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, 1524-76, /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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