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Timeline of Chișinău

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1436 - Village mentioned in a document in the Principality of Moldavia.
  • 1641 - Town becomes property of the Sfânta Vineri Monastery.
  • 1752 - Măzărache Church built.
  • 1812
  • Town becomes part of Russia.
  • Population: 7,000.
  • 1813 - Religious Eparchy of Chișinău and theological seminary established.
  • 1817 - Anghel Nour becomes mayor.
  • 1818
  • Town becomes capital of the Bessarabia oblast.
  • Ștefan cel Mare Central Park laid out.
  • 1832 - Public Library founded.
  • 1836 - Nativity Cathedral built.
  • 1838 - Chișinău Lutheran Church built.
  • 1841 - Triumphal arch erected.
  • 1849 - Population: 42,613.
  • 1860 - Telegraph to Odessa begins operating.
  • 1871
  • Calea Ferată din Moldova (railway) to Tiraspol begins operating.
  • Chișinău Railway Station opens.
  • 1877 - April: Alexander II of Russia visits city.
  • 1895 - St. Teodora de la Sihla Church built.
  • 1897 - Population: 102,427.
  • 20th century

  • 1900 - Population: 125,787.
  • 1902 - Church of the Transfiguration, Chișinău built.
  • 1903 - April: Kishinev pogrom of Jews occurs.
  • 1905
  • October: Pogrom of Jews.
  • Sfatul Țării Palace built.
  • 1913
  • Cuvânt moldovenesc magazine begins publication.
  • Population: 128,700.
  • 1917
  • March: National Moldavian Party headquartered in city.
  • December: Bessarabian Sfatul Țării (parliament) convenes in city.
  • 1918
  • January: City occupied by Bolsheviks.
  • City becomes part of Romania.
  • 1921 - Capitoline Wolf statue erected.
  • 1925 - City becomes seat of Lăpușna County.
  • 1928 - Stephen the Great Monument unveiled in Ștefan cel Mare Central Park.
  • 1930 - Population: 114,896.
  • 1940
  • June: Soviet occupation begins.
  • August: City designated capital of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • 10 November: 1940 Vrancea earthquake.
  • Bessarabian Society of Writers established.
  • 1941
  • Occupation of city by Romanian forces begins.
  • June: Aerial bombing of city.
  • Office of mayor abolished.
  • Population: 52,962.
  • 1944
  • 24 August: Red Army takes city.
  • Occupation of city by Romanian forces ends.
  • 1945
  • Dinamo Stadium opens.
  • Licurici Puppet Theatre founded.
  • 1950
  • Cinema Gaudeamus opens.
  • Chișinău Botanical Garden founded.
  • 1952
  • Artificial Komsomol Lake created.
  • Moldovan Newsreel Documentary Studio established.
  • 1957
  • Moldova National Opera Ballet theatre opens.
  • Moldova-Film studio active.
  • 1958 - Alley of Classics sculpture area opens in Ștefan cel Mare Central Park.
  • 1963 - Population: 253,500.
  • 1965 - Romanian Literature Museum established.
  • 1974 - Chișinău Airport terminal built.
  • 1977
  • 4 March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.
  • Sud-Est magazine begins publication.
  • 1978 - Chișinău Zoo and Pe Strada Trandafirilor theatre founded.
  • 1979 - Population: 539,000.
  • 1982 - Circ (cultural entity) opens.
  • 1983
  • National Museum of History of Moldova established.
  • Chișinău Water Tower rebuilt.
  • 1987 - Moldovan Writers' Union active.
  • 1989 - 1989 Moldova civil unrest.
  • 1990 - Office of mayor re-established.
  • 1991
  • City becomes part of the Republic of Moldova.
  • Eugene Ionesco Theatre established.
  • Capitoline Wolf statue re-installed.
  • Population: 676,700.
  • 21st century

  • 2000
  • April: Student protest.
  • Institute for Public Policy established.
  • 2001 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Chișinău and La Strada Center for Women Rights[1] established.
  • 2002 - Anti-government 2002 Chișinău protest.
  • 2005 - Chișinău mayoral election, 2005 held.
  • 2007 - Dorin Chirtoacă becomes mayor.
  • 2009 - April: 2009 Moldova civil unrest.
  • 2011 - June: Moldovan local election, 2011 held.
  • 2012 - January: Anti-government protest.
  • 2013 - 3 November: 2013 "Pro Europe" demonstration in Moldova.
  • 2014 - Population: 492,894.
  • 2015 - September: Anti-Timofti demonstration.
  • References

    Timeline of Chișinău Wikipedia