Some incidents that occurred in the month of Muharram, throughout islamic history.
2AH – Nikah of Sayyiduna Ali with Sayyidatuna Fatima Zahraa (Radiallahu Anhuma).
3AH – Nikah of Sayyidatuna Umme Kulthum with Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (Radiallahu Anhuma)
7AH – Sending out invitation letters to various kings
7AH – Battle of Khaybar
9AH – Establishment of Nizame Zakat by sending out Zakah collectors
18AH – Plague of Amwaas (Syria, in which hundreds of Sahaba died)
21AH – Egypt conquered by Amr Ibn Al-Aas
24AH – 1st Muharram – Shahaadat of Sayyiduna Umar Ibn Al Khattab Radiallahu Anhu
24AH – 4th Muharram – Khilafat of Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani Radiallahu Anhu
36AH – Khilafat of Sayyiduna Ali Radiallahu Anhu
45AH – The conquests of Africa
Wafiyyaat:
51AH – Death of Abu Ayyub Ansaari رضي الله عنه
55AH – Death of Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas رضي الله عنه
61AH – 10th Muharram – Shahaadat of Sayyiduna Hussain Ibn Ali رضي الله عنه
74AH – Death of Abdullah Ibn Umar رضي الله عنه
133AH – Banu Umayya’s rule comes to an end
137AH – Mansoor Al-Abbasi’s Khilafat
169AH – Death of Khalifa Mahdi Abbasi
321AH – Death of imam Abu Ja’far Tahaawi رحمة الله عليه
352AH – Invention of Maatam (lamenting upon Shahadat of Hussain)
356AH – Initiation of a law, enforcing Maatam
360AH – Fatimiyyah taking control over Damascus
656AH – Halaaku Khan destroying the city of Baghdad
664AH – 5th Muharram – Death of Baba Fareeduddeen Ganjshakar رحمة الله عليه
1195AH – Shahaadt of Mirza Mazhar Jaanejaanan رحمة الله عليه
1283AH – 15th Muharram Foundation of Darul Uloom Deoband (May 1866)
1351AH – Death of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmeeri Rahmatullahi Alayhi (May 1922)