Timeline of Yangon
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yangon, Myanmar.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 6th century CE - Dagon village founded by Mons.
- 7th century - Town conquered by King Punnarika of Pegu, renamed "Aramana."[1]
- 1413 - Town occupied by Burmans.[1]
- 1460 - Palace built by Shin Sawbu.[2]
- 1755 - Dagon captured by Alaungpaya and renamed "Yangon."[3]
- 1768 - Earthquake.[4]
- 1790 - Peguans in power.[2]
- 1790s - British East India Company factory in business (approximate date).[2]
19th century
- 1823 - Population: 30,000 (estimate).[5]
- 1824 - Battle of Rangoon.
- 1825 - British in power.[1]
- 1827 - British occupation ends per Treaty of Yandabo.[2]
- 1841 - King Tharrawaddy in residence; city wall built.[4]
- 1850 - Fire.[6]
- 1852
- April: Second Anglo-Burmese War begins; British in power.[1]
- City becomes capital of British Burma.[1]
- 1853 - Port of Rangoon established.[7]
- 1854 - Rangoon Chronicle begins publication.
- 1860 - St. Paul's English High School established.
- 1872
- 1874 - 31 July: Municipality constituted.[2]
- 1876 - City area expanded.[3]
- 1877
- Railway begins operating.[7]
- Central Railway Station built.
- 1878 - Rangoon College established.
- 1879 - City "separated from Hathawaddy District."[2]
- 1881 - Population: 134,176.[9]
- 1882 - Methodist Episcopal Girls School founded.
- 1883
- Inya Lake created.
- Twante Canal opens.
- 1888 - Income tax established.[2]
- 1891 - Population: 181,210.[9]
- 1893 - June: Riot.[2]
- 1899
- General Hospital founded.
- Saint Mary's Cathedral built.
20th century
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Map of Rangoon, 1911[10]
- 1901
- Strand Hotel opens.
- Population: 234,881.[2]
- 1902 - Secretariat Building constructed.[citation needed]
- 1906 - Victoria Memorial Park and Zoological Gardens opens.[10]
- 1911 - High Court building constructed.
- 1912 - Gymkhana Ground (cricket) in use.
- 1913 - Burma Art Club founded (approximate date).
- 1920
- Myoma National High School founded.
- Governor's Residence built.
- 1921 - City boundaries expanded.[3]
- 1922 - City incorporated.[11]
- 1926 - Scott's Market built.
- 1927
- BOC College of Engineering and Mining established.
- Medical school building constructed.
- 1930 - Race riots in Rangoon
- 1931 - Population: 398,967.[7]
- 1936 - Yangon City Hall built.
- 1937 - City becomes capital of Burma.[7]
- 1938 - Race riots in Rangoon
- 1942 - Japanese occupation begins.
- 1943
- Biruma Shinbun newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 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.
- 1957 - Kyemon newspaper begins publication.
- 1958 - The Botataung newspaper begins publication.
- 1960 - Population: 1,284,642.[3]
- 1962
- 7 July - Government guns down student protesters.
- Bogyoke Aung San Museum established.
- 1967 - 26 June: "Anti-Chinese riot."[13]
- 1968 - Planetarium established.
- 1974 - Government guns down student protesters following U Thant's death
- 1980 - Maha Wizaya Pagoda built.
- 1983
- 1985 - Thuwunna Stadium opens.
- 1988
- 8 August: 8888 Uprising.
- State Law and Order Restoration Council headquartered in city.[15]
- 1989 - City renamed "Yangon."[16]
- 1990 - Yangon City Development Committee established.[11]
- 1991 - National Theatre of Yangon opens.
- 1992 - Asia World Group conglomerate headquartered in city.
- 1996 - Myanmar Securities Exchange established.[17]
- 1998 - Myanmar Motion Picture Museum established.
21st century
- 2001 - Yangon City FM radio begins broadcasting.[citation needed]
- 2005 - November: National capital relocated from Yangon to Naypyidaw.
- 2007
- September: Anti-government protests led by monks; crackdown.[16]
- Yangon International Airport terminal built.
- 2008
- 2 May: Cyclone Nargis.
- September: Explosion near City Hall.[18]
- 2009 - Yangon United Football Club formed.
- 2010
- 16 April: Bombing near Kandawgyi Lake during Water Festival
- Population: 4,348,000.
- 2011 - Hla Myint becomes mayor.
- 2012 - February: Shwedagon Pagoda Festival resumes.
- 2013
- January: Marathon held.[19]
- April: School fire.[20]
- 13 October: Bombings injure two people.
- 14 October: Bombing injures one tourist.
- December: Some events of 27th Southeast Asian Games take place.
- 2014
- population: 4,575,155 (2014 census)
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Smith 1882.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Gazetteer 1908.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Nwe 1998.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 James 2004.
- ↑ Morse 1823.
- ↑ Britannica 1910.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Spate 1942.
- ↑ Balfour 1885.
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Bibliography
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- Map of Rangoon, 1912
