Tripoli
City
Capital of Libya on the Mediterranean; former Ottoman provincial seat and base of the Barbary corsairs.
Held by
- 1789 – July 1, 1881 Ottoman Empire
- 1911 – December 31, 1932 Italy
- 1934 – December 31, 1942 Italy
- May 13, 1943 – December 23, 1951 United Kingdom Mandate or administration
- since December 24, 1951 Libya
Capital of
Events here 8
- July 1790 – January 20, 1795 Tripolitanian civil war
- 1797 Treaty of Tripoli
- May 16, 1802 First Battle of Tripoli Harbor
- August 3 – September 10, 1804 Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor
- September 29, 1911 – October 18, 1912 Italo-Turkish War
- October 10, 1911 Battle of Tripoli (1911)
- October 23, 1911 Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt
- August 20–28, 2011 Battle of Tripoli (2011)