IB+History+Timeline

This timeline of events will put into place the various events we've learned about over the past two years.

November: Ottomans join Germany || July: Hussein McMahon correspondence begins || June: The Arab revolt begins in the Hejaz. || December: Allenby and the British take Jerusalem from the Ottomans || November: World War I ends || August: King Crane Commission issues its report || August: Treaty of Sevres deals with the Ottoman Empire || July: Palestine Mandate affirmed by League of Nations, including the Balfour Declaration || October: Hope-Simpson report and Pass || April: Arab Higher Committee forms April: Arab Revolt begins || August: UNSCOP report suggests partition for Palestine November: United Nations announces the partition of the Palestine Mandate and future creation of the Israeli state. || May: Israel becomes a state and Arab nations invade || Kamal Jumblatt forms the Progressive Socialist Party in Lebanon || April: Mossadegh was elected Prime Minister of Iran || August: Operation Ajax removes Mossadegh as Prime Minister of Iran || October: Baghdad Pact is created to protect the Middle East from Soviet expansion || October: Suez Crisis begins December: French and British troops leave the Sinai after a UN cease fire || Mao begins the Great Leap Forward || February: Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran from France. || September: Phalange militia massacre Palestinians in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps ||
 * < Year ||< Events ||
 * < 1896 ||< Theodor Herzl publishes //Der Judenstaat// ||
 * < 1897 ||< First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland ||
 * < 1898 ||<  ||
 * < 1899 ||<  ||
 * < 1900 ||<  ||
 * < 1901 ||< Establishment of the Jewish National Fund to purchase land in Palestine ||
 * < 1902 ||<  ||
 * < 1903 ||<  ||
 * < 1904 ||< Second Aliyah begins ||
 * < 1905 ||<  ||
 * < 1906 ||<  ||
 * < 1907 ||<  ||
 * < 1908 ||< Ottoman Empire finishes the Hijaz Railroad linking Damascus with Medina ||
 * < 1909 ||<  ||
 * < 1910 ||<  ||
 * < 1911 ||<  ||
 * < 1912 ||<  ||
 * < 1913 ||<  ||
 * < 1914 ||< August: World War I begins
 * < 1915 ||< May: Damascus Protocol establishes cooperation between two Arab secret societies and the British.
 * < 1916 ||< May: Sykes Picot agreement between England and France determines the post-WWI Middle East
 * < 1917 ||< November: Balfour Declaration is published
 * < 1918 ||< October: Damascus is liberated from Ottoman control
 * < 1919 ||< January: Feisal-Weizmann Agreement is signed
 * < 1920 ||< April: San Remo Conference assigns mandates to France and Britain
 * < 1921 ||< April: Hajj Amin appointed Mufti of Jerusalem by Herbert Samuel ||
 * < 1922 ||< June: Churchill writes his White Paper
 * < 1923 ||< July: Treaty of Lausanne reworks the Treaty of Sevres ||
 * < 1924 ||<  ||
 * < 1925 ||<  ||
 * < 1926 ||< Lebanese Constitution is written ||
 * < 1927 ||<  ||
 * < 1928 ||<  ||
 * < 1929 ||< August: Riots and conflict center around the Western Wall of Jerusalem. ||
 * < 1930 ||< March: Shaw commission report
 * < 1931 ||<  ||
 * < 1932 ||< Lebanon's census shows a majority of the population is Maronite Christian ||
 * < 1933 ||< January: Hitler assumes power in Germany ||
 * < 1934 ||<  ||
 * < 1935 ||<  ||
 * < 1936 ||< Pierre Gemayel forms the Phalange
 * < 1937 ||< July: Peel Commission supports partitioning the Palestine Mandate ||
 * < 1938 ||< July: McDonald White Paper affirms that partition will not work in Palestine ||
 * < 1939 ||< May: White paper limits the immigration of Jews to Palestine ||
 * < 1940 ||<  ||
 * < 1941 ||<  ||
 * < 1942 ||< May: Biltmore Declaration demonstrates US support for a Jewish state in all Palestine ||
 * < 1943 ||< Lebanese National Pact determines the future government ||
 * < 1944 ||<  ||
 * < 1945 ||<  ||
 * < 1946 ||< July: King David Hotel in Jerusalem is bombed by Irgun ||
 * < 1947 ||< January: Britain announces that it will be giving the Palestine Mandate to the UN if a solution cannot be reached
 * < 1948 ||< April: Plan D begins
 * < 1949 ||< Mao Zedong becomes leader of China
 * < 1950 ||< May: Israel is admitted to the UN ||
 * < 1951 ||< March: Iran's parliament (Majlis) nationalizes the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
 * < 1952 ||< July: Free Officer's Coup removes King Farouk from power ||
 * < 1953 ||< March: Stalin dies
 * < 1954 ||< April: Nasser replaces Naguib as leader of Egypt ||
 * < 1955 ||< February: Fedayeen attacks from Egypt into Gaza
 * < 1956 ||< July: Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal
 * < 1957 ||< March: Eisenhower doctrine promises to protect states ||
 * < 1958 ||< February: Egypt and Syria join to create the United Arab Republic
 * < 1959 ||<  ||
 * < 1960 ||<  ||
 * < 1961 ||<  ||
 * < 1962 ||< September: Civil War in Yemen diverts Egyptian troops and economic support ||
 * < 1963 ||<  ||
 * < 1964 ||< China detonates its first atomic weapon ||
 * < 1965 ||<  ||
 * < 1966 ||< Mao begins the Cultural Revolution ||
 * < 1967 ||< June: Six Day War takes place ||
 * < 1968 ||<  ||
 * < 1969 ||< Kamal Jumblatt forms the Lebanese National Movement with a coalition of Lebanese muslims ||
 * < 1970 ||< September: Black September in Jordan sees King Hussein kick the Palestinians out of his nation, with the help of Israel. The Palestinians go to the West Bank and southern Lebanon. ||
 * < 1971 ||<  ||
 * < 1972 ||< February: Nixon visits China ||
 * < 1973 ||< October: October War between Egypt, Syria and Israel happens ||
 * < 1974 ||<  ||
 * < 1975 ||< April: Lebanese Civil War begins ||
 * < 1976 ||< Mao Zedong dies ||
 * < 1977 ||<  ||
 * < 1978 ||< January: A newspaper article in Iran criticizes Ayatollah Khomeini, beginning a cycle of riots based on the religious calendar in Iran. ||
 * < 1979 ||< January: The Shah and his wife leave Iran on "Vacation"
 * < 1980 ||<  ||
 * < 1981 ||<  ||
 * < 1982 ||< September: Bashir Gemayel is assassinated
 * < 1983 ||<  ||
 * < 1984 ||<  ||
 * < 1985 ||<  ||
 * < 1986 ||<  ||
 * < 1987 ||<  ||
 * < 1988 ||<  ||
 * < 1989 ||< Taif Accords attempt to end the Lebanese Civil War ||
 * < 1990 ||<  ||
 * < 1991 ||<  ||
 * < 1992 ||<  ||
 * < 1993 ||<  ||
 * < 1994 ||<  ||