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Timeline of Baku

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 12th century CE: Maiden Tower (Baku) built.
  • 1169 - Lezgi Mosque built.
  • 1378 - Juma Mosque built.
  • 1442 - Palatial mosque of Palace of the Shirvanshahs built.
  • 1509 - Persians in power.
  • 1578 - Ottomans in power.
  • 1603 - Persians in power again.
  • 1723 - Town taken by Russians.
  • 1732 - Oil refinery in operation.
  • 1735 - Persians in power again.
  • 1747 - Baku Khanate established.
  • 1806 - Town taken by Russian forces.
  • 1813 - Town becomes part of Russia per Gulistan Treaty.
  • 1817 - Cholera outbreak.
  • 1823 - Paraffin factory begins operating.
  • 1832 - "First secular Russian school" opens.
  • 1846 - Baku becomes part of the Shemakh province.
  • 1859
  • Oil refineries begin operating on outskirts of town.
  • Town becomes capital of the newly established Baku Governorate.
  • 1860 - Population: 13,381.
  • 1868
  • Tbilisi-Baku telegraph begins operating.
  • Fountains Square constructed.
  • 1875 - Ekinchi begins publication.
  • 1878 - Iosif Dzahkerli becomes mayor.
  • 1883 - Batum-Baku railway built.
  • 1884
  • Baku Railway Station built.
  • Oil Extractors Congress Council established.
  • 1886 - Population: 45,679.
  • 1887
  • Baku Polytechnicum established.
  • Armenian Saint Gregory the Illuminator's Church, Baku built.
  • 1897 - Population: 112,253.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 - Population: 179,133.
  • 1901 - Synagogue built.
  • 1902 - Baku International Sea Trade Port opens.
  • 1903 - July: Labor strike.
  • 1904
  • Balakhany and Bibi-Eibat Workers Organisation founded.
  • City hall built.
  • 1905
  • Armenian–Tatar massacre.
  • Irshad newspaper begins publication.
  • 1907 - Batumi-Baku oil pipeline constructed.
  • 1909 - Baku Boulevard constructed.
  • 1910 - Phenomenon cinema built.
  • 1912 - Philharmonic Hall built.
  • 1913
  • Ismailiyya building constructed.
  • Population: 237,000.
  • 1914 - Taza Pir Mosque built.
  • 1917 - Iranian communist Edalat Party founded in Baku.
  • 1918
  • March Days inter-ethnic conflict.
  • September Days massacre of Armenians.
  • Baku becomes capital of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
  • 1919
  • Baku State University founded.
  • Molodezh Azerbaijana newspaper begins publication.
  • 1920
  • 28 April: 11th Army (Soviet Union) takes city.
  • Baku becomes capital of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra and Baku Polytechnic Institute founded.
  • Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater active.
  • Kirov raion created.
  • 1922
  • 7 November: Avraamov's Symphony of Sirens performed.
  • State Drama Theatre opens.
  • 1923
  • National Library of Azerbaijan opens on Torgovaya.
  • Baku Theatre Technical School founded.
  • 1925 - Baku Workers' and Peasants Theatre opens.
  • 1928 - Theatre of Young Spectators founded.
  • 1931 - Baku Puppet Theatre established.
  • 1939 - Population: 809,347 metro.
  • 1940 - Baku Museum of Education founded.
  • 1941 - Kishlinsky district created.
  • 1945 - Azerbaijan State Institute for the Arts active.
  • 1949 - Sumqayit developed near city.
  • 1951 - Stalin Stadium opens.
  • 1952 - Government House built.
  • 1967
  • Baku Metro begins operating.
  • Azerbaijan Carpet Museum established.
  • 1979 - Population: 1,046,000.
  • 1989
  • Azadliq newspaper begins publication.
  • Baku Islamic Madrasa established.
  • 1990
  • January: Baku pogrom of Armenians.
  • Sanan Alizade becomes mayor.
  • 1991 - City becomes capital of Azerbaijan Republic.
  • 1993 - Rafael Allahverdiyev becomes mayor.
  • 1994
  • 1994 Baku Metro bombings.
  • Azerbaijan State Pantomime Theatre founded.
  • 1995 - October: 1995 Baku Metro fire.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - 25 November: 2000 Baku earthquake.
  • 2001 - Hajibala Abutalybov becomes mayor.
  • 2005 - Center for Economic and Social Development established.
  • 2006
  • Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline in operation.
  • State Maritime Administration (Azerbaijan) headquartered in city.
  • 2008 - 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 built.
  • 2015
  • Baku National Stadium opens.
  • June: 2015 European Games held in city.

    • References

    Timeline of Baku Wikipedia
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