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- BC 600 The
Hellenes setteled in Al-Khazna Hill area on Failaka
Island.
- 529 Al-Monzer
Bin-Ma’a Al-Sam’a defeated Al-Hareth Al-Kindi in the Kuwaiti area of
Wara.
- 300The Greeks
lived in Failaka Island for two centuries.
- 73 A royal
message was inscribed on the Ikarus stone which is now on view in the
National museum of Kuwait.
- AD 623 The Arab
defeated the Persians at the battle of Zat Al-Salassel in Kazima
area.
- 1672 The approximate
date of the establishment of Kuwait town, And It
was called Al-Qurain at that tiime, when Barrak bin Ghurair was the Amir
of bani Khalid.
- 1716
approximate date of the Al-Otoub Family’s arrival in
Kuwait.
- 1752 The
approximate date of the election of Sabah Bin Jaber from the Al-Sabah
Family to be the ruler of Kuwait.
- 1760 The first
wall, 750 metres long, was built around Kuwait
city.
- 1762 Abdullah
bin Sabah, the secound ruler of Kuwait city.
- 1765 C.Niebuhr,
the Danish traveller, visited Kuwait which he referred to on his map as
“grane”
- 1773 kuwait was
attacked by an epidemic and most of it’s inhabitants
died.
- 1783 The
Kuwaitis defeated the tribe of Banik’ab in the sea battle of
Riqqa.
- 1811 The second
wall of kuwait, 2300 meters long, was built.
- 1871 The
Al-Taba’ah disaster, in which many kuwaiti diving ships were sunk, was
caused a massive hurricane between India and oman.
- 1886 The first
Kuwaiti currensy was minted in copper during regin of Sheikh Abdullah
Al-Sabah II.
- 1911. 22
December, Al-Mubarkiya School, the first formal school in Kuwait,
opened.
- 1914 Kuwaiti’s
first desalination plant was commissioned.
- 1914 “
Al-Subahiya Conference “ was the first international conference to be
held in Kuwait.
- 1920 The thierd
wall of Kuwait, 6400 meters long, was built.
- 1920 The battle of
Al-Jahra.
- 1922 The total
number of Kuwaiti peal diving boats reached 800, manned by over 10.000
sailors and divers.
- 1922 The first
public library in Kuwait was established.
- 1926 the historian Abdul
Aziz Al-Rasheed published the first Book on Kuwait.
- 1927 The first
airport in Kuwait was built.
- 1928 The first
plane landed on it’s soil.
- 1928 Kuwaiti’s
first periodical, the “Kuwait magazine” was published by Abdul Aziz
Al-Rasheed.
- 1930 Kuwait
Municipality was established.
- 1933 The
Muncipality was established.
- 1934. 7
December, heavy rainfall destroyed many Kuwaiti houses. Therfore this
year was called “ The Destructive Year” Al-Sannah
Al-Hadamah.
- 1938 February,
Oil was discovered in Burgan oilfield.
- 1942 the first
bank in Kuwait was opened.
- 1945 Kuwait
house was established in Egypt to look after the Kuwaiti mission and
Kuwaiti interests.
- 1946. 30 June,
the first Kuwaiti crude oil shipment was exported.
- 1947 The first
printing press in Kuwait was established.
- 1948 “ Kazima
Magazine” was issued, the first Kuwaiti magazine to both printed and
published in Kuwait.
- 1950 Sheikh
Ahmad Al-jaber Al-Sabah, who had ruled Kuwait for thirty years,
died.
- 1951. 12 May,
radio Kuwait went on the air fot he first time.
- 1952 The first
“Kuwait Masterplan” was drawn up.
- 1954 Khalid
Al-Faraj The poet and man of letters, died.
- 1954, 11
December, Kuwait Al-Youm Official Gazette was issued for the first
time.
- 1955 Oil was
struch in Al-Rawdatain, north of Kuwait.
- 1957 The Kuwait
wall was demolished and removed.
- 1957 The Social
Affairs Department conducted the first population
census.
- 1958 December,
the first issue of Al-Arab magazine was published.
- 1960 Kuwait
National Petroleum Company (KNPC) was established.
- 1960 The first
Kuwait women was employed by Kuwait Oil Company.
- 1961. 1 April,
the Kuwaiti Dinar became the official currency in Kuwait, replacing the
Indian Rupee.
- 1961. 19 june,
The agreement of 23 january 1899, concluded between Kuwait and Great
Britain, was terminated.
- 1961. 20 July,
Kuwait becomes a member of Arab League.
- 1961. 7
September, the new Kuwaiti flag was hoisted on all governmental
departments and establishments.
- 1961 November,
Kuwait Television started its transmission for only four hours a
day.
- 1961. 31
December, Kuwait fund for Arab Economic Development was
established.
- 1962. 20
January, the elected Constituent Assembly met to draw up the
Constitution of Kuwait.
- 1962 An Amiri
Decree was issued providing for the division of the country into three
governorates.
- 1962. 11
November, The Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah ratified
the first Constitution of Kuwait.
- 1963. 23
January, the first parliamentary elections in Kuwait were
held.
- 1963. 29
January, the first elected National Assembly of Kuwait
convened.
- 1963. 14 May,
kuwait become a member of United Nations
Organization.
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