Mecca
City
Saudi Arabian city and capital of the Makkah province.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1896 Ottoman Empire
- 1898 – August 9, 1920 Ottoman Empire
- August 10, 1920 – December 19, 1925 Kingdom of Hejaz
- January 8, 1926 – September 22, 1932 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
- since September 23, 1932 Saudi Arabia
Capital of
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Capital of the Hejaz part
Events here 7
- 1813 Capture of Mecca (1813)
- 1924 Capture of Mecca (1924)
- August 29, 1924 – December 23, 1925 Saudi conquest of Hejaz
- September 23, 1932 Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- November 20 – December 4, 1979 Grand Mosque seizure
- September 11, 2015 Mecca crane collapse
- June 14–19, 2024 2024 Hajj extreme heat disaster