Timeline of Tbilisi

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia.

Prior to 13th century

 * 4th C. CE – Narikala Fortress built.
 * c. 517 – First Sasanian officials with the title marzban ("margrave") take up residence in Tbilisi.
 * 534 CE – Anchiskhati Basilica built (approximate date).
 * 6th C. – Capital of Caucasian Iberia moves to Tbilisi from Mtskheta.
 * 570 – Persians in power.
 * 626 – Town besieged by Greeks.
 * 627 – Town sacked by Byzantine/Khazar forces.
 * 639 – Sioni Cathedral built (approximate date).
 * 653 – Occupation by Arab leader Khabib Ibn-Maslama.
 * 736 – Arab Emirate of Tbilisi is established.
 * 764 – Town sacked by Khazars.
 * 828 – Town besieged by Khazars.
 * 851 – Town besieged by Arabs.
 * 853 – Town besieged by forces of Arab Bugha Al-Turki.
 * 1029 - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral rebuilt.
 * 1068 – Town sacked by forces of Seljuk Turk Alp Arslan.
 * 1122 – David IV of Georgia comes to power; relocates capital to Tbilisi from Kutaisi.

13th–17th centuries

 * 1226 – City sacked by forces of Khwarazmian Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu.
 * 1236 – Mongols in power.
 * 1251 – Cathedral of Saint George built.
 * 1284 – Metekhi Church of Assumption built.
 * 1329 – Catholic diocese established.
 * 1366 – Plague.
 * 1395 – City besieged by Timur.
 * 1444 – City sacked by forces of Turcoman Jahan Shah.
 * 1467 – Norashen Church founded.
 * 1477 – Aq Qoyunlu in power.
 * 1480 – Armenian Cathedral rebuilt.
 * 1522 – Persians in power.
 * 1655 – Khojivank church built.
 * 1668 – Earthquake.

18th century

 * 1711 – Church of the Holy Seal built.
 * 1717 – Zrkinyants St. Gevorg (church) built.
 * 1727 – Upper Betlemi Church built.
 * 1729 – Jigrashen Avetyats Church built (approximate date).
 * 1737 – Saint Sargis Church built.
 * 1753 – Church of Saint George (Kldisubani) built.
 * 1756 – Saint Gevorg of Mughni Church rebuilt.
 * 1775 – Church of the Red Gospel built (approximate date).
 * 1778 – Krtsanis Tsiranavor Surb Astvatsatsin (church) rebuilt.
 * 1788 – Kamoyants St. Gevorg (church) built.
 * 1793 – Armenian school opens.
 * 1795 – City sacked by forces of Persian Mohammad Khan Qajar.
 * 1799 – Russians in power.

19th century

 * 1801 – City becomes part of Russia.
 * 1808 - Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin building completed.
 * 1817 – Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary established.
 * 1824 – Nersisyan School established.
 * 1830 – (school) founded.
 * 1840 – Ivan Izmiryants becomes mayor.
 * 1845 – Botanical Garden established.
 * 1846 – National Parliamentary Library of Georgia established.
 * 1848 – City becomes part of Tiflis Governorate.
 * 1851 – Opera house and built.
 * 1858 – Mushthaid Garden opens.
 * 1866 – Droeba newspaper begins publication.
 * 1867 – Caucasian Museum founded.
 * 1868 – Population: 61,000.
 * 1870 – Lower Bethlehemi Church built.
 * 1872
 * Railway station built.
 * Mshak newspaper begins publication.
 * Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built.
 * 1877 – St. Peter and St. Paul's Church completed.
 * 1879 – City Assembly building remodelled.
 * 1883 – Population: 104,024.
 * 1885 – Military Museum built.
 * 1887 – Rustaveli Theatre completed.
 * 1890 – Armenian Revolutionary Federation founded in Tiflis.
 * 1894 – Supreme Court of Georgia building built.
 * 1897
 * Garrison Cathedral built.
 * Population: 159,862.
 * 1899 – Alexandropol-Tiflis railway begins operating.

