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Timeline of Tbilisi

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia.

Contents

Prior to 13th century

  • 4th century CE – Narikala Fortress built.
  • 534 – Anchiskhati Basilica built (approximate date).
  • 6th century – Capital of Caucasian Iberia moves to Tbilisi from Mtzkhet.
  • 570 – Persians in power.
  • 626 – Town besieged by Greeks.
  • 627 – Town sacked by Byzantine/Khazar forces.
  • 639 – Sioni Cathedral built (approximate date).
  • 653 – Occupation by Arab leader Khabib Ibn-Maslama.
  • 736 – Arab Emirate of Tbilisi is established.
  • 764 – Town sacked by Khazars.
  • 828 – Town besieged by Khazars.
  • 851 – Town besieged by Arabs.
  • 853 – Town besieged by forces of Arab Bugha Al-Turki.
  • 1068 – Town sacked by forces of Seljuk Turk Alp Arslan.
  • 1122 – David IV of Georgia comes to power; relocates capital to Tbilisi from Kutaisi.

    • 13th–17th centuries

  • 1226 – City sacked by forces of Khwarazmian Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu.
  • 1236 – Mongols in power.
  • 1251 – Cathedral of Saint George built.
  • 1284 – Metekhi Church of Assumption built.
  • 1329 – Catholic diocese established.
  • 1366 – Plague.
  • 1395 – City besieged by Timur.
  • 1444 – City sacked by forces of Turcoman Jahan Shah.
  • 1467 – Norashen Church founded.
  • 1477 – Aq Qoyunlu in power.
  • 1480 – Armenian Cathedral rebuilt.
  • 1522 – Persians in power.
  • 1655 – Khojivank church built.
  • 1668 – Earthquake.

    • 18th century

  • 1711 – Church of the Holy Seal built.
  • 1717 – Zrkinyants St. Gevorg (church) built.
  • 1727 – Upper Betlemi Church built.
  • 1729 – Jigrashen Avetyats Church built (approximate date).
  • 1737 – Saint Sargis Church built.
  • 1753 – Church of Saint George (Kldisubani) built.
  • 1756 – Saint Gevorg of Mughni Church rebuilt.
  • 1775 – Church of the Red Gospel built (approximate date).
  • 1778 – Krtsanis Tsiranavor Surb Astvatsatsin (church) rebuilt.
  • 1788 – Kamoyants St. Gevorg (church) built.
  • 1793 – Armenian school opens.
  • 1795 – City sacked by forces of Persian Mohammad Khan Qajar.
  • 1799 – Russians in power.

    • 19th century

  • 1801 – City becomes part of Russia.
  • 1817 – Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary established.
  • 1824 – Nersisyan School established.
  • 1830 – Tiflis Gymnasium (school) founded.
  • 1840 – Ivan Izmiryants becomes mayor.
  • 1845 – Botanical Garden established.
  • 1846 – Tiflis Public Library established.
  • 1848 – City becomes part of Tiflis Governorate.
  • 1851 – Opera house and Dry Bridge (Tbilisi) built.
  • 1858 – Mushthaid Garden opens.
  • 1866 – Droeba newspaper begins publication.
  • 1867 – Caucasian Museum founded.
  • 1868 – Population: 61,000.
  • 1870 – Lower Bethlehemi Church built.
  • 1872
  • Railway station built.
  • Mshak newspaper begins publication.
  • 1879 – City Hall building remodelled.
  • 1883 – Population: 104,024.
  • 1885 – Military Museum built.
  • 1890 – Armenian Revolutionary Federation founded in Tiflis.
  • 1897
  • Garrison Cathedral built.
  • Population: 159,862.
  • 1899 – Alexandropol-Tiflis railway begins operating.

