KUWAIT, Aug 12 (KUNA) --

1783 -- Kuwaitis engage in their first naval battle with Bani Kaab tribe of southern Arabistan, as Sheikh Abdullah I; the second ruler of Kuwait, refuse to pay them taxes. The sea battle takes place in Rigga, located between the islands of Failaka and Boubyan. The Kuwaitis fighting aboard small boats win the battle, as the foes' large ships are a cause of their defeat due to shallow waters.
1961 -- Kuwait and the Arab League reach an agreement on deployment of the League's troops along the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border.
1962 -- The Constituent Assembly examines the draft constitution.
1962 -- The Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signs the joint Arab defense treaty with Arab League Secretary General Abdulkhaliq Hassounah.
1967 -- The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issues a decree stipulating consent of Kuwait's joining of the Geneva treaties, in particular the Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflicts, a group of international laws for the humane treatment of wounded or captured military personnel, medical personnel and non-military civilians during war.
1980 -- Covering 73,600, Messilah beach opens along Al-Fahaheel Expressway.
1986 -- The late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issues a decree stipulating that the Ministry of Oil takes charge of national oil affairs for sake of enhancing the state income resources.
1990 -- Saddam Hussein sets conditions for withdrawal of his occupation forces from Kuwait, namely withdrawal of American forces from Saudi Arabia, Israel from Palestine and Syria from Lebanon, in exchange for what he termed as "arrangements" with Kuwait on basis of his country's "historic rights" in this country.
1997 -- The Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah launches Boom Al-Muhallab, one of Kuwaiti historic sites, at the Kuwait National Museum.
1999 -- Kuwait National Petroleum Company raises fuel prices ranging between 30 and 50 percent, together with gas prices.
2005 -- National popular poet, Mansour Al-Khargawi, passes away at 80.
2012 -- The late National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi replies in a letter to the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the issue of Constitutional Court ruling, which called for the reformation of the 2009 National Assembly. Al-Kharafi said it would be difficult to take such step as decreed by the court on 16/12/2011.
2017 -- Kuwaiti shooters win gold in an Asian championship in Kazakhstan.
2017 -- The Ministry of Interior arrests 12 convicted defendants in connection with the so-called "Abdali Cell".
2020 -- National Assembly renews confidence in Finance Minister Barak Al-Sheetan. (end) mt