• Source: 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
1824 - Battle of Rangoon
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.
Population: 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).
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




See also


Yangon history
Yangon City Heritage List
List of name changes in Yangon
List of mayors of Yangon
List of universities and colleges in Yangon
List of hospitals in Yangon
List of districts and neighborhoods of Yangon




References






Bibliography






External links



Map of Rangoon, 1912

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