This explosion in popularity led to the building of the largest structure to date in Lebanon, the Gasconade Hotel. To read about the background to these events, see History of Lebanon.See also the list of Presidents of Lebanon and list of Prime Ministers of Lebanon In April, Syria says it will set a date for the full withdrawal.Omar Karami resigns a second time after failing to form a government.Lebanon's new prime minister, Najib Mikati, a compromise candidate between the pro-Syrian and anti-Syrian groups, announces that new elections will be held in May.On April 26, after 29 years of occupation, Syria withdrew all of its troops.Syria holds four rounds of parliamentary elections. The locals used it for community events, and there was talk of turning it into a college, but it burned down in 1899.Lebanon seemed like a nice place to stay, especially for those tired from traveling Rt 66 across the country. That day is celebrated as Lebanon's independence day.Lebanon becomes truly dependent on Jan. 1, 1944.Palestinians operating from Lebanon attack Israel, provoking periodic retaliation.Fighting breaks out between Palestinian commandos and Lebanese army over Lebanese threats to curb Palestinian activities in Lebanon.First Israeli invasion in response to attacks from,Second Israeli invasion. Hundreds of Lebanese civilians are killed and thousands are displaced.

Although much of the international community had been demanding a cease-fire since the beginning of the conflict, the United States supported Israel's plan to continue its offensive in the hopes of draining Hezbollah of its military power, and did little to expedite the cease-fire negotiations. This is a timeline of Lebanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Lebanon and its predecessor states. Israel opposes the move.January – Elie Hobeika, intelligence chief of the right-wing Christian Lebanese Forces militia at the time of the massacres of Palestinians at Sabra and Chatila, is killed in a car bomb blast in Beirut. Archeologists have found remains of primitive weapons, prehistoric huts with crushed limestone floors, and burial jars left by the Chalcolithic and Neolithic fishing communities who dwelled on the … Sep 1, 1920. It extends the detention of two other prisoners.May 24 – Israel withdraws its forces from south Lebanon after the collapse of its proxy South Lebanon Army.May 25 – An annual public holiday – Resistance and Liberation Day - is announced.October – Rafiq al-Hariri becomes prime minister of Lebanon for the second time.March – Lebanon starts pumping water from a tributary of the River Jordan to a village on the Lebanon-Israel border. Inauguration of the first Community Health Center in Zouk by Camille Chamoun, President of Lebanon. In the early thirties, Arthur T. Nelson opened a 24-room hotel where Rt 66 and Highway 5 met. U.N. Security Council adopts Resolution 425 calling for Israeli withdrawal and establishment of an international peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon.— 1982: Israel invades Lebanon again. 1955. Sixty-three people are killed and more than 100 are hurt. Najib Mikati succeeds him.Syria withdraws its forces from Lebanon, in line with UN Security Council resolution 1559.June 2 – Samir Kassir, a journalist and critic of Syrian influence, is killed by a car bomb in Beirut.The March 14 Forces, an alliance led by Saad al-Hariri, son of assassinated Rafiq al-Hariri, wins control of parliament after elections.

A mainly Syrian Arab Deterrent Force (ADF) is set up to maintain the ceasefire.March 14/15 – Israel invades Lebanon after PLO fighters launch an attack into its territory. Two other people are killed.February – Demonstrations take place in Beirut in the wake of the publication of cartoons satirising Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper. A Document of National Reconciliation is drawn up, which transfers executive power from the president to the cabinet. When France took control of Lebanon after World War I, the area differed from the rest of the Arab world because it had a mix of Muslims and Christians, with the latter in the majority. Hezbollah launches rockets into northern Israel, killing Israeli civilians.August – Israeli ground troops enter south Lebanon.August 14 – A truce between Hezbollah and Israel comes into effect. The images herein are in chronological order, running from 1920 to 2008.

Citing the distance to the meeting house, they asked to form a separate ecclesiastical society.1716 – The northerly residents received permission to form a second ecclesiastical society in 1716, but the new church was not organized until 1720 when Samuel Smith was called to serve as minister.

President-elect Bashir Gemayel, head of Israeli-allied Christian militia, killed in bombing.