94 notable events in Azerbaijan — wars, air crashes and massacres.
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
Sep 19, 2023–Sep 20, 2023 · War & armed conflict
- Expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
Sep 24, 2023–Oct 3, 2023 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Khojaly massacre
Feb 25, 1992–Feb 26, 1992 · Murder & homicide
- Turkish invasion of Armenia
Sep 23, 1920–Dec 2, 1920 · War & armed conflict
- Black January
Jan 20, 1990 · Massacre
- 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash
May 19, 2024 · Aviation accident
- Sumgait pogrom
Feb 27, 1988–Mar 1, 1988 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Battle of Baku
Aug 26, 1918–Sep 14, 1918 · War & armed conflict
- Baku pogrom
Jan 12, 1990–Jan 19, 1990 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- March Days
Apr 2, 1918 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- September Days
Sep 1918 · Massacre
- 1995 Baku Metro fire
Oct 28, 1995 · Rail accident
- Berkadzor fuel depot explosion
Sep 25, 2023 · Bombing & explosion
- 2025 Azerbaijan–Russia diplomatic crisis
from Jun 27, 2025 · Crisis
- Operation Ring
Apr 30, 1991–May 15, 1991 · War & armed conflict
- Shusha massacre
Mar 1920 · Massacre
- 1993 Azerbaijani coup d'état
Sep 1, 1993 · War & armed conflict
- Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting
Apr 30, 2009 · Shooting
- 1139 Ganja earthquake
Sep 30, 1139 · Earthquake
- Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217
Dec 23, 2005 · Aviation accident
- The Land of Fire
date unknown · Fire
- 1995 Azerbaijani coup attempt
Mar 17, 1995 · War & armed conflict
- Maraga massacre
Apr 10, 1992 · Massacre
- Trial of former Republic of Artsakh leaders
from Jan 17, 2025 · Crime & justice
- Kirovabad pogrom
Nov 1988 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Battle of Hadrut
Oct 15, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- Escape of Zosimov
Sep 23, 1976 · War & armed conflict
- 1994 Baku Metro bombings
Jul 3, 1994 · Bombing & explosion
- Siege of Ganja (1804)
Jan 15, 1804 · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Ganja missile attacks
Oct 11, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Russian Mil Mi-24 shootdown
Nov 9, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- 1920 Ganja revolt
May 26, 1920 · War & armed conflict
- Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56
Dec 5, 1995 · Aviation accident
- Baku Fortress Wall
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Aghdam
Jun 12, 1993–Jul 23, 1993 · War & armed conflict
- 1989 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crash
Oct 18, 1989 · Aviation accident
- 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown
Nov 20, 1991 · War & armed conflict
- Refugees in Azerbaijan
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown
Nov 12, 2014 · Aviation accident
- Shamkhor massacre
Jan 1918 · Massacre
- Andrei Nikolaevich Shchetinov
date unknown · Shooting
- 1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown
Mar 17, 1994 · Aviation accident
- 1992 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown
Jan 28, 1992 · Aviation accident
- 2026 Baku school shooting
Feb 6, 2026 · Shooting
- 1997 Azerbaijan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crash
May 15, 1997 · Aviation accident
- 2020 bombardment of Stepanakert
Sep 27, 2020–Nov 9, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- Tartar Case
May 1, 2017 · Murder & homicide
- 1988 violence in Shusha and Stepanakert
Sep 18, 1988–Sep 20, 1988 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Aeroflot Flight E-35D
Aug 1, 1990 · Aviation accident
- 2000 Baku earthquake
Nov 25, 2000 · Earthquake
- Agulis massacre
Dec 24, 1919–Dec 25, 1919 · Massacre
- 2020 Ghazanchetsots Cathedral shelling
Oct 8, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- Sack of Shamakhi
Aug 18, 1721 · Massacre
- 2025 Azerbaijani coup plot
Jan 2025 · War & armed conflict
- Aeroflot Flight A-13
Aug 18, 1973 · Aviation accident
- Aeroflot Flight 2723
Apr 23, 1966 · Aviation accident
- Khaibalikend massacre
Jun 5, 1919–Jun 7, 1919 · Massacre
- Gunashli Platform No.10 fire
Dec 4, 2015 · Fire
- Guba uprising
1837 · War & armed conflict
- 1902 Shamakhi earthquake
Feb 13, 1902 · Earthquake
- Capture of Garadaghly
Feb 17, 1992 · War & armed conflict
- Erdoğan Iran poem controversy
Dec 10, 2020 · Scandal & controversy
- 1990 Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing
Aug 10, 1990 · Bombing & explosion
- 2020 Barda missile attacks
Oct 28, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- Bombardment of Tartar
Nov 10, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- 1859 Shamakhi earthquake
Jun 11, 1859 · Earthquake
- 2008 Abu Bakr Mosque Bombing (Baku)
Aug 17, 2008 · Attack (other)
- 2021 Garaheybat Mil Mi-17 crash
Nov 30, 2021 · Aviation accident
- 1667 Shamakhi earthquake
Nov 25, 1667 · Earthquake
- 2015 Baku residence building fire
May 19, 2015 · Fire
- Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli
Jan 1, 1992 · Massacre
- Assassination of Ziya Bunyadov
Feb 21, 1997 · Terrorism
- Guba Uprising (1920)
Sep 1, 1920 · War & armed conflict
- Lankaran Uprisings
Jul 1, 1920–Feb 1, 1922 · War & armed conflict
- 2018 Baku fire
Mar 2, 2018 · Fire
- Shamakhi massacre
Apr 1, 1918 · Massacre
- An-2 crash near Khanabad
Oct 29, 1991 · Aviation accident
- Murder of Avaz Hafizli
Feb 22, 2022 · Murder & homicide
- Kirovabad clash (1989)
Oct 12, 1989 · Aviation accident
- Mi-26 crash near Seydlyar
Mar 3, 1992 · Aviation accident
- 2014 Kalbajar incident
Jul 11, 2014 · Attack (other)
- 2019 MiG-29 plane crash
Jul 24, 2019 · Aviation accident
- Antonov An-8 crash in Kirovabad
Jan 25, 1965 · Aviation accident
- Zagatala uprising
1920 · War & armed conflict
- Antonov An-8 crash near Kirovabad
Apr 13, 1964 · Aviation accident
- Ilyushin Il-14 crash near Nukha
Feb 13, 1965 · Aviation accident
- Susuzluq explosion
Jun 4, 2021 · Bombing & explosion
- 2012 Zaqatala earthquake
May 7, 2012 · Earthquake
- Baku–Gazakh motorway minibus crash
Nov 4, 2007 · Road accident
- Ilyushin Il-14 crash near Makhachkala
Dec 10, 1969 · Aviation accident
- Bashlibel Massacre
Aug 1, 1993 · Massacre
- 1992 Azerbaijani coup d'état
May 14, 1992–May 15, 1992 · War & armed conflict
- Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 707 crash near Baku
Nov 30, 1995 · Aviation accident
- Sheki uprising
date unknown · War & armed conflict