Timeline of Tbilisi
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Prior to 13th century
- 4th C. CE – Narikala Fortress built.
- c. 517 – First Sasanian officials with the title marzban ("margrave") take up residence in Tbilisi.[1]
- 534 CE – Anchiskhati Basilica built (approximate date).
- 6th C. – Capital of Caucasian Iberia moves to Tbilisi from Mtskheta.[2]
- 570 – Persians in power.[3]
- 626 – Town besieged by Greeks.[3]
- 627 – Town sacked by Byzantine/Khazar forces.[4]
- 639 – Sioni Cathedral built (approximate date).
- 653 – Occupation by Arab leader Khabib Ibn-Maslama.
- 736 – Arab Emirate of Tbilisi is established.
- 764 – Town sacked by Khazars.
- 828 – Town besieged by Khazars.[3]
- 851 – Town besieged by Arabs.[3]
- 853 – Town besieged by forces of Arab Bugha Al-Turki.
- 1029 - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral rebuilt.
- 1068 – Town sacked by forces of Seljuk Turk Alp Arslan.
- 1122 – David IV of Georgia comes to power; relocates capital to Tbilisi from Kutaisi.
13th–17th centuries
- 1226 – City sacked by forces of Khwarazmian Jalal al-Din Mangburni.
- 1236 – Mongols in power.
- 1251 – Cathedral of Saint George built.
- 1284 – Metekhi Church of Assumption built.
- 1329 – Catholic diocese established.[5]
- 1366 – Plague.
- 1395 – City besieged by Timur.[2][3]
- 1444 – City sacked by forces of Turcoman Jahan Shah.
- 1467 – Norashen Church founded.
- 1477 – Aq Qoyunlu in power.
- 1480 – Armenian Cathedral rebuilt.[3]
- 1522 – Persians in power.
- 1655 – Khojivank church built.
- 1668 – Earthquake.
18th century
- 1711 – Church of the Holy Seal built.
- 1717 – Zrkinyants St. Gevorg (church) built.
- 1727 – Upper Betlemi Church built.
- 1729 – Jigrashen Avetyats Church built (approximate date).
- 1737 – Saint Sargis Church built.
- 1753 – Church of Saint George (Kldisubani) built.
- 1756 – Saint Gevorg of Mughni Church rebuilt.
- 1775 – Church of the Red Gospel built (approximate date).
- 1778 – Krtsanis Tsiranavor Surb Astvatsatsin (church) rebuilt.
- 1788 – Kamoyants St. Gevorg (church) built.
- 1793 – Armenian school opens.[6]
- 1795 – City sacked by forces of Persian Mohammad Khan Qajar.[2][3]
- 1799 – Russians in power.[3]
19th century
- 1801 – City becomes part of Russia.[7]
- 1808 - Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin building completed.
- 1817 – Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary established.
- 1824 – Nersisyan School established.[6]
- 1830 – Tiflis Gymnasium (school) founded.
- 1840 – Ivan Izmiryants becomes mayor.
- 1845 – Botanical Garden established.[8]
- 1846 – National Parliamentary Library of Georgia established.[9]
- 1848 – City becomes part of Tiflis Governorate.
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- 1851 – Opera house and Dry Bridge (Tbilisi)[citation needed] built.
- 1858 – Mushthaid Garden opens.
- 1866 – Droeba newspaper begins publication.
- 1867 – Caucasian Museum founded.[2]
- 1868 – Population: 61,000.[7]
- 1870 – Lower Bethlehemi Church built.
- 1872
- Railway station built.
- Mshak newspaper begins publication.[6]
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built.
- 1877 – St. Peter and St. Paul's Church completed.
- 1879 – City Assembly building remodelled.[citation needed]
- 1883 – Population: 104,024.[3]
- 1885 – Military Museum built.[2]
- 1887 – Rustaveli Theatre completed.
- 1890 – Armenian Revolutionary Federation founded in Tiflis.[6]
- 1894 – Supreme Court of Georgia building built.
- 1897
- Garrison Cathedral built.[2]
- Population: 159,862.
- 1899 – Alexandropol-Tiflis railway begins operating.[6]
20th century
- 1902 – Erivan-Tiflis railway begins operating.[6]
- 1907 – 26 June: Bank robbery.[6]
- 1909
- Apollo Theatre (Tbilisi) opens.
- Alexander Khatisyan becomes mayor.[6]
- 1913 – Population: 327,800.[10]
- 1917
- Tiflis Governorate abolished.[11]
- Conservatoire and Armenian National Council of Tiflis founded.
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- 1918
- February–May: City becomes capital of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
- May: City becomes capital of Democratic Republic of Georgia.
- Tbilisi State University and Tbilisi Medical Institute established.
- Benia Chkhikvishvili becomes mayor.
- National Archives of Georgia headquartered in Tbilisi.[12]
- 1919 – Museum of Georgia active.
- 1920 – National Art Gallery opens.
- 1921 – February: City besieged by Bolshevist Russian Red Army.[11]
- 1922
- City becomes capital of Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
- Art Academy founded.
- 1925 – FC Dinamo Tbilisi (football club) formed.
- 1927 – Tiflis Zoopark founded.[13]
- 1928 – Georgian Politechnical Institute established.
- 1929 – Mtatsminda Pantheon (cemetery) established.
- 1930
- Museum of Literature founded.
