ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of Kuwait </title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of Kuwait <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xkuwait.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xkuwait.html"> <img src = "../banners/bankuwait.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histatlas/arabworld/haxkuwait.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Historical Atlas <BR> Kuwait </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on March 7th 2005 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Kuwait </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1613 <BR> 1623-1638 <BR> 1752 <BR> 1756 <BR> 1760 <BR> 1795 <BR> 1797 <BR> 1829 <BR> 1896-1915 <BR> 1899 <BR><BR> 1913 <BR> 1921-1950 <BR> 1923 <BR> 1927 <BR> 1934 <BR> 1936 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1950 <BR> 1954 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1976 <BR> 1981 <BR> 1981 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1990 <BR> 1990 <BR> 1991 <BR> 1991 <BR> 1992 <BR> 1994 <BR> 2003 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Kuwait an independent political entity <BR> Persian occupation <BR> Kuwait resisted Wahhabi pressure <BR> Al Sabah family installed as Sheikhs of Kuwait <BR> Construction of Kuwait Town Wall <BR> Kuwait, with British aid, fended off the first Wahhabi attack <BR> Wahhabi conquest of Kuwait <BR> Kuwait recognized Ottoman sovereignty <BR> Rule of Sheikh Mubarak al-Sabah al-Sabah <BR> Sheikh Mubarak requested and was granted British protection for Kuwait <BR> (i.e. independence from the Ottoman Empire, Vilayet of Basra) <BR> Border with Ottoman Empire regulated in Treaty (in 1932 confirmed by Iraq) <BR> Rule of Sheikh Ahmed al-Jabir Al Sabah <BR> Treaty with Ibn Saud of Nejd; cession of territory to Ibn Saud <BR> Kuwait's first airport opened <BR> Oil concession granted to Kuwait Oil Company (U.S.-Brit.) <BR> Oil production began <BR> Begin of commercial export of crude oil <BR> Population of Kuwait given as 152,000 <BR> Kuwait Airways founded <BR> Currency Reform; Indian Rupee replaced by Persian Gulf Rupee <BR> Kuwait founding member of OPEC <BR> Kuwait released into independence <BR> Kuwait joined the Arab League <BR> Currency Reform : Kuwait Dinar replaced Persian Gulf Rupee <BR> Population of Kuwait given as 321,000 <BR> Kuwaiti constitution ratified <BR> Kuwait Airways nationalized <BR> Kuwait joined U.N. <BR> Iraq recognized Kuwait's independence <BR> Establishment of Kuwait University <BR> Iraqi-Kuwaiti border clashes <BR> Begin of the Oil Crisis; Kuwait's oil revenues greatly increased <BR> Kuwait nationalized the oil industry <BR> Parliament dissolved, constitution suspended <BR> Elections held for Kuwaiti Parliament <BR> Kuwait founding member of the Gulf Cooperation Council <BR> Parliament dissolved again <BR> Population of Kuwait given as 2,141,000 <BR> Kuwait occupied by Iraqi Forces, annexed into Iraq <BR> In Second Gulf War, Kuwait liberated by U.S.-led international coalition <BR> Kuwait Oil Fires <BR> Elections held for Kuwaiti Parliament <BR> Iraq recognized Kuwait's independence <BR> Third Gulf War; Coalition of the Willing invaded Iraq, using Kuwait as a base <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Kuwait History, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/middle_east/kuwait/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> A Brief History of Kuwait, from <A HREF = "http://www.kuwait-info.org/For_Students/history_of_kuwait.html"><B>Kuwait Info</B></A> <BR> A Short History of Kuwait, from <A HREF = "http://www.electionworld.org/history/kuwait.htm"><B>Election World</B></A> <BR> Kuwait History, from <A HREF = "http://www.kuwait-info.com/sidepages/nat_history.asp"><B>Kuwait Info</B></A> <BR> History of Kuwait Airport, from <A HREF = "http://www.kuwait-airport.com.kw/dgca/History_E.htm"><B>Kuwait Airport</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/index.html"><B>Global History of Currencies</B></A>, click Kuwait <BR> Kuwait, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Asia/kuwaitc.htm"><B>Population Statistics</B></A>, at Univ. Utrecht <BR> A Military History of the Ottoman Empire During the Napolonic Period, by <A HREF = "http://www.systems.caltech.edu/EE/Groups/communications/erimli/ottoman_napolianic_history.html"><B> William E. Johnson</B></A> <BR> Rulers of Kuwait, from <A HREF = "http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Kuwait.htm"><B>World Statesmen</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> REFERENCE </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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