Timeline of Yerevan
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yerevan, Armenia.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 782 BCE - Settlement founded by Argishti I of Urartu.[1]
- 590s CE - Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan built.
- 1582 - Turks in power.[2]
- 1583 - Erivan Fortress built.
- 1604 - Town taken by Safavids of Iran.[3]
- 1615 - Town besieged by Turkish forces.[2]
- 1679 - 4 June: 1679 Armenia earthquake.
- 1736 - Town becomes capital of the Erivan Khanate.[citation needed]
- 1768 - Blue Mosque built.
- 1827 - 1 October: Capture of Erivan; Russians in power; Persians depart.[3]
- 1828 - Town becomes part of Russia per Treaty of Turkmenchay.[2][4]
- 1830 - Red Bridge rebuilt.
- 1837 - Tsarskaya Street opens.[citation needed]
- 1842 - Saint Sarkis Cathedral rebuilt.
- 1873 - Population: 11,938.[2]
- 1877 - Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory in operation.
- 1879 - Hovhannes Ghorghanyan becomes mayor.[5]
- 1897 - Population: 28,910.
20th century
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- 1913 - Population: 34,000.[6]
- 1915 - Refugees from Armenian Genocide begin to arrive in Erivan.[3]
- 1918 - 28 May: Erivan becomes capital of the First Republic of Armenia.[3]
- 1920
- 29 November: Bolsheviks in power.[7]
- Erivan becomes capital of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.[4]
- Nairi Cinema opens.
- 1921 - Armenian State University established.[4]
- 1924 - Art school opens.[8]
- 1926 - Population: 64,613.[4]
- 1930 - Spartak Stadium built.
- 1931 - Saint Nikolai Cathedral demolished.
- 1933 - Opera Theater opens.
- 1934 - Golos Armenii Russian-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1936
- City renamed "Yerevan."[4]
- Moscow Cinema opens.[9]
- Komitas Pantheon (cemetery) established.
- 1939 - Population: 200,031.[4]
- 1940
- Yerevan Zoo opens.
- Statue of Lenin erected in Lenin Square.
- 1949 - Pushkin Park designed.
- 1959 - Souren Spandaryan Square opens.
- 1965 - 24 April: 1965 Yerevan demonstrations.
- 1967
- Mother Armenia monument erected in Victory Park.
- Armenian Genocide memorial erected on Tsitsernakaberd.
- 1970s - Yerevan Museum of Contemporary Art established.[8]
- 1970 - Hrazdan Stadium and Chess House open.
- 1977 - Yerevan TV Tower erected.
- 1979 - Population: 1,055,000.[10]
- 1980 - Yerevan Cascade built.
- 1981 - Yerevan Metro begins operating; Marshal Baghramyan (metro station) opens.
- 1982 - House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian opens.
- 1983 - Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex opens.
- 1987 - Garegin Nzhdeh Square (metro station) opens.
- 1988
- 18–26 February: Major demonstration held in Yerevan demanding the unification of Karabakh with Armenia.
- 22 March: Demonstration.
- 26 March: Demonstration.
- 7 December: Influx of refugees following the 1988 Armenian earthquake.[11]
- 1991
- 21 September: Armenian independence referendum, 1991 held.
- Azg and Yerkir newspapers in publication.[12]
- 1992
- 1993 - Yerevan Stock Exchange established.[12]
- 1994 - Food demonstration.[13]
- 1996 - September: Protest following Armenian presidential election, 1996.[13]
21st century
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- 2001 - Hovik Hayrapetyan Equestrian Centre opens.
- 2003
- Yervand Zakharyan becomes mayor.[5]
- Armenian International Policy Research Group headquartered in city.[14]
- 2004
- Yerevan International Film Festival begins.
- Yerevan City Hall built.
- 2007 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[15]
- 2008 - February-March: 2008 Armenian presidential election protests.[13]
- 2009 - Cafesjian Museum of Art opens.
- 2011
- Yerevan Velodrome and Mordechai Navi Synagogue open.
- Taron Margaryan becomes mayor.
- Population: 1,060,138.
- 2014 - Yerevan Mall in business.
See also
- Yerevan history
- History of Yerevan
- List of mayors of Yerevan
- Other names of Yerevan (e.g. Erivan, Eriwan, Iravan, Irwan, Jerewan)
- Timeline of Armenian history
- Timeline of modern Armenian history
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External links
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- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Yerevan, various dates
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