Timeline of Iași

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Iași, Romania.

Before the 20th century

 * 1408 – Iași first mentioned in a document.
 * 1513 – Town "burned by the Tatars."
 * 1538 – Town sacked by Turks.
 * 1541 – Dancu Monastery founded.
 * 1562 – Socola Monastery built.
 * 1564 – Seat of Moldavian principality relocated to Iași from Suceava by Alexandru Lăpușneanu (approximate date).
 * 1628 – Bârnova Monastery built.
 * 1639 – Trei Ierarhi Monastery built.
 * 1640 – Vasilian College founded.
 * 1640s – Printing press in operation.
 * 1642 – Synod of Iași
 * 1660 – Golia Monastery built.
 * 1670 – Great Synagogue built.
 * 1686 – Town sacked by Russians.
 * 1710 – July: Forces muster near Iași at start of the Russo-Ottoman War of 1710–11.
 * 1707 – Princely Academy of Iași founded.
 * 1739 – City taken by Russians.
 * 1752 – built.
 * 1755 – established.
 * 1769 – City taken by Russians.
 * 1792 – 9 January: Treaty of Jassy signed in city, ending Russo-Turkish War (1787–92).
 * 1806 – Iași occupied by Russian forces.
 * 1813 – First engineering classes at the School of Surveying and Civil Engineers (part of the Princely Academy)
 * 1822 – City besieged by Turkish forces.
 * 1827 – Fire.
 * 1828 – City taken by Russians.
 * 1832 – The first theatre, the Théâtre des Variétés (Iași), is inaugurated.
 * 1833
 * founded.
 * Roznovanu Palace built.
 * 1834
 * Academia Mihăileană founded.
 * Copou Park laid out.
 * 1844 – Fire.
 * 1846 – Iași National Theatre in the opens.
 * 1855
 * established.
 * Yiddish-language Korot Haitim newspaper begins publication.
 * 1856 – Iași Botanical Garden established.
 * 1859 – City becomes seat of the Romanian United Principalities.
 * 1860
 * University of Iași founded.
 * Music and Declamation School and School for Sculpture and Painting founded.
 * 1861 – Seat of Romanian government relocated from Iași to Bucharest.
 * 1864 – Central State Library of Iași in operation.
 * 1870 – Iași railway station opens.
 * 1884 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași founded.
 * 1887 – Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1888 – 17 February: burns down.
 * 1896 – Iași National Theatre building constructed.
 * 1900
 * Electric begin operating.
 * Population: 78,067.

20th century

 * 1906 – Toynbee Hall Association founded.
 * 1916
 * Capital of Kingdom of Romania relocated to Iași from Bucharest.
 * established.
 * 1918 – Jassy Conference
 * 1918 – Capital of Romania relocated from Iași back to Bucharest.
 * 1920 – Tătărași Athenaeum founded.
 * 1923 – Iași Exhibition Park opens.
 * 1925 – Palace of Justice built.
 * 1927 – Union Monument and Attacking Cavalryman Statue unveiled.
 * 1937 – Polytechnic Institute established.
 * 1941 – 27 June: Iași pogrom of Jews.
 * 1943 – established.
 * 1944 – 21 August: City taken by Soviet forces.
 * 1946 - (railway station) built.
 * 1948 - Population: 94,075.
 * 1949 – Puppet Theatre opens.
 * 1950 – (railway station) built.
 * 1956 – Romanian National Opera debuts.
 * 1957 – moves into the Palace of Culture.
 * 1960 – Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu (stadium) opens.
 * 1964 – Population: 123,558 city; 157,017 urban agglomeration.
 * 1970 – Moldova Mall in business.
 * 1977 – Population: 264,947 city; 284,308 urban agglomeration.
 * 1992 – Population: 344,425.
 * 1995 – Polirom publisher in business.
 * 2000 – Iulius Mall Iași in business.

21st century

 * 2002 – Population: 320,888.
 * 2010 – CSM Studențesc Iași football club formed.
 * 2011 – Population: 290,422.
 * 2012 – Palas Iași shopping mall in business.
 * 2014 – Iași-Ungheni, Moldova gas pipeline launched.