Kuwait City
City
Capital of Kuwait on the Persian Gulf.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1896 Ottoman Empire
- 1898 – August 9, 1920 Ottoman Empire
- since January 23, 1899 Kuwait
Capital of
Events here 5
- August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 Gulf War
- August 2–4, 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
- August 2, 1990 Battle of Dasman Palace
- February 24–28, 1991 Liberation of Kuwait campaign
- June 26, 2015 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing