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Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
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Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah

1895 – 1965 · aged 70

Ruler of Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 1950 to 1965

Born
1 Jan 1895 · Kuwait City
Died
24 Nov 1965 · Kuwait City
Part ofHistory of Kuwaitc. 1700 – todayKuwait633 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 81 years
  1. 1 Jan 1895BornBorn in Kuwait City
  2. 1950 – 1965RoleEmir of Kuwait
  3. 1962 – 1963RolePrime Minister of Kuwait
  4. 24 Nov 1965DiedDied in Kuwait City

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1895 – 1965).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  21. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  22. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  23. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  24. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  25. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  26. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  27. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  29. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  30. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  32. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  33. 1956Suez Crisis
  34. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  36. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis

Biography

Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ عبد الله الثالث السالم الصباح; 1895 – 24 November 1965) was the eleventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 1950 to 1961 and the first Emir of the State of Kuwait after the country gained its independence from Great Britain on 19 June 1961.

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