Timeline of Yangon
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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."[1]
- 1362 - Binnya U raised the height of Shwedagon Pagoda[2]
- 1364 - Mon Princess Maha Dewi, a sister of King Binnya U became Governor of Dagon.[3]
- 1413 - Town occupied by Burmans.[1]
- 1415 - Mon Prince Binnya Set became Governor of Dagon.[4]
- 1460 - Palace built by Mon Queen Shin Sawbu.[5]
- 1484 - Great Bell of Dhammazedi presented.
- 1583 - Italian merchant, Gasparo Balbi visits.[6]
- 1755 - Dagon captured by Burman King Alaungpaya and renamed "Yangon."[7]
- 1756 - Between 1756 and 1759 Alaungpaya appointed Mon Governor of Yangon, Smim Noradecha (Ma Pu) joins Mon rebellion (approximate date).[8]
- 1768 - Earthquake.[9]
- 1790 - The Mon people (also known as Peguans) in power.[5]
- 1790s - British East India Company factory in business (approximate date).[5]
19th century
- 1823
- Population: 30,000 (estimate).[10]
- Guanyin Gumiao Temple built
Battle of Rangoon 
Shwedagon Pagoda. Coloured aquatint by William Daniell after James Kershaw, c. 1831 - 1825 - British in power.[1]
- 1827 - British occupation ends per Treaty of Yandabo.[5]
- 1841 - King Tharrawaddy in residence; city wall built.[9]
- 1850 - Fire.[11]
- 1852
- April: Second Anglo-Burmese War begins; British in power.[1]
- City becomes capital of British Burma.[1]
- 1853 - Port of Rangoon established.[12]
- 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 [13]
- 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.[14]
- 1872
- 1874 - 31 July: Municipality constituted.[5]
- 1875 - Fushan Temple built.
- 1876 - City area expanded.[7]
- 1877
- Railway begins operating.[12]
- Central Railway Station built.
- Long Shan Tang Temple built.
- 1878 - Rangoon College established.
- 1879 - City "separated from Hathawaddy District."[5]
- 1881 - Population: 134,176.[16]
- 1882 - Methodist Episcopal Girls School founded.
- 1883
- Inya Lake created.
- Twante Canal opens.
- 1887 - Dufferin Hospital opens
- 1888 - Income tax established.[5]
- 1891 - Population: 181,210.[16]
- 1893 - June: Riot.[5]
- 1899
- General Hospital founded.
- Saint Mary's Cathedral built.
20th century
- 1901
- Strand Hotel opens.
The Strand Hotel, Rangoon
- 1902 - Secretariat Building constructed.[citation needed]
- 1906 - Victoria Memorial Park and Zoological Gardens opens.[17]
- 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.[18]
- 1915 - Lim Chin Tsong Palace built (approximate date).
Lim Chin Tsong Palace - 1920
- Myoma National High School founded.
- Governor's Residence built.
- 1921 - City boundaries expanded.[7]
- 1922 - City incorporated.[19]
- 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.[20]
- 1931 - Population: 398,967.[12]
- 1936 - Yangon City Hall built.
- 1937 - City becomes capital of Burma.[12]
- 1938 - Race riots in Rangoon
- 1942 - Japanese occupation begins.
- 1943
- Biruma Shinbun newspaper begins publication.[21]
- 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.[22]
- 1957 - Kyemon newspaper begins publication.
- 1958 - The Botataung newspaper begins publication.
- 1960
- Population: 1,284,642.[7]
- 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."[23]
- 1968 - Planetarium established.
- 1969 - 5th South East Asian Games
- 1972 - Karaweik built
- 1973 - Population: 2,055,365 (approximate).[24]
- 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.[25]
- 1984 - New Yangon General Hospital opens
- 1985 - Thuwunna Stadium opens.
- 1988
- 8 August: 8888 Uprising.
- State Law and Order Restoration Council headquartered in city.[26]
- Ko Lay becomes mayor.
- 1989 - City renamed "Yangon."[27]
- 1990
- Yangon City Development Committee established.[19]
- 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.[28]
- 1998 - Myanmar Motion Picture Museum established.
- 1999 - Sakura Tower opens.
21st century
- 2001 - Yangon City FM radio begins broadcasting.[citation needed]
- 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.[27]
- Yangon International Airport terminal built.
- 2008
- 2 May: Cyclone Nargis.
- September: Explosion near City Hall.[29]
- 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.[30]
- April: School fire.[31]
- December: Some events of 27th Southeast Asian Games take place.
- 2014 - Population: 4,575,155 (2014 census); 5,211,431 (urban agglomeration).[32]
- 2015 - Yangon Stock Exchange begins
- 2017 - Yangon Bus Service begins
- 2020
- 27 March: first COVID-19 case in Yangon[33]
