Tbilisi: Timeline

1221   A large and highly efficient Mongol army, despatched under Subedei by Ghengis Khan to Georgia Georgia (country)

Georgia , known officially from 1990 [i] to 1995 [i] as the Republic of Georgia, is a country in Eurasia [i] ... 

 defeats two Georgian armies around Tbilisi, but lacks the will or equipment to besiege the city.

1935   The world's first children's railway is opened in Tbilisi, USSR.

1989   Georgian Georgia (country)

Georgia , known officially from 1990 [i] to 1995 [i] as the Republic of Georgia, is a country in Eurasia [i] ... 

 demonstrators are msssacred by Red Army Red Army

The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, , the armed ... 

 soldiers in Tbilisi's Tbilisi

Tbilisi is the capital city [i] of the country of Georgia [i], lying on the banks of the Kura [i] ... 

 central square during a peaceful rally; 20 citizens are killed (most of them young women), many injured.

2005   A hand grenade ostensibly thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 100 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush George W. Bush

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 while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia (country)

Georgia , known officially from 1990 [i] to 1995 [i] as the Republic of Georgia, is a country in Eurasia [i] ... 

, but malfunctions and does not detonate.