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When these happened

18 dated records from 9 to 2023. Each is drawn as wide as its date is certain — a band is a band because nobody knows the year, not because the drawing is imprecise.

500100015002000Abu Simbel cut apart and rebuilt on higher ground — 1964/1968-09-22International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia — 1960-03/1980-03-10UNESCO General Conference adopts the World Heritage Convention — 1972-11-16The Convention enters into force — 1975-12-17The first properties are inscribed on the World Heritage List — 1978Angkor inscribed on the World Heritage List and the danger list on the same day — 1992-12-14The Committee adopts the Global Strategy for a Balanced, Representative and Credible World Heritage List — 1994Angkor removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger — 2004-06The cultural and natural criteria are merged into a single set of ten — 2005Galápagos Islands placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger — 2007Arabian Oryx Sanctuary deleted — the first site ever removed from the World Heritage List — 2007Dresden Elbe Valley deleted — the second removal, by a vote of 14 to 5 — 2009-06Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger — 2012Fourteen of Timbuktu's sixteen inscribed mausoleums destroyed — 2012-06-30/2012-07-11The Temple of Bel at Palmyra destroyed — 2015-08-30ICC convicts Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi for the destruction of Timbuktu's mausoleums — 2016-09-27Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City deleted — the third and most recent removal — 2021-07-21The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list — 2023-09
18 shown · 18 dated · 0 cannot be placed on an axis · Approximate or contested. Draw a band and do not sharpen its edges.
In order18
  1. 1964/1968-09-22Abu Simbel cut apart and rebuilt on higher ground

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  2. 1960-03/1980-03-10International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  3. 1972-11-16UNESCO General Conference adopts the World Heritage Convention

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  4. 1975-12-17The Convention enters into force

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  5. 1978The first properties are inscribed on the World Heritage List

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  6. 1992-12-14Angkor inscribed on the World Heritage List and the danger list on the same day

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  7. 1994The Committee adopts the Global Strategy for a Balanced, Representative and Credible World Heritage List

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  8. 2004-06Angkor removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  9. 2005The cultural and natural criteria are merged into a single set of ten

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  10. 2007Galápagos Islands placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  11. 2007Arabian Oryx Sanctuary deleted — the first site ever removed from the World Heritage List

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  12. 2009-06Dresden Elbe Valley deleted — the second removal, by a vote of 14 to 5

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  13. 2012Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  14. 2012-06-30/2012-07-11Fourteen of Timbuktu's sixteen inscribed mausoleums destroyed

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  15. 2015-08-30The Temple of Bel at Palmyra destroyed

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  16. 2016-09-27ICC convicts Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi for the destruction of Timbuktu's mausoleums

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  17. 2021-07-21Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City deleted — the third and most recent removal

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  18. 2023-09The Committee declines, again, to place Venice on the danger list

    It happened, and the record is settled.