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Hussein of Jordan

King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999

10 dated entries naming Hussein of Jordan, drawn from 7 separate years between 1935 CE and 1999 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1935November 14 – King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)source
  • 1952August 11 – The Jordanian Parliament forces King Talal of Jordan to abdicate due to mental illness; he is succeeded by his son King Hussein.source
  • 1953May 2 – Hussein is crowned King of Jordan.source
  • 1970September 1 – An assassination attempt against King Hussein of Jordan precipitates the country's Black September crisis.source
  • 1970September 15 – King Hussein of Jordan forms a military government with Muhammad Daoud as the prime minister.source
  • 1970September 17 – Black September: King Hussein of Jordan orders the Jordanian Armed Forces to oust Palestinian fedayeen from Jordan.source
  • 1978June 15 – King Hussein of Jordan marries 26-year-old Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.source
  • 1998February 21 – King Hussein of Jordan imposes martial law in Ma'an to quell growing pro-Iraqi demonstrations.source
  • 1999February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father, King Hussein.source
  • 1999February 7 – Hussein I of Jordan, 63, Jordanian monarch, King of Jordan (1952–1999), lymphoma.source

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