1911: Beginning of the Italian occupation of Libya
1943–1951: International trusteeship
1951: Proclamation of the State of Libya, monarchy of
King Idris I
1969: Coup d’état by Colonel Gaddafi, twenty-seven years old
1976: Publication of the Green Book
1977: Proclamation of the Jamahiriya, literally the “State of
the Masses”
1986: American raid on the residences of Gaddafi in Tripoli and Benghazi
1988: Pan Am’s Boeing 747 explodes above Lockerbie, Scotland
1989: UTA’s DC-10 explodes above Niger
2001: Gaddafi’s new positioning against terrorism the day after September 11
2004: Partial lifting of American and European sanctions
February 17, 2011: Beginning of the revolution
October 20, 2011: Capture and death of Gaddafi