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Mohammed Bouazizi sets himself on fire outside the local municipal office in an act of protest after being humiliated by local police officers for not having a permit to run a stall.
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia -
From the hospital bedside of protester Mohammed Bouazizi, President Ben Ali criticizes Tunisian protesters.
Tunis, Tunisia -
After 23 years as President of Tunisia, Ben Ali announces his resignation and flees to Saudi Arabia
Tunis, Tunisia -
After seeing the resignation of Tunisian President Ben Ali, Egyptian protesters gather in Tahrir Square and demand Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resign from office.
Cairo, Egypt -
Tens of thousands take to the streets of Sanaa as opposition groups call for the president to stand down, after more than three decades in power.
Sanaa, Yemen -
Mubarak makes a television appearance refusing to step down, as protesters take over Tahrir Square from the police. Internet and mobile phone lines are cut.
Cairo, Egypt -
Sudanese police beat and arrest students, as protests break out throughout Khartoum demanding the government resign.
Khartoum, Sudan -
Over one million protestors gather in central Cairo, as demonstrations continue. Mubarak appears on TV for the second time saying he will not run in the next presidential elections and will stay in office to ensure a peaceful transition until then.
Cairo, Egypt -
Thugs on horses and camels attack anti-government protesters at Tahrir Square.
Cairo, Egypt -
Nearly 20,000 protestors demand change in Yemen, calling on long-term President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.
Sanaa, Yemen -
Mubarak appears on TV for a third time refusing to step down, triggering anger among demonstrators and encouraging protesting crowds to swell.
Cairo, Egypt -
Vice President Omar Suleiman announces that the president has resigned and the army council will run the country. Celebrations errupt in squares across the country.
Cairo, Egypt -
Thousands of Bahrainis participate in demonstrations across the country culminating in the occupation of the Pearl Roundabout.
Manama, Bahrain -
Protests errupt in Benghazi after the arrest of a lawyer representing the relatives of prisoners killed in the 1996 prison massacre, two days before the planned Day of Rage.
Benghazi, Libya -
Nearly 1000 police officers are dispatched to the Pearl Roundabout to clear out protestors. Hundreds are injured and at least 3 killed.
Manama, Bahrain -
Dozens are killed as demonstrations errupt in cities across the country.
Benghazi, al-Baida, and Zentan, Libya -
Anti-Gaddafi fighters seize control of Libya's second largest city. The fighting results in several hundred deaths. Cities further east, including al-Baida and Tobruk, are already under rebel control.
Benghazi, Libya -
Moroccans take to the streets to demand a change of government and constitutional reforms.
Rabat, Morrocco -
Tunisia's PM Ghannouchi resigns after violent protests errupt over his ties to Ben Ali, triggering street celebrations in Tunis. He is replaced by Beji Caid Sebsi, a former foreign minister under President Habib Bourguiba.
Tunis, Tunisia -
The GCC agrees to send troops of the Peninsula Shield Force at the request of the Bahraini government. About 4,000 Saudi Arabian troops arrive, to be followed by 500 UAE police.
Manama, Bahrain -
Protesters demonstrate in Damascus, the Syrian capital, in a rare show of dissent against the country's hardline regime.
Damascus, Syria -
Security forces in Bahrain drive out pro-democracy protesters from the Pearl Roundabout.
Manama, Bahrain -
The Pearl Roundabout is demolished early in the day. An important symbol and focal point of the Bahraini uprising and opposition movement is destroyed.
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French jets begin bombing Libya just hours after a UN resolution is passed, with bombers from the US, the UK and other countries joining shortly afterwards.
Libya -
Tens of thousands of Moroccans join demonstrations in Rabat and the bigger cities across the country demanding political change.
Rabat, Morocco -
Tunisia unveils a new cabinet of technocrats none of whom have served in governments under Ben Ali. The interior ministry says Ben Ali’s political police and state security apparatus has been dissolved.
Tunis, Tunisia -
After a fierce battle a few days earlier, rebels declare the battle for Misrata to be over. By now the city has suffered a suffocating siege by Gaddafi forces resulting in many civilian deaths.
Misrata, Libya -
In Morocco, Security forces beat protestors defying the ban on demonstrations.
Rabat, Morocco -
President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh is injured in a failed assassination attempt. A few days later he leaves for Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for second-degree burns.
Yemen -
Thousands come out to demonstrate for change and political freedom across the country.
Rabat, Morocco -
Moroccans vote to approve constitutional changes that curb monarchical power, amid calls by activists to boycott the referendum because changes fall short of popular demands.
Rabat, Morocco -
Ali Abdullah Saleh makes his first appearance after the assassination attempt. In his speech broadcast on Yemeni television, he calls for dialogue.
Yemen -
Rebels launch an offensive to take over Tripoli, calling it "Operation Mermaid Dawn."
Tipoli, Libya -
Saleh returns to Yemen by plane, despite earlier reports that Saudi Arabia would prevent him from leaving the country. When news broke of Saleh’s return in the early morning, heavy fighting began in several areas of Sanaa, the capital, and crowds gathered across the country in protest.
Sanaa, Yemen -
Dozens die in Egypt, as violence errupts between protesters and the army during Coptic Christians' protests against the destruction of a church.
Maspero, Egypt -
Gaddafi is captured and killed by rebel fighters in the city of Sirte. A few days later, the National Transition Council officially declares an end to the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
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The UN Security Council votes unanimously to condemn Yemen's bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters and endorses a GCC plan aimed at securing President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s commitment to leave office by giving him and his family amnesty.
Yemen -
Tunisia votes in the first election of the Arab Spring, choosing from among 80 political parties to form an assembly charged with drafting a constitution within a year.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the leader of the NTC, declares the liberation of Libya eight months after the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule began.
