history of iraq




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
636 Nov 19 The Sasanian Empire Was Defeated In Iraq
762 Jul 30 Baghdad Is Founded By Caliph Al-Mansur
1921 Jan 06 Formation Of The Iraqi Army
1931 Nov 22 Al-Mina'a SC Established In Iraq
1937 Jul 08 Treaty Of Saadabad Signed
1941 Apr 01 Iraq Military Coup Overthrows Abd Al-Ilah
1958 Mar 03 Prime Minister Al-Said Takes Eight Term
1960 Jan 06 Iraq Law Allows Political Party Registration
1963 Feb 08 Abd Al-Karim Qasim Is Overthrown
1975 Mar 06 Algiers Accord Settles Iran And Iraq Dispute
1980 Sep 22 Iraq Invades Iran
1982 Jul 08 Attempted Assassination Of Saddam Hussein In Dujail
1990 Jul 24 Iraqi Forces Mass On Kuwait Border
1990 Aug 08 Iraq Occupies Kuwait, Starts Gulf War
1991 Jan 12 U.S. Congress Authorizes Military Force In Kuwait
1991 Mar 02 Battle At Rumaila Ends Gulf War
1995 Feb 27 Zakho Terrorist Explosion Kills 100
1995 Nov 30 Official End Of Operation Desert Storm
2000 Mar 01 Blix Becomes UNMOVIC Executive Chairman
2002 Nov 13 Iraq Agrees To UN Disarmament Resolution
2002 Nov 18 Inspectors In Iraq Were Led By Blix
2002 Dec 23 Iraqi MiG-25 Shoots Down MQ-1 Predator
2003 Mar 23 Invasion Of Iraq Ushered In By Battle Of Nasiriyah
2003 Sep 12 Fallujah: US Forces Kill 8 Iraqi Officers
2004 Apr 21 Five Suicide Car Bombers Target Police
2004 Oct 19 Care Worker Kidnapped In Iraq
2005 Aug 31 1,199 Killed In Al-Aaimmah Stampede
2005 Oct 19 Baghdad: Saddam War Crimes Trial Begins
2006 Dec 30 Saddam Hussein Executed In Iraq
2007 Jan 22 88 Killed In Car Bombs At Bab Al-Sharqi Market In Baghdad
2007 Apr 18 Suicide Bombings In Baghdad Kill 198
2009 Oct 25 October 2009 Baghdad Bombings Kill 155; Wound 721
2009 Dec 08 Baghdad Bombinbs Kill 127 And Injure 448
2011 Jan 02 January 2011 Baghdad Shootings Take Place
2012 Mar 20 Deaths And Injuries Occur From Iraqi Terrorists
2013 Mar 19 98 Killed And 240 Injured In Bombings And Shootings In Iraq