Here is a timeline of key dates and events related to this chapter.

6 June 2010: Death of Khaled Said
7 December 2010: Self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi
27 December 2010: First mass protests in Tunis
4 January 2011: Death of Mohamed Bouazizi
14 January 2011: Tunisian President Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia
25 January 2011: First mass protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
11 February 2011: Egyptian President Mubarak resigns
11 February 2011–30 June 2012: Egypt under the authority of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)
14 February 2011: First mass protests in Bahrain
15 February 2011: First mass protests in Benghazi
17 February 2011: Manama’s Pearl Roundabout Protests cleared by Bahraini security services
22 February 2011: Mass protests re-occupy the Pearl Roundabout in Manama
27 February 2011: Resignation of Mohamed Ghannouchi
27 February 2011: Formation of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC)
1 March 2011: Legalisation of Ennahda in Tunisia
7 March 2011: Dissolution of the Tunisia Secret Police
9 March 2011: Dissolution of the Constitutional Democratic Rally in Tunisia
14 March 2011: Bahrain requests GCC assistance to suppress protests
15 March 2011: Dissolution of the Egyptian State Security Investigations Service
17 March 2011: UN Security Council Resolution 1973
19 March 2011: Egyptian constitutional reforms approved at referendum
23 March–31 October 2011: ‘Operation Unified Protector’ in Libya
25 March 2011: First mass protests in Daraa`, Syria
16 April 2011: Dissolution of the National Democratic Party in Egypt
29 July 2011: Free Syrian Army formed
23 August 2011: Syrian National Council formed in Istanbul
20 October 2011: Death of Muammar Gaddhafi
23 October 2011: Tunisian Constituent Assembly elected
19 November 2011: Capture of Saif al-Islam Gaddhafi
28 November 2011–11 January 2012: Parliamentary elections in Egypt
21 February 2012: Presidential elections in Yemen
26 February 2012: New Syrian constitution approved at referendum
23 May–17 June 2012: Presidential elections in Egypt
24 April 2012: New Libyan electoral law
14 June 2012: Egyptian Supreme Court annuls vote of parliamentary elections
7 July 2012: Elections in Libya
11 September 2012: attack on US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya
3 July 2013: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi overthrown by the military
26 January 2014: adoption of new Tunisian Constitution
26–28 May 2014: Abdel Fatah al-Sisi elected President of Egypt
21 December 2014: Beji Caid Essebsi wins Tunisian Presidential election