Timeline of Baghdad

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.

# 2000 BCE – Babylonian city of Baghdadu in existence (approximate date).
# 762 CE
#* Round City construction begins per Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur.
#* Al-Khassakiyya mosque built.
# 767 – Al-Mansur Mosque built.
# 775 – Bab al-Taq (gate) built.
# 786 – Harun al-Rashid in power.
# 794 – Paper mill in operation.
# 799 – Mashhad al-Kazimiyya built.
# 812-813 Siege of Baghdad, Fourth Fitna (Islamic Civil War)
# 814 – City captured by al-Ma'mun.
# 827 – Tomb of Zobeide built.
# 836 – Abbasid Caliphate of Al-Mu'tasim relocated from Baghdad to Samarra.
# 850 – ''Book of Ingenious Devices'' published.
# 855 – Funeral of Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
# 861 – 11 December: Caliph Al-Mutawakkil assassinated.
# 865 – City wall built.
# 865-866 Caliphal Civil War, was an armed conflict during the "Anarchy at Samarra" between the rival caliphs al-Musta'in and al-Mu'tazz.
# 892 – Abbasid Caliphate of Al-Mu'tamid relocated to Baghdad from Samarra.
# 901 – Jami al-Qasr (mosque) built.
# 908 – Khulafa Mosque built.
# 946 – Battle of Baghdad; Shia Buyids in power.
# 993 – Dar al-'Ilm (educational institution) founded.
# 1055 – Seljuq Nizam al-Mulk in power.
# 1157 - Siege of Baghdad, Abbasid–Seljuq Wars
# 1060 – Dar al-Kutub (library) founded.
# 1066 – Abu Hanifa Mosque restored.
# 1067 – Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad (college) established.
# 1095 – City wall rebuilt.
# 1180 – Caliph Al-Nasir in power.
# 1193 – Jami' Zumurrud Khatun (mosque) and Turbat Zumurrud Khatun (tomb) built.
# 1202 – Minaret of Jami' al-Khaffafin built (approximate date).
# 1215 – Tomb of Maruf el-Kerkhi built.
# 1221 – Bab al-Talsim (Talisman gate) built.
# 1226 - al-Baghdadi compiles (cookbook).
# 1228 – Jami' al-Qumriyya Mosque built.
# 1230 – Al-Qasr al-Abbasi fi al-Qal'a built (approximate date).
# 1232 – Mustansiriya Madrasah established.
# 1252 – Shrine of Abdul-Kadir built.
# 1258 – January–February: City destroyed by forces of Mongol Hulagu Khan during the Siege of Baghdad; most of population killed.
# 1272 – Marco Polo visits city (approximate date).
# 1326 – Ibn Battuta visits city.
# 1357 – Al-Madrasah al-Mirjaniyya built.
# 1358 – Khan al-Mirjan built.
# 1393 – City captured by Timur.
# 1401 – City captured by Timur again.
# 1405 – Sultan Ahmed Jalayir in power.
# 1417 – City taken by Qara Yusuf.
# 1468 – Aq Qoyunlu in power.

16th–19th centuries

# 1508 - City taken by Persian Ismail I.
# 1534
#* Capture of Baghdad by Ottomans.
#* Jami' Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani built.
# 1535 – City becomes capital of the Baghdad Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.
# 1544 – City taken by forces of Suleiman I.
# 1578 – Jami' Murad Basha built.
# 1601 – Coffeehouse built.
# 1602 – City taken by forces of Abbas I of Persia.
# 1623 – 23 January: Capture of Baghdad by Safavids.
# 1625 - Siege of Baghdad, Ottoman–Safavid Wars
# 1638 – Capture of Baghdad by forces of Ottoman Murad IV.
# 1682 – Khaseki mosque built.
# 1683 – City besieged.
# 1780 – Mamluk Sulayman Pasha the Great in power.
# 1795 – Jami al-Maydan built.
# 1799 – City besieged by Wahhabi-Saudi forces.
# 1816 – Mamluk Dawud Pasha in power.
# 1823 – Population: 80,000 (estimate).
# 1826 – Jami' Haydar Khanah built.
# 1830
#*British East Indian Company in residence (approximate date).
#* Plague.
# 1831 – Flood, then famine.
# 1841 – Lynch Brothers in business.
# 1848 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad established.
# 1849 – Remnants discovered of quay of Nebuchadrezzar, from Babylonian city of Baghdadu.
# 1861 – Istanbul-Baghdad telegraph line installed.
# 1865
#* Basrah-Baghdad telegraph line installed.
#* Alliance Israélite boys' school established.
# 1869 – Midhat Pasha in power.
# 1870
#* Municipal council established.
#* City walls demolished.
# 1871 – Population: 65,000.
# 1880 – Turkish camel post begins operating (approximate date).
# 1895 – Population: 100,000 (estimate).
# 1899 – Alliance Israélite girls' school established.

