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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1232 - Mudhafaria Minaret built.
• 1870 - Mustafa Agha became first Director Municipality of Erbil .
• 1883 - Sheikh Choli Mosque built .

20th century

• 1918 – Erbil occupied by British forces on November
• 1923 - Ahmed Othman became first Governor of Erbil.
• 1930 - Erbil al-Aulla School established .
• 1943 - Library of Erbil established .
• 1966 - 7 September: Erbil Chamber of Commerce founded .
• 1968
  • Gilkand Park established
  • 3 November: Erbil SC (football club) formed .
• 1981 - Salahaddin University moved to Erbil from Sulaymaniyah .
• 1991 - 11 March: People in the Erbil attacked the Iraqi military bases and stormed government buildings and took control of the City and inflicted heavy damage on government forces
• 1992 - City becomes capital of the Kurdistan Region
• 1996
  • Erbil Polytechnic University founded.
  • 31 August: City occupied by forces of Iraqi Republican Guard.

21st century

• 2001 - Politician Franso Hariri assassinated .
• 2004
  • 1 February: Bombings .
  • Kurdish Textile Museum established .
• 2005
  • Hawler Medical University founded .
  • 4 May : bombing.
  • 7 July: Erbil International Airport opens .
• 2006 - University of Kurdistan Hewler established .
• 2007
  • Jalil Khayat Mosque built.
  • 9 May: Bombing.
• 2013 - 29 September: Bombings.
• 2014 - 19 November: Bombing.
• 2015 - 17 April: Car Bomb Explodes Outside US Consulate.
• 2017 - 29 October: Protesters storm Iraqi Kurdistan parliament after Barzani announces resignation
• 2018
  • 23 July: Erbil governorate building attack by unknown Gunmen .
  • 4 August: Fire destroys Qaysari Bazaar .
  • 25 October: Fire destroys Second-hand shops .
• 2020 - 30 September: Erbil International Airport rocket attacks
• 2021
  • Illusion Museum established
  • 15 February: Erbil rocket attacks .
  • 24 February : Armenian Cultural Center opens.
  • 14 April: Erbil International Airport attacks by drones.
  • 25 June : Fire destroys Hawler Mall .
  • 6 July: Erbil International Airport attacks by drones.
• 2022
  • 28 June: Two university professors killed in shooting in Erbil.
• 2024
  • 8 April: Fire destroys Second-hand shops .
  • 5 May: Fire destroys Qaysari Bazaar

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