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Mandatory Palestine

League of Nations Mandate in the Middle East under British administration (1920–1948)

16 dated entries naming Mandatory Palestine, drawn from 12 separate years between 1921 CE and 1948 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

  • 1921May 1–7 – Jaffa riots: Riots at Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine result in 47 Jewish and 48 Arab deaths.source
  • 1922September 11 – The Mandate of Palestine is approved by the Council of the League of Nations.source
  • 1923September 29 – The League of Nations Mandate for Palestine (1922) comes into effect, officially creating under British administration the protectorates of Palestine and the separate Emirate of Transjordan under Abdullah I. The French-administered Mandate for Syria and Lebanon also takes effect.source
  • 1926June 18 – Avshalom Haviv, member of the Irgun underground organization in Mandatory Palestine (d. 1947)source
  • 1927July 11 – The 1927 Jericho earthquake strikes Palestine, killing around 300 people; it is the largest ever recorded in this part of the Middle East. The effects are especially severe in Nablus, but damage and fatalities are also reported in many areas of Palestine and Transjordan, such as Amman, Salt, Jordan, and Lydda.source
  • 1929August 16 – The 1929 Palestine riots break out between Palestinians and Jews in Mandatory Palestine, and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Palestinians are killed.source
  • 1930October 20 – The British Passfield white paper demands restrictions on Jewish immigration into Mandatory Palestine.source
  • 1937July 7 – The Peel Commission proposes partition of the British Mandate of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states.source
  • 1939May 17 – The British government issues the White Paper of 1939, sharply restricting Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine.source
  • 1939May 23 – The White Paper of 1939 is ratified by the British government, acting as the governing policy for Mandatory Palestine from 1939 to 1948.source
  • 1940February – The last mounted charge by a British cavalry regiment is made when the Royal Scots Greys are called to quell Arab rioters in Mandatory Palestine.source
  • 1940November 25 – Patria disaster: As British authorities attempt to deport Jewish refugees (originating from German-occupied Europe) from Mandatory Palestine to Mauritius, aboard the requisitioned emigrant liner at Haifa, the Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah sinks the ship with a bomb, killing around 250 refugees and crew.source
  • 1947July 11 – The ship Exodus leaves France for Palestine, with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees on board.source
  • 1947November 29 – The United Nations General Assembly votes for the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine which will partition Mandatory Palestine between Arab and Jewish regions, resulting in the creation of the State of Israel.source
  • 1948April 9 – The Deir Yassin massacre takes place in British Mandatory Palestine.source
  • 1948May 15 – 1948 Arab–Israeli War: The British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated; expeditionary forces from Egypt, Transjordan, Syria and Iraq invade Israel and clash with Israeli forces after declaring war.source

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