Timeline of Yerevan

The following is a 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.
• 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.
• 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.

See also

• Yerevan history
• History of Yerevan
• List of mayors of Yerevan
• (e.g. Erivan, Eriwan, Iravan, Irwan, Jerewan)
• Timeline of Armenian history
• Timeline of modern Armenian history

References

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

Published in 20th century

Published in 21st century

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Yerevan, various dates