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of the city of

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

Prior to 19th century

* 6th century CE -

Dagon Dagon ( he, דָּגוֹן, ''Dāgōn'') or Dagan ( sux, 2= dda-gan, ; phn, 𐤃𐤂𐤍, Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attes ...

village founded by the Mon people. * 7th century - Town conquered by King Punnarika of

Pegu Bago (formerly spelt Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. It is located north-east of Yangon. Etymology The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon langua ...

, renamed "Aramana." *1362 -

Binnya U Binnya U ( mnw, ဗညာဥူ, my, ဗညားဦး, ; also known as Hsinbyushin; 1323–1384) was king of Martaban–Hanthawaddy from 1348 to 1384. His reign was marked by several internal rebellions and external conflicts. He survived th ...

raised the height of

Shwedagon Pagoda The Shwedagon Pagoda (, ); mnw, ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်; officially named ''Shwedagon Zedi Daw'' ( my, ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်, , ) and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda is a gilded stupa ...

*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 Shin Sawbu ( my, ရှင်စောပု, ; mnw, မိစဴဗု; 1394–1471) was queen regnant of Hanthawaddy from 1454 to 1471. Queen Shin Sawbu is also known as Binnya Thau ( mnw, ဗညားထောဝ်; mnw, ဨကရာဇ� ...

. *1484 -

Great Bell of Dhammazedi The Great Bell of Dhammazedi ( my, ဓမ္မစေတီခေါင်းလောင်းကြီး ) was a bronze bell, believed to be the largest bell ever cast. It was cast on 5 February 1484 by order of King Dhammazedi of Hanthawad ...

presented. *1583 -

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merchant,

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visits. * 1755 -

captured by Burman King

Alaungpaya Alaungpaya ( my, အလောင်းဘုရား, ; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung-Phra; 11 May 1760) was the founder of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this f ...

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 The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

factory in business (approximate date).

19th century

* 1823 **Population: 30,000 (estimate). **

Guanyin Gumiao Temple Guanyin Gumiao Temple (, also known as the Guangdong Guanyin Temple) is one of two major Chinese temples located within Latha Township in Yangon's Chinatown. It was founded by the Cantonese community of Yangon in 1823, but was destroyed by a fir ...

built *

1824 - Battle of Rangoon * 1825 - British in power. * 1827 - British occupation ends per

Treaty of Yandabo The Treaty of Yandabo ( my, ရန္တပိုစာချုပ် ) was the peace treaty that ended the First Anglo-Burmese War. The treaty was signed on 24February 1826, nearly two years after the war formally broke out on 5March 1824, by ...

. * 1841 - King Tharrawaddy in residence; city wall built. * 1850 - Fire. * 1852 ** April:

Second Anglo-Burmese War The Second Anglo-Burmese War or the Second Burma War ( my, ဒုတိယ အင်္ဂလိပ် မြန်မာ စစ် ; 5 April 185220 January 1853) was the second of the three wars fought between the Burmese Empire and British Em ...

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

(Rangoon) ** Maung Htaw Lay (former Mon governor of ''

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'') restores Shwedagon Pagoda *1857 - BI Steam Navigation Company starts

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-Rangoon-

Moulmein Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; , ; th, เมาะลำเลิง ; mnw, မတ်မလီု, ), formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city in Myanmar (Burma), ''World Gazetteer'' south east of Yangon and south of Thaton, at th ...

service. *1860 - St. Paul's English High School established. *1861 - Kheng Hock Keong built *1868 -

Irrawaddy Flotilla Company The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company (IFC) was a passenger and cargo ferry company, which operated services on the Irrawaddy River in Burma, now Myanmar. The IFC was Scottish-owned, and was managed by P Henderson & Company from Glasgow. The IFC opera ...

starts Rangoon- Mandalay service. * 1872 ** Population: 98,745. ** Baptist College opens. * 1874 - 31 July: Municipality constituted. *1875 -

Fushan Temple Fushan Temple (; my, ကုက္ကိုင်းဘုရားကျောင်း; also called Fu Shan Si or Fu Sun Si), located on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Bahan Township, Yangon, is a Chinese temple founded in January 1875 by overseas Chi ...

built. * 1876 - City area expanded. * 1877 ** Railway begins operating. ** Central Railway Station built. **

Long Shan Tang Temple Long Shan Tang Temple () is a Hokkien Chinese clan temple (also called Kongsi) located on Anawrahta Road in Latha Township, part of Yangon's Chinatown. It was founded by members of the Tseng and Khoo clans from Fujian province in 1877. This templ ...

built. * 1878 - Rangoon College established. * 1879 - City "separated from Hathawaddy District." * 1881 - Population: 134,176. * 1882 - Methodist Episcopal Girls School founded. * 1883 **

Inya Lake Inya Lake ( my, အင်းလျားကန်, ''ʔīnyā kǎn'' ; formerly, Lake Victoria) is the largest lake in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar), a popular recreational area for Yangonites, and a famous location for romance in popular culture. Locat ...

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 The Strand (also known as Strand Hotel) is a Victorian-style hotel located in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), built by Aviet and Tigran Sarkie, two of the Sarkies Brothers. The hotel, which opened in 1901, which faces the Yangon River to its south, is ...

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 (

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)'' newspaper begins''.'' *1915 -

Lim Chin Tsong Palace Lim or LIM may refer to: Name * Lim (Korean surname), a common Korean surname * Lim (Chinese surname), Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew and Hainanese spelling of the Chinese family name "Lin" * Liza Lim (born 1966), Australian classical composer Abbre ...

built (approximate date). Lim Chin Tsong Palace

* 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 **

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kills over 550 people. * 1931 - Population: 398,967. * 1936 -

Yangon City Hall Yangon City Hall ( my, ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ခန်းမ; YCH) is the city hall of Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar, and the seat of the city's administrative body, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). The b ...

