Timeline of Rostov-on-Don

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1761 - Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov established.
 * 1796 - Settlement chartered, becomes seat of Rostovsky Uyezd within Novorossiysk Governorate.
 * 1811 - Coat of arms of Rostov-on-Don design adopted.
 * 1834 - Port established; fort demolished.
 * 1842 - Synagogue built.
 * 1868 - Main Choral Synagogue built.
 * 1869 - Rostov-Glavny train station built.
 * 1870 - Kharkiv-Rostov railway begins operating.
 * 1881 - Population: 70,700.
 * 1896 - Moskovskaya Hotel built.
 * 1897 - Population: 119,889.
 * 1899 - Rostov City Hall built.

20th century

 * 1905 - Population: 126,375.
 * 1908 - built.
 * 1912 - Zaslavskaya House built.
 * 1913 - Population: 204,725.
 * 1915 - Rostov State University founded.
 * 1917 - Cossacks take city.
 * 1920
 * January: Red Army takes city.
 * established.
 * 1926 - Population: 308,103.
 * 1927 - Rostov Zoo established.
 * 1928
 * Nakhichevan-on-Don becomes part of city.
 * Regional capital relocated to Rostov from Novocherkassk.
 * 1929
 * created.
 * Rostselmash agricultural equipment company established.
 * 1930
 * Selmashstroy football club formed.
 * Olimp-2 stadium built.
 * 1936 - established.
 * 1937
 * RODKA football club formed.
 * ,, and Rostov Oblast established.
 * 1939
 * Rostvertol helicopter manufactory established.
 * Population: 520,253.
 * 1941 - November: Battle of Rostov (1941).
 * 1942 - City taken by German forces.
 * Up to 30,000 Russian Jews massacred there at a site called Zmievskaya Balka.
 * 1965
 * Voroshilovsky bridge built.
 * Population: 720,000.
 * 1969 - Memorial complex to the Fallen Warriors unveiled.
 * 1971 - SKA SKVO Stadium built.
 * 1973 - created.
 * 1985
 * established.
 * Population: 986,000.
 * 1992 - Rostov Chamber of Commerce established.
 * 1994 - Rostov State Medical University active.
 * 1996
 * becomes mayor.
 * Vladimir Chub becomes governor of Rostov Oblast.
 * 2000 - City becomes part of the Southern Federal District.

21st century

 * 2007 - Church of the Intercession built.
 * 2009, 24 July - 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash occurs near city.
 * 2010
 * Stele City of Military Glory erected.
 * Population: 1,089,261.
 * 2016, 19 March - Flydubai Flight 981 crashes.
 * 2023, 23 June - Wagner Group rebellion, Rostov is captured by the Wagner Group.
 * 2023, 24 June - Wagner Group withdraws from Rostov.