Timeline of Baku

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Baku, Azerbaijan.

Prior to 20th century

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Prehistory Stone Age  • Bronze Age  • Iron Age Shulaveri–Shomu culture c.6000–c.4000 BC Chalcolithic culture of Nakhchivan c.4945–c.3800 BC Leyla-Tepe culture c.4350–c.4000 BC Kura–Araxes culture c.3400–c.2000 BC Nakhchivan culture c.3000–c.2000 BC Talish–Mughan culture c.1400–c.700 BC Khojaly–Gadabay culture c.1300–c.700 BC
Antiquity Kingdom of Iškuza c.700 BC–c.590s BC Achaemenid Empire 550 BC–330 BC       • Satrapy of Media c.550 BC – 323 BC Seleucid Empire 312 BC – 63 BC Parthian Empire 247 BC – AD 224 Caucasian Albania c.200 BC – c.AD 800 Roman Empire 27 BC – AD 395
Early Middle Ages Sasanian Empire 224–651       • Satrapy of Albania c.252–636 Khazar Khaganate c.650–969 Rashidun Caliphate 632–661       • Islamic conquest 633–654       • Arran c.650–705 Umayyad Caliphate 661–750       • Arran c.650–705       • Emirate of Arminiya 705–884 Abbasid Caliphate 750–1258       • Emirate of Arminiya 705–884 Shirvanshahs 861–1538 Sajids 889–929 Shaddadids 951–1199 Sallarid dynasty 919–1062
High Middle Ages Seljuk Empire 1037–1194 Khwarazmian Empire 1077–1231 Eldiguzids 1135–1225 Mongol Empire 1206–1368 Ilkhanate 1256–1335 Chobanids 1335–1357 Timurid Empire 1370–1507 Qara Qoyunlu 1374–1468 Aq Qoyunlu 1378–1503
Early modern history Safavid Iran 1501–1736       • Safavid Shirvan 1501–1736       • Safavid Karabakh 1501–1747       • Chokhur-e Sa'd 1502–1736 Ottoman Empire 1299–1922       • Shirvan Eyalet [az] 1578–1607       • Ganja-Qarabagh Eyalet (I) [az] 1588–1606       • Revan Eyalet (I) [az] 1583–1604           • Nakhchivan Sanjak (I) [az] 1583–1604       • Ganja-Qarabagh Eyalet (II) [az] 1725–1735       • Revan Eyalet (II) [az] 1724–1736           • Nakhchivan Sanjak (II) [az] 1724–1736       • Tiflis Eyalet (II) [az] 1723–1735           • Kazak Sanjak (II) [az] 1723–1735 Afsharid Iran 1736–1796       • Division of Afsharid Empire 1747 Khanates of the Caucasus 1604–1844       • Elisu Sultanate 1604–1844       • Kazakh sultanate 1605–1801       • Djaro-Belokani c.1600s–c.1800s       • Shaki Khanate 1743–1819       • Ganja Khanate 1747–1805       • Talysh Khanate 1747–1828       • Nakhichevan Khanate 1747–1828       • Qutqashen Sultanate 1747–1841       • Baku Khanate 1747–1806       • Shamshadil sultanate 1747–1801       • Quba Khanate 1747–1806       • Karabakh Khanate 1748–1822           • Treaty of Kurakchay 1805       • Shirvan Khanate 1748–1820 Zand dynasty 1751–1794 Qajar Iran 1789–1925       • Fourth Russo-Persian War 1804–1813           • Treaty of Gulistan 1813       • Fifth Russo-Persian War 1826–1828           • Treaty of Turkmenchay 1828 Russian Empire 1721–1917       • Second Russo-Persian War 1722–1723       • Caucasus Viceroyalty 1801–1917           • Baku Governorate 1846–1920           • Erivan Governorate 1849–1917           • Zakatal okrug 1859–1918           • Elizavetpol Governorate 1867–1920       • Special Transcaucasian Committee 1917
Modern history Transcaucasian Commissariat 1917–1918       • March Days 1918 Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic 1918 Baku Commune 1918 Centrocaspian Dictatorship 1918 Republic of Aras 1918–1919 Mughan Soviet Republic 1919 Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 1918 - 1920       • Armenian–Azerbaijani War 1918–1920           • Battle of Baku 1918       • Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan 1920 Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic 1920–1922       • Treaty of Kars 1921 Soviet Union 1922–1991       • Transcaucasian SFSR 1922–1936           • Azerbaijan SSR 1922–1936       • Azerbaijan SSR 1936–1991           • World War II 1941–1945           • Black January 1990       • Republic of Azerbaijan 1991
Contemporary history Republic of Azerbaijan 1991–present       • I Nagorno-Karabakh War 1988–1994           • Bishkek Protocol 1994       • II Nagorno-Karabakh War 2020           • Ceasefire Agreement 2020
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• 12th century CE – Maiden Tower (Baku) built.
• 1169 – Lezgi Mosque built.^{[citation needed]}
• 1378 – Juma Mosque built.^[1]
• 1442 – Palatial mosque of Palace of the Shirvanshahs built.
• 1509 – Persians in power.^[2]
• 1578 – Ottomans in power.^[3]
• 1603 – Persians in power again.^[4]
• 1723 – Town taken by Russians.^[2]
• 1732 – Oil refinery in operation.^[5]
• 1735 – Persians in power again.^[4][2]
• 1747 – Baku Khanate established.^{[citation needed]}
• 1806 – Town taken by Russian forces.^[2]
• 1813 – Town becomes part of Russia per Gulistan Treaty.^[6]
• 1817 – Cholera outbreak.^[4]
• 1823 – Paraffin factory begins operating.^[4]
• 1832 – "First secular Russian school" opens.^[3]
• 1846 – Baku becomes part of the Shemakh province.^[3]
• 1859
  • Oil refineries begin operating on outskirts of town.^[4]
  • Town becomes capital of the newly established Baku Governorate.^[3]
• 1860 – Population: 13,381.^[2]
• 1868
  • Tbilisi-Baku telegraph begins operating.^[4]
  • Fountains Square constructed.
• 1875 – Ekinchi begins publication.^[7]
• 1878 – Iosif Dzahkerli becomes mayor.
• 1883 – Batum-Baku railway built.^[8]
• 1884
  • Baku Railway Station [ru] built.^{[citation needed]}
  • Oil Extractors Congress Council established.^[4]
• 1886 – Population: 45,679.^[9]
• 1887
  • Baku Polytechnicum established.
  • Armenian Saint Gregory the Illuminator's Church, Baku built.
• 1897 – Population: 112,253.^[2]
• 1900 – Population: 179,133.^[2]

