Timeline of Yerevan

Prior to 20th century

782 BCE - Settlement founded by Argishti I of Urartu.

590s CE - Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan built.

1582 - Turks in power.

1583 - Erivan Fortress built.

1604 - Town taken by Safavids of Iran.

1615 - Town besieged by Turkish forces.

1679 - 4 June: 1679 Armenia earthquake.

1736 - Town becomes capital of the Erivan Khanate.

1768 - Blue Mosque built.

1827 - 1 October: Capture of Erivan; Russians in power; Persians depart.

1828 - Town becomes part of Russia per Treaty of Turkmenchay.

1830 - Red Bridge rebuilt.

1837 - Tsarskaya Street opens.

1842 - Saint Sarkis Cathedral rebuilt.

1873 - Population: 11,938.

1877 - Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory in operation.

1879 - Hovhannes Ghorghanyan becomes mayor.

1897 - Population: 28,910.

20th century

1913 - Population: 34,000.

1915 - Refugees from Armenian Genocide begin to arrive in Erivan.

1918 - 28 May: Erivan becomes capital of the First Republic of Armenia.

1920

29 November: Bolsheviks in power.

Erivan becomes capital of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Nairi Cinema opens.

1921 - Armenian State University established.

1924 - Art school opens.

1926 - Population: 64,613.

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."

Moscow Cinema opens.

Komitas Pantheon (cemetery) established.

1939 - Population: 200,031.

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.

1970 - Hrazdan Stadium and Chess House open.

1977 - Yerevan TV Tower erected.

1979 - Population: 1,055,000.

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.

1991

21 September: Armenian independence referendum, 1991 held.

Azg and Yerkir newspapers in publication.

1992

Football Club Pyunik formed.

Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art active.

1993 - Yerevan Stock Exchange established.

1994 - Food demonstration.

1996 - September: Protest following Armenian presidential election, 1996.

21st century

2001 - Hovik Hayrapetyan Equestrian Centre opens.

2003

Yervand Zakharyan becomes mayor.

Armenian International Policy Research Group headquartered in city.

2004

Yerevan International Film Festival begins.

Yerevan City Hall built.

2007 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.

2008 - February–March: 2008 Armenian presidential election protests.

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.