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British Mandate
League mandate arrangements shape the new Iraqi kingdom.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Baghdad in Iraq. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
League mandate arrangements shape the new Iraqi kingdom.
Appointed Regent
Ousted as the ruler of Iraq for being pro-British
Ousts Abd Al-Allah Ibn Ali Ibn as the ruler of Iraq for being pro-British
Rashid Ali, seizes power in Baghdad and refuses British requests to allow British military forces to enter Iraq
Participates in an abortive coup against the Iraqi monarchy
Leads the "Free Officers" who kill the Prime Minister & the royal family
Killed during the Iraq revolution
Death of Abd Al-Allah Ibn Ali Ibn Hussein, during the Iraq revolution
The Baathists favour a pan-Arab, secular socialist state. The Baathists come to power for the 1st time. A nationalist coalition seizes power including the Baathists
Arif adopts a new constitutiion
Death of Abdul Salam Arif, killed in a helicopter crash
Informs President Arif he has lost power & invites him to surrender
11 Jewish spies are hung & left suspended in Liberation Sqr
Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London
Overthrown by a Baathist coup
Masterminds the Baathist siezure of power
Helps the Baathist take possession of the Presidential Palace. Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London
Breaks into the Presidential Palace & holds a gun to the Presidents head
Assists in the coup by breaking into the Presidential Palace
Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London
Appointed Commander in Chief
The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the coup. The Baath Party come to power
The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the coup
The Iraq Petroleum Company is nationalized as the Baath government asserts control over oil
Sends Iraqi forces to support Syria on the Golan front during the Yom Kippur War.
Deadly Shiite riots erupt in Baghdad after the arrest of Shiite leaders
Purges the Revolutionary Command Council
Salim Shakir is tried for plotting against Saddam Hussein & is jailed for 7 yrs
Salim Shakir is tried for plotting against Saddam Hussein & is jailed for 7 yrs
The Revolutionary Command Council decide to replace Bakr
President Asad of Syria visits Saddam Hussein to discuss Iraqi & Syrian unification
Inaugurated as President of Iraq
Iraqs "night of the long knives", 500 are murdered
Resurrects the Natinal Assembly, dormant since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958. Elections to the 250 seat National Assembly are to be held every 4 yrs. Candidates for the National Assembly must be followers of the 1968 revolution
Resurrects the Natinal Assembly, dormant since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958
Elections to the 250 seat National Assembly are to be held every 4 yrs
Elections to the 250 seat National Assembly are to be held every 4 yrs. Candidates for the National Assembly must be followers of the 1968 revolution
Makes a speech in the National Assembly declaring the agreement with Iraq null & void
Makes a speech in the National Assembly declaring the agreement with Iraq null & void
Security Council Res 598 orders an Iraq cease-fire or face an arms embargo. Security Council Res 598 is ignored
Declares Kuwait annexed by Iraq.
The claim is rejected by the United Nations and most governments.
The USA leads the allied bombing of Baghdad
Coalition aircraft begin sustained attacks on Iraqi command, air-defence and military targets.
A coalition strike destroys the Al-Amiriyah facility and kills many civilians sheltering inside.
Iraq offers withdrawal terms that the coalition rejects as conditional and incomplete.
Saddam accepts a Soviet proposal containing conditions unacceptable to the coalition.
Iraq fails to accept the coalition's unconditional withdrawal deadline.
The retreat marks collapse of Iraq's occupation.
Orders Iraqi forces to leave Kuwait during the coalition advance.
The invasion is preceded by an air strike on the Presidential Palace in Baghdad
America begins the war with air strikes on Baghdad
Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city
Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city
Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city
Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city
Saddam Hussein's government collapses as coalition forces enter Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq.
Many Iraqis celebrated the downfall of Saddam by vandalizing the many portraits and.
The final resistance to US forces is mounted but by late afternoon, all fighting had ceased & a total of 34 US soldiers and 2,320 Iraqi soldiers and Fedayeen were killed.
statues of him together with other pieces of his cult of personality & the dramatic toppling of a large statue of Saddam in Baghdads Fardus Square.
