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Timeline of Tashkent

The following is a of the history of the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Before 20th century

  • 500 BC – till 5th part of the Kushan Empire
  • 1210 AD – City sacked by forces of Muhammad II of Khwarezm (approximate date).
  • 1220 – City sacked by forces of Genghis Khan.
  • 1451 – Dzhuma Mosque built.
  • 1485 – Yunus Khan in power.
  • 1569 – Kukeltash Madrasa built.
  • 1611 – Uprising; crackdown by forces of Imam Quli Khan of Bukhara.
  • 1809 – City becomes part of the Khanate of Kokand.
  • 1840 – Cholera outbreak.
  • 1865
  • 15 June: City captured by Russian forces led by Mikhail Chernyayev.
  • Population: 76,000.
  • 1867 – City becomes capital of Russian Turkestan, and center of the Syr-Darya Oblast.
  • 1870
  • Turkistan Gaziti newspaper begins publication.
  • Trade fair held.
  • Kaufmann Library founded.
  • 1871 – Population: 120,000 (estimate).
  • 1872 – Cholera outbreak.
  • 1874 – Turkestan Military District headquartered in Tashkent.
  • 1876 – National Museum of Turkestan founded.
  • 1877 – City government reorganized.
  • 1889 – Trans-Caspian Railway begins operating.
  • 1892 – 24 June: Demonstration related to public health.
  • 1895 – Samarkand-Tashkent railway begins operating.
  • 1896 – Lutheran Church built.
  • 1897 – Population: 156,506.
  • 1898 – Russian Orthodox church built in Amir Temur Square.

20th century

21st century

See also

References

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

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

Published in 20th century

Published in 21st century

  • Jeff Sahadeo, Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865–1923 (Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2010).

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