Timeline of Yerevan
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yerevan, Armenia.
Prior to 20th century
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- 782 BCE - Settlement founded by Argishti I of Urartu.[1]
- 590s CE - Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan built.
- 1582 - Turks in power.[2]
- 1583 - Erivan Fortress built.
- 1604 - Town taken by Safavids of Iran.[3]
- 1615 - Town besieged by Turkish forces.[2]
- 1679 - 4 June: 1679 Armenia earthquake.
- 1736 - Town becomes capital of the Erivan Khanate.[citation needed]
- 1768 - Blue Mosque built.
- 1827 - 1 October: Capture of Erivan; Russians in power; Persians depart.[3]
- 1828 - Town becomes part of Russia per Treaty of Turkmenchay.[2][4]
- 1830 - Red Bridge rebuilt.
- 1837 - Tsarskaya Street opens.[citation needed]
- 1842 - Saint Sarkis Cathedral rebuilt.
- 1873 - Population: 11,938.[2]
- 1877 - Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory in operation.
- 1879 - Hovhannes Ghorghanyan becomes mayor.[5]
- 1897 - Population: 28,910.
20th century
- 1913 - Population: 34,000.[6]
- 1915 - Refugees from Armenian Genocide begin to arrive in Erivan.[3]
- 1918 - 28 May: Erivan becomes capital of the First Republic of Armenia.[3]
- 1920
- 29 November: Bolsheviks in power.[7]
- Erivan becomes capital of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.[4]
- Nairi Cinema opens.
- 1921 - Armenian State University established.[4]
- 1924 - Art school opens.[8]
- 1926 - Population: 64,613.[4]
- 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."[4]
- Moscow Cinema opens.[9]
- Komitas Pantheon (cemetery) established.
- 1939 - Population: 200,031.[4]
- 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.
- Population: 623,000.[10]
- 1967
- Mother Armenia monument erected in Victory Park.
- Armenian Genocide memorial erected on Tsitsernakaberd.
- 1970s - Yerevan Museum of Contemporary Art established.[8]
- 1970 - Hrazdan Stadium and Chess House open.
- 1977 - Yerevan TV Tower erected.
- 1979 - Population: 1,055,000.[11]
- 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).[12]
- 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.[13]
- 1991
- 21 September: Armenian independence referendum, 1991 held.
- Azg and Yerkir newspapers in publication.[14]
- 1992
- 1993 - Yerevan Stock Exchange established.[14]
- 1994 - Food demonstration.[15]
- 1996 - September: Protest following Armenian presidential election, 1996.[15]
21st century
- 2001 - Hovik Hayrapetyan Equestrian Centre opens.
- 2003
- Yervand Zakharyan becomes mayor.[5]
- Armenian International Policy Research Group headquartered in city.[16]
- 2004
- Yerevan International Film Festival begins.
- Yerevan City Hall built.
- 2007 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[17]
- 2008 - February–March: 2008 Armenian presidential election protests.[15]
- 2009 - Cafesjian Museum of Art opens.
- 2011
- Yerevan Velodrome and Mordechai Navi Synagogue open.
- Taron Margaryan becomes mayor.
- Population: 1,060,138.
- 2012 - City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
- 2014 - Yerevan Mall in business.
- 2018 - April: 2018 Armenian protests.[18]
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
References
- ^ Adalian 2010.
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d Rouben Paul Adalian (2010). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Armenia (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Erivan", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 584, OL 6112221M
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Former mayors of Yerevan". Yerevan Municipality Official Website. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: Caucasia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Thomas de Waal (2010). "Chronology". The Caucasus: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974620-0.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Anatolia and the Caucasus, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Yerevan, Armenia". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ Henry W. Morton; Robert C. Stuart, eds. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
Erevan
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Brian E. Tucker; et al., eds. (1994). Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk. Kluwer. ISBN 978-0-7923-2914-5.
- ^ a b "Armenia". Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Armenia Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Armenian PM resigns after days of protests", BBC News, 23 April 2018
Bibliography
- Published in 19th century
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Erivan", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown – via Hathi Trust
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Robert Ker Porter (1821), "(Erivan)", Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 5524754
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - William Ouseley (1823), "(Iravan)", Travels in various countries of the East; more particularly Persia, London: Rodwell and Martin, OCLC 4198311
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Evliya Çelebi (1834). "Description of the Town of Erivan (Revan)". Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century. Vol. 2. Translated by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. London: Oriental Translation Fund.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Douglas W. Freshfield (1869). "(Erivan)". Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan. London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - J. Buchan Telfer (1876). "(Erivan)". The Crimea and Transcaucasia. London: H.S. King & Company.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Erivan". American Cyclopedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Erivan". Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.). London: John Murray. 1888.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Charles Wilson, ed. (1895), "Erivan", Handbook for Travellers in Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Persia, etc., London: John Murray, OCLC 8979039
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)
- Published in 20th century
- "Erivan", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901 – via Hathi Trust
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - H. F. B. Lynch (1901). "At Erivan". Armenia: Travels and Studies. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - A.V. Williams Jackson (1906), "(Erivan)", Persia Past and Present: a Book of Travel and Research, New York: Macmillan
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Erivan", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - William Eleroy Curtis (1911). "(Erivan)". Around the Black Sea. New York: Hodder & Stoughton.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Erivan", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - William Henry Beable (1919), "Erivan", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)
- Published in 21st century
- Rouben Paul Adalian (2010). "Yerevan". Historical Dictionary of Armenia (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Levon Abrahamian (2011). "Yerevan Sacra". In Tsypylma Darieva; et al. (eds.). Urban Spaces After Socialism: Ethnographies of Public Places in Eurasian Cities. Frankfurt: Campus-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-593-39384-1.
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External links
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