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