Timeline of Athens

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Prior to 15th century

• 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]
• 480 and 479 BCE - Athens is burnt, then destroyed by the Persians
• 447 BCE – Parthenon construction begins.^[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]
• 404 BCE – Athens defeated in the Peloponnesian War
• 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]
• 582 – City sacked by Slavic forces.^[6]
• 1146 – City "plundered by Roger, King of Sicily."^[8]
• 1204 –
  Duke of Athens.^[6]
• 1311 – City under Aragonese rule.^[8]

15th–19th centuries

• 1456 – Conquest by the Ottoman Empire.^[4]
• 1687 – City besieged by Venetian forces under Francesco Morosini during the Morean War.^[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 – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ("Othonian University")^[9] and National Technical University of Athens ("Royal School of Arts") established.
• 1840 – Royal Garden now National Garden planted.
• 1842 – Observatory built.^[10]
• 1843
  • 3 November: Third of September National Assembly of the Greeks at Athens [el] begins.
  • Royal Palace built.
• 1846 – Omonoia Square ("Palace Square") laid out.^{[citation needed]}
• 1854 – Occupation of city by British and French forces during the Crimean War begins.^[8]
• 1856 – Occupation of city by British and French forces ends.^[8]
• 1860s – Anafiotika neighborhood settled.^[11]
• 1862 – 10 December:
  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

• 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
  • *
    begins
    .
  • Population: 453,042 metro.^[11]
• 1922

• • After the
    Asia Minor settled in Athens. Suburbs such as Nea Ionia and Nea Smyrni began as shantytowns refugee settlements on the Athens outskirts and the population of the city doubled.^[11]
  • To Vima newspaper begins publication.^[15]
  • Leoforos Alexandras Stadium opens in Ampelokipoi.
• 1923
  • Vradyni newspaper begins publication.^[14]
  • convenes
    .
• 1924 - A.E.K. (sports club) formed near Omonoia Square.
• 1926 – Academy of Athens founded.
• 1928 – Population: 802,000 metro.^[11]
• 1929 – Residential Psychiko suburb developed.^[11]
• 1930 – National Theatre of Greece and Benaki Museum established.
• 1932 – Residential Filothei suburb developed.^[11]
• 1935
  • October:
    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
  • Astron Cinema opens.^[18]
  • Hellenic American Union founded.^[19]
• 1971 – Population: 867,023 city; 2,101,103 urban agglomeration.^[20]
• 1972 – City becomes part of the Athens Prefecture administrative division.
• 1973
  • Athens City Museum 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.^[21]
• 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.^[22]
• 1999 – The 6.0 M_w 
  Mercalli intensity
  of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless in the region.
• 2000 –
  Megaro Moussikis metro station, and Panormou metro station
  open.

• 2001 – New Athens International Airport opens.^[6]
• 2003 – Dora Bakoyannis becomes mayor.^[23]
• 2004
  • Athens Tram begins operating.
  • 2004 Summer Olympics and Paralympics held.^[4]
• 2007 – Nikitas Kaklamanis becomes mayor.
• 2008 – December: 2008 Greek riots.^[4][24]
• 2009 – Acropolis Museum^[25] and Art Foundation^[19] open.
• 2010
  • July: Journalist Giolias killed.
  • November: Muslim demonstration.^[26]
  • Giorgos Kaminis elected mayor.
• 2011
  • OASA takes over metro and tram services from Attiko Metro.
  • Population: 664,046 city; 3,737,550 metro.^[27]
• 2012
  • 13 February:
    Protest.^[28]
  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center construction begins.
• 2013 – Flooding.^[29]

See also

• History of Athens
• List of newspapers in Athens
• List of mayors of Athens, 1836–present

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

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External links

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