The final resistance to US forces is mounted but by late afternoon, all fighting had ceased & a total of 34 US soldiers and 2,320 Iraqi soldiers and Fedayeen were killed
The final resistance to US forces is mounted but by late afternoon, all fighting had ceased & a total of 34 US soldiers and 2,320 Iraqi soldiers and Fedayeen were killed
Resolution 1483 calls upon the states of the United Nations to support actions that facilitate the prosecution of the members of Saddam Husseins regime responsible for crimes and atrocities
Resolution 1483 calls upon the states of the United Nations to support actions that facilitate the prosecution of the members of Saddam Husseins regime responsible for crimes and atrocities
The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide
The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide
Legal custody of Saddam Hussein passes to the Iraqi interim Government but physical custody remains in American military hands
Goes on trial for war crimes
Saddam Hussein is arraigned before an Iraqi judge on seven preliminary charges
Formal charges are filed against Saddam Hussein and other co-defendants in connection with Government atrocities committed in the al-Dujail region against the people of al-Dujail
The first trial began before the Iraqi Special Tribunal on 19 October 2005
Particular attention was paid during the trial to activities in violent campaigns against the Kurds in the north during the Iran mins Iraq War, against the Shiites in the south in 1991 and 1999 to put down revolts, and in Dujail after a failed assassination
Saddam asserted in his defense that he had been unlawfully overthrown, and was still the president of Iraq. 1st day of the trial
The first trial began before the Iraqi Special Tribunal on 19 October 2005. Remained in custody by United States forces at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, along with eleven senior Baathist officials.
attempt on 8 July 1982, during the Iran mins Iraq War.
Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Mussawi delivers the final arguments for the prosecution, calling for Saddam Hussein, his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti & former Vice President, Taha Yassin Ramadan, to be sentenced to death
Saddam Hussein announces a boycott of the trial, saying it makes a mockery of international and Iraqi law and is driven by "malicious" US aims
A second and separate trial begins on 21 August 2006, trying Saddam and six co-defendants for genocide during the Anfal military campaign against the Kurds of northern Iraq
Saddam Hussein is found guilty of crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shias in Tigris river city of Dujail in 1982, sentenced to death by hanging
The execution is carried out at "Camp Justice," an Iraqi army base in Kazimain, a neighbourhood of northeast Baghdad
The execution is carried out at "Camp Justice," an Iraqi army base in Kazimain, a neighbourhood of northeast Baghdad. On 30 December 2006 at approximately 6:05 am Baghdad time, Saddam Husseins sentence is carried out and he was executed by hanging
At least 70 people die when three bombs explode in attacks at the mostly Shiite Mustansiriya University
Despite an increase in violence in Bagdhad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success"
At least 60 people die when a bomb tears through a crowded market in Baghdad, the attack comes two days after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success"
A bomb explodes at Baghdads Mustansiriya University, killing about 40 people, mostly students
Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. US officials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. US officials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
The Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the attack
Two suicide bombings in Baghdad kill at least 155 people and wound 700 others, the deadliest attacks in the country since 2007, and they raise the question of the safety of Iraq, despite Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Malikis recent assurances. The Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the attack
The Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the attack
Two suicide bombings in Baghdad kill at least 155 people and wound 700 others, the deadliest attacks in the country since 2007, and they raise the question of the safety of Iraq, despite Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Malikis recent assurances. The Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the attack
Two suicide bombings in Baghdad kill at least 155 people and wound 700 others, the deadliest attacks in the country since 2007, and they raise the question of the safety of Iraq, despite Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Malikis recent assurances
Five bombs kill at least 120 people and wound some 400 at or near Government buildings in Baghdad, the Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda says it carried out the attacks
Five bombs kill at least 120 people and wound some 400 at or near Government buildings in Baghdad, the Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda says it carried out the attacks
Five bombs kill at least 120 people and wound some 400 at or near Government buildings in Baghdad, the Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda says it carried out the attacks
Five bombs kill at least 120 people and wound some 400 at or near Government buildings in Baghdad, the Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda says it carried out the attacks
Announces resignation after mass protests.
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