• BC 600 The Hellenes setteled in Al-Khazna Hill area on Failaka Island.
  • 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.
  • 529 Al-Monzer Bin-Ma’a Al-Sam’a defeated Al-Hareth Al-Kindi in the Kuwaiti area of Wara.
  • 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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