Timeline of Iași

Last updated February 23, 2023

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

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 – Iași 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.

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1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Jassy", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 873, OL 6112221M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
1 2 3 4 Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Iași". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
1 2 3 Allen Kent; et al., eds. (1979). "Romania". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Marcel Dekker. ISBN 978-0-8247-2026-1. (includes chronology)
1 2 3 "Iasi". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe . Yivo Institute for Jewish Research . Retrieved 28 February 2015.
1 2 3 4 Haydn 1910.
↑ Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.
↑ Chambers 1901.
↑ 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.
↑ Robert Singerman, ed. (2001). Jewish Serials of the World. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30663-1.
↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Romania". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 28 February 2015.
↑ Paul Robert Magocsi (2002). Historical Atlas of Central Europe. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8486-6.
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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
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[lippincott1952-1] 1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Jassy", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 873, OL 6112221M

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.

[brezianu2007iasi-3] 1 2 3 4 Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Iași". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.

[Kent1979-4] 1 2 3 Allen Kent; et al., eds. (1979). "Romania". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Marcel Dekker. ISBN 978-0-8247-2026-1. (includes chronology)

[yivo-5] 1 2 3 "Iasi". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe . Yivo Institute for Jewish Research . Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1910-6] 1 2 3 4 Haydn 1910.

[brezianu2007chronology-7] Andrei Brezianu; Vlad Spânu (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Moldova. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6446-7.

[FOOTNOTEChambers1901-8] Chambers 1901.

[Petcu2013-9] 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.

[Singerman2001-10] Robert Singerman, ed. (2001). Jewish Serials of the World. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30663-1.

[katolsk-11] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Romania". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[Magocsi2002-12] 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.

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