1921-1922: UK creates Kuwait.
1932: Kuwaitis seek reunification.
1937: Oil discovered.
1938-1939: Reunification movement crushed by British.
1955: Baghdad Pact.
1958: No reunification.
1961: Independence. UK intervention.
1963: Kuwait joins UN.
1970s: No agreement with Iraq.
1980: Iran-Iraq war.
1985-86: Security concerns.
1988: Kuwait steals from Iraq.
1989-1990: Kuwait squeezes Iraq, US collude.
1990: Iraq invades. US & UK reject diplomacy.
1991: US & UK invade Iraq.
1993: UN demarcates new Kuwait-Iraq border.
1994: Iraq recognises Kuwait.
2003: US & UK invade Iraq again.