Baghdad: All Data
Baghdad is a city in Iraq. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Baghdad: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
691 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Maskin, part of Second Fitna
762 AD
Capital of Abbasid Caliphate
892 AD
Capital of Abbasid Caliphate
945 AD
Capital of Buyid Dynasty
946 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Baghdad (946)
1157 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Baghdad (1157)
1258 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of Baghdad
1258 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Baghdad (1258), part of Conquest of Baghdad
1259 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mongol invasions and conquests
1336 AD
Capital of Jalayirid Sultanate
1388 AD
Capital of Jalayirid Sultanate
1400 AD
Capital of Jalayirid Sultanate (Timurid Vassal)
1401 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Baghdad (1401), part of Timurid invasions
1609 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Eyalet of Baghdad, part of Ottoman Empire
1624 AD
Mentioned in Event: Safavid Invasion (1624)
1625 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Baghdad (1625–1626), part of Ottoman-Safavid War (1623-1639)
1630 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Baghdad (1630), part of Ottoman-Safavid War (1623-1639)
1638 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Baghdad (1638), part of Ottoman-Safavid War (1623-1639)
1733 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Baghdad (1733), part of Ottoman-Persian War (1730-1735)
1905 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Baghdad, part of Ottoman Empire
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1920 AD
Capital of Mandatory Iraq
1932 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Iraq
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Iraqi War
1941 AD
Capital of Rashid Ali Government in Iraq
1947 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Iraqi War
1958 AD
Mentioned in Event: 14 July Revolution
1958 AD
Capital of Hashemite Arab Federation
1958 AD
Capital of Iraqi Republic
1993 AD
Capital of Republic of Iraq
2003 AD
Mentioned in Event: 2003 invasion of Iraq
2003 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Baghdad International Airport
2003 AD
Mentioned in: 2003 invasion of Baghdad
2003 AD
Capital of Coalition Provisional Authority
2004 AD
Mentioned in Event: Iraq War
2006 AD
Mentioned in: Operation Together Forward
2007 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Haifa Street
2007 AD
Mentioned in: Operation Imposing Law
2014 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Suq al Ghazi
2026 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Baghdad Governorate, part of Republic of Iraq