# Timeline of Chișinău

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 in the Principality of Moldavia.
* 1641 - Town becomes property of the Sfânta Vineri Monastery [ro].
* 1752 - Măzărache Church built.
* 1812
** Town becomes part of Russia.
** Population: 7,000.
* 1813 - Religious Eparchy of Chișinău and Theological Seminary 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 - Chișinău Lutheran Church [ro] built.
* 1840 - Triumphal Arch erected.
* 1849 - Population: 42,613.
* 1860 - Telegraph to Odessa begins operating.
* 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.
* 1905
** October: Second Pogrom of Jews.
** Sfatul Țării Palace built.
* 1913
** Cuvânt moldovenesc magazine begins publication.
** Population: 128,700.
* 1917
** March: National Moldavian Party headquartered in city.
** 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.
** Licurici Puppet Theatre [ro] founded.
* 1946 - Academy of Sciences of Moldova established.
* 1950
** Cinema Gaudeamus opens.
** Chișinău Botanical Garden founded.
* 1952
** Artificial Komsomol Lake [ru] 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.
* 1974 - Chișinău Airport terminal built.
* 1977
** 4 March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.
** Sud-Est magazine begins publication.
* 1978 - Chișinău Zoo [ro] and Pe Strada Trandafirilor [ro] theatre founded.
* 1979 - Population: 539,000.
* 1982 - Circ (cultural entity) opens.
* 1983
** National Museum of History of Moldova established.
** Chișinău Water Tower rebuilt.
* 1985 - Population: 624,000.
* 1987
** Moldovan Writers' Union active.
** Presidential Palace complete.
* 1989 - 1989 Moldovan civil unrest.
* 1990 - Office of mayor re-established.
* 1991
** City becomes part of the Republic of Moldova.
** Eugene Ionesco Theatre [ro] established.
** Capitoline Wolf statue re-installed.
** Population: 676,700.
* 1999 - Army Museum founded.
* 2000
** April: Student protest.
** Institute for Public Policy established.

## 21st century

* 2001 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Chișinău and La Strada Center for Women Rights established.
* 2002 - Anti-government 2002 Chișinău protest [ro].
* 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.
* 2013 - 3 November: 2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova.
* 2014 - Population: 492,894.
* 2015 - September: Anti-Timofti demonstration.