20th century

1900s–1940s

# 1908 – Population: 140,000 (estimate).
# 1909 – Cinema built.
# 1911 – Ottoman XIII Corps headquartered in Baghdad.
# 1912 – Population: 200,000 (estimate).
# 1914 – October: Samarra-Baghdad railway begins operating.
# 1915
#* Istanbul-Baghdad railway begins operating.
#*Al Rasheed Street laid out.
#* Cholera epidemic.
# 1917
#* March: Fall of Baghdad (1917); British in power.
#* Cinema opens.
# 1919 – Guardians of Independence organized.
# 1920
#* City becomes capital of the British Mandate of Iraq.
#*Iraqi revolt against the British.
#* Maktabat al-Salam (library) established.
# 1926 – Baghdad Antiquities Museum founded.
# 1927 – British Imperial Airways begins operating Cairo-Baghdad-Basrah flights.
# 1929 – Al-Maktabatil Aammah (public library) active.
# 1931 – Strike.
# 1936 – Military coup.
# 1940 – Iraqi Music Institute inaugurated.
# 1941 - Iraqi coup d'état in Baghdad, World War II
# 1941
#* May: Anglo-Iraqi War.
#* June: Farhud (pogrom against Jews).
# 1944 – Baghdad Symphony Orchestra founded.
# 1946 – Al-Sarafiya bridge built.
# 1947 - Population: 352,137.
# 1948
#* Uprising.
#* Popular Theatre Company and filmmaking Studio of Baghdad formed.
22. 1948 - Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries

1950s–1990s

# 1952
#* Uprising.
#* Modern Theatre Company formed.
# 1953 – Baghdad Central Station built.
# 1956
#*Samarra Barrage constructed on the Tigris River near the city.
#* May: Government television begins broadcasting.
#* Uprising.
#* Iraqi Artists Society formed.
# 1957
#*University of Baghdad established.
#* Demonstration.
# 1958
#* 14 July: Iraqi coup d'état against king Faisal II at Royal Palace.
#* City becomes capital of the Republic of Iraq.
# 1959
#* Revolution City built.
#*'' Al-Mabda''' newspaper begins publication.
#* Unknown Soldier monument erected on Firdos Square.
# 1960 – September: OPEC founded at Baghdad Conference (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela).
# 1961 – Iraq National Library and Archive established.
# 1963
#* 8–10 February: Iraqi coup d'état.
#* Khulafa Central Mosque built.
#*Al-Mustansiriya University and Al-Rasheed Sport Club established.
# 1964 – Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital established.
# 1965 - Population: 1,490,759 city; 1,657,424 urban agglomeration.
# 1966
#* Film festival held at Al-Rashid Cinema.
#*Al-Shaab Stadium and Martyrs' Mosque built.
# 1967 – Firqat Ittahaad al-Fannaaneed theatre group formed.
# 1968 – National Theatre Company established.
# 1970 - Population: 1,984,142 (estimate).
# 1971 – Baghdad Zoo opens.
# 1975 – Central Post Office built.
# 1978 – November: Arab League summit.
# 1980
#*Iran–Iraq War begins.
#* Film school of the Institute of Fine Arts established.
# 1981 – National Film Center and Saddam Hussein Gymnasium (now Baghdad Gymnasium) built.
# 1982
#*Baghdad International Airport, Saddam International Airport, Rixos Al Rasheed Baghdad Hotel, Al Rasheed Hotel, Palestine Hotel, Palestine Meridien Hotel, and Baghdad Conference Palace built.
#*Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel, Ishtar Sheraton Hotel opens.
#*The Monument to the Unknown Soldier inaugurated.
# 1983 – Al-Shaheed Monument built.
# 1985
#* Baghdad Festival of Arab theatre begins.
#* Amanat Al Assima Housing complex and Central Bank of Iraq building constructed.
# 1987 - Population: 3,841,268.
# 1988 – Nahrain University, Saddam University established.
# 1989 – Victory Arch erected.
# 1991
#*Gulf War.
#* 13 February: Amiriyah shelter bombing.
# 1993 – 26 June: Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (June 1993), Missile strikes by United States.
# 1994 – Baghdad Tower constructed.

