ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of Lebanon </title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </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 Lebanon <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xlebanon.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xlebanon.html"> <img src = "../banners/banlebanon.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <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> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on February 5th 2005, last revised on August 5th 2006 </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 : History of Lebanon </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"> Early 17th C. <BR><BR> 1768-1774 <BR> 1835 <BR> 1842 <BR><BR> 1860 <BR> 1920 <BR><BR><BR> 1926 <BR> 1932 <BR> 1932 <BR> 1936 <BR> 1939 <BR> 1940 <BR> 1941 <BR> 1943 <BR><BR> 1944 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1968 <BR> 1969 <BR><BR> 1970 <BR> 1973 <BR><BR> 1975 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1976 <BR> 1978 <BR> 1982 <BR><BR> 1982 <BR> 1982 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1987 <BR> 1990 <BR> 1990-1991 <BR> 1992 <BR> 2000 <BR> 2005 <BR> 2005 <BR> 2006 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Fakhred-Dine II Maan (1572 - 1634), in a struggle with the Ottoman Empire, <BR> created the Emirate of Mt. Lebanon <BR> During Russo-Ottoman War, Druzes attacked (mainly Maronite) Beirut <BR> American University in Beirut founded <BR> Ottoman administration partitioned Mount Lebanon Emirate into two administrative <BR> districts, one Maronite, one Druze <BR> Mount Lebanon reunited as an administrative unit within the Ottoman Empire <BR> The League of Nations granted France the mandate over Lebanon and Syria. <BR> Grand Liban (Greater Lebanon) was formed, by amalgamating Mt. Lebanon, <BR> North L., South Lebanon and Biqa <BR> Syrian Social Nationalist Party founded in Beirut (Saadeh) <BR> Census held (after which political offices, since 1943, were allocated) <BR> Constitution approved, Republic declared <BR> Phalange Party founded (Gemayel) <BR> French control restored <BR> Lebanon recognized the Vichy administration <BR> Pro-Vichy administration toppled by British, Free French forces <BR> National Pact - President to be Christian, PM to be Sunni, Speaker of <BR> Parliament to be Shi'ite <BR> France recognized Lebanese independence (declared in 1941) <BR> Lebanon joined U.N., Arab League <BR> Last French troops departed <BR> In the wake of the First Arab-Israeli War, influx of Palestinian refugees <BR> Progressive Socialist Party founded (Jumblat) <BR> U.S. intervention at the request of Pres. Chamoun, in the face of a civil war <BR> National Liberal Party founded (Chamoun) <BR> Further influx of Palestinian refugees, following the Six Days War <BR> Israel's Air Force raided Beirut airport, destroying 13 planes <BR> Lebanese army, PLO (Arafat) signed Cairo Agreement on controlling PLO guerilla <BR> activities in Lebanon <BR> Further influx of Palestinian refugees (from Jordan) <BR> Lebanese govt. resigned following an Israeli raid into Lebanon targetting <BR> Palestinian leaders <BR> Begin of the Lebanese Civil War <BR> Amal Movement established <BR> Syrian intervention in Lebanese Civil War <BR> Israeli invasion of the Lebanon; occupation of territory in the south <BR> Israeli invasion; massacres in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and <BR> Shatila; Palestinian exodus to Tunisia <BR> President-elect, Bashir al-Jumayyil assassinated; succeeded by his brother <BR> Hizbollah established <BR> Israel established Security Zone on her border to Lebanon <BR> U.S. intervention ended in a disaster; U.S. forces withdrew <BR> Prime Minister Rashid Karami assassinated <BR> New constitution <BR> Civil War ended <BR> National elections held <BR> Israel withdrew forces from Security Zone in S. Lebanon <BR> Assassination of Lebanese ex-PM Rafik Hariri <BR> Withdrawal of Syrian troops <BR> Israeli invasion, bombardment in response to Hezbollah missiles <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; 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"; 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> <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"> Timeline : Lebanon, from <A HREF = "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/819200.stm"><B>BBC News</B></A> <BR> PLO in Lebanon, from <A HREF = "http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_lebanon_plo.php"><B>Palestine Facts</B></A> (tendetious) <BR> History of Lebanon, Chronology, from <A HREF = "http://www.cedarland.org/chrono.html"><B>Cedarland</B></A> <BR> Early History of Beirut, by <A HREF = "http://www.macalester.edu/courses/geog61/jmhamilton/history.html"><B>J.M. Hamilton</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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