Chronography of Tunisia
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26/6/2015, Islamist gunmen stormed a tourist beach at Sousse,
Tunisia, shooting dead 38 holidaymakers. The Tunisian holiday industry
subsequently collapsed. Simultaneous terrorist attacks took place in France
and Kuwait.
1987, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali (born 1936) ousted President
Bourguiba of Tunisia and became President himself. Bourguiba
went into retirement.
1974, Bourguiba was elected President for life by
the� National Assembly.
1964, Collectivisation of agriculture was begun; however this
policy was abandoned in 1969.
22/7/1961, The UN ordered a ceasefire in Tunisia,
after clashes between Tunisians and French.
1/10/1958, Tunisia joined the Arab
League.
17/6/1958, French troops withdrew from
most of Tunisia.
17/2/1958, France and Tunisia agreed to mediation by the UK
and USA.
11/2/1958, Tunisia banned French warships from using its port at Bizerta.
8/2/1958, France bombed the Tunisian town of Sakiet Sidi Youssef as
a reprisal for alleged Tunisian
involvement on a French patrol in Algeria near the Tunisian frontier on 11/1/1958. Tunisia confined all French troops in the country to barracks.
18/11/1957, Following the promise of US aid
(see 12/9/1957), Tunisia announced it had rejected Soviet offers of assistance.
12/9/1957, Tunisia asked for US military
assistance, with was then promised by the USA on 14/9/1957. See 18/11/1957.
25/7/1957, Tunisia
abolished the monarchy and became a republic.�
Habib
Bourguiba was elected as the first President.
French
colonisation
20/3/1956. Tunisia became
independent, having been a French
Protectorate since 1881. Bourguiba was elected Prime Minister.
25/3/1952, Widespread anti-French
rioting across Tunisia.
20/2/1952. NATO agreed to
recruit Tunisia.
8/6/1883, French control of
Tunisia was confirmed by the Convention
of Marsa.
12/5/1881, Tunisia became a French
Protectorate. The French invaded in April 1881 when the Tunisian first
minister made various reforms taking away French economic privileges. This
French move was disturbing to Italy, who had believed that Britain would never
permit an extension of French power in North Africa. See also Islam.
1574, Tunisia became a province of the Ottoman Empire.
1/6/1535, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, captured Tunis.
1230, Foundation of the Nafsid
Dynasty. Tunis became the capital.
7/12/909, Sa�id Ibn Hussein was proclaimed Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi (�the divinely guided one�) in Tunis. He
established an Isma�ili Shiite
caliphate in opposition to the caliphate of Baghdad, and founded the Fatimid Dynasty.
For foundation of Ismailite Shiite Islam and Fatimid
Dynasty in Tunis, 908-09, see also Islam
698, Arab invaders seized Carthage, and founded a new city called Tunis.
534, Byzantine rule re-established in North Africa.
439, The Vandals seized Carthage, ending Roman rule there.