Timeline of Makhachkala

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia.

19th century

 * 1844 - Anji Fortress built by Russians.
 * 1852 - Petrovsky lighthouse built.
 * 1857 - Petrovsk-Port granted town status.
 * 1870 - Harbor constructed.
 * 1896 - Rostov-Baku railway built.
 * 1897 - Population: 9,806.

20th century

 * 1919
 * No. 221 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF of the United Kingdom based in Petrovsk.
 * Population: 18,000.
 * 1920 - 30 March: Red Army takes city.
 * 1921 - 14 May: City becomes capital of Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
 * 1922 - Petrovsk renamed "Makhachkala."
 * 1925 - Russian Drama Theatre established.
 * 1927 - Dynamo Stadium (Makhachkala) opens.
 * 1931 - Teachers' Training Institute founded.
 * 1932 - Dagestankaya Pravda newspaper in publication.
 * 1937 - "Tanker basin" built.
 * 1939 - Population: 86,836.
 * 1944 - Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the North Caucasus headquartered in Makhachkala (approximate date).
 * 1946 - Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala formed.
 * 1957 - Dagestan State University established.
 * 1958 - Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts opens.
 * 1965 - Population: 152,000.
 * 1970
 * 14 May: Earthquake.
 * Population: 185,863.
 * 1980 - Mountain Botanical Garden of the Dagestan Scientific Centre established.
 * 1985 - Population: 301,000.
 * 1990 - Dagestan Scientific Centre established.
 * 1991
 * City becomes capital of the Dagestan Republic.
 * Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala formed.
 * 13 June: Muslim demonstration.
 * 1995 - Football Club Anzhi-Bekenez Makhachkala formed.
 * 1996 - August: Bombing.
 * 1998
 * Said Amirov becomes mayor.
 * Makhachkala Grand Mosque consecrated.

21st century

 * 2001 - November: Trial of Salman Raduyev begins.
 * 2002
 * 18 January: Bombing.
 * Population: 462,412.
 * 2003 - Chernovik newspaper begins publication.
 * 2005 - 1 July: Makhachkala Rus bombing.
 * 2006 - City flag and coat of arms designs adopted.
 * 2009 - 15 January: Aircraft collision.
 * 2010 - Population: 572,076.
 * 2011
 * 22 November: Bombings.
 * 25 November: Protest.
 * 2012 - 3 May: Bombings.
 * 2013 - 1 June: Mayor Said Amirov arrested.
 * 2018-Khabib Nurmagomedov becomes ufc lightweight champ
 * 2023 anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus