Timeline of Surabaya

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Surabaya, Indonesia.

Prior to 19th century

 * 1037 – An inscription mentioned Airlangga having built dams on the Brantas River and developed the port of Hujung Galuh, which is located on or near present-day Surabaya.
 * 1275 – According to some accounts, Surabaya was founded by Kertanegara of Singhasari.
 * 31 May 1293 – Raden Wijaya and his Javanese army defeated Mongol soldiers in a battle, with the date celebrated as the city's anniversary.
 * 1614–1625 – Mataram conquest of Surabaya, which culminated in the surrender of the city to the Mataram Sultanate.
 * 1617 – The Dutch East India Company established a lodge in Surabaya.
 * 4–13 May 1677 – Dutch forces took the city during the Trunajaya rebellion.
 * 1717–1723 – Surabaya rebelled against the VOC.
 * July 1741 – Chinese residents of the city were massacred during a wave of violence against ethnic Chinese following the 1740 Batavia massacre.
 * 1743 – A Dutch settlement was established in Surabaya.

19th century

 * 1808 – Governor-General Herman Willem Daendels established the Constructie Winkel - an arms factory that precedes modern-day Pindad - in Surabaya.
 * 22 March 1822 – The old building of the Church of the Birth of Our Lady, Surabaya was consecrated.
 * 1836 – The Soerabaijasch Advertentieblad, the first newspaper in Surabaya, began publication.
 * 1845 – Dutch authorities completed the construction of the Prins Hendrik Fort, meant to fortify the city.
 * 1871 – Surabaya's city walls were demolished to make way for the city's growth.
 * 1878 – The city's first railway, a 115 km track connecting it to Pasuruan, was opened.
 * 1889–1891 – During this period, steam trams were introduced to Surabaya.
 * 1895
 * The Prins Hendrik Fort was dismantled.
 * Students from the Hoogere Burger School established Victoria, the first football club in the city.

1900s-1930s

 * 5 August 1900 – The present building of the Church of the Birth of Our Lady, Surabaya completed construction.
 * 1 April 1906 – Surabaya's city council was established, composed of 15 Europeans, 3 natives, and 3 Chinese/Arabs.
 * 1910 – Work began on the construction of a modern port at Tanjung Perak.
 * 1913 – The Nederlandsch-Indische Artsen School/NIAS (Surabaya Medical college) was founded.
 * 31 August 1916 – The Surabaya Zoo was first founded as the Soerabaiasche Planten-en Dierentuin.
 * 1917 – The Indies Social Democratic Association (ISDV) organized sailors and soldiers into "soviets" mimicking the Russian Revolution, though the movement was suppressed in the following years.
 * 1925
 * Morokrembangan Naval Air Base, a Dutch Air Base, was established.
 * September–December – Extensive strikes in Surabaya's engineering companies, culminating with the banning of Surabaya's railway workers' union.
 * 18 June 1927 – The Soerabajasche Indonesische Voetbalbond (today Persebaya) was established.
 * 1930 – Surabaya's population was recorded to be 341,700.

1940s

 * 1942
 * 3 February – First Japanese air strike against the city.
 * 18 February – Dutch coastal defense ship HNLMS Soerabaja and submarine HNLMS K VII were sunk by Japanese bombers in Surabaya harbor.
 * 1 March – The Imperial Japanese Army&mdash;the 48th Division and part of the 156th Mixed Infantry Brigade&mdash;invaded East Java, with Surabaya as the primary objective. The Dutch surrender was signed before fighting occurred in the city.
 * 17 May 1944 – Operation Transom – American and British bombers raided Surabaya.
 * 1945
 * 17 August – Immediately following the proclamation of Indonesian independence, the Japanese occupation government handed over the governing of the city to Indonesians, with Radjamin Nasution becoming the city's first Indonesian mayor.
 * 19 September – The "Flag Incident" or "Yamato Hotel Incident": Indonesian nationalist youths tore off the blue portion of the Dutch flag flown by the Yamato Hotel, changing it to the Indonesian flag.
 * 3 October – Vice Admiral Shibata Yaichiro, the most senior Japanese commander in Surabaya, surrendered to allied representatives.
 * 30 October – British Indian Army officer Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby was killed in his car.
 * 10 November – British forces attacked the city supported by naval and aerial bombardment, in what is today commemorated in Indonesia as Heroes' Day.
 * 1 July 1949 – Jawa Pos began publication in Surabaya.

1950s-1990s

 * 10 November 1954 – The Airlangga University was established.
 * 10 November 1957 – The Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology was inaugurated by Sukarno.
 * 4 April 1960 – The Morokrembangan Aviation Base was reinaugurated as the Morokrembangan Naval Air Base.
 * 19 December 1964 – IKIP Surabaya (today State University of Surabaya) was established.
 * 1965
 * 16 October – Following the 30 September Movement, organized attacks began on the Indonesian Communist Party members and locations in Surabaya.
 * 29 October – Communist-affiliated mayor Moerachman was removed from his post and replaced by local army district commander Soekotjo Sastrodinoto.
 * 26 August–6 September 1969 – The 7th Pekan Olahraga Nasional was held in Surabaya.
 * 1979 – Moehadji Widjaja was elected mayor.
 * 1984 – Poernomo Kasidi was elected mayor.
 * 1986
 * The first Tunjungan Plaza was opened.
 * The Surabaya–Gempol Toll Road was opened.
 * 16 June 1989 – The Surabaya Stock Exchange was established.
 * 24 August 1990 - SCTV, Indonesia's second private television network, began airing from Surabaya.
 * 1993 – The Surabaya–Gresik Toll Road began operations.
 * 1994
 * The Surabaya Stock Exchange began operations.
 * Soenarto Soemoprawiro was elected mayor.

2000s

 * 2000
 * Surabaya's population was recorded during the 2000 census to be 2,610,519.
 * 19–30 June – The 15th Pekan Olahraga Nasional was held in Surabaya.
 * 10 November – The Al-Akbar Mosque was inaugurated.
 * 16 January 2002 – Sunarto Sumoprawiro was removed from his position and was replaced by his deputy, Bambang Dwi Hartono.
 * 27 June 2005 – First direct mayoral election for the city resulted in Bambang Dwi Hartono's continuation as mayor.
 * 10 June 2009 – The Suramadu Bridge, connecting Surabaya and the island of Madura, was opened.

2010s

 * 2010
 * Surabaya's population was recorded during the 2010 census to be 2,765,487.
 * 6 August – The Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium was opened.
 * 28 September – Tri Rismaharini becomes mayor of Surabaya.
 * 2012
 * Surabaya's population was recorded 3,110,187 by Municipality of Surabaya.
 * 2015
 * Tri Rismaharini was reelected as mayor with a landslide victory.
 * 2018
 * 13–14 May – A series of suicide bombings attacking churches and a police station kills 28 people (including 13 attackers) and injures 57.
 * 20 December – President Joko Widodo inaugurates final segments of the Trans-Java Toll Road, fully connecting Jakarta and Surabaya.
 * 2021
 * 26 February – Eri Cahyadi becomes mayor of Surabaya.