Timeline of Iași
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Iași, Romania.
Before the 20th century[edit]
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- 1408 – Iași first mentioned in a document.[1]
- 1513 – Town "burned by the Tatars."[2]
- 1538 – Town sacked by Turks.[2]
- 1541 – Dancu Monastery founded.[3]
- 1562 – Socola Monastery built.
- 1564 – Seat of Moldavian principality relocated to Iași from Suceava by Alexandru Lăpușneanu (approximate date).[2]
- 1628 – Bârnova Monastery built.
- 1639 – Trei Ierarhi Monastery built.[3]
- 1640 – Vasilian College founded.
- 1640s – Printing press in operation.[4][2]
- 1642 – Synod of Iași
- 1660 – Golia Monastery built.
- 1670 – Great Synagogue built.[5]
- 1686 – Town sacked by Russians.[2]
- 1710 – July: Forces muster near Iași at start of the Russo-Ottoman War of 1710–11.
- 1707 – Princely Academy of Iași founded.[4]
- 1739 – City taken by Russians.[6]
- 1752 – Church of Saint Spiridon built.
- 1755 – Saint Spiridon Hospital established.
- 1769 – City taken by Russians.[6]
- 1792 – 9 January: Treaty of Jassy signed in city, ending Russo-Turkish War (1787–92).[6]
- 1806 – Iași occupied by Russian forces.[7]
- 1813 – First engineering classes at the School of Surveying and Civil Engineers (part of the Princely Academy)
- 1822 – City besieged by Turkish forces.[2]
- 1827 – Fire.[8]
- 1828 – City taken by Russians.[6]
- 1832 – The first theatre, the Théâtre des Variétés (Iași), is inaugurated.
- 1833
- Physicians and Naturalists Society founded.
- Roznovanu Palace built.
- 1834
- Academia Mihăileană founded.
- Copou Park laid out.
- 1844 – Fire.[2]
- 1846 – Iași National Theatre in the Copou Theatre opens.
- 1855
- Normal School "Vasile Lupu" Iași established.
- Yiddish-language Korot Haitim newspaper begins publication.[9][10][5]
- 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.[2]
- 1864 – Central State Library of Iași in operation.[4]
- 1870 – Iași railway station opens.
- 1884 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași founded.[11]
- 1887 – Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated.
- 1888 – 17 February: Copou Theatre burns down.
- 1896 – Iași National Theatre building constructed.
- 1900
- Electric Trams in Iași begin operating.
- Population: 78,067.[2]
20th century[edit]
- 1906 – Toynbee Hall Association founded.[5]
- 1916
- Capital of Kingdom of Romania relocated to Iași from Bucharest.[3]
- Moldova History Museum established.
- 1918 – Jassy Conference
- 1918 – Capital of Romania relocated from Iași back to Bucharest.[3]
- 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.[1]
- 1943 – Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia established.
- 1944 – 21 August: City taken by Soviet forces.[12]
- 1946 - Gara Socola (railway station) built.
- 1948 - Population: 94,075.[1]
- 1949 – Puppet Theatre opens.
- 1950 – Gara Nicolina (railway station) built.
- 1956 – Romanian National Opera debuts.
- 1957 – Iași Museum of Art moves into the Palace of Culture.
- 1960 – Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu (stadium) opens.
- 1964 – Population: 123,558 city; 157,017 urban agglomeration.[13]
- 1970 – Moldova Mall in business.[relevant?]
- 1977 – Population: 264,947 city; 284,308 urban agglomeration.[14]
- 1992 – Population: 344,425.
- 1995 – Polirom publisher in business.[relevant?]
- 2000 – Iulius Mall Iași in business.[relevant?]
21st century[edit]
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- 2002 – Population: 320,888.
- 2010 – CSM Studențesc Iași football club formed.[relevant?]
- 2011 – Population: 290,422.
- 2012 – Palas Iași shopping mall in business.[relevant?]
- 2014 – Iași-Ungheni, Moldova gas pipeline launched.
See also[edit]
- History of Iași
- List of mayors of Iași
- Other names of Iași (e.g. Jashi, Jassy)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Jassy", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 873, OL 6112221M
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Iași". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
- ^ a b c Allen Kent; et al., eds. (1979). "Romania". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Marcel Dekker. ISBN 978-0-8247-2026-1. (includes chronology)
- ^ a b c "Iasi". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d Haydn 1910.
- ^ Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
- ^ Chambers 1901.
- ^ Marian Petcu, ed. (2013). Istoria jurnalismului din România în date: enciclopedie cronologica [History of journalism in Romania: chronological encyclopedia] (in Romanian). Iași: Editura Polirom. ISBN 978-973-46-3854-3.
- ^ Robert Singerman, ed. (2001). Jewish Serials of the World. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30663-1.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Romania". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ Paul Robert Magocsi (2002). Historical Atlas of Central Europe. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8486-6.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
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Bibliography[edit]
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- Abraham Rees (1819), "Jassy", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015057241161 – via HathiTrust
- "Jassy", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79 – via HathiTrust
- E. Schwarzfeld (1907), "Jassy", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 7, New York, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752888
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- S. Vailhe (1910). "Jassy". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. hdl:2027/osu.32435024709578.
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