Timeline of Chișinău explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.

Prior to 20th century

• 1436 - Village mentioned in a document^[1] in the Principality of Moldavia.
• 1641 - Town becomes property of the .

• 1752 - Măzărache Church built.
• 1812
  • Town becomes part of Russia.
  • Population: 7,000.
• 1813 - Religious Eparchy of Chișinău and Theological Seminary^[2] established.
• 1817 - Anghel Nour becomes mayor.
• 1818
  • Town becomes capital of the Bessarabia Oblast.
  • Ștefan cel Mare Central Park laid out.
• 1832
  • Public Library founded.
  • Population: 35,000.
• 1836 - Nativity Cathedral built.
• 1838 - built.
• 1840 - Triumphal Arch erected.
• 1849 - Population: 42,613.
• 1860 - Telegraph to Odessa begins operating.^[3]
• 1862 - Population: 92,000, (inc. suburbs.)
• 1871
  • Calea Ferată din Moldova (railway) to Tiraspol begins operating.
  • Chișinău Railway Station opens.
• 1877 - April: Alexander II of Russia visits city.
• 1895 - St. Teodora de la Sihla Church built.
• 1897 - Population: 102,427.
• 1900 - Population: 125,787.
• end of 19th C. - Chișinău Water Tower built.

20th century

• 1901 - Chișinău City Hall completed.
• 1902 - Transfiguration Church built.
• 1903 - April: Kishinev pogrom of Jews occurs.^[4]
• 1905
  • October: Second Pogrom of Jews.
  • Sfatul Țării Palace built.
• 1913
  • Cuvânt moldovenesc magazine begins publication.
  • Population: 128,700.^[5]
• 1917
  • March: National Moldavian Party headquartered in city.^[6]
  • December: Bessarabian Sfatul Țării (parliament) convenes in city.
• 1918
  • January: City occupied by Bolsheviks.
  • City occupied by Romania.
• 1921 - Capitoline Wolf statue erected.
• 1925 - City becomes seat of Lăpușna County.
• 1928 - Stephen the Great Monument unveiled in Ștefan cel Mare Central Park.
• 1930 - Population: 114,896.
• 1939 - National Museum of Fine Arts founded.
• 1940
  • June: Soviet occupation begins.
  • August: City designated capital of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • 10 November: 1940 Vrancea earthquake.
  • Bessarabian Society of Writers established.
• 1941
  • Occupation of city by Romanian forces begins.
  • June: Aerial bombing of city.
  • Office of mayor abolished.
  • Population: 52,962.
• 1944
  • 24 August: Red Army takes city.
  • Occupation of city by Romanian forces ends.
• 1945
  • Dinamo Stadium opens.
  • founded.
• 1946 - Academy of Sciences of Moldova established.
• 1950
  • Cinema Gaudeamus opens.^[7]
  • Chișinău Botanical Garden founded.
• 1952
  • Artificial created.
  • Moldovan Newsreel Documentary Studio established.
• 1957
  • Moldova National Opera Ballet theatre opens.
  • Moldova-Film studio active.
• 1958 - Alley of Classics sculpture area opens in Ștefan cel Mare Central Park.
• 1960 - Chișinău International Airport opens.
• 1965
  • Romanian Literature Museum established.
  • Population: 278,000.^[8]
• 1974 - Chișinău Airport terminal built.
• 1977
  • 4 March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.
  • Sud-Est magazine begins publication.
• 1978 - and theatre founded.
• 1979 - Population: 539,000.^[9]
• 1982 - Circ (cultural entity) opens.^[10]
• 1983
  • National Museum of History of Moldova established.
  • Chișinău Water Tower rebuilt.
• 1985 - Population: 624,000.^[11]
• 1987
  • Moldovan Writers' Union active.^[12]
  • Presidential Palace complete.
• 1989 - 1989 Moldovan civil unrest.
• 1990 - Office of mayor re-established.
• 1991
  • City becomes part of the Republic of Moldova.
  • established.
  • Capitoline Wolf statue re-installed.
  • Population: 676,700.
• 1999 - Army Museum founded.
• 2000
  • April: Student protest.
  • Institute for Public Policy established.^[13]

21st century

• 2001 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Chișinău^[14] and La Strada Center for Women Rightshttp://lastrada.md/en/who-we-are/ established.
• 2002 - Anti-government .
• 2005 - 2005 Chișinău mayoral election held.
• 2007 - Dorin Chirtoacă becomes mayor.
• 2009 - April: April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests.
• 2011 - June: 2011 Moldovan local election held.
• 2012 - January: Anti-government protest.^[15]
• 2013 - 3 November: 2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova.
• 2014 - Population: 492,894.
• 2015 - September: Anti-Timofti demonstration.

See also

• History of Chișinău
• Timeline of Chișinău (in Romanian)
• List of mayors of Chișinău
• Other names of Chișinău (e.g. Kishineff, Kishinev)

References

This article incorporates information from the Romanian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• • • • Kishinev . 15 . 836 . 1910 . . 1.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Andrei Brezianu. Vlad Spânu. Historical Dictionary of Moldova . 2007. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6446-7 . Chisinau . https://books.google.com/books?id=iQGyAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 .
2. Book: Bessarabia, Russia and Roumania on the Black Sea . Charles Upson Clark . New York . Dodd, Mead & Company . 1927 . Hathi Trust . Kishineff . Charles Upson Clark .
3. Book: Andrei Brezianu. Vlad Spânu. Historical Dictionary of Moldova . 2007. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6446-7 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=iQGyAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR23 .
4. Book: Dominic Lieven . Imperial Russia, 1689-1917 . 2006. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-81529-1 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=NzR0cmnP3J8C&pg=PR20 .
5. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia . 2027/njp.32101072368440 . Statesman's Year-Book .
6. Book: Andrei Brezianu. Vlad Spânu. Historical Dictionary of Moldova . 2007. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6446-7 .
7. Web site: Movie Theaters in Chisinau, Moldova . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . 28 February 2015 .
8. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1960_round.htm . Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . Kishinev .
9. Book: Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart . The Contemporary Soviet City. registration . 4 . 1984. M.E. Sharpe . New York . 978-0-87332-248-5 .
10. Web site: Chisinau's Circ Comes to Life . 10 December 2008 . Moldovarious (blog) . .
11. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm . 1985 Demographic Yearbook . 1987 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 247–289 .
12. Web site: Istoric . 28 February 2015 . ro . Uniunea Scriitorilor din Republica Moldova .
13. Web site: Organizations . . Switzerland . . 28 February 2015 .
14. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Moldova . . Norway . 28 February 2015 .
15. Web site: Moldova: Anti-Government Protests Receive Little Endorsement From Netizens . 31 January 2012 . .