| Momentous Dates |
| 2004 |
| July 17 | Rustam Kasimzhanov of Uzbekistan becomes World Chess champion |
| July 9 | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan is established |
| June 17 | Tashkent hosts a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit |
| April 29 | Oliy Majlis holds 14th session of second convocation |
| April | Soros Foundation is forced to close |
| January 13 | Uzbek Airways' Yak-40 airplane crash kills 37 people, including UN Resident-Coordinator in Uzbekistan |
| January 3 | First ever defeat for Uzbekistan's Artur Grigorian - WBO champion since 1996 |
| 2003 |
| December 11-12 | Oliy Majlis holds 13th session of second convocation |
| December 11 | President appoints new Prime Minister |
| December 8 | 2004 announced as the Year of Kindness and Compassion |
| August 29-30 | Oliy Majlis holds 12th session of second convocation |
| August 28 | Uzbekistan becomes Islamic Development Bank member |
| June 2 | Tashkent and Budapest become sister-cities |
| May 4-5 | Uzbekistan hosts EBRD annual meeting |
| April 24-25 | Uzbekistan holds eleventh session of Parliament of second convocation |
| April 14-15 | Uzbek-American Joint Security Cooperation Consultations |
| 2002 |
| December 12-13 | Uzbekistan holds tenth session of Parliament of second convocation |
| December 3 | President Karimov announces amnesty before Constitution Day |
| November 1 | Uzbekistan marks 2700th anniversary of Shahrisabz |
| August 29-30 | Uzbekistan holds ninth session of Parliament of second convocation |
| June 13 | Uzbekistan withdraws from GUUAM |
| May | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Angola |
| April 4-5 | Uzbek parliament holds eighth session |
| April 1 | Increase of wages by 15% |
| January 28-29 | First U.S.-Uzbekistan Joint Security Cooperation Consultations (JSCC) |
| January 27 | National referendum on bicameral parliament and change of the presidential term |
| January 15 | Uzbekistan reopens consulate in Mazar-e Sharif |
| January 5 | Artur Grigorian wins 15th WBO title |
| 2001 |
| December 6-7 | Uzbek Parliament holds seventh session |
| August | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Paraguay |
| August 29-30 | Uzbek parliament holds sixth session |
| July 22 | Iroda Tulyaganova wins her third WTA title |
| July 15 | Iroda Tulyaganova wins her second WTA title |
| June | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic ties with Costa-Rica |
| May 31 | An honorary consulate of Sweden opens in Tashkent |
| May 20 | First Uzbekistan Open Golf Championship |
| May 11-12 | Fifth session of Oliy Majlis |
| February 8 | Uzbekistan establish diplomatic relations with the Union of Myanmar |
| 2000 |
| December 14 | Second Uzbek parliament holds fourth session |
| November 25 | Artur Grigorian becomes 13-times WBO champion |
| October 1 | Mukhammadkodir Abdullaev wins only gold Olympic medal for Uzbekistan in Sydney. Uzbekistan takes 41st place |
| September 15 | U.S. Department of State includes IMU to the list of "Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations" |
| September 10-17 | Seventh President's Cup - ATP Tour |
| August 30 | Second Parliament holds third session |
| August 28 | President announces amnesty on Independence Day |
| August 28 | Asian Olympic Council holds the seesion of its Executive Committee in Tashkent |
| June 18 | Iroda Tulyaganova wins first WTA title |
| May 25-26 | Second Parliament holds second session |
| May 12 | Opening of memorial complex for victims of repressions "Shahidlar hotirasi" |
|
January 22 and February 11 |
Second Parliament holds its first session |
| January 22 | President Islam Karimov's Inauguration |
| January 9 | Presidential Elections |
| 1999 |
| December 5 | Parliamentary Election |
| November 6 | Uzbekistan celebrates 1000th anniversary of "Alpomysh" legend |
| November 5 | Uzbekistan celebrates 800th anniversary of Jaloliddin Manguberdi, a hero and state leader from Khorezm |
| October | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Sri-Lanka |
| September 27 | Motorola opens its office in Tashkent and first JV with a CIS country |
| September 13-18 | Tennis: ATP President's Cup (80 players from 26 countries |
