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[1] in the Principality of Moldavia.
1641 - Town becomes property of the Sfânta Vineri Monastery.[1][2]
1752 - Măzărache Church built.
1812
- Town becomes part of Russia.[3]
- Population: 7,000.[3]
1813 - Religious Eparchy of Chișinău[4] and Theological Seminary[2] established.
1817 - Anghel Nour becomes mayor.
1818
- Town becomes capital of the Bessarabia Oblast.[4]
- Ștefan cel Mare Central Park laid out.
1832
- Public Library founded.
- Population: 35,000. [3]
1836 - Nativity Cathedral built.
1838 - Chișinău Lutheran Church built.
1840 - Triumphal Arch erected.
1849 - Population: 42,613.[5]
1860 - Telegraph to Odessa begins operating.[4]
1862 - Population: 92,000, (inc. suburbs.)[3]
1871
- Calea Ferată din Moldova (railway) to Tiraspol begins operating.
- Chișinău Railway Station opens.
1877 - April: Alexander II of Russia visits city.[4]
1895 - St. Teodora de la Sihla Church built.
1897 - Population: 102,427.[5]
1900 - Population: 125,787.[3]
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.[3][6]
1905
- October: Second Pogrom of Jews.[4]
- Sfatul Țării Palace built.
1913
- Cuvânt moldovenesc magazine begins publication.[4]
- Population: 128,700.[7]
1917
- March: National Moldavian Party headquartered in city.[8]
- December: Bessarabian Sfatul Țării (parliament) convenes in city.[4]
1918
- January: City occupied by Bolsheviks.[4]
- City occupied by Romania.[9]
1921 - Capitoline Wolf statue erected.
1925 - City becomes seat of Lăpușna County.[9]
1928 - Stephen the Great Monument unveiled in Ștefan cel Mare Central Park.
1930 - Population: 114,896.[9]
1939 - National Museum of Fine Arts founded.
1940
- June: Soviet occupation begins.
- August: City designated capital of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
- 10 November: 1940 Vrancea earthquake.
- Bessarabian Society of Writers established.[10]
1941
- Occupation of city by Romanian forces begins.[9]
- June: Aerial bombing of city.
- Office of mayor abolished.
- Population: 52,962.[9]
1944
- 24 August: Red Army takes city.
- Occupation of city by Romanian forces ends.[9]
1945
- Dinamo Stadium opens.
- Licurici Puppet Theatre founded.
1946 - Academy of Sciences of Moldova established.
1950
- Cinema Gaudeamus opens.[11]
- Chișinău Botanical Garden founded.
1952
- Artificial Komsomol Lake 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.[12]
1974 - Chișinău Airport terminal built.
1977
- 4 March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake.
- Sud-Est magazine begins publication.
1978 - Chișinău Zoo and Pe Strada Trandafirilor theatre founded.
1979 - Population: 539,000.[13]
1982 - Circ (cultural entity) opens.[14]
1983
- National Museum of History of Moldova established.
- Chișinău Water Tower rebuilt.
1985 - Population: 624,000.[15]
1987
- Moldovan Writers' Union active.[10]
- Presidential Palace complete.
1989 - 1989 Moldovan civil unrest.
1990 - Office of mayor re-established.
1991
- City becomes part of the Republic of Moldova.[1]
- Eugene Ionesco Theatre established.
- Capitoline Wolf statue re-installed.
- Population: 676,700.
1999 - Army Museum founded.
2000
- April: Student protest.[16]
- Institute for Public Policy established.[17]

21st century

2001 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Chișinău[18] and La Strada Center for Women Rights[17] established.
2002 - Anti-government 2002 Chișinău protest.[19]
2005 - 2005 Chișinău mayoral election held.
2007 - Dorin Chirtoacă becomes mayor.
2009 - April: April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests.[20]
2011 - June: 2011 Moldovan local election held.
2012 - January: Anti-government protest.[21]
2013 - 3 November: 2013 Pro Europe demonstration in Moldova.
2014 - Population: 492,894.
2015 - September: Anti-Timofti demonstration.[22][23]

