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Timeline of Baku

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

Prior to the 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 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
  • 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

21st century

See also

References

This article incorporates information from the Azerbaijani Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century
Published in 20th century
  • (Novel set in Baku)
  • Alstadt, Audrey L. The Azerbaijani Bourgeoisie and the Cultural-Enlightenment Movement in Baku: First Steps Toward Nationalism. 1983
  • Audrey Altstadt-Mirhadi, “Baku: Transformation of a Muslim Town,” in The City in Late Imperial Russia, ed. Michael F. Hamm (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986)
  • Altstadt, A., 'The Baku city duma: arena for elite conflict', Central Asian Survey, 5 (1986)
Published in 21st century

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