Do Império Garamantino ao Reino da Líbia

Chronology of Libyan History [Source: the Pages of Miftah Shamali]

The oldest accounts of Libya is connected to Pheonician colonies established in first half of the last millennium BC.

6th century BC: Phoenician ports of Libya conquered by Carthage.

5th century BC: Rise of the Garamantian Empire in today's Fezzan.

107 BC: North-western Libya conquered by Rome, and comes under administration of Africa Proconsularis, which has its administrative centre around Carthage. The region becomes later a province of its own, under the name Tripolitania.

74 BC: Cyrenaica conquered by Rome. Further Roman advances south is halted by the Garamantians. The region is later named Libya, where today's north-eastern Libya is called Libya Superior, while today's north-western Egypt is called Libya Inferior.

455 AD: Vandals take possession of Libya.

643: Amr Ibnu l-As conquers north-eastern Libya, known as Barka, and the region becomes part of the new Muslim Empire, governed from Madina in today's Saudi Arabia.

647: Tripolitania is conquered by the Arabs.

1146: Tripolitania and Cyrenaica is conquered by the Normans of Sicily.

1521: Barka is incorporated in the Ottoman Empire, but control remains in the hands of local rulers.

1551: Tripolitania becomes vassal state under the Ottoman Empire.

1711: Rise of the Karamanli dynasty, which served to protect the corsair activity centred to Tripoli, and strongly irritating European powers. Still, trade between Libya and Europe thrives. Much of this trade was with slaves, destined for the American continent.

1835: As the Karamanli dynasty had become increasingly less popular, due to economical inefficiency and abolishing of corsair activity and slave trade, the Ottoman sultan has his nominal representative removed from power in Tripoli.

1842: Fezzan comes under nominal Ottoman control.

1843: Muhammad Ibn Ali s-Sanussiy, leader of a increasingly powerful religious movement, chooses Cyrenaica as his seat. The Sanussiy movement becomes important all over Libya.

1911: Italian invasion, and a battle over control of Libya starts. The Sanussiys become the leaders of Libyan resistance.

1912: The Ottoman Empire renounces its claim over Libya.

1929: Tripolitania and Cyrenaica is united under Italian rule.

1931: End of the Italian colonisation of Libya, when the Sanussiys give in.

1943: With the fall of the Axis powers in the World War II, Great Britain and France divides Libya: Tripolitania and Cyrenaica comes under British control. Fezzan comes under French control.

1949: Cyrenaica becomes independent emirate, with Emir Sayyid Idris Sanussiy as leader.
November 21: United Nations grants independence for a united Libya, within the span of 2 years.

1950: A national assembly convenes in Tripoli. Emir Idris is designated king of the coming kingdom.

1951: October 7: Promulgation of the new constitution of Libya.
December 24: King Idris declares the independence of the United Kingdom of Libya.

1952: February: Elections held for parliament.

1953: Libya enters the Arab League.
December 7: Great Britain obtains rights on having military bases for a period of 20 years.