Timeline of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) Life

Year Age Event

AD 570 0 Death of his father, Abdullah

AD 570 0 Possible date of birth: 12 or 17 Rabi al Awal: in Mecca Arabia

AD 577 6 Death of his mother, Amina

AD 583 12-13 His uncle transfers him to Syria

AD 595 24-25 Meets and marries Khadijah

Birth of Zainab, his first daughter.
AD 599 28–29 followed by: Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum, and Fatima Zahra

Qur'anic revelation begins in the Cave of Hira on the Jabal an-Nour,

AD 610 40 the "Mountain of Light". Angel Jebreel (Gabriel) was said to appear
to Muhammad on the mountain and call him "the Prophet of Allah".
Begins spreading message of Islam publicly to all Meccans.
AD 613 43

AD 614 43-44 Heavy persecution of Muslims begins

AD 615 44-45 Emigration of a group of Muslims to Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

AD 616 45-46 Conversion of Umar

AD 617 46-47 Banu Hashim clan boycott begins

Banu Hashim clan boycott ends
AD 619 49
The year of sorrows: Khadija (his wife) and Abu Talib (his uncle) die

Isra and Mi'raj (reported ascension to heaven to meet God)

AD 621 50-51
First Pledge of Aqaba

Second Pledge of Aqaba

AD 622 51-52
Hijra, emigration to Medina (called Yathrib)