    • 20th century

  • 1902 – Erivan-Tiflis railway begins operating.
  • 1907 – 26 June: Bank robbery.
  • 1909
  • Apollo Theatre (Tbilisi) opens.
  • Alexander Khatisyan becomes mayor.
  • 1913 – Population: 327,800.
  • 1917
  • Tiflis Governorate abolished.
  • Conservatoire and Armenian National Council of Tiflis founded.
  • 1918
  • February–May: City becomes capital of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
  • May: City becomes capital of Democratic Republic of Georgia.
  • Tbilisi State University and Tbilisi Medical Institute established.
  • Benia Chkhikvishvili becomes mayor.
  • National Archives of Georgia headquartered in Tbilisi.
  • 1919 – Museum of Georgia active.
  • 1920 – National Art Gallery opens.
  • 1921 – February: City besieged by Bolshevist Russian Red Army.
  • 1922
  • City becomes capital of Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
  • Art Academy founded.
  • 1925 – FC Dinamo Tbilisi (football club) formed.
  • 1927 – Tiflis Zoopark founded.
  • 1928 – Georgian Politechnical Institute established.
  • 1929 – Mtatsminda Pantheon (cemetery) established.
  • 1930
  • Museum of Literature founded.
  • Marjanishvili Theater relocates to Tbilisi.
  • 1931 – Zarya Vostoka building constructed.
  • 1933 – Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Museum founded.
  • 1935 – Central Stadium opens.
  • 1936
  • City becomes capital of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • City name changed from "Tiflis" to "Tbilisi."
  • 1939
  • Rustaveli cinema opens.
  • Didube Pantheon (cemetery) established.
  • 1941
  • Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences and Tbilisi Aircraft State Association established.
  • 1946 – Vake Park opens.
  • 1950 – Art Museum of Georgia active.
  • 1951 – Donkey Bridge rebuilt.
  • 1952 – Airport and Poet's Bridge built.
  • 1953 – Didube bridge built.
  • 1956 – March: Anti-Russian demonstrations.
  • 1958 – Institute of Manuscripts established.
  • 1961 – Tbilisi Sports Palace opens.
  • 1966
  • Tbilisi Metro begins operating.
  • Baratashvili Bridge constructed.
  • Open Air Museum of Ethnography founded.
  • 1967 – Hotel Iveria built.
  • 1970 – Saburtalo Pantheon (cemetery) established.
  • 1972 – Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower erected.
  • 1974 – Human Rights Defence Group formed.
  • 1975 – Tbilisi Roads Ministry Building constructed.
  • 1976 – Boris Paichadze Stadium opens.
  • 1978 – April: Demonstrations about constitutional status of Georgian language.
  • 1979
  • Tbilisoba begins.
  • Population: 1,052,734.
  • 1980 – March: Rock music festival held.
  • 1983 – Republic Square constructed.
  • 1984
  • Wedding Palace built.
  • December: Gas explosion.
  • 1989
  • 9 April: Anti-Soviet Demonstration quashed.
  • 13 April: Church of the Red Gospel destroyed.

    • 1990s

  • 1990 – June: Aerial tramway accident.
  • 1991
  • April: Georgia declares independence from USSR.
  • December: Conflict between pro-Gamsakhurdia and Opposition forces.
  • Georgian Academy of Agrarian Sciences founded.
  • Ordzhonikidze Square renamed "26 May Square."
  • 1992
  • January: Conflict between pro-Gamsakhurdia and Opposition forces.
  • Otar Litanishvili becomes mayor.
  • 1993 – Konstantine Gabashvili becomes mayor, succeeded by Nikoloz Lekishvili.
  • 1995
  • Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences founded.
  • Badri Shoshitaishvili becomes mayor.
  • 1996 – National Parliamentary Library of Georgia headquartered in city.
  • 1998
  • Vano Zodelava becomes mayor.
  • Telasi privatized.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 – Basiani choir formed.
  • 2001
  • Mikheil Meskhi Stadium built.
  • TbilAviaMsheni airline based in Tbilisi.
  • 2002
  • Earthquake.
  • Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing privatized.
  • Population: 1,081,679.
  • 2003 – November: Rose Revolution.
  • 2004
  • Holy Trinity Cathedral (Sameba) built.
  • Zurab Tchiaberashvili becomes mayor.
  • Caucasus University established.
  • 2005 – Giorgi Ugulava becomes mayor.
  • 2006
  • March: Protest against 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines.
  • Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline in operation.
  • National Science Library (Georgia), Scouts of Tbilisi, and Museum of Soviet Occupation established.
  • Freedom Monument erected in Freedom Square.
  • 2007
  • Demonstrations against Saakashvili regime.
  • Old Tbilisi raion established.
  • Free University of Tbilisi and Radio Muza founded.
  • 2008 – August: Bombing by Russian Air Force during Russo-Georgian War.
  • 2009
  • Demonstrations against Saakashvili regime.
  • Tbilisi Open Air (music festival), Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre, and Tbilisi Fashion Week begin.
  • 2010 – Bridge of Peace (pedestrian bridge) built.
  • 2011 – May: Demonstration against Saakashvili regime.
  • 2012
  • 13 February: Bomb attempt foiled.
  • May: Anti-government demonstration.
  • Population: 1,473,551.
  • 2015
  • 14 June: Flooding in the Vere river results in at least 12 deaths and devastates the city's zoo.

    • References

    Timeline of Tbilisi Wikipedia
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