YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
1933
The Opera and Ballet Theater launched with "Almast" opera, by Alexander Spendiarov.
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782 BC
In the southeastern part of the modern capital, King Argishti I founded the fortress town of Erebuni, the capital city of the Van Kingdom (Urartu), "to show the power of the country and to frighten enemies".
1959
The buildings of the Matenadaran, the Covered Market and the National Academy of Sciences were built.
