Timeline of Baku

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

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
** 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.
* 1900 – Population: 179,133.

20th century

* 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.
* 1965 – Population: 737,000 city; 1,137,000 urban agglomeration.
* 1967
** Baku Metro begins operating.
** Azerbaijan Carpet Museum established.
* 1979 – Population: 1,046,000.
* 1985 – Population: 1,693,000 (estimate).
* 1989
** '' Azadliq'' newspaper begins publication.
** Baku Islamic Madrasa established.
* 1990
** January:
*** Baku pogrom of Armenians.
*** Black January.
** 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.
* 2000 – 25 November: The 6.8 Baku earthquake affected the region.

21st century

* 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
**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.
* 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

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* Alstadt, Audrey L. ''The Azerbaijani Bourgeoisie and the Cultural-Enlightenment Movement in Baku: First Steps Toward Nationalism''. 1983
* Audrey Altstadt-Mirhadi, “Baku: Transformation of a Muslim Town,” in The City in Late Imperial Russia, ed. Michael F. Hamm (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986)
* Altstadt, A., 'The Baku city duma: arena for elite conflict', Central Asian Survey, 5 (1986)

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External links

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