20th century

• 1901 – Synagogue built.^[10]
• 1902 – Baku International Sea Trade Port opens.
• 1903 – July: Labor strike.^[11][12]
• 1904
  • Balakhany and Bibi-Eibat Workers Organisation founded.^[13]
  • City hall built.^{[citation needed]}
• 1905
  • Armenian–Tatar massacre.^[2]
  • Irshad newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1907 – Batumi-Baku oil pipeline constructed.^[4][14]
• 1909 – Baku Boulevard constructed.
• 1910 – Phenomenon cinema built.
• 1912 – Philharmonic Hall built.
• 1913
  • Ismailiyya building constructed.
  • Population: 237,000.^[15]
• 1914 – Taza Pir Mosque built.
• 1917 – Iranian communist Edalat Party founded in Baku.^[16]
• 1918
  • March Days inter-ethnic conflict.
  • September Days massacre of Armenians.
  • Baku becomes capital of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.^[3]
• 1919
  • Baku State University founded.^[17]
  • Molodezh Azerbaijana newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1920
  • 28 April: 11th Army (Soviet Union) takes city.
  • Baku becomes capital of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.^[18]
  • Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra and Baku Polytechnic Institute founded.
  • Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater active.^[19]
  • Kirov raion created.^{[citation needed]}
• 1922
  • 7 November: Avraamov's Symphony of Sirens performed.^[20]
  • State Drama Theatre opens.^[19]
• 1923
  • National Library of Azerbaijan opens on Torgovaya.
  • Baku Theatre Technical School founded.^[19]
• 1925 – Baku Workers' and Peasants Theatre opens.^[19]
• 1928 – Theatre of Young Spectators founded.^[19]
• 1931 – Baku Puppet Theatre established.^[19]
• 1939 – Population: 809,347 metro.^[21]
• 1940 – Baku Museum of Education founded.^[17]
• 1941 – Kishlinsky district created.^{[citation needed]}
• 1945 – Azerbaijan State Institute for the Arts active.^[19]
• 1949 – Sumqayit developed near city.^[21]
• 1951 – Stalin Stadium opens.
• 1952 – Government House built.
• 1965 – Population: 737,000 city; 1,137,000 urban agglomeration.^[22]
• 1967
  • Baku Metro begins operating.
  • Azerbaijan Carpet Museum established.
• 1979 – Population: 1,046,000.^[23]
• 1985 – Population: 1,693,000 (estimate).^[24]
• 1989
  • Azadliq newspaper begins publication.^[17]
  • Baku Islamic Madrasa established.^[25][26]
• 1990
  • January:
    • Baku pogrom of Armenians.^[27]
    • Black January.^[28]
  • Sanan Alizade becomes mayor.
• 1991
  • City becomes capital of Azerbaijan Republic.^[6]
• 1993
  • Rafael Allahverdiyev becomes mayor.
• 1994
  • 1994 Baku Metro bombings.
  • Azerbaijan State Pantomime Theatre founded.
• 1995
  • October: 1995 Baku Metro fire.
• 2000 – 25 November: The 6.8 M_w Baku earthquake affected the region.

21st century

• 2001 – Hajibala Abutalybov becomes mayor.
• 2005 – Center for Economic and Social Development established.^[29]
• 2006
  • Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline in operation.^[27]
  • State Maritime Administration (Azerbaijan) headquartered in city.
• 2008
  • December: International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan opens.
• 2009 – Uzeyir Hajibeyov International Music Festival begins.
• 2010
  • National Flag Square opens in Bayil.
  • SOCAR Tower construction begins.
• 2012
  • Baku Crystal Hall built.
  • Heydar Aliyev Center opens.
  • May: Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in city.
  • Population: 2,122,300.
• 2013
  • Flame Towers opens.
• 2014
  • Lycée français de Bakou opened. Ilham Aliyev and his wife participated in the opening ceremony.^[30]
• 2015
  • Baku National Stadium opens.
  • March: Baku Olympic Stadium opens.
  • June: 2015 European Games held in city.

See also

• History of Baku
• Other names of Baku

References

This article incorporates information from the Azerbaijani Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

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