Timeline of Yerevan

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yerevan, Armenia.

Prior to 20th century

 * 782 BCE - Settlement founded by Argishti I of Urartu.
 * 590s CE - Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan built.
 * 1582 - Turks in power.
 * 1583 - Yerevan Fortress built.
 * 1615 - Town besieged by Turkish forces.
 * 1679 - 4 June: 1679 Armenia earthquake
 * 1830 - Red Bridge rebuilt.
 * 1837 - Tsarskaya Street opens.
 * 1842 - Saint Sarkis Cathedral rebuilt.
 * 1873 - Population: 11,938.
 * 1877 - Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory in operation.
 * 1879 - Hovhannes Ghorghanyan becomes mayor.
 * 1897 - Population: 28,910.

20th century

 * 1913 - Population: 34,000.
 * 1915 - Refugees from Armenian genocide begin to arrive in yerevan.
 * 1918 - 28 May: Yerevan becomes capital of the First Republic of Armenia.
 * 1920
 * 29 November: Bolsheviks in power.
 * Yerevan becomes capital of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
 * Nairi Cinema opens.
 * 1921 - Armenian State University established.
 * 1924 - Art school opens.
 * 1926 - Population: 64,613.
 * 1930 - Spartak Stadium built.
 * 1931 - Saint Nikolai Cathedral demolished.
 * 1933 - Opera Theater opens.
 * 1934 - Golos Armenii Russian-language newspaper begins publication.
 * 1936
 * City renamed "Yerevan."
 * Moscow Cinema opens.
 * Komitas Pantheon (cemetery) established.
 * 1939 - Population: 200,031.
 * 1940
 * Yerevan Zoo opens.
 * Statue of Lenin erected in Lenin Square.
 * 1949 - Pushkin Park designed.
 * 1959 - Souren Spandaryan Square opens.
 * 1965
 * 24 April: 1965 Yerevan demonstrations.
 * Population: 623,000.
 * 1967
 * Mother Armenia monument erected in Victory Park.
 * Armenian Genocide memorial erected on Tsitsernakaberd.
 * 1970s - Yerevan Museum of Contemporary Art established.
 * 1970 - Hrazdan Stadium and Chess House open.
 * 1977 - Yerevan TV Tower erected.
 * 1979 - Population: 1,055,000.
 * 1980 - Yerevan Cascade built.
 * 1981 - Yerevan Metro begins operating; Marshal Baghramyan (metro station) opens.
 * 1982 - House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian opens.
 * 1983 - Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex opens.
 * 1985 - Population: 1,133,000 (estimate).
 * 1987 - Garegin Nzhdeh Square (metro station) opens.
 * 1988
 * 18–26 February: Major demonstration held in Yerevan demanding the unification of Karabakh with Armenia.
 * 22 March: Demonstration.
 * 26 March: Demonstration.
 * 7 December: Influx of refugees following the 1988 Armenian earthquake.
 * 1991
 * 21 September: Armenian independence referendum, 1991 held.
 * Azg and Yerkir newspapers in publication.
 * 1992
 * Football Club Pyunik formed.
 * Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art active.
 * 1993 - Yerevan Stock Exchange established.
 * 1994 - Food demonstration.
 * 1996 - September: Protest following Armenian presidential election, 1996.

21st century

 * 2001 - Hovik Hayrapetyan Equestrian Centre opens.
 * 2003
 * Yervand Zakharyan becomes mayor.
 * Armenian International Policy Research Group headquartered in city.
 * 2004
 * Yerevan International Film Festival begins.
 * Yerevan City Hall built.
 * 2007 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
 * 2008 - February–March: 2008 Armenian presidential election protests.
 * 2009 - Cafesjian Museum of Art opens.
 * 2011
 * Yerevan Velodrome and Mordechai Navi Synagogue open.
 * Taron Margaryan becomes mayor.
 * Population: 1,060,138.
 * 2012 - City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
 * 2014 - Yerevan Mall in business.
 * 2018 - April: 2018 Armenian protests.