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
See also Bandar Abbas history Other names of Bandar Abbas List of mayors of Bandar Abbas Hormozgan Province history Timelines of other cities in Iran: Hamadan, Isfahan, Kerman, Mashhad, Qom, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd
References
This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia.
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External links
(Bibliography) Items related to Bandar Abbas, various dates (via Europeana)