# 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
* Battle of Rangoon1824 - Battle of RangoonShwedagon Pagoda. Coloured aquatint by William Daniell after James Kershaw, c. 1831
* 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.
** The Strand Hotel, RangoonPopulation: 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). Lim Chin Tsong Palace
* 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