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 The Botataung Kyaik De Att Pagoda ( my, ဗိုလ်တထောင်ကျိုက်ဒေးအပ်ဆံတော်ရှင်စေတီတော် ; also spelled Botahtaung; literally "1000 military officers") is a famous pagod ...

. ** U Wisara Monument erected. * 1945 - Japanese occupation ends. * 1947 -

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built. * 1948 - 4 January: City becomes capital of the independent

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. * 1952 ** National Museum of the Union of Burma opens. **

Kaba Aye Pagoda Kaba Aye Pagoda ( my, ကမ္ဘာအေးစေတီ; ; also spelt Gaba Aye Pagoda; lit. World Peace Pagoda), formally Thiri Mingala Gaba Aye Zedidaw, ), is a Buddhist pagoda located on Kaba Aye Road, Mayangon Township, Yangon, Myanm ...

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 Karaweik ( my, ကရဝိက် ဖောင် ) or Karaweik Hall is a palace on the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Burma. Etymology The word ''karaweik'' comes from Pali karavika (), which is a mythical bird with a melodious cr ...

built * 1973 - Population: 2,055,365 (approximate). * 1974 - Government guns down student protesters following

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's death * 1980 - Maha Wizaya Pagoda built. * 1983 ** 9 October: Bombing at

Martyrs' Mausoleum The Martyrs' Mausoleum ( my, အာဇာနည်ဗိမာန်) is a Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), located near the northern gate of Shwedagon Pagoda. The mausoleum is dedicated to Aung San and other leaders of the pre-independence ...

. ** Population: 2,513,023. * 1984 -

New Yangon General Hospital The New Yangon General Hospital ( my, အထွေထွေရောဂါကု ဆေးရုံသစ်ကြီး (ရန်ကုန်)) is a public hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. It is also a teaching hospital of University of Medicine 1, Y ...

opens *1985 -

Thuwunna Stadium The Thuwunna Youth Training Center Stadium ( my, သုဝဏ္ဏ လူငယ် လေ့ကျင့်ရေး ကွင်း), simply known as the Thuwunna Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the venue o ...

opens. * 1988 ** 8 August:

8888 Uprising The 8888 Uprising ( my, ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power UprisingYawnghwe (1995), pp. 170 and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) th ...

. **

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headquartered in city. **

Ko Lay Ko Lay ( my, ကိုလေး, ; born 31 October 1931) was mayor of Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yan ...

becomes mayor. * 1989 - City renamed "Yangon." * 1990 **

Yangon City Development Committee Yangon City Development Committee ( my, ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော် စည်ပင်သာယာရေး ကော်မတီ, abbreviated YCDC) is the administrative body of Yangon, the largest city and former capital of M ...

established. ** Bayinnaung Market established * 1991 - National Theatre of Yangon opens. * 1992 - Asia World Group conglomerate headquartered in city. *1993 -

Dagon University Dagon University ( my, ဒဂုံ တက္ကသိုလ် ), located in North Dagon, Yangon, is one of the largest universities in Myanmar. The university, established in 1993, offers bachelor's and master's degrees in liberal arts and sc ...

opens *1994 - Thingangyun Sanpya Hospital opens * 1996 - Myanmar Securities Exchange established. * 1998 -

Myanmar Motion Picture Museum The Myanmar Motion Picture Museum is a film museum dedicated to the Cinema of Burma located in Yangon. It is housed in a building which was formerly the headquarters of the Myanmar Motion Picture Organisation (MMPO). It was established in Novembe ...

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 Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (; ), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities, as it is an entirely planned city o ...

. * 2007 ** September: Anti-government protests led by

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; crackdown. **

Yangon International Airport Yangon International Airport ( ) is the primary and busiest international airport of Myanmar. The airport is located in Mingaladon, north of central Yangon. All ten Myanmar carriers and about 30 international airlines operate at Yangon Intern ...

terminal built. * 2008 ** 2 May:

Cyclone Nargis Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis ( my, နာဂစ်, ur, نرگس ) was an extremely destructive and deadly tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar during early May 2008. The cyclone m ...

. ** September: Explosion near City Hall. * 2009 -

Yangon United Football Club Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese football club, based at Yangon United Sports Complex, in Yangon, Myanmar. Owned by Tay Za, a prominent Bur ...

formed. * 2010 ** 16 April: April 2010 Yangon Thingyan bombings ** Population: 4,348,000. * 2011 **

Hla Myint Hla Myint ( my, လှမြင့် ; 1920 – 9 March 2017) was a Burmese economist noted as one of the pioneers of development economics as well as for his contributions to welfare economics. He stressed, long before it became popular, the i ...

becomes mayor. ** 2011 Yangon explosion * 2012 **February:

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 The Yangon Stock Exchange ( my, ရန်ကုန်စတော့အိတ်ချိန်း; abbreviated YSX) opened on December 2015, at the former Central Bank of Myanmar and Myawaddy Bank headquarters in Yangon. On 23 December 2014, tw ...

begins *2017 -

Yangon Bus Service Yangon Bus Service (YBS) is a bus transport network system which started operations on 16 January 2017, serving Myanmar's former capital city of Yangon. It is operated by the Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA). History Prior to the imple ...

begins *2020 **27 March: first COVID-19 case in Yangon

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