Iraq

Renamed Iraq

1920

The San Remo Peace Conference of Allied Powers. Mesopotamia is renamed Iraq.

Slavery

1921

The institution of slavery was abolished

Rebellion

1923

Shaykh Mahmud Barzinji rebels against British rule and declares a Kurdish kingdom in northern Iraq.

Iraq Grows

1925

The League of Nations sets the border between Turkey and Iraq which places the Mosul region in Iraq rather than Turkey against the wishes of the Kurdish population

Anglo-Iraqi Treaty

1930

The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 was a treaty of alliance between the UK and Northern Ireland and the British-Mandate-controlled administration of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq.

Independence Granted

1932

Iraq become independent.

Iraqi Shia Revolts

1935

A series of Shia tribal uprisings in the mid-Euphrates region against the Sunni dominated authority of the Kingdom of Iraq.

First Military Coup

1936

The first military coup took place in the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq and among the muslim states was reinstated.

Saddam Hussein was born

1937

Saddam Hussein is born and is the future tyrant president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 – 9 April 2003

King Ghazi

1939

King Ghazi ruled as a figurehead after King Faisal's death in 1933, while undermined by attempted military coups, until his death.