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Timeline of Bandar Abbas

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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.[1]
  • 1622
    • Settlement renamed "Bandar Abbas".[2][1]
    • Bandar Abbas economy affected by capture of nearby Hormuz by Persian/English forces.[1]
  • 1623 – Dutch East India Company trade mission established.
  • 1664 – French East India Company conducts business in town (approximate date).[2]
  • 1727 – Town sacked by Afghan forces.[3]
  • 1741 – "Cannon foundry" established.[3]
  • 1762 – British and Dutch businesspeople relocate to Bushire.[3]
  • 1790s – Population: 12,000 (approximate estimate).[2]
  • 1793 – Bandar Abbas "leased to the sultan of Oman" (approximate date).[2][1]
  • 1830 – Population: 5,000 (approximate estimate).[2]
  • 1852 – Persians expelled the Muscat authorities.[1]
  • 1868 – Salim bin Thuwaini expelled and Qajars in power.[3][1]
  • 1872 – Gwadur-Jask-Bandar Abbas telegraph begins operating (approximate date).[4]
  • 1879 – مسجد گله‌داری [fa] (mosque) built.
  • 1892 – مسجد صحراباغی [fa] (mosque) built.[5]
  • 1900 – Population: 10,000. (approximate estimate).[1]
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20th century

  • 1902 – Earthquake.[6]
  • 1925 – مسجد ناصری (بندر عباس) [fa] (mosque) built.
  • 1930s – Population: 8,000 (approximate estimate).[2]
  • 1947 – "Fish canning plant" built.[3]
  • 1956 – Population: 17,710.[3]
  • 1959 – حمام گله‌داری [fa] (bath house) refurbished.
  • 1966 – Population: 34,627.[3]
  • 1967 – Deepwater port opens.[3]
  • 1973 – "Iranian naval headquarters" relocated to Bandar Abbas from Khorramshahr.[3]
  • 1976 – Population: 89,103.[3]
  • 1982 – Population: 175,000 (estimate).[7]
  • 1988 – 3 July: United States military shoots down civilian Iran Air Flight 655 in vicinity of Bandar Abbas during the Iran–Iraq War.[2]
  • 1996 – Population: 273,578.[8]
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21st century

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