Tripoli, Libya -
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is arrested near Ubari in southern Libya.
Ubari, Libya -
Clashes between protesters and security forces errupt on Mohamed Mahmoud St in downtown Cairo leading to the death of at least 50 people.
Cairo, Egypt -
Saleh signs a deal to hand over his powers under an agreement brokered by the GCC.
Sanaa, Yemen -
The first round of Egypt's first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections takes place, as the Muslim Brotherhood is poised to dominate the polls.
Egypt -
Members of the Tunisia's constitutional assembly vote to elect former dissident Moncef Marzouki as president. Hamadi Jebeli, secretary general of Ennahda party, becomes prime minister.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Security forces attack a sit-in at the cabinet building in Cairo, triggering violent clashes the following days. Among the dead in the clashes is Sheikh Emad Effat. A shocking image of a woman being beaten by soldiers emerges.
Cairo, Egypt -
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad makes his first public speech in months, mixing defiance with promises of reform and an insistence that "victory" for his regime is imminent.
Damascus, Syria -
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh officially resigns and transfers his powers to his vice president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi, who was formally inaugurated in a ceremony in Sanaa.
Sanaa, Yemen -
Egyptians vote in the first round of the presidential elections. Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq come out on top.
Egypt -
Syrian pro-government forces carried out an attack on villages in Homs Province which led to the death of more than 100 civilians, including many children.
Houla, Syria -
An Egyptian court sentences former President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison.
Cairo, Egypt -
Egyptians vote in the second round of the presidential elections, choosing between Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq.
Egypt -
Sudanese protests against the government's plan to cut subsidies on fuel escalate, as protesters call for the downfall of the regime.
Sudan -
Egypt's election commission announces that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi has won Egypt's presidential runoff by a narrow margin over Ahmed Shafiq.
Cairo, Egypt -
The International Committee of the Red Cross officially declares that the Syrian uprising is a civil war.
Syria -
Assistant to the vice president Gen Hassan Turkomani, Defence Minister General Rajiha and his deputy, Assef Shawkat, the brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad, are killed in a bomb blast in Damascus.
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Tunisia's Ben Ali is sentenced in absentia to life in prison for complicity in the murders of 43 protesters in the 2011 revolution that toppled him.
Tunis, Tunisia -
The US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other US staffers are killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
Benghazi, Libya -
Morsi issues a new constitutional decree, giving himself sweeping powers and banning any challenges to decisions he makes. The move later triggered mass protests in front of the presidential palace.
Cairo, Egypt -
Mass anti-Morsi protests spread across Egypt on the second anniversary of the 2011 revolution. Violent clashes between protesters and security forces persist for days.
Cairo, Egypt -
Tunisian opposition secularist politician Chokri Belaid is shot dead, sparking huge street protests. Prime Minister Jebali calls the killing a political assassination and a strike against the revolution.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Syria's death toll since the start of the civil war exceeds 70,000.
Syria -
As public anger surges, an initiative to form a non-partisan government from Ennahdha's Hamadi Jebali is rejected by his own party, prompting him to resign.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Ali Laarayedh is appointed Tunisia's new PM and asked to form a new government. Supporters of Belaid denounce the appointment, given opposition criticism over his handling of the interior ministry.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Millions respond to the call of the Tamarod campaign for an anti-Morsi demonstration.
Cairo, Egypt -
Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces that Morsi has been deposed and installs Supreme Court chief justice Adly Mansour as interim president until new presidential elections are held. Muslim Brotherhood leaders are arrested while Morsi supporters take to the streets in protest.
Cairo, Egypt -
An interim cabinet is sworn in. None of its members belong to Islamist parties.
Cairo, Egypt -
Mohamed Brahimi, a pan-Arab leftist member of the Constituent Assembly, is assassinated in front of his wife and daughter on Tunisia’s Independence Day
Tunis, Tunisia -
Millions of citizens pour into Egyptian streets after Gen Sisi calls on protesters to give him a mandate to stop "potential terrorism" by Morsi supporters.
Cairo, Egypt -
After many opposition politicians boycott the Constituent Assembly in protest over the assassinations, the Speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar, whose Ettakatol is a member of the governing coalition, announces the suspension of the body.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Riot police drive Morsi supporters from two sit-ins in Cairo. Hundreds of people are killed in the operation and the ensuing street battles. The interim government declares a month-long state of emergency as Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei resigns in protest over the assaults.
Cairo, Egypt -
Police clear Fateh mosque in Cairo of anti-coup protesters who were trapped inside, following a day-long siege.
Cairo, Egypt -
Syrian activists claim that government forces have carried out a poisonous gas attack in suburbs of Damascus, leaving hundreds of people dead.
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A court bans all Muslim Brotherhood activities, and orders the government to seize the Brotherhood's funds and administer its frozen assets.
Egypt -
Another attempt of the Sudanese government to cut fuel subsidies results in mass protests.
Sudan -
Tunisia's Ennahda-led government agrees to resign after talks with the opposition.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Ennahda Party and the opposition begin a national dialogue in an attempt to end months of unrest.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Industry Minister Mehdi Jomaa is named new prime minister in a caretaker technocrat cabinet to govern until elections are held.
Tunis, Tunisia -
Former President Mohamed Morsi to face charges of terrorism in the court case against him.
Cairo, Egypt -
Egypt’s interim government declares the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation.
Cairo, Egypt -
US and Britain suspend "non-lethal" support for rebels in northern Syria after reports Islamist rebels seize some bases of Western-backed Free Syrian Army.
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UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva fail, largely because Syrian authorities refuse to discuss a transitional government.
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Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces recapture Yabroud, the last rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border.
