Timeline of Kuwait City
The following is a timeline of the history of Kuwait City, Al Asimah Governorate, Kuwait, and its metro surroundings. == 18th century == Early 1700s — Small fishing village of Grane or Kureyn under the control of the Bani Khalid Emirate, independent of Ottoman control since 1670 1750s — Bani Utbah migrants establish the Sheikhdom of Kuwait under the auspices of the Bani Khalid 1775–1779 — Siege of Basra by Persia prompts Iraqi merchants and shipwrights to relocate to Kuwait City, along with trade routes from India, Muscat, and Persia to Baghdad, Aleppo, Smyrna, and Constantinople 1792 — E. India Company establishes Kuwaiti factory, tying the city's trade to East Africa == 19th century == 1871 — Al-Hasa Expedition returns Kuwait to Ottoman rule 1875 — Kuwait organized as part of Basra Vilayet 1899 — Treaty with the United Kingdom signed by Mubarak Al-Sabah == 20th century == 1901 — Population: c.