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Historical Timeline for Maldives - A chronology of key events
Maldives Timeline
Date | Event |
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2000 BC AD | traces of a civilization of Aryan origin coming from the north-west of India, close to that of the Indus valley. |
947 BC AD | first mention of the Maldives in a travelogue. |
500 BC AD | settlement of the islands by Buddhists from Sri Lanka and Dravidians from southern India. |
150 apr. AD | Ptolemy mentions the Maldives. |
362 | presence of Maldivian ambassadors to the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate. |
1153 | conversion of the country to Islam. |
1517 | commercial installation of the Portuguese in Malé. |
1558-1573 | Portuguese military occupation and Maldivian resistance, leading to the liberation of the country by Thakurufaanu, who became national hero and sultan. |
1752-1760 | presence of a French garrison. |
1645-1796 | Dutch protectorate. |
1796 | start of the British protectorate. |
December 16, 1887 | formalization of the English protectorate. |
1932 | first Constitution, the sultanate becomes a constitutional monarchy, eligible. |
January 1, 1953 | abolition of the sultanate. Adoption of a second Constitution and election of the first President of the Republic. |
1954 | reestablishment of the sultanate. |
1965 | proclamation of the independence of the Maldives on July 26, 1965. Leaving the Commonwealth and joining the UN on September 21. |
1968 | adoption of the third Constitution by referendum and election of Ibrahim Nasir as president. |
1978 | flight of President Ibrahim Nasir with the State fund. Election of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as President. |
1980 | first coup attempt, fomented by former President Nasir against President Gayoom. |
1982 | second entry of the Maldives into the Commonwealth. |
1983 | re-election of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as president. |
1988 | re-election of Gayoom. Second coup attempt led by mercenaries in the pay of Maldivian businessmen. |
1993 | re-election of Gayoom. |
1998 | re-election of Gayoom (90.8% of the votes). That same year, during a qualifying match for the 1998 World Cup, the Maldives team suffered what was then the biggest defeat in football history: a 17-0 against the Iranians! |
2003 | popular uprising in Malé (September 20). Sixth re-election of Gayoom (October 17). |
2004 | on December 26, the tsunami hit the coast of the Maldives. |
2008 | Mohamed Nasheed is elected President of the Republic. That same year, the Maldives won the South Asian Football Cup for the first time. |
2012 | on February 7, following an army mutiny, Vice-President Mohammed Waheed Hassan succeeds Mohamed Nasheed and becomes the 5th President of the Republic of Maldives. |
2013 | on March 5, former president Mohamed Nasheed is arrested because he did not appear at a hearing for a case where he is accused of kidnapping a judge in 2012, in the last weeks of his presidency. |
2013 | on November 16, Yameen Abdul Gayyoom, half-brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, becomes president against Mohamed Nasheed. |
2015 | on February 22, former president Mohamed Nasheed was arrested for "terrorism" and then sentenced to 13 years in prison. |
2016 | Mohamed Nasheed is released from prison to travel to Great Britain for health reasons. He took the opportunity to ask for and obtain asylum. |
2016 | The Maldives leave the Commonwealth for human rights violations and suspicion of money laundering. |
2017 | Yameen Rasheed, a blogger who derided Maldivian politicians and radical Islamists, was found stabbed in his apartment in April. |