The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1784 - 14 November: Sulaymaniyah founded.^[1]
• 1785 - Great Mosque built ^[2]
• 1851 - Sulaymaniyah was joined to Shahrizor Eyalet.^[3]

20th century

• 1918 - Sulaymaniyah occupied by British forces on November.^[4]
• 1937 - Public Park opens.^[5]
• 1944 - Library of Sulaymaniyah established.^[6]
• 1956 - Al-Sulaymaniyah FC (football club) formed.^[7]
• 1961 - Sulaymaniyah Museum established.^[1]
• 1967 - 11 May: Sulaymaniyah Chamber of Commerce and industry founded.^[8]
• 1968 - University of Sulaymaniyah established .^[9]
• 1970 - Union of Kurdish Writers established.^[10]
• 1982 - 23 April: Demonstration against Iraqi Regime.^[11]
• 1991 - 7 March: Uprising against Saddam Hussein.^[12]
• 1995 - Amna Suraka Museum opens.^[13]
• 1996
  • Hosseiniyeh Al-Hakim built.^[14]
  • Sulaimani Polytechnic University established.^[15]

21st century

• 2006 - The American University of Iraq established.^[16]
• 2011 - 17 February: Demonstration against Domestic government and a small group of protesters tried to storm the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and threw rocks at the building .^[17]
• 2020
  • 2 December: A many teachers and employees got out in the street against didn't get salary from a few months from Kurdistan Regional Government^[18]
  • 7 December: The Kurdish security forces raided NRT’s headquarters channel and closed it.^[19]