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

Timeline of Yangon

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