Timeline of Athens
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Athens, Greece.
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Prior to 15th century
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- 630 BCE - Temple of Athena Polias built (approximate date).[1]
- 594 BCE - Solonian law established.[2]
- 575 BCE - Coins in use (approximate date).[3]
- 566 BCE - Panathenaic festival begins.[1]
- 560 BCE - Peisistratos in power.[2]
- 546 BCE - Athenian tetradrachm (coin) in use.[3]
- 486 BCE - Parthenon built.[4]
- 431 BCE - Peloponnesian War begins with Sparta.[5]
- 430 BCE - Plague.[6]
- 424 BCE - Temple of Athena Nike built.[7]
- 409 BCE - Erechtheion built (approximate date).[7]
- 385 BCE - Academy founded (approximate date).[6]
- 335 BCE - Lyceum founded (approximate date).[6]
- 229 BCE - Athens liberated from Macedonian supremacy, but refuses to join Achaean League.[8]
- 88 BCE - City sacked by Roman forces.[4]
- 267 CE - Agora sacked by Germanic Heruli forces.[6]
- 396 CE - City taken by forces of Visigoth Alaric.[6]
- 580 - City sacked by Slavic forces.[6]
- 1146 - City "plundered by Roger, King of Sicily."[8]
- 1204 - Othon de la Roche of Burgundy becomes Duke of Athens.[6]
- 1311 - City taken by Catalan forces.[8]
15th-19th centuries
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- 1456 - Turks in power.[4]
- 1687 - City besieged by Venetian forces.[6]
- 1801 - Elgin Marbles taken to Britain.[6]
- 1821 - April: Siege of the Acropolis (1821–22) begins.
- 1826 - August: Siege of the Acropolis (1826–27) begins.
- 1829 - National Archaeological Museum established.
- 1833 - City becomes part of the Attica and Boeotia Prefecture administrative division.[citation needed]
- 1834
- City becomes capital of Kingdom of Greece.[6]
- National Library of Greece headquartered in city.
- 1837 - Othonian University[9] and Royal School of Arts established.
- 1840 - Royal Garden planted.
- 1842 - Observatory built.[10]
- 1843
- 3 November: el begins.
- Royal Palace built.
- 1846 - Palace Square laid out.[citation needed]
- 1854 - Occupation of city by British and French forces begins.[8]
- 1856 - Occupation of city by British and French forces ends.[8]
- 1860s - Anafiotika neighborhood settled.[11]
- 1862 - 10 December: el begins.
- 1869 - Athens and Piraeus Railway in operation.[citation needed]
- 1871 - Athens Conservatoire founded.
- 1874 - German Archaeological Institute at Athens established.[6]
- 1876 - Athens Stock Exchange established.
- 1878 - Hotel Grande Bretagne in business.
- 1881 - American School of Classical Studies at Athens established.[6]
- 1886 - British School at Athens established.[6]
- 1896 - 1896 Summer Olympics held.
- 1899
- City becomes part of the Attica Prefecture administrative division.[citation needed]
- Spyridon Merkouris becomes mayor.
20th century
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- 1904
- Athens Metro in operation.[citation needed]
- Athens Railway Station opens.
- 1905 - Athens News Agency established.
- 1907 - Population: 167,479.[12]
- 1908 - Panathinaikos A.O. football club formed.
- 1909 - Goudi coup.[5]
- 1916 - 1 December: "Allied and Greek forces clash."[13]
- 1919 - Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded.[14]
- 1920
- 1922
- Population increases with war refugees; shantytowns develop.[11]
- To Vima newspaper begins publication.[15]
- Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium opens in Ampelokipoi.
- 1923
- 1926 - Academy of Athens founded.
- 1928 - Population: 802,000 metro.[11]
- 1929 - Residential Psychiko suburb developed near city.[11]
- 1930 - National Theatre of Greece and Benaki Museum established.
- 1932 - Residential Filothei suburb developed near city.[11]
- 1935
- October: Fifth National Assembly of the Greeks at Athens held.
- Alexandras Prosfygika housing complex built on Alexandras Avenue.[16]
- 1938 - Airport built.[17]
- 1939 - Greek National Opera established.
- 1940 - Population: 481,225 city; 1,124,109 metro.[10]
- 1941 - 27 April: City occupation by German forces begins.[2]
- 1944
- 14 October: City occupation by German forces ends.[2]
- December: Dekemvriana clashes begin.[9]
- Ta Nea newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1947 - Star-Cinema opens.[18]
- 1951 - Population: 559,250 city; 1,368,142 metro.[10]
- 1955 - Athens Festival of arts begins.
- 1957
- 1972 - City becomes part of the Athens Prefecture administrative division.
- 1973
- Museum of the City of Athens established.
- Athens Polytechnic uprising.[5]
- 1974 - Eleftherotypia newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1980 - 31 July: 1980 Turkish embassy attack in Athens.
- 1981 - Ethnos newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1983 - Eleftheros Typos newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1984 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[20]
- 1987 - Miltiadis Evert becomes mayor.
- 1991 - Athens Concert Hall opens.
- 1994 - City becomes part of the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture administrative division.[citation needed]
- 1995 - Dimitris Avramopoulos becomes mayor.
- 1998 - Kokkalis Foundation headquartered in city.[21]
- 1999 - 7 September: 1999 Athens earthquake.[4]
21st century
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- 2000 - Ambelokipi metro station, Megaro Moussikis metro station, and Panormou metro station open.
- 2001 - Athens International Airport opens.[6]
- 2003 - Dora Bakoyannis becomes mayor.[22]
- 2004
- Athens Tram begins operating.
- 2004 Summer Olympics and Paralympics held.[4]
- 2007 - Nikitas Kaklamanis becomes mayor.
- 2008 - December: 2008 Greek riots.[4][23]
- 2009 - Acropolis Museum[24] and Art Foundation[19] open.
- 2010
- July: Journalist Giolias killed.
- November: Muslim demonstration.[25]
- Giorgos Kaminis elected mayor.
- 2011
- Athens Mass Transit System formed.
- Population: 664,046 city; 3,737,550 metro.[26]
- 2012
- 13 February: Protest.[27]
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center construction begins.
- 2013 - Flooding.[28]
See also
References
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This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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External links
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- Europeana. Items related to Athens, various dates.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Athens, various dates
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