BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Kurdish Cooperation Organization//chronology//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · chronology BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-hasanwayhids@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:09590101 SUMMARY:Hasanwayhid dynasty DESCRIPTION:Kurdish dynasty in the Zagros around Dinawar and Kermanshah. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hasanwayhids/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-marwanids@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:09900101 SUMMARY:Marwanid dynasty DESCRIPTION:Kurdish dynasty of Diyarbakır (Amed) and Silvan\, patrons of learning. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/marwanids/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-saladin-jerusalem@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:11870101 SUMMARY:Saladin takes Jerusalem DESCRIPTION:Salah al-Din\, of a Kurdish family from Dvin\, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/saladin-jerusalem/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-chaldiran@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:15140101 SUMMARY:Battle of Chaldiran DESCRIPTION:Ottoman victory over the Safavids begins the division of the Kurdish lands between two empires. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/chaldiran/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-sharafnama@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:15970101 SUMMARY:The Sharafnama DESCRIPTION:Sharaf Khan Bidlisi writes the first history of the Kurds\, i n Persian. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sharafnama/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-zuhab@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:16390101 SUMMARY:Treaty of Zuhab DESCRIPTION:Fixes the Ottoman-Safavid frontier across the Kurdish lands. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/zuhab/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-mem-u-zin@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:16920101 SUMMARY:Ehmedê Xanî's Mem û Zîn DESCRIPTION:The Kurdish national epic\, often read as a call for Kurdish unity. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mem-u-zin/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-bohtan@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18470101 SUMMARY:End of the Bohtan emirate DESCRIPTION:Ottoman centralisation defeats Bedir Khan Beg\; the emirates are abolished. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/bohtan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-kurdistan-newspaper@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18980101 SUMMARY:First Kurdish newspaper DESCRIPTION:Kurdistan is published in Cairo on 22 April 1898\; the date i s now Kurdish Journalism Day. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/kurdistan-newspaper/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-genocides-1915@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19150101 SUMMARY:Armenian Genocide and the Sayfo DESCRIPTION:Historians document that some Kurdish tribes took part in the killings while other Kurds sheltered victims\; Kurdish political figure s later acknowledged this and apologised. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/genocides-1915/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-sevres@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19200101 SUMMARY:Treaty of Sèvres DESCRIPTION:Articles 62 to 64 envisage Kurdish autonomy\; never ratified. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sevres/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-sheikh-mahmud@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19220101 SUMMARY:Sheikh Mahmud's kingdom DESCRIPTION:A Kingdom of Kurdistan is declared in Sulaymaniyah and suppre ssed by British forces. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sheikh-mahmud/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-lausanne@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19230101 SUMMARY:Treaty of Lausanne DESCRIPTION:The Republic of Turkey is recognised without Kurdish provisio ns\; the Kurdish lands are divided among four states. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/lausanne/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-sheikh-said@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19250101 SUMMARY:Sheikh Said rebellion DESCRIPTION:Uprising in Turkey\, followed by military suppression\, depor tations and policies that denied Kurdish identity\, as historians docume nt them. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sheikh-said/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-hawar@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19320101 SUMMARY:Hawar journal and the Kurmanji Latin alphabet DESCRIPTION:Celadet and Kamuran Bedirxan publish Hawar in Damascus\; 15 M ay is now Kurdish Language Day. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hawar/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-dersim@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19370101 SUMMARY:Dersim massacres and Soviet deportations DESCRIPTION:Military operations in Dersim (1937 to 1938) kill thousands o f civilians and deport many more\, as documented by historians\; the dea th toll is contested. In 1937 Kurds of the South Caucasus are deported t o Central Asia. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/dersim/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-mahabad@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19460101 SUMMARY:Republic of Mahabad DESCRIPTION:Proclaimed on 22 January 1946 under Qazi Muhammad\; it falls within the year\, and he is hanged in 1947. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mahabad/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-september-revolution@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19610101 SUMMARY:September Revolution in Iraq\; labour migration to Germany DESCRIPTION:Mustafa Barzani's uprising begins\; the Turkey-West Germany r ecruitment agreement starts the labour migration. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/september-revolution/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-hasakah-census@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19620101 SUMMARY:Hasakah census in Syria DESCRIPTION:About 120\,000 Kurds are stripped of citizenship. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hasakah-census/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-autonomy-1970@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19700101 SUMMARY:Iraqi-Kurdish autonomy agreement DESCRIPTION:Signed on 11 March 1970\; it collapses after the 1975 Algiers Agreement. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/autonomy-1970/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-coup-1980@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19800101 SUMMARY:Military coup in Turkey DESCRIPTION:Mass arrests\, documented torture in Diyarbakır Prison\, and a wave of political exiles to Europe. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/coup-1980/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-anfal@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19880101 SUMMARY:Anfal campaign and Halabja DESCRIPTION:Chemical weapons attack on Halabja on 16 March 1988\, within the Anfal campaign (1986 to 1989) against Kurdish civilians\; the Iraqi High Tribunal ruled Anfal a genocide in 2007. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/anfal/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-uprising-1991@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19910101 SUMMARY:Uprising and exodus DESCRIPTION:About 1.5 million flee to Iran and Turkey\; the safe haven le ads to self-rule in the Kurdistan Region. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/uprising-1991/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-mykonos@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19920101 SUMMARY:Mykonos assassinations\, Berlin DESCRIPTION:Four Iranian Kurdish opposition figures are killed at the Myk onos restaurant in Berlin\; a Berlin court's 1997 judgment attributed th e order to Iran's leadership. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mykonos/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-iraq-constitution@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050101 SUMMARY:Iraqi constitution recognises the Kurdistan Region DESCRIPTION:Kurdish becomes an official language of Iraq. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/iraq-constitution/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-yazidi-genocide@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140101 SUMMARY:Yazidi genocide in Shingal DESCRIPTION:Attack on Shingal (Sinjar) by an armed group on 3 August 2014 : mass killings\, abductions and enslavement\; the United Nations Commis sion of Inquiry on Syria found it a genocide (2016). URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/yazidi-genocide/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-referendum-2017@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170101 SUMMARY:Kurdistan Region independence referendum DESCRIPTION:Held on 25 September 2017\; Iraqi federal forces take control of Kirkuk on 16 October. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/referendum-2017/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-jina-amini@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220101 SUMMARY:Jina Amini and Jin\, Jiyan\, Azadî DESCRIPTION:The death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini\, a young Kurdish woman from Saqqez\, after her arrest by Iran's morality police is followed by natio nwide protests under the Kurdish slogan Jin\, Jiyan\, Azadî. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/jina-amini/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-assad-falls@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240101 SUMMARY:Fall of the Assad government DESCRIPTION:8 December 2024\; a new phase for Kurds in Syria. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/assad-falls/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-pkk-dissolution@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250101 SUMMARY:An armed group announces its dissolution DESCRIPTION:Reported on 12 May 2025\, after a call by the group's founder of 27 February 2025\; to verify against primary sources. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/pkk-dissolution/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-syria-decree-2026@kurds.global DTSTAMP:20261111T231041Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 SUMMARY:Syrian decree on Kurdish rights DESCRIPTION:Reported in January 2026: citizenship restored to stateless K urds and Kurdish recognised as a national language\; to verify. URL:https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/syria-decree-2026/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR