April San Remo Britain is given the mandate in Palestine, Trans jordan and Mesopotamia (renamed Iraq, a territory created out of the Ottoman provinces of Basra, Baghdad and Mosul)
April San Remo Faisal I is installed as King of Iraq
Aug A tribal revolt is launched throughout Iraqi territory after Arnold Wilson, the High Commissioner to Iraq, refuses to allow for the possibility any amount of Iraqi self-government
Aug A tribal revolt is launched throughout Iraqi territory after Arnold Wilson, the High Commissioner to Iraq, refuses to allow for the possibility any amount of Iraqi self-government