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| 1 | 1798 | - 1798: Qajar Dynasty:
Beginning of Fath Ali Shah
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| 2 | 1813 | - 1813: Fath Ali Shah:
Iran loses first war to Russia and Armenia, Georgia and N. Azerbaijan
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| 3 | 1822 | - 1822: Plague and Cholera epidemics kill thousands in Shiraz.
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| 4 | 1824 | - 1824: An earthquake destroys parts of Shiraz.
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| 5 | 1828 | - 1828: Fath Ali Shah:
Iran loses second war to Russia and cede southern Caspian shore
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| 6 | 1830 | - 1830: Plague of locusts destroys the crops, local agriculture and creates famine. Tens of thousands die and many more move out of the city. Population decreases to only about 19000 by diseases and outmigration.
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| 7 | 1834 | - 1834: Qajar Dynasty:
End of Fath Ali Shah Rule
- 1834: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Muhammad Rule 1834 - 1848
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| 8 | 1838 | - 1838: Qajar Dynasty: Qajar king lays claim to Herat in Afghanistan; trounced by Great Britain
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| 9 | 1844 | - 1844: Mirza Ali Muhammad declares himself Mahdi; creates Bahai faith 1844 Bahais considered Shia heresy; deny Muhammad as last prophet and Koran as the final revelation; Mirza executed as heretic in 1850
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| 10 | 1848 | - 1848: Qajar Dynasty: End of Muhammad Rule 1834 - 1848
- 1848: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Naser od-Din Shah
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| 11 | 1853 | - 1853: Another major earthquake hits Shiraz.
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| 12 | 1857 | - 1857: Naser od-Din Shah Tried to reclaim Herat for Iran; Britain forces entry into Iran w/ Treaty of Paris
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| 13 | 1883 | - 1883: First official census shows a population of Shiraz to be 53,607.
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| 14 | 1890 | - 1890: Naser od-Din Shah Began selling "concessions" to European companies
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| 15 | 1891 | - 1891: Naser od-Din Shah Religious fatva against tobacco concession sold to Britain
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| 16 | 1896 | - 1896: Qajar Dynasty: End of Naser od-Din Shah
- 1896: Naser od-Din Shah assassinated in mosque by Muslim objecting to Western influence
- 1896: Qajar Dynasty:
Beginning of Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah Rule 1896 - 1907
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| 17 | 1900 | - 1900: Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah Pledged Iranian customs receipts as collateral for Russian loan
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| 18 | 1901 | - 1901: Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah gives British right to Iranian oil
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| 19 | 1906 | - 1906: Riots; 13,000-20,000 take refuge in British Embassy during Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah's rule.
- 1906: Constitution and inauguration of Majlis, parliament during Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah rule
- 1906: Irans's First Majlis (1906)
After the Constitutional Revolution in Iran, the first elections for the legislative assembly were held in September 1906. In this round only the hexagonal strata of princes, aristocrats and noblemen, ulema, clerics, tradesmen, landlords and farmers had the right to run for the elections or vote. The minimum voting age was 25. The number of representatives was determined to be 156 which was not materialized. The tenure of the assembly was two years.
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| 20 | 1907 | - 1907: Qajar Dynasty:
End of Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah Rule 1896 - 1907
- 1907: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Muhammad Ali Shah rule, 1907 - 1909
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| 21 | 1908 | - 1908: Russian troops defeat protestors at mosque and Majlis; end of parliament during Muhammad Ali Shah's rule
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| 22 | 1909 | - 1909: Qajar Dynasty: End of Muhammad Ali Shah rule, 1907 - 1909
- 1909: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Sultan Ahmed Shah (corpulent 12 year son of Muhammad) 1909 - 1925
- 1909: Irans's Second Majlis (1909)
The second Majlis elections were held according to the elections law in July 1909. The number of representatives was reduced to 120, the condition of class distinction for participation in the polls was lifted and the minimum voting age was set at 20. The amount of ownership was adjusted but to run for the Majlis one had to be a landlord. This assembly did not complete its term and was dissolved following the ultimatum by Russia.
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| 23 | 1911 | - 1911: W. Morgan Shuster attempts to reorganize Iranian finances; ousted by Russians during Sultan Ahmed Shah
- 1911: Sultan Ahmed Shah's cabinet backed by 12,000 Russian troops overthrows Majlis
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| 24 | 1913 | - 1913: British Admiralty converts to oil; controls much of southern Iran 1913 during Sultan Ahmed Shah rule
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| 25 | 1914 | - 1914: Irans's Third Majlis (1914)
According to the elections law approved by the second Majlis (October 22, 1911) two months before its dissolution, elections for the third Majlis were held in January 1914. In the new law, all Iranian men enjoyed equal suffrage rights and the number of deputies rose to 136.
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| 26 | 1921 | - 1921: Little known military officer, Reza Khan, seizes power
- 1921: Irans's Fourth Majlis (1921-23)
Elections for the fourth Majlis was held in 1918 but the assembly was practically inaugurated after Reza Shah's coup d'etat of July 1921.
