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TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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- Britain signs peace treaty with sheikhs of Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Qaiwain, Ajman, Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

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- Signature of Perpetual Treaty of Maritime Truce with Britain; area becomes known as the 'Trucial States'.

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Oil was discovered

1952
The seven emirates form a Trucial Council.

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Sheikh Zayed Bin-Sultan Al Nuhayyan takes over as Ruler of Abu Dhabi.

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-  The United Arab Emirates was formed.
- Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan became the first President of the UAE.

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- The ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed, is killed during a failed coup led by its former ruler Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan.

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- Ras Al Khaimah was added to the United Arab Emirates.

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- The Federal National Council meets for the first time.

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- The first National Day of the UAE.
- The new national anthem was sung for the first time by Najat Al Saghira.

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- The Emirati Dirham was launched.

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- UAE is a founding member of the Gulf Cooperation Council; its first summit is held in Abu Dhabi.

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- Sheikh Zayed Bin-Sultan Al Nuhayyan is re-elected as UAE president - his fourth term.

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- Attempted coup in Sharjah. Sheikh Sultan Bin-Muhammad al-Qasimi abdicates in favour of his brother after admitting financial mismanagement but is reinstated by the Supreme Council of Rulers.

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- Sheikh Rashid Bin-Said Al Maktum dies and is succeeded by his son Sheikh Maktum Bin-Rashid Al Maktum as ruler of Dubai and UAE vice-president.

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-UAE President Sheikh Zayed Bin-Sultan Al Nahyan dies and is succeeded by his son, Sheikh Khalifa.

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- Sheikh Khalifa announces plans for the UAE's first elections. Half of the members of the consultative Federal National Council will be elected by a limited number of citizens.

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- Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, dies during a visit to Australia. His brother, Sheikh Mohammed, succeeds him.

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- France and the UAE sign an agreement to open a branch of the Louvre on Saadiyat.

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Dubai inaugurates the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa.