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British-administered Palestine

18 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for British-administered Palestine, 1918 CE to 1920 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

20th century

18 entries, 1918 CE to 1920 CE

  • 1918Hussein al-Husayni, Palestinian politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1909 to 1917.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 1918June – First meeting between the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann and the son of the Sharif of Mecca Hashemite Prince Faisal, who led the Arab forces in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, which takes place in Faisal's headquarters in Aqaba in an attempt to establish favourable relations between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 191814 April – The Zionist Commission arrives in Palestine.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 19188 May – First Muslim-Christian Association meets in Jaffa.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 19184 April – The first edition of the Hebrew-language daily newspaper "Haaretz" is published, sponsored by the British military government in Palestine.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 191830 January - Meir Meivar, Israeli politician and businessman, Haganah commander during the Civil War in Mandatory Palestine (died 2000).British-administered Palestinesource
  • 19193 January – The signing of the Faisal Weizmann Agreement is held by Emir Feisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization) as part of the Paris Peace Conference.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 191929 October – King George V approves the award of a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) to ‘Abdu’l-Baha, following a recommendation by the British military administration in Palestine, citing his cooperation and influence in Haifa during the period of British occupation.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 191926 February – The first official meeting of the Zionist General Council.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 191922 November – Salem Hanna Khamis, Palestinian statistician and UN official. (died 2005)British-administered Palestinesource
  • 191929 April – The Hebrew Scouts Movement is established.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 19192 August – Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem-born American Jewish film and television actor, and later painter (died 2022).British-administered Palestinesource
  • 192026 April – The San Remo conference ends, during which the Allied Supreme Council agree to allocate the mandate of Palestine to the United Kingdom, incorporating the terms set forth in the Balfour Declaration.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 19204–7 April – Nebi Musa Riots in and around the Old City of Jerusalem mark the first large-scale skirmish of the Arab–Israeli conflict. Four Arabs and five Jews are killed, while 216 Jews (18 critically) and 23 Arabs (one critically) are wounded. The majority of the victims were members of the old Yishuv, largely non-Zionist or anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews. About 300 Jews from the Old City of Jerusalem are evacuated.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 1920The founding of the kibbutz Degania Bet by immigrants from the Second Aliyah.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 19207 October - The establishment of the Jewish National Council, the main national institution of the Jewish community (Yishuv) within the British Mandate of Palestine.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 19206 December – The Histadrut is established in Haifa to look after the interests of Jewish workers.British-administered Palestinesource
  • 19201 March – Zionist activist Joseph Trumpeldor and five Palestinian Jewish fighters are killed in the battle of Tel Hai. The battle, which gave Tel Hai its long-enduring fame, was significant far beyond the small number of fighters involved on either side – mainly due to its influence on Zionist history, both inspiring an enduring heroic myth and profoundly influencing Zionist military and political strategies over several decades.British-administered Palestinesource