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1995 Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed

1980 Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60

1968 Earthquake destroys Ferdows Persia, 2,000 killed

1967 Mohammed H Mossadeq, premier of Persia (1951-53), dies

1965 U.S.S.R. and Persia sign dam building and economic aid pact

1965 Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered

1960 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed

1959 Shah of Persia marries Farah Diba

1959 Shah of Persia visits Netherlands

1955 Persia signs Pact of Baghdad

1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia

1953 Shah of Persia returns to Teheran

1953 General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia

1953 Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome

1953 U.S. stops aid to Persia

1952 Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns

1952 Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier

1951 Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia

1951 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

1951 Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari

1949 Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia

1944 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies

1935 Persia officially renamed Iran

1934 Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran

1929 Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty

1929 Persia and Iraq sign friendship treaty

1929 Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact

1926 Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia

1926 Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security

1925 Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia

1925 Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia

1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia

1915 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia

1915 Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia

1911 Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army

1910 British-Russian military intervention in Persia

1907 Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet

1903 Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist

1896 Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65

1847 Persia and Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum

1828 Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai

1797 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed

1747 Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered

1732 Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha

1728 Georg F. Handels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London

1722 Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia

1722 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia

1629 Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57

1556 Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia, 1587-1629

1514 Tahmasp I, shah of Persia, 1524 - 1576, author, Tazkire-i Shah

1502 Tebriz, shah Ismail I of Persia crowned

1291 Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated

628 Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son


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