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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

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References

This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia.

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