Timeline of Erbil

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 1232 - Mudhafaria Minaret built.^[1]
• 1870 - Mustafa Agha became first Director Municipality of Erbil.^[2]
• 1883 - Sheikh Choli Mosque built.^[3]

20th century

• 1918 - Erbil occupied by British forces on November
• 1923 - Ahmed Othman became first Governor of Erbil.^[4]
• 1930 - Erbil al-Aulla School established.^[5]
• 1943 - Library of Erbil established.^[6]
• 1966 - 7 September: Erbil Chamber of Commerce founded.^[7]
• 1968
  • Gilkand Park established^[8]
  • 3 November: Erbil SC (football club) formed.^[9]
• 1981 - Salahaddin University moved to Erbil from Sulaymaniyah.^[10]
• 1991 - 11 March: People in the Erbil attacked the Iraqi military bases and stormed government buildings and took control of the City and inflicted heavy damage on government forces^[11]
• 1992 - City becomes capital of the Kurdistan Region^[4]
• 1996
  • Erbil Polytechnic University founded.^[12]
  • 31 August: City occupied by forces of Iraqi Republican Guard.^[13]

21st century

Illusion Museum Erbil

• 2001 - Politician Franso Hariri assassinated.^[14]
• 2004
  • 1 February: Bombings.^[15]
  • Kurdish Textile Museum established.^[16]
• 2005
  • Hawler Medical University founded.^[17]
  • 4 May: Bombing.^[18]
  • 7 July: Erbil International Airport opens.^[19]
• 2006 - University of Kurdistan Hewler established.^[20]
• 2007
  • 11 January: United States raid on the Iranian Liaison Office
  • 19 January: Jalil Khayat Mosque inaugurated.^[21]
  • 9 May: Bombing.^[22]
• 2013 - 29 September: Bombings.^[23]
• 2014 - 19 November: Bombing.^[24]
• 2015 - 17 April: Car bomb explodes outside US consulate.^[25]
• 2017 - 29 October: Protesters storm Iraqi Kurdistan parliament after Barzani announces resignation^[26]
• 2018
  • 23 July: Erbil governorate building attack by unknown Gunmen.^[27]
  • 4 August: Fire destroys Qaysari Bazaar.^[28]
  • 25 October: Fire destroys Second-hand shops.^[29]
• 2020 - 30 September: Erbil International Airport rocket attacks^[30]
• 2021
  • Illusion Museum established^[31]
  • 15 February: Erbil rocket attacks.^[32]
  • 24 February: Armenian Cultural Center opens.^[33]
  • 14 April: Erbil International Airport attacks by drones.^[34]
  • 25 June: Fire destroys Hawler Mall.^[35]
  • 6 July: Erbil International Airport attacks by drones.^[36]
• 2022
  • 28 June: Two university professors killed in shooting in Erbil.^[37]
• 2024
  • 8 April: Fire destroys Second-hand shops.^[38]
  • 5 May: Fire destroys Qaysari Bazaar^[39]