- Asia
The United Arab Emirates is founded
The rulers of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain and Fujairah proclaimed the United Arab Emirates, with Sheikh Zayed as first president and Sheikh Rashid as vice president.
Era: The Fall of Pearls, the Rise of Oil, and Federation
Sources: History · The Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae), History of the United Arab Emirates · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sheikh Zayed ibn Sultan Al Nahyan · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Asia
Ras al-Khaimah joins the federation
The seventh emirate, Ras al-Khaimah, acceded to the union in February 1972, completing the United Arab Emirates as a federation of seven emirates.
Era: The Fall of Pearls, the Rise of Oil, and Federation
Sources: History of the United Arab Emirates · UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ras al-Khaimah (emirate, United Arab Emirates) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Asia
Proclamation of the Islamic Republic
After a referendum on 30–31 March approves the change by an overwhelming majority, Khomeini proclaims the Islamic Republic of Iran on 1 April 1979.
Era: The Islamic Republic
Sources: 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum · Wikipedia, Iranian Revolution · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Formation in the 1970s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 1970s — 3 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 1971 to 1979. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 3
- Nations
- 2
- Earliest
- 1971
- Latest
- 1979
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.