| September 3 | Opening of Tashkent Islamic University |
| September 3 | Uzbekistan Airways accepts its first Boeing 757-200 |
| August 28 | Four-Star Hotel Sheraton Tashkent opens |
| August 19-20 | Parliament holds 15th session |
| August 15 | Uzbek military jets bomb terrorist locations in Kyrgyzstan |
| August 1 | Increase of wages by 1.4-fold |
| July 29 | Cosmonaut Solijon Sharipov awarded the Order "For Great Merits" |
| July 19-20 | Meeting of "6+2 Group" to discuss conflict in Afghanistan |
| May 24-25 | Second Commission of the USA-Uzbekistan Joint Commission |
| May 24 | President Karimov awarded FILA Gold Necklace |
| May 24 | President Karimov announces amnesty |
| April 29-May 2 | First Kurash World Championship |
| April 14-15 | Oliy Majlis holds 14th session |
| March 2 | May 9 renamed into Day of Memory and Honors |
| January 13 | President designates January 14 as the Day of Frontier Troops |
| January 4 | National-Democratic party of "Fidokorlar" established |
| 1998 |
| December 24 | Oliy Majlis holds 13th session |
| December | Lowest cotton harvest in 20 years |
| December 3 | Minimum wages increased |
| December 1 | Presidential decree on amnesty |
| November 6 | President Karimov awarded UNESCO medal named after Avicenna |
| November 6 | The 155th session of UNESCO |
| October 24 | Artur Grigorian becomes seven-times WBO champion |
| October 24 | Uzbekistan marks 1200th jubilee of Ahmad Al-Farghoni |
| October 23 | Uzbekistan marks 1225th jubilee of Imam Al-Bukhari |
| October 22 | Uzbekistan established diplomatic relations with Lebanon |
| October | NOC President receives IOC silver medal |
| September 28 | ADB opens office in Tashkent |
| September 22 | Uzbekistan hosts NATO military exercises |
| August 28 | Uzbekistan becomes a member of the Agreement of Laws on Trade Marks |
| August 28 | Oliy Majlis 12th session |
| July 29 | Rate of dollar exceeds 100 soums (100.24) |
| July 8 | Flood in Shakhimardan |
| June 30 | Flight to Paris inaugurated |
| June 28 | Flight to Dakka inaugurated |
| May 22 | Uzbek mountaineers conquered Everest |
| February 26 | First session of the Uzbek-American Joint Commission |
| February 3 | Tashkent and Central Asian Eparchy awards President Karimov First Degree Order of Prince Daniil, an award of the Russian Orthodox Church |
| January 30 | Oliy Majlis awards President Karimov Order of Amir Temur for his 60th jubilee |
| January 26 | President Karimov is honorary member of Russian Plekhanov Economic Academy |
| January 21 | First ethnic Uzbek from Kyrgyzstan Salidzhan Sharipov flies to space |
| 1997 |
| December 30 | "Ustoz" foundation established |
| December 25 | Tenth session of Parliament |
| December 3 | Amnesty for Constitution Day |
| October 2 | Uzbekistan's Professional Boxing Federation becomes WBA member |
| October 7 | 55th plenary session of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) |
| September 18-20 | First NATO-sponsored military exercises |
| September 9-14 | First ATP-Tour in Uzbekistan President's Cup |
| September | First International Music Festival "Sharq Taronalari" - "Sounds of the East" (Samarkand) |
| August 29 | Ninth session of Parliament |
| August 22 | Start-up of Bukhara oil refinery |
| June 13-20 | UNESCO marks Khiva and Bukhara's 2500th anniversary |
| April 25 | Eighth session of Parliament |
| January 7 | "UMID" Youth Foundation established |
| 1996 |
| December 1-4 | OSCE summit |
| 1996 | Hotel Intercontinental opens in Tashkent |
| November 24 | First Uzbekistan-owned Boeing-767 |
| October 18 | Fourth Summit of Turkic-speaking states |
| October 18 | State Museum of Temurid History opens |
| October 2 | American Business Center opens office in Tashkent |
| September 1 | The museum of Olympic Glory opens in Tashkent |
| August 29 | Uzbek parliament institutes the order of "Buyuk Hizmatlari uchun" |
| August 29 | Uzbek parliament awards President Karimov with the order of "Mustaqillik" |
| August 26 | Uzbek parliament institutes the order of "Amir Temur" |
| July 19 | Start-up of UzDaewoo automobile plant |
| Jule 1 | UNESCO opens office in Tashkent |
