1995 Event Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed 1980 Death Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60 1968 Event Earthquake destroys Ferdows Persia, 2,000 killed 1967 Death Mohammed H Mossadeq, premier of Persia (1951-53), dies 1965 Event U.S.S.R. and Persia sign dam building and economic aid pact 1965 Death Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered 1960 Event Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1959 Event Shah of Persia marries Farah Diba Shah of Persia visits Netherlands 1955 Event Persia signs Pact of Baghdad 1954 Event General Zahedi wins election in Persia 1953 Event Shah of Persia returns to Teheran General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome U.S. stops aid to Persia 1952 Event Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier 1951 Event Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari 1949 Event Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia 1944 Death Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies 1935 Event Persia officially renamed Iran 1934 Event Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran 1929 Event Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty Persia and Iraq sign friendship treaty Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact 1926 Event Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security 1925 Event Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia 1916 Event Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia 1915 Event Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia 1911 Event Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army 1910 Event British-Russian military intervention in Persia 1907 Event Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet 1903 Birthday Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist 1896 Death Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 1847 Event Persia and Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum 1828 Event Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai 1797 Death Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed 1747 Death Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered 1732 Event Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha 1728 Event Georg F. Handels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London 1722 Event Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia 1629 Death Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57 1556 Birthday Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia, 1587-1629 1514 Birthday Tahmasp I, shah of Persia, 1524 - 1576, author, Tazkire-i Shah 1502 Event Tebriz, shah Ismail I of Persia crowned 1291 Death Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated 628 Death Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son
