1866 The circuit court was established in Baku
1868 The Baku-Tiflis telegraph cable was built
1871 The first well was drilled in Balakhany
1873 The first national theatrical group in Azerbaijan was created
in Baku
1875 “Akinchi” – the first newspaper in the Azerbaijani
language was issued
1877 “Zoroaster” - the first oil tanker of the world
constructed by the Nobel brothers started
to sail in the Caspian
1878 The first oil pipeline in Russia connecting the oil fields in
Balakhany with the oil refinery in Baku was built
1878 The construction of sewage system in Baku started
1879 The Baku-Krasnovodsk
telegraph cable was laid at the bottom of the sea
1879 The Baku City Duma was established (on the basis of the Decree
of 1870 on cities). It was liquidated on 10.04.1918 and restored during
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and existed till the establishment of the
Soviet power.
1879 The first railway in Azerbaijan - Baku-Sabunchu-Surakhany set
working
1880 The first electric lamps in Baku were installed on the dock of
the company “Caucasus and Mercury”
1881Technical navigators’ school was opened in Baku
1883 The construction of Baku-Tiflis railway was completed
1886 The first telegraph cable was laid in Baku
1886 H.Z.Tagiyev built the first fire station in Baku
1887 The first Russian-Azerbaijani school was opened in Baku
1887 The first telephone exchange started to operate in Baku
1889 The first horse-drawn tram set working in Baku
1894 N.Narimanov opened the first library-reading hall in Baku
1894 The first station on freshening of the sea water was opened in
Baku. In 1899 the second one was opened
1897 The use of oil cisterns in the Baku region started
1897-1901 The construction of Tagiyev’s first textile mill (one
of the 29 mills of Russia)
1898 Photographer A.Mishon made the first Azerbaijani documentary
“Fire in Bibi-Heibat”
1898 The civil engineer N.Fon der Nonne worked out the first
professional plan of development of Baku
1900 The construction of the Baku-Darband railway
1901 H.Z.Tagiyev opened the first school for women in Baku
1903 The first mass strike of the workers in the Caucasus took
place in the oil fields of Baku
1906 The first electric power station was built in Baku and the
first electric lamps appeared
1906 The cement works in the Caucasus was constructed in the
settlement of Keshla near Baku
1907 The first motor vehicles appeared in Baku
1907 The oil pipeline Baku-Batumi was built
12.01.1908 The Azerbaijani opera “Leili and Majnun” by
U.Hajibayov – the first of its kind in the Islamic East was staged
1909 The first Azerbaijami operetta “Husband and Wife” by
U.Hajibayov was staged
1911 The organisation of hydrometeorological services in the
Caspian
1912 The first radio station started working in Baku
1912 Universal education was introduced in Baku
1914 The first football association was organised in Baku
1916 The making of one of the first Azerbaijani films “Oil and
the Realm of Millions”
1917 The construction of the first part of Shollar water-supply
18-25.03.1918 Anti-Azerbaijani massacre arranged by the Armenian
nationalists in Baku and other cities of Azerbaijan
1919 The foundation of Baku State University
03.03.1919 The Azerbaijani Telegraph Agency was founded
1921 The foundation of the first Music Conservatory in the Islamic
East
4.1923 The beginning of the exploitation of the first off-shore oil
field in the world “Lenin Bay” started
1923 The first arboretum was built in Baku
1923 Baku hippodrome started to function
1.1924 The first passenger flight Baku-Tbilisi was realised
8.2.1924 The first tram line started to operate in Baku
1926 The electric railway Baku-Surakhany the first one in the USSR
started to operate
6.11.1926 The Azerbaijan State Radio started to broadcast
1928 The first buses appeared in Baku
1933 The first animated cartoon was made in Baku
1935 The Azerbaijani branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
was founded
1940 Afrasiyab Badalbayli composed the first Oriental ballet “The
Maiden Tower”
1941 The trolley bus line started to operate in Baku
1942 The Baku Zoo was opened
23.1.1945 the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences was founded
1949 The beginning of the construction of Oil Rocks
1956 The Azerbaijan State Television started its work
1960 The funicular started to operate in Baku
1960 The house-building plant the first one in the Caucasus was
built in Baku
1962 The Baku-Krasnovodsk
ferrying (306 km) was opened
1967 The first part of Baku underground was put into operation
28.3.1971 The extraction of the first milliard ton of oil since the
beginning of the industrial development of oil in Azerbaijan was marked
25.12.1975 The only plant producing air-conditioners in the USSR
was turned over for operation
19-20.1.1990 The occupation of Baku by the Soviet army and the
January massacre
1992 The beginning of broadcasting of the first foreign TV channel
– Turkish TRT-1
9.3.1992 ANS - the first independent TV company in the territory of the former
USSR was created
4.3.1994 The first company of mobile communication Bakcell was
opened in Baku; in 1996 the second company – Azercell appeared
28.5.1994 On 102 FM waves the first Caucasian independent radio
station - ANS CM started broadcasting
20.9.1994 The first oil contract on the exploitation of the oil
field “Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli” between the Government of Azerbaijan and
International Consortium was concluded
29.10.1995 Fire in the Baku underground. About 300 people died
12.11.1997 The first oil was extracted from the deposit
“Chirag”, exploited by the Azerbaijan International Operational
Company
7.3.2000 Landslide in Bayil
8.2000 Ichari Shahar, the Palace of Shirvanshahs and the Maiden
Tower were included in the UNESCO list of monuments
25.11.2000 An earthquake of 7 force took place in Baku
24.8.2001 The fighter squadron F–5 “The Turkish Stars” of
the Air Force of Turkey publicly displayed an excellent show in the air of
Baku for the first time
9-10.11.2001 The first Congress of the World Azerbaijanis was held
in Baku
