Important Events That Happened In Kuwait Since World War One

  • Britsh assistace in independence

    britain proclaims that Kuwait is independant
  • peace with Wahhabis

    peace is made between the Wahhabis and the people of Kuwait with aide from the British
  • Peace with Arabia

    a nuetral zone is establishes between the two countries
  • Mapping borders with Iraq

    borders between Kuwait and Iraq are officially places on the maps
  • Oil is first struck In kuwait

  • oile extraction begins

    the Gulf Oil Corporation, owed America and England, begins to take oil
  • oil

    half of the oil wells are taken over by and applies the money to the state
  • end of british protection

    the emir becomes the official title of the leader of Kuwait. joins the arab leauge, wihich makes Iraq unhappy since they stilll think that Kuwait is part of their territory
  • constitution

    the official constitution is adopted, giving the emir full execuative powers
  • national assembly is selected

  • iraq gives up its claim to kuwait

  • Suadian Arabian borders agreen upon

    the nutreual zone is disbanded and official bordes are set
  • Kuwait govermat takes oil

    the goverment gains fulll contol over its iol revenues
  • enir dissolves the national assembly

  • Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah becomes new emir

  • iran bombs Kuwait

    they were mad at Kuwait for aiding Iraq in their war. inside agaents go al long way in destabelizing the country
  • new national assambly is elected

  • expulsion of foreign workers

    as an attempt to keep civil disreuptions from spreading and getting worse than they already were. total of 27000 people kicked out of the country
  • national assembly disoleved (again)

    the emir was unhappy because several cabinet members were being critisized
  • military aide is provided

    by America and england, to help Kuwait preveil against Iranian atttacks
  • elections for new national assembly

    heavily boycotted by the peopele who wanted a more monarchial goverment
  • Iraq invades

    100, 000 troops, widespread looting and violence, kuwaitians assisted escaping by other countries, emir escapes to America
  • annexed by Iraq

    but the desicion is not accepted by any other countries worldwide
  • other countries go into free kuwait from iraq

    the quickly win
  • kuwait is freed

    heavy damage, very little food, and fire is set to the oil wells by the retreating troops
  • new national assembly

    new elections for the national assembly are carried out