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Timeline of Yerevan

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yerevan, Armenia.

Contents

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.

    • References

    Timeline of Yerevan Wikipedia
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