Baghdad is founded by caliph Al-Mansur.

Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.

World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.

Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.

Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.

U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.

2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces;Saddam Hussein statue topples as Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader, pulling down the statue and tearing it to pieces.

U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.

A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.

Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.

President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.

A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.

Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 and injure 448.