Timeline of Yangon

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yangon, Myanmar.

Prior to 19th century

• 6th century CE - Dagon village founded by the Mon people.
• 7th century - Town conquered by King Punnarika of Pegu, renamed "Aramana."
• 1362 - Binnya U raised the height of Shwedagon Pagoda
• 1364 - Mon Princess Maha Dewi, a sister of King Binnya U became Governor of Dagon.
• 1413 - Town occupied by Burmans.
• 1415 - Mon Prince Binnya Set became Governor of Dagon.
• 1460 - Palace built by Mon Queen Shin Sawbu.
• 1484 - Great Bell of Dhammazedi presented.
• 1583 - Italian merchant, Gasparo Balbi visits.
• 1755 - Dagon captured by Burman King Alaungpaya and renamed "Yangon."
• 1756 - Between 1756 and 1759 Alaungpaya appointed Mon Governor of Yangon, Smim Noradecha (Ma Pu) joins Mon rebellion (approximate date).
• 1768 - Earthquake.
• 1790 - The Mon people (also known as Peguans) in power.
• 1790s - British East India Company factory in business (approximate date).

19th century

• 1823
• Population: 30,000 (estimate).
• Guanyin Gumiao Temple built
• 1824 - Battle of Rangoon
• 1825 - British in power.
• 1827 - British occupation ends per Treaty of Yandabo.
• 1841 - King Tharrawaddy in residence; city wall built.
• 1850 - Fire.
• 1852
• April: Second Anglo-Burmese War begins; British in power.
• City becomes capital of British Burma.
• 1853 - Port of Rangoon established.
• 1854 - Rangoon Chronicle begins publication.
• 1855
• A Mon noble named Maung Khaing becomes the first Magistrate of Yangon (Rangoon)
• Maung Htaw Lay (former Mon governor of Dala) restores Shwedagon Pagoda
• 1857 - BI Steam Navigation Company starts Calcutta-Rangoon-Moulmein service.
• 1860 - St. Paul's English High School established.
• 1861 - Kheng Hock Keong built
• 1868 - Irrawaddy Flotilla Company starts Rangoon-Mandalay service.
• 1872
• Population: 98,745.
• Baptist College opens.
• 1874 - 31 July: Municipality constituted.
• 1875 - Fushan Temple built.
• 1876 - City area expanded.
• 1877
• Railway begins operating.
• Central Railway Station built.
• Long Shan Tang Temple built.
• 1878 - Rangoon College established.
• 1879 - City "separated from Hathawaddy District."
• 1881 - Population: 134,176.
• 1882 - Methodist Episcopal Girls School founded.
• 1883
• Inya Lake created.
• Twante Canal opens.
• 1887 - Dufferin Hospital opens
• 1888 - Income tax established.
• 1891 - Population: 181,210.
• 1893 - June: Riot.
• 1899
• General Hospital founded.
• Saint Mary's Cathedral built.

20th century

• 1901
• Strand Hotel opens.
• Population: 234,881.
• 1902 - Secretariat Building constructed.
• 1906 - Victoria Memorial Park and Zoological Gardens opens.
• 1907 - Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Temple built.
• 1911 - High Court building constructed.
• 1912 - Gymkhana Ground (cricket) in use.
• 1913 - Burma Art Club founded (approximate date).
• 1914 - Myanma Alin (New Light of Myanmar) newspaper begins.
• 1915 - Lim Chin Tsong Palace built (approximate date).
• 1920
• Myoma National High School founded.
• Governor's Residence built.
• 1921 - City boundaries expanded.
• 1922 - City incorporated.
• 1926 - Scott's Market built.
• 1927
• BOC College of Engineering and Mining established.
• Medical school building constructed.
• 1930
• Richard Rushall elected as mayor of Rangoon
• Race riots in Rangoon
• Earthquake kills over 550 people.
• 1931 - Population: 398,967.
• 1936 - Yangon City Hall built.
• 1937 - City becomes capital of Burma.
• 1938 - Race riots in Rangoon
• 1942 - Japanese occupation begins.
• 1943
• Biruma Shinbun newspaper begins publication.
• 8 November: Bombing destroys Botataung Pagoda.
• U Wisara Monument erected.
• 1945 - Japanese occupation ends.
• 1947 - Airport built.
• 1948 - 4 January: City becomes capital of the independent Union of Burma.
• 1952
• National Museum of the Union of Burma opens.
• Kaba Aye Pagoda built.
• 1953 - Population: 711,520.
• 1957 - Kyemon newspaper begins publication.
• 1958 - The Botataung newspaper begins publication.
• 1960
• Population: 1,284,642.
• Yangon Children's Hospital opens
• 1961
• May - South Okkalapa Maternal and Child Hospital opens
• December- 2nd South East Asian Games held
• 1962
• 7 July - Government guns down student protesters.
• Bogyoke Aung San Museum established.
• 1963 - Medical College 2 opens
• 1964 - Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) opens
• 1967 - 26 June: "Anti-Chinese riot."
• 1968 - Planetarium established.
• 1969 - 5th South East Asian Games
• 1972 - Karaweik built
• 1973 - Population: 2,055,365 (approximate).
• 1974 - Government guns down student protesters following U Thant's death
• 1980 - Maha Wizaya Pagoda built.
• 1983
• 9 October: Bombing at Martyrs' Mausoleum.
• Population: 2,513,023.
• 1984 - New Yangon General Hospital opens
• 1985 - Thuwunna Stadium opens.
• 1988
• 8 August: 8888 Uprising.
• State Law and Order Restoration Council headquartered in city.
• Ko Lay becomes mayor.
• 1989 - City renamed "Yangon."
• 1990
• Yangon City Development Committee established.
• Bayinnaung Market established
• 1991 - National Theatre of Yangon opens.
• 1992 - Asia World Group conglomerate headquartered in city.
• 1993 - Dagon University opens
• 1994 - Thingangyun Sanpya Hospital opens
• 1996 - Myanmar Securities Exchange established.
• 1998 - Myanmar Motion Picture Museum established.
• 1999 - Sakura Tower opens.

21st century

• 2001 - Yangon City FM radio begins broadcasting.
• 2002 - Kyauktawgyi Buddha Temple (Yangon) opens.
• October 1: Birth of Steven Wai Yan
• 2005
• May: May 2005 Yangon bombings
• November: National capital relocated from Yangon to Naypyidaw.
• 2007
• September: Anti-government protests led by monks; crackdown.
• Yangon International Airport terminal built.
• 2008
• 2 May: Cyclone Nargis.
• September: Explosion near City Hall.
• 2009 - Yangon United Football Club formed.
• 2010
• 16 April: April 2010 Yangon Thingyan bombings
• Population: 4,348,000.
• 2011
• Hla Myint becomes mayor.
• 2011 Yangon explosion
• 2012
• February: Shwedagon Pagoda Festival resumes.
• Yangon Heritage Trust begins
• 2013
• January: Marathon held.
• April: School fire.
• December: Some events of 27th Southeast Asian Games take place.
• 2014 - Population: 4,575,155 (2014 census); 5,211,431 (urban agglomeration).
• 2015 - Yangon Stock Exchange begins
• 2017 - Yangon Bus Service begins
• 2020
• 27 March: first COVID-19 case in Yangon

See also

• Yangon history
• Yangon City Heritage List
• List of name changes in Yangon
• List of mayors of Yangon
• List of universities and colleges in Yangon
• List of hospitals in Yangon
• List of districts and neighborhoods of Yangon

References

Bibliography

External links

• Map of Rangoon, 1912