CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF IMAM HUSAYN
| Day | Month | Year | Event |
| 3 | Sha’ban | 4/625 | Birth of Imam Husayn |
| 27 | Safar | 11/632 | His grandfather, Prophet Muhammad, dies |
| 21 | Ramadan | 40/660 | His father, ‘Ali, killed |
| 7 | Safar | 50/670 | His brother, Hasan poisoned to death |
| 27 | Rajab | 60/680 | Yazid demands allegiance of Husayn |
| 28 | Rajab | 60/680 | The Imam leaves Medinah at night |
| 3 | Sha’ban | 60/680 | The Imam arrives at Mecca |
| 10 | Ramadan | 60/680 | People of Kufah, Iraq, invite the Imam |
| 15 | Ramadan | 60/680 | Muslim goes to Kufah as Imam’s messenger |
| 5 | Shawwal | 60/680 | Muslim arrives in Kufah |
| 8 | DhulHijjah | 60/680 | Muslim betrayed and killed |
| 8 | DhulHijjah | 60/680 | Imam leaves from Mecca to Kufah |
| 2 | Muharram | 61/680 | Imam arrives in Karbala’, Iraq |
| 3 | Muharram | 61/680 | ”Umar Ibn Sa’d arrives to army of 30,000 |
| 7 | Muharram | 61/680 | Imam’s camp blocked from access to water |
| 9 | Muharram | 61/680 | The first attack on Imam Husayn’s camp |
| 10 | Muharram | 61/680 | Massacre of Imam Husayn and his followers |
| 11 | Muharram | 61/680 | Captivity of Imam’s family |
