Timeline of Iași

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Iași, Romania.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Before the 20th century

• 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 [ro] built.
• 1755 – Saint Spiridon Hospital [ro] 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 [ro] founded.
  • Roznovanu Palace built.
• 1834
  • Academia Mihăileană founded.
  • Copou Park laid out.
• 1844 – Fire.^[2]
• 1846 – Iași National Theatre in the Copou Theatre [ro] opens.
• 1855
  • Normal School "Vasile Lupu" Iași [ro] 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 [ro] burns down.
• 1896 – Iași National Theatre building constructed.
• 1900
  • Electric Trams in Iași [ro] begin operating.
  • Population: 78,067.^[2]

20th century

• 1906 – Toynbee Hall Association founded.^[5]
• 1916
  • Capital of Kingdom of Romania relocated to Iași from Bucharest.^[3]
  • Moldova History Museum [ro] 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 [ro] established.
• 1944 – 21 August: City taken by Soviet forces.^[12]
• 1946 - Gara Socola [ro] (railway station) built.
• 1948 - Population: 94,075.^[1]
• 1949 – Puppet Theatre opens.
• 1950 – Gara Nicolina [ro] (railway station) built.
• 1956 – Romanian National Opera debuts.
• 1957 – Iași Museum of Art [ro] 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

• 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

• History of Iași
• List of mayors of Iași [ro]
• Other names of Iași (e.g. Jashi, Jassy)

References

1. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Jassy", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 873, OL 6112221M
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Iași". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
4. Allen Kent; et al., eds. (1979). "Romania". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Marcel Dekker. ISBN 978-0-8247-2026-1. (includes chronology)
5. "Iasi". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
6. Haydn 1910.
7. Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
8. Chambers 1901.
9. 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.
10. Robert Singerman, ed. (2001). Jewish Serials of the World. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30663-1.
11. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Romania". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 28 February 2015.
12. Paul Robert Magocsi (2002). Historical Atlas of Central Europe. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8486-6.
13. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
14. 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)

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

Bibliography

• 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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Jassy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 279.
• S. Vailhe (1910). "Jassy". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. hdl:2027/osu.32435024709578.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Jassy", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776 – via HathiTrust

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Iași, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Iași, various dates