Edessa Timeline

Seleucos I refounds and renames the ancient city thereafter known as Edessa.

Osreoene, with its capital at Edessa, declares itself an independent kingdom.

Reign of Abgar II, king of Osroene.

Reign of Abgar VII, king of Osroene.

Reign of Abgar IX, king of Osroene.

The earliest record of a Christian church at Edessa.

Osroene, with its capital at Edessa, is made into a Roman province.

Shapur I captures the Roman emperor Valerian at Edessa.

Kavad, king of the Sasanian Empire, unsuccessfully besieges Edessa.

Chosroes I, king of the Sasanian Empire, unsuccessfully besieges Edessa. n

Edessa is ruled by Muslim Arabs.

According to Theophanes, a Jewish merchant transports the pieces of the fallen Colossus of Rhodes to Edessa for melting down.

A Byzantine army led by John Kourkouas besieges Edessa. The Mandylion icon is taken to Constantinople

The Emirs of Mayyafariqin and Harran attack the Byzantine city of Edessa.

Baldwin of Boulogne takes control of Edessa and the County of Edessa is formed, one of four Crusader-created states in the Levant.

The Muslim Seljuk Turks, led by Imad ad-Din Zangi, capture Edessa.

Joscelin II's attempt to retake Edessa fails and the city is sacked by Nur ad-Din.

The Second Crusade is launched to recapture Edessa for Christendom. It is not successful.

End of the County of Edessa.