- Marjanishvili Theater relocates to Tbilisi.
- 1931 – Zarya Vostoka building constructed.
- 1933 – Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Museum founded.
- 1935 – Central Stadium opens.
- 1936
- City becomes capital of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
- City name changed from "Tiflis" to "Tbilisi."[14]
- 1939
- Rustaveli cinema opens.
- Didube Pantheon (cemetery) established.
- 1941
- Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences and Tbilisi Aircraft State Association established.
- 1946 – Vake Park opens.
- 1950 – Art Museum of Georgia active.
- 1951 – Donkey Bridge rebuilt.[citation needed]
- 1952 – Airport and Poet's Bridge[citation needed] built.
- 1953 – Didube bridge built.[citation needed]
- 1956 – March: Anti-de-Stalinization demonstrations.
- 1958 – Institute of Manuscripts established.
- 1961 – Tbilisi Sports Palace opens.
- 1965 – Tbilisi co-hosts the EuroBasket 1965.
- 1966
- Tbilisi Metro begins operating.
- Baratashvili Bridge constructed.
- Open Air Museum of Ethnography founded.
- 1967 – Hotel Iveria built.
- 1970 – Saburtalo Pantheon (cemetery) established.[citation needed]
- 1972 – Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower erected.
- 1973 - Tbilisi National Park established
- 1974 – Human Rights Defence Group formed.[15]
- 1975
- Tbilisi Roads Ministry Building constructed.
- Bank of Georgia headquarters built.
- 1976 – Boris Paichadze Stadium opens.
- 1978 – April: Demonstrations about constitutional status of Georgian language.
- 1979
- Tbilisoba begins.
- Population: 1,052,734.
- 1980 – March: Rock music festival held.
- 1983 – Republic Square constructed.
- 1984
- Wedding Palace built.
- December: Gas explosion.
- 1989
- 9 April: Anti-Soviet Demonstration quashed.[11][16]
- 13 April: Church of the Red Gospel destroyed.
1990s
- 1990
- June: Aerial tramway accident.
- Population: 1,268,000 (estimate).[17]
- 1991
- April: Georgia declares independence from USSR.
- December: Conflict between pro-Gamsakhurdia and Opposition forces.
- Georgian Academy of Agrarian Sciences founded.
- Ordzhonikidze Square renamed "26 May Square."
- 1992
- January: Conflict between pro-Gamsakhurdia and Opposition forces.[16]
- Otar Litanishvili becomes mayor.
- 1993
- Konstantine Gabashvili becomes mayor, succeeded by Nikoloz Lekishvili.
- Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus established and headquartered in Tbilisi.
- 1995
- Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences founded.
- Badri Shoshitaishvili becomes mayor.
- 1996 – National Parliamentary Library of Georgia headquartered in city.[9]
- 1998
- Vano Zodelava becomes mayor.
- Telasi privatized.
- 2000 – Basiani choir formed.[18]
21st century
- 2001
- Mikheil Meskhi Stadium built.
- TbilAviaMsheni airline based in Tbilisi.
- 2002
- April 25: The 4.8 mb Tbilisi earthquake shook the area with a maximum MSK intensity of VII–VIII (Very strong – Damaging), causing 5–6 deaths and 52–70 injuries. Damage was estimated at $160–350 million.
- Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing privatized.
- Population: 1,081,679.
- 2003 – November: Rose Revolution.
- 2004
- Holy Trinity Cathedral (Sameba) built.
- Zurab Tchiaberashvili becomes mayor.
- Caucasus University established.
- 2005 – Giorgi Ugulava becomes mayor.
- 2006
- March: Protest against 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines.[16]
- Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline in operation.
- National Science Library (Georgia), Scouts of Tbilisi, and Museum of Soviet Occupation[19] established.
- Freedom Monument erected in Freedom Square.
- 2007
- Demonstrations against Saakashvili regime.
- Old Tbilisi raion established.
- Free University of Tbilisi and Radio Muza founded.
- 2008 – August: Bombing by Russian Air Force during Russo-Georgian War.
- 2009
- Demonstrations against Saakashvili regime.[16]
- Tbilisi Open Air (music festival), Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre, and Tbilisi Fashion Week begin.[20]
- April: Tbilisi hosts the 2009 European Judo Championships.
- 2010 – Bridge of Peace (pedestrian bridge) built.
- 2011 – May: Demonstration against Saakashvili regime.
- 2012
- 13 February: Bomb attempt foiled.[21]
- April: Lech Kaczyński monument unveiled.[22]
- May: Anti-government demonstration.[16]
- Population: 1,473,551.
- 2013 – Tbilisi hosts the 2013 European Wrestling Championships.
- 2014 – Sister city partnership signed between Tbilisi and Lublin, Poland.[23]
- 2015
- April: Tbilisi hosts the 2015 European Weightlifting Championships.
- 14 June: Flooding in the Vere river results in at least 12 deaths and devastates the city's zoo.
- 2017
- Tbilisi International Airport established.
- June: Tbilisi hosts the 2017 European Fencing Championships.
- September–October: Tbilisi co-hosts the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship.
- November: Tbilisi hosts the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017.[24]
- 2018 – 5 November: Polish Library and Polish Institute in Tbilisi opened (see also Georgia–Poland relations).[25]
- 2022 – Tbilisi co-hosts the EuroBasket 2022.
- 2025 – Tbilisi hosts the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025.[26]