21st century

2000s

* 2002 – April: Statue of Saddam Hussein erected in Firdos Square.
* 2003
** 3–12 April: Battle of Baghdad (2003); United States in power; Green Zone established.
** 9 April: Firdos Square statue destruction.
** 7 August: 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad, Jordanian embassy bombing.
** 19 August: Canal Hotel bombing.
** 27 October: 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings, Bombings.
* 2004
** 2 March: 2004 Ashura bombings in Iraq, Ashura bombings.
** 29 May: Alaa al-Tamimi becomes mayor.
** 25 August: Baghdad International Airport reverts to civilian control.
** 12 September: Haifa Street helicopter incident.
** 14 September: 14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing, Bombing.
* 2005
** 8 August: Municipal coup d'état.
** 31 August: 2005 Baghdad bridge stampede.
** Baghdad International Film Festival begins.
* 2006
** 22 February: Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008)
** 7 April: Buratha Mosque bombing.
** 1 July: 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing, Sadr City bombing.
** 9 July: Hay al Jihad massacre.
** 23 November: 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings, Sadr City bombings.
* 2007
** 16 January: Mustansiriya University bombings.
** 22 January: 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings, Bombings.
** 3 February: 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing, Market bombing.
** 14 February: Baghdad Security Plan effected.
** 18 February: 18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings, Bombings.
** 5 March: Mutanabbi Street bombed.
** 29 March: 29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings, Bombings.
** April: Adhamiyah neighborhood Baghdad Wall, Wall construction begins.
** 26 July: 26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing, Market bombing.
** 1 August: 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings, Bombings.
* 2008
** Baghdad Metro resumes operation.
** 6 March: 6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing, Bombing.
** 17 June: 17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing, Bombing.
* 2009
** 1 January: Control of Green Zone transferred from US to Iraq.
** Dismantling of war-time blast walls begins.
** 19 August: August 2009 Baghdad bombings, Bombings.

2010s

* 2010
**17 August: 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings, Bombings.
**Baghdad FC Stadium opens.
* 2012
** 5 January: 5 January 2012 Iraq bombings, Bombings.
** 27 January: 27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing, Bombing.
** 23 February: 23 February 2012 Iraq attacks.
** 4 June: Bombing of Shia office.
* 2015 - Air pollution in Baghdad reaches annual mean of 88 PM2.5 and 208 PM10, much Air quality guideline, higher than recommended.
* 2016 - 3 July: July 2016 Baghdad bombings, Bombing in Karrada.
* 2018 - 10 June: 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election, Election ballot warehouse catches fire.
* 2019
** 1 October: Protests erupted in Baghdad in Liberation Square, Baghdad, Liberation Square
** 7 October: Dozens of protesters were killed and hundreds were injured in Sadr City.
** 28 October: Safaa Al Sarai killed
** 14 November: Four people were killed and 62 injured in Baghdad in clashes between security forces and protesters.

2020s

* 2020
** 3 January: Qasem Soleimani was assassinated by a U.S. drone strike near Baghdad International Airport.
* 2021
** 21 January: January 2021 Baghdad bombings, Bombings.
** 24 April: Baghdad hospital fire, Hospital fire.
** 25 May: anti-government protests.
** 19 July: Bombing.

See also

* History of Baghdad
* Abbasid Caliphate#List of Abbasid caliphs, List of Abbasid Caliphs
* Neighbourhoods of Baghdad
* List of mosques in Baghdad
* Administrative districts in Baghdad (formed in 2003)
* List of hospitals in Iraq#Baghdad Governorate, List of hospitals in Baghdad Governorate
* :City timelines, Timelines of other List of cities in Iraq, cities in Iraq: Timeline of Basra, Basra, Timeline of Mosul, Mosul, Timeline of Zakho, Zakho, Timeline of Samarra, Samarra

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