References

Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Chisinau". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
Charles Upson Clark (1927). Bessarabia, Russia and Roumania on the Black Sea. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company – via Hathi Trust. Kishineff
Britannica 1910.
Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
Chambers 1901.
Dominic Lieven, ed. (2006). "Chronology". Imperial Russia, 1689-1917. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81529-1.
"Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kishinev", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 955, OL 6112221M
"Istoric" (in Romanian). Uniunea Scriitorilor din Republica Moldova. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
"Movie Theaters in Chisinau, Moldova". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
"Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. Kishinev
Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
"Chisinau's Circ Comes to Life". Moldovarious (blog). 10 December 2008 – via Global Voices.
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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Student protests continue in Moldova, BBC News, 18 April 2000
"Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Moldova". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
Michael Wines (25 February 2002), "History Course Ignites a Volatile Tug of War in Moldova", New York Times
"After a 'Spontaneous' Riot, Moldovans Look for Answers", New York Times, 8 April 2009
"Moldova: Anti-Government Protests Receive Little Endorsement From Netizens". Global Voices. 31 January 2012.
"Moldova protest camp in Chisinau over $1bn bank fraud", BBC News, 7 September 2015
"Moldova: Huge anti-corruption protest in Chisinau", BBC News, 13 September 2015

This article incorporates information from the Romanian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

"Kishinef", Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1888
"Kishineff", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79 – via HathiTrust
Herman Rosenthal (1907), "Kishinef", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 7, New York, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752888{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Kishinev" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 836.
"Southern Russia: Kishinev", Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, hdl:2027/mdp.39015088245025, OCLC 1328163

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[Brezianu2007chisinau-1] Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Chisinau". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.

[clark1927-2] Charles Upson Clark (1927). Bessarabia, Russia and Roumania on the Black Sea. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company – via Hathi Trust. Kishineff

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-3] Britannica 1910.

[Brezianu2007chronology-4] Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.

[FOOTNOTEChambers1901-5] Chambers 1901.

[6] Dominic Lieven, ed. (2006). "Chronology". Imperial Russia, 1689-1917. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81529-1.

[7] "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[Brezianu2007-8] Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.

[lippincott1952-9] Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kishinev", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 955, OL 6112221M

[uniuneascriitorilor-10] "Istoric" (in Romanian). Uniunea Scriitorilor din Republica Moldova. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[cinema-11] "Movie Theaters in Chisinau, Moldova". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[12] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. Kishinev

[Morton1984-13] Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.

[14] "Chisinau's Circ Comes to Life". Moldovarious (blog). 10 December 2008 – via Global Voices.

[15] 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[16] Student protests continue in Moldova, BBC News, 18 April 2000

[ISN-17] "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[katolsk-18] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Moldova". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[19] Michael Wines (25 February 2002), "History Course Ignites a Volatile Tug of War in Moldova", New York Times

[20] "After a 'Spontaneous' Riot, Moldovans Look for Answers", New York Times, 8 April 2009

[21] "Moldova: Anti-Government Protests Receive Little Endorsement From Netizens". Global Voices. 31 January 2012.

[22] "Moldova protest camp in Chisinau over $1bn bank fraud", BBC News, 7 September 2015

[23] "Moldova: Huge anti-corruption protest in Chisinau", BBC News, 13 September 2015

Cities, towns and communes of Chișinău Municipality, Moldova
Cities/towns	Chișinău Sîngera Durlești Vatra Codru Vadul lui Vodă Cricova
Communes	Băcioi Condrița Ghidighici Trușeni Bubuieci Budești Colonița Cruzești Tohatin Ciorescu Grătiești Stăuceni
Villages of sub-city or sub-commune level	Dobrogea Revaca Brăila Frumușica Străisteni Dumbrava Bîc Humulești Văduleni Ceroborta Buneți Cheltuitori Făurești Goian Hulboaca Goianul Nou
Administrative sectors	Botanica Buiucani Centru Ciocana Rîșcani