The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yerevan, Armenia.
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 - Yerevan Fortress built. 1615 - Town besieged by Turkish forces. 1679 - 4 June: 1679 Armenia earthquake 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 yerevan. 1918 - 28 May: Yerevan becomes capital of the First Republic of Armenia. 1920 29 November: Bolsheviks in power. Yerevan 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. 1961 - Zvartnots International Airport opens. 1965 24 April: 1965 Yerevan demonstrations. Population: 623,000. 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. 1985 - Population: 1,133,000 (estimate). 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 20 January: 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. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 held. 2012 - City named World Book Capital by UNESCO. 2014 - Yerevan Mall in business. 2018 - April: 2018 Armenian protests. 2022 11 October: Khachkar commemorating Armenian-Polish friendship and Pope John Paul II unveiled. Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 held.
See also Yerevan history History of Yerevan List of mayors of Yerevan Other names of Yerevan (e.g. Erivan, Eriwan, Iravan, Irwan, Jerewan) Timeline of Armenian history Timeline of modern Armenian history
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External links
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Yerevan, various dates