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| 27 | 1923 | - 1923: Irans's Fifth Majlis 1923 - 1925+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 28 | 1925 | - 1925: Beginning of the Pahlavi Dynasty
- 1925: Qajar Dynasty Ended
- 1925: Qajar Dynasty: End of Sultan Ahmed Shah (corpulent 12 year son of Muhammad) 1909 - 1925
- 1925: Beginning of Reza Shah rule 1925 - 1941
- 1925: In negotiations, clergy rejects republic; agrees to Reza as Shah and Declared "Reza Shah" by Majlis
- 1925: Irans's Sixth Majlis 1925 - 1927+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 29 | 1927 | - 1927: Irans's Seventh Majlis 1927 - 1929+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 30 | 1929 | - 1929: Irans's Eighth Majlis 1929 - 1931+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 31 | 1931 | - 1931: Irans's Ninth Majlis 1931 - 1933+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 32 | 1933 | - 1933: Irans's Tenth Majlis 1933 - 1935+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 33 | 1935 | - 1935: Reza Shah changed Country's name from "Persia" to "Iran"
- 1935: Reza Shah moves against religious authority; wearing of veil banned in 1935
- 1935: Troops massacre hundreds of protestors in Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad
- 1935: Irans's Eleventh Majlis 1935 - 1937+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 34 | 1937 | - 1937: Irans's Twelfth Majlis 1937 - 1939+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 35 | 1939 | - 1939: Irans's Thirteenth Majlis 1939 - 1941+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
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| 36 | 1941 | - 1941: End of Reza Shah rule 1925 - 1941
- 1941: Pahlavi Dynasty: Beginning of Muhammad Reza Shah rule 1941 - 1979
- 1941: Irans's Fourteenth Majlis 1941 - 1944+/-
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| 37 | 1944 | - 1944: Fifteenth Majlis 1944 - 1947+/-
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| 38 | 1947 | - 1947: Irans's Sixteenth Majlis 1947 - 1950+/-
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| 39 | 1950 | - 1950: Irans's Seventeenth Majlis 1950 - 1953+/-
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| 40 | 1951 | - 1951: Muhammad Mossadeq and second constitutional revolution
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| 41 | 1953 | - 1953: Shah flees to Rome, but is reinstalled with American CIA help
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| 42 | 1961 | - 1961: During the 21st Majlis elections (1961), women for the first time obtained suffrage right and six women were elected to the parliament.
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| 43 | 1963 | - 1963: "White Revolution" incenses clergy; Ayatollah Khomeini is jailed for first time
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| 44 | 1964 | - 1964: Khomeini released from jail; promptly resumes criticism of Shah and SOFA
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| 45 | 1971 | - 1971: celebration of 2,500 years of empire at Persepolis
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| 46 | 1979 | - 1979: Pahlavi Dynasty Ended
- 1979: Pahlavi Dynasty: End of Muhammad Reza Shah rule 1941 - 1979
- 1979: Shah flees Jan 16; Khomeini arrives Feb. 1; Islamic Revolution begins
- 1979: Islamic Revolution and Establishment of Islamic Republic
- 14 Feb 1979: First seizure of US Embassy: Feb. 14, 1979 -- militants retreat
- 14 Nov 1979: Seizure of US Embassy: Nov 4, 1979 after Shah admitted to US for treatment
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| 47 | 1980 | - 22 Sep 1980: Saddam Hussein and Iraq invade Iran
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| 48 | 1981 | - 20 Jan 1981: American hostages released
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| 49 | 1988 | - 3 Jul 1988: Iran Air flight 655, flight of an Iranian airliner that was shot down by the USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 people on board.
- 18 Jul 1988: Iran agrees to UN resolution to end war with Iraq; 750,000 Iranians died
- 20 Aug 1988: The Iran–Iraq War ends
The Iran–Iraq War ends in a stalemate
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| 50 | 1989 | - 4 Jun 1989: Ayatollah Khomeini dies; Khamenei becomes new Supreme Leader
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| 51 | 1997 | - 23 May 1997: Seyyed Mohammad Khatami was elected president on May 23, 1997
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| 52 | 2001 | - 8 Jun 2001: Seyyed Mohammad Khatami was elected president again on June 8, 2001
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| 53 | 2005 | - Jun 2005: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Elected.
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| 54 | 2009 | - 13 Jun 2009: Protests in Iran over election results.
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| 55 | 2013 | - 14 Jun 2013: Hassan Rouhani elected President
Hassan Rouhani elected President
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| 56 | 2019 | - 20 Jun 2019—20 Jun 2019: (IRGC) shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone
June 20, 2019, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone with a surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz.
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| 57 | 2020 | - 3 Jan 2020: US targeted and killed Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani
United States drone strike near Baghdad International Airport targeted and killed Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani while purportedly on his way to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad.
- 8 Jan 2020—8 Jan 2020: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched numerous ballistic missiles at US bases in Iraq
On 8 January 2020, in a military operation code named Operation Martyr Soleimani Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched numerous ballistic missiles at the Ayn al-Asad airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, western Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, in the Kurdistan
- 11 Jan 2020: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 shot down by mistake
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv operated by Ukraine International Airlines (UIA). On 8 January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 operating the route was shot down by mistake
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