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Historical Timeline for Saudi Arabia - A chronology of key events
Saudi Arabia Timeline[edit | edit source]
Date | Event |
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1744-1818 | Alliance between the Saud and the rigorist preacher Abdelwahhab. First Saudi kingdom. |
1809 | First British intervention in the peninsula, against the city of Ras al-Khayma. |
1824-1891 | Renaissance of the Saudi state. |
1916 | Arab insurrection against the Ottomans, supported by the British. |
1924 | The Saud seize Mecca. |
1932 | Abdelaziz ibn Saoud founds the Saudi state. |
1938 | Discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia by an American company. |
1944 | Birth of Aramco, Washington arm which effectively administers the country. |
1973 | Renegotiation of the contract between Aramco and Riyadh, which in the 1980s became its sole owner. |
2015 | Coronation of King Salman; Mohammed ben Salman (MBS), Minister of Defense. Saudi Arabia entered the war in Yemen. |
2017 | MBS appointed crown prince. |
Sources[edit | edit source]
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/
- https://www.petitfute.com/
- https://www.kronobase.org/
- https://www.lhistoire.fr/arabie-saoudite-naissance-dune-puissance-r%C3%A9gionale
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