| June 27 | Open Society Institute opens office in Tashkent |
| June 21 | Uzbekistan-EU Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation |
| May 7 | World Intellectual Property Organization awards President Karimov with a gold medal |
| April 26 | Order of Amir Temur instituted |
| April 24 | Fifth session of Parliament |
| February 6 | President Karimov awarded IOC Gold Medal |
| January 25 | President Karimov becomes honorary member of the California-based International Academy for Sceinces, Education, Industry and Arts |
| 1995 |
| December 26 | 1996 to be proclaimed as the Year of Amir Temur |
| September | Uzbekistan joins ADB as 56th member |
| September 2 | First Central Asian Games held in Tashkent |
| August 31 | The order of Mekhnat Shukhrati and the Medal of Shon-Sharaf instituted |
| June 9 | Democratic party of "Milliy Tiklanish" established |
| June 4 | First Uzbek flight to Athens |
| March 31 | First Uzbek flight to New York City |
| May 25 | Start-up of Zarafshan-Newmont gold processing plant |
| March 26 | President Islam Karimov's first presidential term extended till 2000 |
| February 23 | Oliy Majlis holds first session |
| February 18 | Social-Democratic party of "Adolat" established |
| 1994 |
| December 25 | Uzbekistan holds first parliamentary elections |
| November 17 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican |
| July 13 | Uzbekistan joins NATO's Partnership for Peace program |
| July 1 | New currency - Soum - introduced |
| May 30 | First President's Cup tennis tournament |
| May 5 | Uzbek Parliament institutes the title of National Hero and awards President Karimov with it |
| March 19 | Uzbekistan declares 1994 as the Year of Mirzo Ulughbek |
| 1994 | OSCE opens office in Tashkent |
| February 25 | Uzbekistan wins first ever Olympic gold medal. Lina Cheryazova, free-style, Lillehammer, Norway |
| 1993 |
| Uzbekistan joins World Intellectual Property Organization | |
| November 13 | Temporary soum-coupons issued to replace Soviet roubles |
| Uzbekistan joins World Tourism Organization | |
| October 26 | Uzbekistan joins UNESCO |
| October 24 | United Nations opens office in Tashkent |
| March 30 | Embassy of Germany opens in Tashkent |
| January 1 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Czech Republic |
| 1992 |
| December 10 | National Anthem - Lyrics by Abdulla Oripov Music by Mutavakkil Burkhonov |
| December 8 | Uzbekistan Constitution adopted |
| October 13 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Afghanistan (Rabbani's government) |
| July 10 | Party of "Vatan Taraqqiyoti" founded |
| July 2 | State Emblem |
| June 23 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Indonesia |
| May 10 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic ties with Iran |
| April 27 | Uzbekistan joins EBRD |
| March 27 | President designates Iyd-al-Fitr and Iyd-al-Adha as national holidays |
| March 23 | Uzbekistan joins International Olympic Committee |
| March 18 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic ties with India |
| March 16 | U.S. Embassy opens in Tashkent |
| March 2 | Uzbekistan is a UN member |
| February 19 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with the United States |
| February 18 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with the Great Britain |
| February 16-17 | Uzbekistan joins ECO |
| 1992 | Uzbekistan joins FILA (International Amateur Wrestling Federation) |
| January 31 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea |
| January 30 | Uzbekistan joins OSCE |
| January 23 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with Vietnam |
| January 4 | Uzbekistan establishes diplomatic relations with China |
| January 4 | First President Islam Karimov takes an oath |
| 1991 |
| December 29 | First presidential elections (Islam Karimov wins with 86%) |
| November 18 | Flag day |
| November 15 | People's Democratic Party founded |
| August 31 | Independence from U.S.S.R |
| August 31 | The 12th Supreme Council calls for a 6th special session |
| February 14 | The 12th Supreme Council calls for a 4th special session |
| March 24, 1990 | Presidency instituted |
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