TIMELINE-Recent attacks in Lebanon on anti-Syrian figures

(Reuters) - Anti-Syrian Christian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem was killed in a car bomb explosion in the eastern part of Beirut on Wednesday, security sources said.

The lawmaker of the Christian Phalange party, was among at least seven people killed and appeared to be the main target of the bombing, the sources said.

Beirut has been hit by a series of bomb attacks in the past 2-1/2 years, many of them aimed at anti-Syrian politicians.

Here is a chronology of major events in Lebanon since former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in a car bombing, along with 22 other people, on February 14, 2005.

February 16, 2005 - At least 150,000 Lebanese turn Hariri's funeral into outpouring of anger against Syria.

February 28 - Pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami resigns.

March 5 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells his parliament Syrian troops will start phased pullout from Lebanon.

April 26 - Last Syrian soldiers leave Lebanon.

June 2 - Samir Kassir, journalist opposed to Syria's role in Lebanon, is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car.