Timeline of Iranian history
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This is a timeline of Iranian history. To read about the background to these events, see History of Iran. See also the list of kings of Persia and Supreme Leaders of Iran and the list of years in Iran.
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31st BC - 30th BC - 29th BC - 28th BC - 27th BC - 26th BC - 25th BC - 24th BC - 23rd BC - 22nd BC - 21st BC - 20th BC - 19th BC - 18th BC - 17th BC - 16th BC - 15th BC - 14th BC - 13th BC - 12th BC - 11th BC - 10th BC - 9th BC - 8th BC - 7th BC - 6th BC - 5th BC - 4th BC - 3rd BC - 2nd BC - 1st BC - 1st - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th - 12th - 13th - 14th - 15th - 16th - 17th - 18th - 19th - 20th - 21st
[edit] 9th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 819 | Samanid empire, the Iranian empire which was founded by Saman Khuda. | |
| 821 | Tahirid empire founded by Tahir, Iranian general of Abbasids, after declaring his independence from the Caliphate. | |
| 867 | Saffarid empire, the Iranian empire which was founded by Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari. |
[edit] 10th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 928 | Ziyarid empire, the Iranian empire which was founded by Mardavij. | |
| 934 | Buyid empire, an Iranian empire which was the first shi'ite dynasty of Iran. |
[edit] 16th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1501 | Ismā'il Safawī established himself in Tabriz and declared himself the missiar of india. | |
| 1514 | August 23 | Battle of Chaldiran: The Ottoman Empire inflicted a severe defeat on a numerically superior Persian force, opening north western Iranian Plateau to their occupation. |
| September 7 | The Ottoman sultan entered Tabriz. | |
| A mutiny in the Ottoman army forced the sultan to withdraw. | ||
| 1524 | May 23 | Ismā'il died. He was succeeded by his son Tahmasp I. |
[edit] 17th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1609 | November | Battle of DimDim: The Persian army laid siege to a Kurdish fortress on the banks of Lake Urmia. |
| 1610 | Battle of DimDim: The fortress was taken, and its occupants were massacred. | |
| 1629 | January 19 | ‘Abbās died. His grandson Safi succeeded him. |
| 1642 | Safi died. He was succeeded by Abbas II. | |
| 1666 | Abbas died. He was succeeded by Suleiman I. |
[edit] 18th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1709 | April 21 | Mirwais Khan Hotak, the leader of the Ghilzai clan and mayor of Kandahar, killed the Persian-appointed governor Gurgin Khan and declared himself King of Afghanistan. |
| 1722 | July | Russo-Persian War (1722-1723): A Russian military expedition sailed in support of the independence of two Christian kingdoms, Kartli and Armenia. |
| 1723 | September 12 | Russo-Persian War (1734-1872): The shah signed a peace treaty ceding the cities of Derbent and Baku and the provinces of Shirvan, Guilan, Mazandaran and Astrabad to the Russian Empire. |
| 1795 | September 11 | Battle of Krtsanisi: The Persian army demolished the armed forces of Kartl-Kakheti. |
| 1796 | April | Persian Expedition of 1796: The tsarina of Russia launched a military expedition to punish Persia for its incursion into the Russian protectorate of Kartl-Kakheti. |
[edit] 19th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1814 | Russo-Persian War (1804-1813): Russian forces attacked the Persian settlement of Echmiadzin. | |
| 1833 | October 24 | Russo-Persian War (1804-1813): According to the Treaty of Gulistan, the Persian Empire ceded its Transcaucasian territories to Russia. |
| 1836 | July 16 | Russo-Persian War (1826-1828): The Persian army invaded the Russian-owned Talysh Khanate. |
| 1858 | February 21 | Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) Facing the possibility of a Russian conquest of Tehran, Persia signed the Treaty of Turkmenchay. |
| 1881 | September 21 | Persia officially recognized Russia's annexation of Khwarazm in the Treaty of Akhal. |
[edit] 20th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | August 21 | Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: Three Soviet armies invaded Iran from the north. |
| September 17 | Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: The Soviet and British armed forces met in Tehran. | |
| 1945 | November | The Soviet Union established the Azerbaijan People's Government in Iranian Azerbaijan. |
| 1946 | January 22 | The Soviet-backed Kurdish Republic of Mahabad declared its independence from Iran. |
| March 2 | Iran crisis: British troops withdrew from Iran. The Soviet Union violated its prior agreement and remained. | |
| May 9 | Iran crisis: The Soviet Union withdrew from Iran. | |
| December 11 | Iran regained control over the territory of the Azerbaijan People's Government. | |
| December 15 | Iran regained Mahabad. | |
| 1976 | February 13 | February 13 protests and riots start in Tehran for religious freedom and the ending of the Shah. |
| February 18 | protests turn into revolts when patriots led by Ayatollah Khomeini looted Tabriz soon the national army would attack the patriots the long bloody battle would be won by ayatollah and his men. | |
| 1976-1978 | the revolution after 3 years ends with the Islamic republic taking over. |
[edit] 21st century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | June 8 | Iranian presidential election, 2001: President Mohammad Khatami was reelected by a vast majority. |
| 2005 | June 24 | Iranian presidential election, 2005: Ahmadinejad defeated the more liberal Rafsanjani. |
