Dates

History

1784-1868

Bahraini rule

1821

British protectorate with the British East India Company

1867

Muhamidibn Thani becomes the region’s ruler

1871-1916

Ottoman rule

1916-1971

British protectorate

1939

Discovery of oil

1971

Independence from Britain with the formation of an independent state

1995

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani seized power from his father, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, in a peaceful coup d’état

1999

Women’s suffrage

2005

Constitutional monarchy

2013

The Sheikh’s son, Amir Tamin bin Hamad al Thani peacefully took over as the new Emir