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Gulf War

1990 CE – 1991 CE · 1 year

A US-led coalition of 35 nations expelled Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait in a 42-day air campaign and 100-hour ground war — the first major post-Cold War conflict.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • US-led coalition
  • Iraq

Key moments

Defining events in the Gulf War.

  1. 1991 Operation Desert Storm
  2. 1991 Battle of 73 Easting
  3. 1991 Highway of Death

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Turkmenistan

Founded 1991 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Lebanese Civil War

1975 CE – 1990 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Eritrean War of Independence

1961 CE – 1991 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1990 CE and 1991 CE.

1990 CE Rwandan Civil War & Genocide 1991 CE Yugoslav Wars 1991 CE Somali Civil War 1991 CE Sierra Leone Civil War 1991 CE Croatian War of Independence

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Slovenia Polity · Europe Founded 1991 CE · attested to 2026 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Yugoslav Wars Conflict · Europe 1991 CE – 2001 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Uzbekistan Polity Founded 1991 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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