IRANCHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
1200 BC- Zenith of Elamite Kingdom, Iron Age., 844 BC- First mention of Iranians in Assyriah texts., 728 BCof the Median Empire., 6th centuThe Persian Achaemenid Empire is found., 330 BC- Alexander the great invades Persia, collapse of The Persian Achaemenid Empire., 161 - 138 BC
up of Parthian Empire., 224Sassanian Empire is founded., 641Iranians embrace Islam., 903 - 999Samanid dynasty in Khorasan, 962 - 1040- Ghaznavi dynasty rises in the east, challenging the Samanids., 1073 - Zenith of Seljuk power., 1117 - End of Seljuk rule in Iran., 1219 - Genghis Khan devastates Iran., Timur conquers Iran., Overthrow of the Timurids. ,1502 Foundation of Safavid dynasty. ,1587 - 1629- Zenith of Safavid power. Golden Age. Prosperity of Iran's Art and culture. ,1736 - 1747Afsharid dynasty id founded., 1795 -
Mohammad Qajarovertrowszand dynasty and founds Qajar dynasty.
Treaty of Guilstan. Iran secedes territories to Russia., 1896 - 1906- The Constitutional Revolution. Promulgation of the Constitution. ,1908-Nationalist uprising., 1909- Anglo - Iranian oil company (Later British Petroleum) Formed., 1924 - 1925- Qajar dynasty overthrown and plans prepared to establish Republic, with Reza Khan as its President., 1925 - 1941Proclamation of Reza Khan as Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty., 1943- Tehran Conference (Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin), 1963 - Religious nation - wide uprising led by Ayatollah Khomeini,in protest to the so - called white revolutioin. 1967- Coronation of Mohammad Reza ,1971-2500 anniversary of the Iranian Monarchy celebrated. 1978 - 1979- New waves of Islamic uprising all over Iran force shah to flee the country. 1 April, 1979- The nation votes for the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran., 1989- Ayatollah Seyed Rohalah Musavi Khomeini, founder and leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran passes away on 03rd June. Aytollah Khamenei elected as the new leader of the Country. ,2006 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad elected as the President of Iran ,2010 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reelected as the President.