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1200–900 B.C. · settlement by Phoenicians
63 B.C. · the today's Lebanon comes to the Roman Empire
ca. 70 A.D. · expansion of the Christianity
395 · at the partition of the Roman Empire the today's Lebanon comes to the East Roman Empire (Byzantium)
643 · the region of the today's Lebanon becomes conquered by the Arabic Califate, partial islamization
1020 · establishment the sect of the Druses
1097 · christian crusaders conquer the region of the today's Lebanon and establish in the north the County of Tripolis, the south comes to the crusader's Kingdom of Yerusalem
1291 · the crusaders get banished out of Beirut and Sidon, end of the christian reign
1516 · the region of the today's Lebanon becomes conquered by the Ottoman Empire
1799 · France under Napoléon Bonaparte attempts fruitless to conquer Lebanon, advance from south only up to Akkon (Akka)
1840 · civil war between Druses and Lebanese Christians (Maronites), France declares the patronage over the Maronites
1860 · military intervention of France, the Ottoman Empire has to accept from 1862 a christian governor with a indecisive autonomy in Tripolis
1914–1918 · First World War: 1916 France claims Lebanon, 1917–1918 from the south invade British troops into the Lebanon, October 1918 landing of French troops in Beirut
1920 · Syria , Palestina, Transjordan and Iraq become separated out of the territory of the Ottoman Empire as prospective mandate's territories of the League of Nations and partly
United Kingdom and partly France subordinated → whole Syria (and in this way Lebanon) becomes occupied by France
1923 · Syria (and in this way Lebanon) becomes declared officially a French mandate's territory of the League of Nations
1926 · France separates Lebanon from Syria, it gets an own government
1939–1945 · Second World War: Lebanon stands initially on the side of the French government in Vichy, 1941 invasion of British and "free" French troops
26th of November 1941 · Lebanon gets formally declared as independent
1943 · Lebanon gets a constitution, the „national pact“
1944 · the mandate of the League of Nations becomes dissolved
1946 · withdrawal of the British and French troops, full sovereignty
1958 · US-American military intervention
1967 · strong influx of from Palestina fleeing Arabs (Palestinians)
1975 · onset of the civil war
1976 · invasion of Syrian troops, occupation of large parts of the country
1978 · Israel invades into the south of the Lebanon
1982 · Israel invades into the Lebanon and advances to Beirut
1985 · withdrawal of the Israeli troops out of Lebanon, except a slender security zone in the south of the country
1987 · Syrian troops march onto Beirut
1990 · constitutional reform
1991 · disarmament of the civil war parties, end of the civil war
1993 · Israeli military intervention
1996 · Israeli military intervention
2000 · withdrawal of Israel out of the south Lebanese security zone
2005 · withdrawal of the Syrian troops from Lebanon
August 2006 · Israeli troops invade in Lebanon, in 34 days of war there was no success to weaken the Hisbolla Militia, the south of Lebanon becomes appreciably destroyed by the campaigns of the Israeli
Source:
Atlas zur Geschichte,
Wikipedia (D),
Discovery '97
The name "Lebanon" goes back to the Arabic word for the colour white ("loubnan"). The through the whole country reaching mountains are the "Jabal loubnan", the "White Mountains", the "Lebanon Mountains".
Source: Handbuch der geographischen Namen