# Timeline of Baku

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

## Prior to the 20th century

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History of Azerbaijan :
Prehistory Stone Age  • Bronze Age  • Iron Age
Shulaveri–Shomu culturec.6000–c.4000 BC Chalcolithic culture of Nakhchivanc.4945–c.3800 BC Leyla-Tepe culturec.4350–c.4000 BC Kura–Araxes culturec.3400–c.2000 BC Nakhchivan culturec.3000–c.2000 BC Talish–Mughan culturec.1400–c.700 BC Khojaly–Gadabay culturec.1300–c.700 BC :
Antiquity Kingdom of Iškuzac.700 BC–c.590s BC Achaemenid Empire550 BC–330 BC      • Satrapy of Mediac.550 BC – 323 BC Seleucid Empire312 BC – 63 BC Parthian Empire247 BC – AD 224 Caucasian Albaniac.200 BC – c.AD 800 Roman Empire 27 BC – AD 395 :
Early Middle Ages Sasanian Empire 224–651      • Satrapy of Albaniac.252–636 Khazar Khaganatec.650–969 Rashidun Caliphate632–661      • Islamic conquest633–654      • Arranc.650–705Umayyad Caliphate661–750      • Arranc.650–705      • Emirate of Arminiya 705–884Abbasid Caliphate750–1258      • Emirate of Arminiya705–884 Shirvanshahs861–1538 Sajids889–929 Shaddadids951–1199 Sallarid dynasty919–1062 :
High Middle Ages Seljuk Empire 1037–1194 Khwarazmian Empire 1077–1231 Eldiguzids 1135–1225 Mongol Empire1206–1368 Ilkhanate 1256–1335 Chobanids 1335–1357 Timurid Empire 1370–1507 Qara Qoyunlu 1374–1468 Aq Qoyunlu 1378–1503 :
Early modern history Safavid Iran 1501–1736       • Safavid Shirvan 1501–1736       • Safavid Karabakh 1501–1747       • Chokhur-e Sa'd 1502–1736 Ottoman Empire 1299–1922       • Shirvan Eyalet [az] 1578–1607       • Ganja-Qarabagh Eyalet (I) [az] 1588–1606       • Revan Eyalet (I) [az] 1583–1604           • Nakhchivan Sanjak (I) [az] 1583–1604       • Ganja-Qarabagh Eyalet (II) [az] 1725–1735       • Revan Eyalet (II) [az] 1724–1736           • Nakhchivan Sanjak (II) [az] 1724–1736       • Tiflis Eyalet (II) [az] 1723–1735           • Kazak Sanjak (II) [az] 1723–1735 Afsharid Iran 1736–1796       • Division of Afsharid Empire 1747 Khanates of the Caucasus 1604–1844       • Elisu Sultanate 1604–1844       • Kazakh sultanate 1605–1801       • Djaro-Belokani c.1600s–c.1800s       • Shaki Khanate 1743–1819       • Ganja Khanate 1747–1805       • Talysh Khanate 1747–1828       • Nakhichevan Khanate 1747–1828       • Qutqashen Sultanate 1747–1841       • Baku Khanate 1747–1806       • Shamshadil sultanate 1747–1801       • Quba Khanate 1747–1806       • Karabakh Khanate 1748–1822           • Treaty of Kurakchay 1805       • Shirvan Khanate 1748–1820 Zand dynasty1751–1794 Qajar Iran1789–1925       • Fourth Russo-Persian War 1804–1813           • Treaty of Gulistan 1813       • Fifth Russo-Persian War 1826–1828           • Treaty of Turkmenchay 1828 Russian Empire 1721–1917       • Second Russo-Persian War 1722–1723       • Caucasus Viceroyalty 1801–1917           • Baku Governorate 1846–1920           • Erivan Governorate 1849–1917          • Zakatal okrug 1859–1918           • Elizavetpol Governorate 1867–1920       • Special Transcaucasian Committee 1917 :
Modern history Transcaucasian Commissariat 1917–1918       • March Days 1918 Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic 1918 Baku Commune 1918 Centrocaspian Dictatorship 1918 Republic of Aras 1918–1919 Mughan Soviet Republic 1919 Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 1918 - 1920       • Armenian–Azerbaijani War 1918–1920           • Battle of Baku 1918       • Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan 1920Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic 1920–1922       • Treaty of Kars 1921Soviet Union 1922–1991       • Transcaucasian SFSR 1922–1936           • Azerbaijan SSR 1922–1936       • Azerbaijan SSR 1936–1991           • World War II 1941–1945           • Black January 1990       • Republic of Azerbaijan 1991 :
Contemporary history Republic of Azerbaijan 1991–present       • I Nagorno-Karabakh War 1988–1994           • Bishkek Protocol 1994       • II Nagorno-Karabakh War 2020           • Ceasefire Agreement 2020 :
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* 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 the 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 [ru] 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 interethnic 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 M$_w$ 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.