This is a timeline of Tajikistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Tajikistan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Tajikistan.
15th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1405 | February 19 | Timur (Tamerlane) died.[1] |
| 1483 | February 14 | Babur is born in the Ferghana Valley. |
16th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1506 | Turks annex the Timurid Empire. | |
| 1526 | April | Mughal Empire was established.[2] |
| 1598 | End of Turkic rule. |
17th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1605 | Vali Muhammad Khan became leader of the Ashtarkhanid dynasty. | |
| 1644 | Imam Quli Khan of Bukhara died. |
18th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1709 | The Khanate of Kokand was formed. | |
| 1736 | January 22 | The Afsharid dynasty formed. |
| 1740 | Nader Shah conquered the Janid Khanate. | |
| 1747 | June 20 | Nader Shah died. |
| 1796 | Death of Shahrokh Shah. |
19th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1830 | January 12 | Beginning of the Great Game. |
| 1839 | March | First Anglo-Afghan War: The war began. |
| 1842 | October | First Anglo-Afghan War: The war ended with Afghanistan claiming victory. |
| 1845 | December 11 | First Anglo-Sikh war: The war began. |
| 1846 | January 28 | Battle of Aliwal: The battle took place. |
| March 9 | The Treaty of Lahore was signed. | |
| First Anglo-Sikh war: The war ended with sikh empire claiming victory. | ||
| 1868 | Most of Tajikistan was incorporated into the Sikh Empire. | |
| 1876 | The Khanate of Kokand collapsed.[3] |
20th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | February | The city of Kokand was assaulted by the Bolsheviks |
| 1920 | Tajikistan left the Russian Empire. | |
| Tajikistan became a part of the Soviet Union. | ||
| 1924 | December 7 | Formation of the first militia in Tajikistan. |
| 1936 | December 5 | Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic was renamed to Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. |
| 1953 | March 5 | Joseph Stalin died.[4] |
| 1961 | November 10 | The city of Stalinabad, was renamed to Dushanbe. |
| 1990 | February | 1990 Dushanbe riots.[5] |
| 1991 | August 31 | Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed to Republic of Tajikistan. |
| September 9 | During the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan left.[6] | |
| 1992 | May 5 | Tajikistani Civil War: A civil war began. |
| 1993 | February 23 | Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan was founded. |
| 1994 | November 16 | Emomali Rahmon became the 3rd president of Tajikistan. |
| 1997 | June 27 | Tajikistani Civil War: The civil war ended in a ceasefire.[7] |
21st century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | November 6 | A presidential election took place.[8] Emomali Rahmon received 80% of the vote.[9] |
| 2012 | July | 2012 Gorno-Badakhshan clashes. |
| 2013 | November 6 | A presidential election took place.[10] Emomali Rahmon was re-elected with 84% of the vote.[11] |
| 2017 | February 19 | Tajikistan participated at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. |
| 2018 | May 18 | Death of Mumin Kanoat. |
| 2020 | October 11 | Emomali Rahmon was re-elected with 90% of the votes.[12] |
References
- Lee, Adela C. Y. "Tamerlane (1336–1405) – The Last Great Nomad Power". Silkroad Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- Mahajan, V.D. (2007). History of medieval India (10th ed.). New Delhi: S Chand. pp. 428–29. ISBN 978-81-219-0364-6.
- Zenkovsky, Serge A. (1955). "Kulturkampf in Pre-Revolutionary Central Asia". American Slavic and East European Review. 14 (1): 15–41. doi:10.2307/2491902. JSTOR 2491902.
- Victor Zorza (7 March 1953). "How Moscow broke the news of Stalin's death". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- Michael Waller; Bruno Coppieters; Alekseĭ Vsevolodovich Malashenko, eds. (1998). Conflicting Loyalties and the State in Post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia. Routledge. pp. 169–170. ISBN 0-7146-4882-5.
- Pannier, Bruce (13 October 2020). "Emomali Rahmon: The Accidental Leader Who Has Stayed In Power For Decades". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- "Tajikistan Civil War". www.globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 2007-04-14. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- Election Profile Archived 2013-06-02 at the Wayback Machine IFES
- Tajik president wins third term
- "Volatile Tajikistan sets presidential election for November 6". Yahoo News. 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- "Tajik strongman wins over 83pc in 'no choice' poll". The Nation. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- "Tajikistan re-elects leader Rahmon with overwhelming majority". Archived from the original on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-05-03.