The following is a :City timelines, timeline of the History of Baghdad, history of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. # 2000 BCE – Babylonian city of Baghdadu in existence (approximate date). # 762 CE #*Round city of Baghdad, Round City construction begins per Abbasid Caliphate, 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 – Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Mashhad al-Kazimiyya built. # 812-813 Siege of Baghdad (812–813), Siege of Baghdad, Fourth Fitna (Islamic Civil War) # 814 – City captured by al-Ma'mun. # 827 – Tomb of Zubaidah bint Ja`far, 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 (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 (946), Battle of Baghdad; Shia Buyid dynasty, Buyids in power. # 993 – Dar al-'Ilm (educational institution) founded. # 1055 – Seljuk dynasty, Seljuq Nizam al-Mulk in power. # 1157 - Siege of Baghdad (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 - Muhammad bin Hasan al-Baghdadi, 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-Qadir Gilani, Abdul-Kadir built. # 1258 – January–February: City destroyed by forces of Mongol Hulagu Khan during the Siege of Baghdad (1258), 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 – Siege of Baghdad (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 (1534), Capture of Baghdad by Ottoman Empire, 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 the Magnificent, 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 (1623), Capture of Baghdad by Safavid dynasty, Safavids. # 1625 - Siege of Baghdad (1625), Siege of Baghdad, Ottoman–Safavid Wars # 1638 – Capture of Baghdad (1638), Capture of Baghdad by forces of Ottoman Murad IV. # 1682 – Khaseki mosque built. # 1683 – City besieged. # 1780 – Mamluk dynasty of Iraq, Mamluk Sulayman Pasha the Great in power. # 1795 – Jami al-Maydan built. # 1799 – City besieged by Wahhabi-Saudi forces. # 1816 – Mamluk dynasty of Iraq, 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 – Henry Blosse Lynch, 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 Universelle, 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 Universelle, Alliance Israélite girls' school established.

20th century

1900s–1940s

# 1908 – Population: 140,000 (estimate). # 1909 – Cinema built. # 1911 – Ottoman XIII Corps (Ottoman Empire), 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 Mandatory Iraq, British Mandate of Iraq. #*Iraqi revolt against the British. #* Maktabat al-Salam (library) established. # 1926 – National Museum of Iraq, 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 - 1941 Iraqi coup d'état, Iraqi coup d'état in Baghdad, World War II # 1941 #* May: Anglo-Iraqi War. #* June: Farhud (pogrom against Jews). # 1944 – Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, 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: 1958 Iraqi coup d'état, Iraqi coup d'état against king Faisal II at Royal Palace. #* City becomes capital of the History of Iraq under Qasim and the rise of Arab nationalism, Republic of Iraq. # 1959 #*Sadr City, 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: February 1963 Iraqi coup d'état, Iraqi coup d'état. #* Khulafa Central Mosque built. #*Al-Mustansiriya University and Al-Karkh SC, 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: 1978 Arab League summit, 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.

References

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Jacob Lassner. The Topography of Baghdad in the Early Middle Ages. Detroit: Wayne University Press, 1970. * * * *

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External links

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