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 rangoon.jpg - Battle of Rangoon[[File:Dagon pagoda, near Rangoon, Burma. Coloured aquatint by Will Wellcome V0050496.jpg|thumb|[[Shwedagon 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, Rangoon.jpgation: 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.jpg
 * 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