20th century

 * 1902 – Erivan-Tiflis railway begins operating.
 * 1907 – 26 June: Bank robbery.
 * 1909
 * opens.
 * Alexander Khatisyan becomes mayor.
 * 1913 – Population: 327,800.
 * 1917
 * Tiflis Governorate abolished.
 * Conservatoire and Armenian National Council of Tiflis founded.
 * 1918
 * February–May: City becomes capital of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
 * May: City becomes capital of Democratic Republic of Georgia.
 * Tbilisi State University and Tbilisi Medical Institute established.
 * Benia Chkhikvishvili becomes mayor.
 * National Archives of Georgia headquartered in Tbilisi.
 * 1919 – Museum of Georgia active.
 * 1920 – National Art Gallery opens.
 * 1921 – February: City besieged by Bolshevist Russian Red Army.
 * 1922
 * City becomes capital of Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
 * Art Academy founded.
 * 1925 – FC Dinamo Tbilisi (football club) formed.
 * 1927 – Tiflis Zoopark founded.
 * 1928 – Georgian Politechnical Institute established.
 * 1929 – Mtatsminda Pantheon (cemetery) established.
 * 1930
 * Museum of Literature founded.
 * Marjanishvili Theater relocates to Tbilisi.
 * 1931 – Zarya Vostoka building constructed.
 * 1933 – Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Museum founded.
 * 1935 – Central Stadium opens.
 * 1936
 * City becomes capital of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
 * City name changed from "Tiflis" to "Tbilisi."
 * 1939
 * Rustaveli cinema opens.
 * Didube Pantheon (cemetery) established.
 * 1941
 * Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences and Tbilisi Aircraft State Association established.
 * 1946 – Vake Park opens.
 * 1950 – Art Museum of Georgia active.
 * 1951 – rebuilt.
 * 1952 – Airport and built.
 * 1953 – built.
 * 1956 – March: Anti-de-Stalinization demonstrations.
 * 1958 – Institute of Manuscripts established.
 * 1961 – Tbilisi Sports Palace opens.
 * 1965 – Tbilisi co-hosts the EuroBasket 1965.
 * 1966
 * Tbilisi Metro begins operating.
 * Baratashvili Bridge constructed.
 * Open Air Museum of Ethnography founded.
 * 1967 – Hotel Iveria built.
 * 1970 – Saburtalo Pantheon (cemetery) established.
 * 1972 – Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower erected.
 * 1973 - Tbilisi National Park established
 * 1974 – Human Rights Defence Group formed.
 * 1975
 * Tbilisi Roads Ministry Building constructed.
 * Bank of Georgia headquarters built.
 * 1976 – Boris Paichadze Stadium opens.
 * 1978 – April: Demonstrations about constitutional status of Georgian language.
 * 1979
 * Tbilisoba begins.
 * Population: 1,052,734.
 * 1980 – March: Rock music festival held.
 * 1983 – Republic Square constructed.
 * 1984
 * Wedding Palace built.
 * December: Gas explosion.
 * 1989
 * 9 April: Anti-Soviet Demonstration quashed.
 * 13 April: Church of the Red Gospel destroyed.

1990s

 * 1990
 * June: Aerial tramway accident.
 * Population: 1,268,000 (estimate).
 * 1991
 * April: Georgia declares independence from USSR.
 * December: Conflict between pro-Gamsakhurdia and Opposition forces.
 * Georgian Academy of Agrarian Sciences founded.
 * Ordzhonikidze Square renamed "."
 * 1992
 * January: Conflict between pro-Gamsakhurdia and Opposition forces.
 * Otar Litanishvili becomes mayor.
 * 1993
 * Konstantine Gabashvili becomes mayor, succeeded by Nikoloz Lekishvili.
 * Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus established and headquartered in Tbilisi.
 * 1995
 * Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences founded.
 * Badri Shoshitaishvili becomes mayor.
 * 1996 – National Parliamentary Library of Georgia headquartered in city.
 * 1998
 * Vano Zodelava becomes mayor.
 * Telasi privatized.
 * 2000 – Basiani choir formed.

21st century

 * 2001
 * Mikheil Meskhi Stadium built.
 * TbilAviaMsheni airline based in Tbilisi.
 * 2002
 * April 25: The 4.8 Tbilisi earthquake shook the area with a maximum MSK intensity of VII–VIII (Very strong – Damaging), causing 5–6 deaths and 52–70 injuries. Damage was estimated at $160–350 million.
 * Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing privatized.
 * Population: 1,081,679.
 * 2003 – November: Rose Revolution.
 * 2004
 * Holy Trinity Cathedral (Sameba) built.
 * Zurab Tchiaberashvili becomes mayor.
 * Caucasus University established.
 * 2005 – Giorgi Ugulava becomes mayor.
 * 2006
 * March: Protest against 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines.
 * Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline in operation.
 * National Science Library (Georgia), Scouts of Tbilisi, and Museum of Soviet Occupation established.
 * Freedom Monument erected in Freedom Square.
 * 2007
 * Demonstrations against Saakashvili regime.
 * Old Tbilisi raion established.
 * Free University of Tbilisi and founded.
 * 2008 – August: Bombing by Russian Air Force during Russo-Georgian War.
 * 2009
 * Demonstrations against Saakashvili regime.
 * Tbilisi Open Air (music festival), Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre, and Tbilisi Fashion Week begin.
 * April: Tbilisi hosts the 2009 European Judo Championships.
 * 2010 – Bridge of Peace (pedestrian bridge) built.
 * 2011 – May: Demonstration against Saakashvili regime.
 * 2012
 * 13 February: Bomb attempt foiled.
 * April: Lech Kaczyński monument unveiled.
 * May: Anti-government demonstration.
 * Population: 1,473,551.
 * 2013 – Tbilisi hosts the 2013 European Wrestling Championships.
 * 2014 – Sister city partnership signed between Tbilisi and Lublin, Poland.
 * 2015
 * April: Tbilisi hosts the 2015 European Weightlifting Championships.
 * 14 June: Flooding in the Vere river results in at least 12 deaths and devastates the city's zoo.
 * 2017
 * Tbilisi International Airport established.
 * June: Tbilisi hosts the 2017 European Fencing Championships.
 * September-October: Tbilisi co-hosts the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship.
 * 2018 – 5 November: Polish Library and Polish Institute in Tbilisi opened (see also Georgia–Poland relations).
 * 2022 – Tbilisi co-hosts the EuroBasket 2022.