ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Libya </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 = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Libya <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xlibya.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xlibya.html"> <img src = "../banners/banlibya.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histatlas/northafrica/haxlibya.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Historical Atlas <BR> Libya Page </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on March 13th 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> <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 : Libya </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"> <BR><BR> 1911-1912 <BR> 1934 <BR> 1939 <BR> 1940-1943 <BR> 1943-1951 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1949 <BR><BR> 1951 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1953 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1963-1968 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1969 <BR> 1969 <BR> 1970 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1973-1981 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1974 <BR> 1976 <BR> 1976-1980 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1980 <BR> 1981 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1984 <BR><BR> 1986 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1987 <BR> 1988 <BR><BR> 1994 <BR> 1995 <BR> 1999 <BR><BR> 2000 <BR> 2003-2004 <BR><BR> 2004 <BR><BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> For the time before 1934, see under Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, <A HREF = "xfezzan.html">Fezzan</A>, <A HREF = "../asmin/xottoman.html">Ottoman Empire</A> <BR><BR> Italo-Ottoman War; Ottoman Empire ceded Tripolitania, Barka, <A HREF = "tlfezzan.html">Fezzan</A> to Italy <BR> Tripolitania (with <A HREF = "tlfezzan.html">Fezzan</A>) and Cyrenaica (Barka) merged to form Libya <BR> Libya declared an integral part of the Kingdom of Italy <BR> World War II, Africa campaign, fought largely in Libya <BR> <A HREF = "tlfezzan.html">Fezzan</A> under French, Tripolitania, Cyrenaica under British administration <BR> Yalta Conference; Stalin demanded USSR Trusteeship over Tripolitania <BR> Cyrenaica declared independence (under King Idris) <BR> UN Resolution called for independent state comprising of Tripolitania, <BR> Cyrenaica, <A HREF = "tlfezzan.html">Fezzan</A> <BR> Libya released into independence, ruled by King Idris al Sanussi <BR> Currency Reform; BMA Lira, Egyptian Pound replaced by Libyan Pound <BR> Population 1,035,000 <BR> Constitution passed, established federalist structure (repealed 1963) <BR> Libya joined the Arab League <BR> Libya joined the U.N. <BR> Libya, USSR established diplomatic relations <BR> Benghazi University established, the first in Libya <BR> First oil concessions granted <BR> Export of Libyan oil began <BR> Libya joined OPEC <BR> Administrative Reform; 3 provinces reorganized in 10 administrative regions <BR> First Five Year Plan <BR> Libya founding member of OAU <BR> Military coup d'etat; monarchy terminated; Muammar al Gaddafi took power <BR> Republican constitution adopted <BR> British, U.S. bases in Libya closed; Italian property confiscated <BR> Negotiations held regarding a Federation of Libya, Egypt, Syria <BR> Negotiations held on a Federation of Libya, Egypt <BR> Currency Reform; Libyan Pound replaced by Libyan Dinar <BR> Libyan Cultural Revolution <BR> Libyan occupation of the Aouzou Strip (Northern Chad) <BR> Oil Crisis; Libyan oil revenues increased sharply <BR> Libya established controlling interest in national oil industry <BR> Negotiations held on a Federation of Libya and Tunisia <BR> Gaddafi's Green Book published <BR> Five Year Economic and Social Transformation Plan <BR> Libya proclaimed a Socialist People's Jamahiriya (Republic) <BR> Libyan-Egyptian border skirmishes <BR> Libyan intervention in Chad Civil War <BR> US airforce downed two Libyan jets over Syrte <BR> Administrative Reform; Libya reorganized in 46 municipalities <BR> After a pedestrian in London was shot dead (the marksmen having shot from <BR> the Libyan embassy), the UK cut diplomatic relations with Libya <BR> U.S. air strike against targets in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya; 101 fatalities <BR> Berlin Night Club (frequented by U.S. soldiers) bombed; Libyan agents blamed <BR> Administrative Reform; number of municipalities reduced to 25 <BR> PanAm airplane destroyed by bomb, over Lockerbie in Scotland; Libyan <BR> agents blamed for the act <BR> Libya returned Aiouzou strip to Chad <BR> Administrative Reform, number of municipalities reduced to 13 <BR> Libya handed over agents suspected to have been responsible for the <BR> Lockerbie bombing <BR> Population 5,115,000 <BR> Libya agreed to pay compensation to Lockerbie / Berlin Night Club / French <BR> passenger aircraft victims respectively their families <BR> Embargo against Libya lifted; British PM Tony Blair, French Pres. Chirac <BR> visited Libya <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </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 Libya, from <A HREF = "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1398437.stm"><B>BBC News</B></A> <BR> Articles <A HREF = "http://www.bartleby.com/65/li/Libya.html"><B>Libya</B></A>, from Columbia Encyclopedia <BR> Country Studies : Libya, from <A HREF = "http://countrystudies.us/libya/"><B>Library of Congress</B></A> <BR> Municipalities of Libya, from <A HREF = "http://www.statoids.com/uly.html"><B>statoids.com</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/index.html"><B>Global History of Currencies</B></A>, click for Libya <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"> DOCUMENTS </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Historical Population Statistics : Libya, Provinces, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Africa/libyap.htm"><B> Population Statistics</B></A> <BR> Rulers of Libya, from <A HREF = "http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Libya.htm"><B>World Statesmen</B></A> <BR> Libyan Constitution of 1951, from <A HREF = "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dr_ibrahim_ighneiwa/51const1.htm"><B> Libya, Our Home</B></A> <BR> Libyan constitution of 1969, from <A HREF = "http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/ly00000_.html"><B>ICL</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> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><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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