Timeline of Iași

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Iași, Romania.

Before the 20th century

1408 – Iași first mentioned in a document. 1513 – Town "burned by the Tatars." 1538 – Town sacked by Turks. 1541 – Dancu Monastery founded. 1562 – Socola Monastery built. 1564 – Seat of Moldavian principality relocated to Iași from Suceava by Alexandru Lăpușneanu (approximate date). 1628 – Bârnova Monastery built. 1639 – Trei Ierarhi Monastery built. 1640 – Vasilian College founded. 1640s – Printing press in operation. (includes chronology) 1642 – Synod of Iași 1660 – Golia Monastery built. 1670 – Great Synagogue built. 1686 – Town sacked by Russians. 1710 – July: Forces muster near Iași at start of the Russo-Ottoman War of 1710–11. 1707 – Princely Academy of Iași founded. 1739 – City taken by Russians. 1752 – built. 1755 – established. 1769 – City taken by Russians. 1792 – 9 January: Treaty of Jassy signed in city, ending Russo-Turkish War (1787–92). 1806 – Iași occupied by Russian forces. 1813 – First engineering classes at the School of Surveying and Civil Engineers (part of the Princely Academy) 1822 – City besieged by Turkish forces. 1827 – Fire. 1828 – City taken by Russians. 1832 – The first theatre, the Théâtre des Variétés (Iași), is inaugurated. 1833 founded. Roznovanu Palace built. 1834 Academia Mihăileană founded. Copou Park laid out. 1844 – Fire. 1846 – Iași National Theatre in the opens. 1855 established. Yiddish-language Korot Haitim newspaper begins publication. 1856 – Iași Botanical Garden established. 1859 – City becomes seat of the Romanian United Principalities. 1860 University of Iași founded. Music and Declamation School and School for Sculpture and Painting founded. 1861 – Seat of Romanian government relocated from Iași to Bucharest. 1864 – Central State Library of Iași in operation. 1870 – Iași railway station opens. 1884 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași founded. 1887 – Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated. 1888 – 17 February: burns down. 1896 – Iași National Theatre building constructed. 1900 Electric begin operating. Population: 78,067.

20th century

1906 – Toynbee Hall Association founded. 1916 Capital of Kingdom of Romania relocated to Iași from Bucharest. established. 1918 – Jassy Conference 1918 – Capital of Romania relocated from Iași back to Bucharest. 1920 – Tătărași Athenaeum founded. 1923 – Iași Exhibition Park opens. 1925 – Palace of Justice built. 1927 – Union Monument and Attacking Cavalryman Statue unveiled. 1937 – Polytechnic Institute established. 1941 – 27 June: Iași pogrom of Jews. 1943 – established. 1944 – 21 August: City taken by Soviet forces. 1946 - (railway station) built. 1948 - Population: 94,075. 1949 – Puppet Theatre opens. 1950 – (railway station) built. 1956 – Romanian National Opera debuts. 1957 – moves into the Palace of Culture. 1960 – Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu (stadium) opens. 1964 – Population: 123,558 city; 157,017 urban agglomeration. 1970 – Moldova Mall in business. 1977 – Population: 264,947 city; 284,308 urban agglomeration. 1992 – Population: 344,425. 1995 – Polirom publisher in business. 2000 – Iulius Mall Iași in business.

21st century

2002 – Population: 320,888. 2010 – CSM Studențesc Iași football club formed. 2011 – Population: 290,422. 2012 – Palas Iași shopping mall in business. 2014 – Iași–Ungheni gas pipeline launched.

Timeline of Iași

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