islam to become baptized as a Christian within the Roman Catholic Church. He changes his name to Fernando after being baptized.source

20th century

1973April 10 – Operation Spring of Youth: Israeli commandos raid Beirut, assassinating 3 leaders of the Palestinian Resistance Movement. The Lebanese army's inaction brings the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Saeb Salam, a Sunni Muslim.source

21st century

200811 April – Suicide bombings killed at least four people—three of them police. The first bombing was in Ramadi, the provincial capital of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province. At least three national police officers were killed. The second attack took place at a checkpoint about 20 km north of Baiji, the bomber and one other person a local Awakening Council were killed. Also, at least three people were killed in a mortar attack on Baghdad's Palestine Hotel.source
2014June 5 – A Sunni militant group now calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) begins an offensive through northern Iraq, aiming to capture the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad and overthrow the Shiite government led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.source