Timeline of Vladivostok

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

19th century

 * 1858 - Territory ceded to Russia by China per Treaty of Aigun.
 * 1860 - June: Russian ship Manchzhur arrives; military barracks constructed under command of Nikolay Vasilyevich Komarov.
 * 1864 - Kunst & Albers in business.
 * 1865 - Vladivostok designated a free port.
 * 1870 - Korean settlers arrived in Vladivostok for the first time.
 * 1871
 * Okhotsk Military Flotilla based in Vladivostok.
 * Japan-Vladivostok telegraph cable installed.
 * Amerikanskaya Street laid out.
 * 1877 - Maritime navigation light established.
 * 1880
 * Vladivostok designated a city.
 * Population: 7,300.
 * 1881 - Vladivostok Police directorate formed.
 * 1883
 * Resettlement administration established.
 * Coat of arms tiger design adopted.
 * Vladivostok newspaper begins publication.
 * 1884 - Society for the Study of the Amur Region established.
 * 1887 - Public reading-hall opens.
 * 1888 - Oblast governor's residence related to Vladivostok from Khabarovsk.
 * 1890 - Amurskiy Regional Museum opens.
 * 1891 - May: Nicholas II visits city.
 * 1892 - Far East newspaper begins publication.
 * 1894 - State Bank branch opens.
 * 1897 - Population: 28,896.
 * 1898 - Russo-Chinese Bank branch opens.
 * 1899
 * Oriental Institute opens.
 * Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
 * 1900
 * Population: 38,000.
 * Ceased to be a free port.

20th century



 * 1902 - Vladivostok Sea School of Far Navigation founded.
 * 1903 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.
 * 1906 - January: Armed revolt.
 * 1907
 * Siberian Bank branch opens.
 * October: Armed revolt.
 * Winter: After a multitude of alleged paranormal incidents and multiple crew deaths, the Ivan Vassili is burned by drunken sailors.
 * 1908 - Tram begins operating.
 * 1909 - Population: 90,100.
 * 1911 - Korean enclave Shinhanchon is established.
 * 1912
 * Train station built.
 * Theater and Music begins publication.
 * 1917 - December: Japanese military occupies railroad.
 * 1918
 * Vladivostok Fortress finishes construction.
 * April 4: Three Japanese killed.
 * April 5: United States, Japanese, and British military stationed in city.
 * 1920 - April: United States military withdraws from city.
 * 1922 - October 25: Red Army in power.
 * 1930s - Transit prisons established.
 * 1930
 * Far Eastern Politechnical Institute established.
 * Moscow-Vladivostok automotive rally conducted.
 * 1931 - Maxim Gorky Academic Theater founded.
 * 1932 - Airfield begins operating.
 * 1937 - Shinhanchon is dissolved after the forced deportation of Koreans to Central Asia.
 * 1942 - A Doolittle Raid B-25 makes an emergency landing in Vladivostok.
 * 1954 - Krushchev visits city.
 * 1957 - Dynamo Stadium opens.
 * 1958
 * Vladivostok designated a closed city.
 * Vladivostok State Medical Institute established.
 * Football Club Luch formed.
 * 1960 - Centennial Prospect (street) laid out.
 * 1965 - Population: 367,000.
 * 1967 - Far Eastern Technological Institute founded.
 * 1974 - November: USA-USSR arms control summit held.
 * 1985 - Population: 600,000.
 * 1988 - City opens to Soviet citizens.
 * 1990 - Vladimir Yefremov becomes mayor.
 * 1991
 * Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.
 * Vladivostok's closed city status ends.
 * 1992
 * Pacific Economic Development & Cooperation Center established.
 * August: Asia-Pacific Theatre Festival held.
 * 1993 - Viktor Cherepkov becomes mayor.
 * 1994 - Tolstoshein Konstantin Borisovich becomes mayor.
 * 1996
 * September 21: VladiROCKstok music festival held.
 * Viktor Cherepkov becomes mayor again.
 * 1998 - Youry Kopylov becomes mayor.
 * 1999 - Spartak Primorye basketball club formed.
 * 2000 - City becomes part of the Far Eastern Federal District.

21st century

 * 2003 - Pacific Meridian film festival begins.
 * 2004 - Vladimir Nikolayev elected mayor.
 * 2005 - Czechoslovak Legions Graveyard renovated.
 * 2006 - Vladivostok Times news site begins publication.
 * 2008
 * Igor Pushkaryov becomes mayor.
 * December: Protest.
 * 2009 - Protests.
 * 2010
 * November: International Youth Tiger Summit held.
 * Population: 592,100.
 * 2011 - Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline opens.
 * 2012
 * Zolotoy Rog Bridge and Russky Bridge built.
 * September: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held on Russky Island.