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.


 * 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 - 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.
 * founded.
 * 1946 - Academy of Sciences of Moldova established.
 * 1950
 * Cinema Gaudeamus opens.
 * 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.
 * 1974 - Chișinău Airport terminal built.
 * 1977
 * 4 March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.
 * Sud-Est magazine begins publication.
 * 1978 - and  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.
 * 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.
 * 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.