Gibraltar History Timeline & Facts
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Facts, History and Timeline about Gibraltar
The
Phonenicians first named it Calpe after one of the Columns
of Hercules
The Coat of Arms were granted to "The Most Loyal City of
Gibraltar" by the Spanish monarchs King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella in the year 1502
An Anglo-Dutch force led by Sir George Rooke seized the Rock
in 1704
The name Gibraltar comes from the Arabic Jabal Tariq which
means "Tariq's mountain" reflecting the famous Rock of
Gibraltar
Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713
Treaty of Utrecht
The British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830
1914 - 1918 WW1
The Coat of Arms were confirmed as the arms of the city by
the British in 1936
1939 - 1945 WW11
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In referendums held in 1967 and 2002, 98% of Gibraltarians
ignored Spanish pressure and voted to remain a British
dependency.
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