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King Abdullah was born in Riyadh
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Abdullah was made commander of Saudi National Guard
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King Khalid appointed Prince Abdullah as second deputy prime minister
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The day King Khalid died – Fahd bin Abdulaziz became King, Prince Abdullah became Crown Prince
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Abdullah succeeded to the throne upon the death of his half-brother King Fahd.
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King Abdullah implemented a government scholarship program to send young Saudi men and women abroad for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in different universities around the world.
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King Abdullah visited Pope Benedict XVI in the Apostolic Palace, being first Saudi monarch to do so.
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King Abdullah called for a "brotherly and sincere dialogue between believers from all religions".
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King Abdullah and his government arranged discussion at the United Nations General Assembly to "promote dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples, as well as activities related to a culture of peace" and calling for "concrete action at the global, regional and subregional levels."
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He re-shuffled the Ministry of Education's leadership by bringing in his pro-reform son-in-law, Faisal bin Abdullah, as the new minister.
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King Abdullah decreed that only officially approved religious scholars associated with the Senior Council of Ulema would be allowed to issue fatwas.
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King Abdullah called for the establishment of an Arab common market.
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King Abdullah died from a lung infection
