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.