Timeline of Bandar Abbas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1514 – Portuguese in power; settlement named "Comorão".
 * 1614 – Shah Abbas the Great expels the Portuguese.
 * 1622
 * Settlement renamed "Bandar Abbas".
 * Bandar Abbas economy affected by capture of nearby Hormuz by Persian/English forces.
 * 1623 – Dutch East India Company trade mission established.
 * 1664 – French East India Company conducts business in town (approximate date).
 * 1727 – Town sacked by Afghan forces.
 * 1741 – "Cannon foundry" established.
 * 1762 – British and Dutch businesspeople relocate to Bushire.
 * 1790s – Population: 12,000 (approximate estimate).
 * 1793 – Bandar Abbas "leased to the sultan of Oman" (approximate date).
 * 1830 – Population: 5,000 (approximate estimate).
 * 1852 – Persians expelled the Muscat authorities.
 * 1868 – Salim bin Thuwaini expelled and Qajars in power.
 * 1872 – Gwadur-Jask-Bandar Abbas telegraph begins operating (approximate date).
 * 1879 – (mosque) built.
 * 1892 – (mosque) built.
 * 1900 – Population: 10,000. (approximate estimate).

20th century

 * 1902 – Earthquake.
 * 1925 – (mosque) built.
 * 1930s – Population: 8,000 (approximate estimate).
 * 1947 – "Fish canning plant" built.
 * 1956 – Population: 17,710.
 * 1959 – (bath house) refurbished.
 * 1966 – Population: 34,627.
 * 1967 – Deepwater port opens.
 * 1973 – "Iranian naval headquarters" relocated to Bandar Abbas from Khorramshahr.
 * 1976 – Population: 89,103.
 * 1982 – Population: 175,000 (estimate).
 * 1988 – 3 July: United States military shoots down civilian Iran Air Flight 655 in vicinity of Bandar Abbas during the Iran–Iraq War.
 * 1996 – Population: 273,578.

21st century

 * 2006 – Aluminium Hormozgan F.C. (football club) formed.
 * 2008
 * 10 September: 2008 Qeshm earthquake.
 * (museum) opens.
 * 2010 – Takhti Stadium (Bandar Abbas) opens.
 * 2011 – Population: 435,751.
 * 2013
 * June: Local election held.
 * Abbas Aminizadeh becomes mayor.
 * 2014 – City becomes part of newly formed national administrative Region 2.
 * 2021 - 2021 Hormozgan earthquakes
 * 2022 - 2022 Hormozgan earthquakes