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Timeline of Athens

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Athens, Greece.

Contents

Prior to 15th century

  • 630 BCE - Temple of Athena Polias built (approximate date).
  • 594 BCE - Solonian law established.
  • 575 BCE - Coins in use (approximate date).
  • 566 BCE - Panathenaic festival begins.
  • 560 BCE - Peisistratos in power.
  • 546 BCE - Athenian tetradrachm (coin) in use.
  • 486 BCE - Parthenon built.
  • 431 BCE - Peloponnesian War begins with Sparta.
  • 430 BCE - Plague.
  • 424 BCE - Temple of Athena Nike built.
  • 409 BCE - Erechtheion built (approximate date).
  • 385 BCE - Academy founded (approximate date).
  • 335 BCE - Lyceum founded (approximate date).
  • 229 BCE - Athens liberated from Macedonian supremacy, but refuses to join Achaean League.
  • 88 BCE - City sacked by Roman forces.
  • 267 CE - Agora sacked by Germanic Heruli forces.
  • 396 CE - City taken by forces of Visigoth Alaric.
  • 580 - City sacked by Slavic forces.
  • 1146 - City "plundered by Roger, King of Sicily."
  • 1204 - Othon de la Roche of Burgundy becomes Duke of Athens.
  • 1311 - City under Aragonese rule.

    • 15th-19th centuries

  • 1456 - Conquest by the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1687 - City besieged by Venetian forces under Francesco Morosini during the Morean War.
  • 1801 - Elgin Marbles taken to Britain.
  • 1821 - April: Siege of the Acropolis (1821–22) begins.
  • 1826 - August: Siege of the Acropolis (1826–27) begins.
  • 1829 - National Archaeological Museum established.
  • 1833 - City becomes part of the Attica and Boeotia Prefecture administrative division.
  • 1834
  • City becomes capital of Kingdom of Greece.
  • National Library of Greece headquartered in city.
  • 1837 - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ("Othonian University") and National Technical University of Athens ("Royal School of Arts") established.
  • 1840 - Royal Garden planted.
  • 1842 - Observatory built.
  • 1843
  • 3 November: Third of September National Assembly of the Greeks at Athens begins.
  • Royal Palace built.
  • 1846 - Omonoia Square ("Palace Square") laid out.
  • 1854 - Occupation of city by British and French forces during the Crimean War begins.
  • 1856 - Occupation of city by British and French forces ends.
  • 1860s - Anafiotika neighborhood settled.
  • 1862 - 10 December: Second National Assembly of the Greeks at Athens begins.
  • 1869 - Athens and Piraeus Railway in operation.
  • 1871 - Athens Conservatoire founded.
  • 1874 - German Archaeological Institute at Athens established.
  • 1876 - Athens Stock Exchange established.
  • 1878 - Hotel Grande Bretagne in business.
  • 1881 - American School of Classical Studies at Athens established.
  • 1886 - British School at Athens established.
  • 1896 - 1896 Summer Olympics held.
  • 1899
  • City becomes part of the Attica Prefecture administrative division.
  • Spyridon Merkouris becomes mayor.

    • 20th century

  • 1904
  • Athens Metro in operation.
  • Athens Railway Station opens.
  • 1905 - Athens News Agency established.
  • 1907 - Population: 167,479.
  • 1908 - Panathinaikos A.O. football club formed.
  • 1909 - Goudi coup.
  • 1916 - 1 December: "Allied and Greek forces clash."
  • 1919 - Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded.
  • 1920
  • * Third National Assembly of the Greeks at Athens begins.
  • Population: 453,042 metro.
  • 1922
  • Population increases with war refugees; shantytowns develop.
  • To Vima newspaper begins publication.
  • Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium opens in Ampelokipoi.
  • 1923
  • Vradyni newspaper begins publication.
  • Fourth National Assembly of the Greeks at Athens, convenes.
  • 1926 - Academy of Athens founded.
  • 1928 - Population: 802,000 metro.
  • 1929 - Residential Psychiko suburb developed near city.
  • 1930 - National Theatre of Greece and Benaki Museum established.
  • 1932 - Residential Filothei suburb developed near city.
  • 1935
  • October: Fifth National Assembly of the Greeks at Athens held.
  • Alexandras Prosfygika housing complex built on Alexandras Avenue.
  • 1938 - Airport built.
  • 1939 - Greek National Opera established.
  • 1940 - Population: 481,225 city; 1,124,109 metro.
  • 1941 - 27 April: City occupation by German forces begins.
  • 1944
  • 14 October: City occupation by German forces ends.
  • December: Dekemvriana clashes begin.
  • Ta Nea newspaper begins publication.
  • 1947 - Star-Cinema opens.
  • 1951 - Population: 559,250 city; 1,368,142 metro.
  • 1955 - Athens Festival of arts begins.
  • 1957
  • Astron Cinema opens.
  • Hellenic American Union founded.
  • 1972 - City becomes part of the Athens Prefecture administrative division.
  • 1973
  • Museum of the City of Athens established.
  • Athens Polytechnic uprising.
  • 1974 - Eleftherotypia newspaper begins publication.
  • 1980 - 31 July: 1980 Turkish embassy attack in Athens.
  • 1981 - Ethnos newspaper begins publication.
  • 1983 - Eleftheros Typos newspaper begins publication.
  • 1984 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
  • 1987 - Miltiadis Evert becomes mayor.
  • 1991 - Athens Concert Hall opens.
  • 1994 - City becomes part of the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture administrative division.
  • 1995 - Dimitris Avramopoulos becomes mayor.
  • 1998 - Kokkalis Foundation headquartered in city.
  • 1999 - 7 September: 1999 Athens earthquake.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - Ambelokipi metro station, Megaro Moussikis metro station, and Panormou metro station open.
  • 2001 - Athens International Airport opens.
  • 2003 - Dora Bakoyannis becomes mayor.
  • 2004
  • Athens Tram begins operating.
  • 2004 Summer Olympics and Paralympics held.
  • 2007 - Nikitas Kaklamanis becomes mayor.
  • 2008 - December: 2008 Greek riots.
  • 2009 - Acropolis Museum and Art Foundation open.
  • 2010
  • July: Journalist Giolias killed.
  • November: Muslim demonstration.
  • Giorgos Kaminis elected mayor.
  • 2011
  • Athens Mass Transit System formed.
  • Population: 664,046 city; 3,737,550 metro.
  • 2012
  • 13 February: Protest.
  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center construction begins.
  • 2013 - Flooding.

    • References

    Timeline of Athens Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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