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

19th century

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• 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.^[1]
• 1865 - Vladivostok designated a free port.^[2]
• 1871
  • Okhotsk Military Flotilla based in Vladivostok.
  • Japan-Vladivostok telegraph cable installed.
  • Amerikanskaya Street laid out.
• 1877 - Maritime navigation light established.^[3]
• 1880
  • Vladivostok designated a city.^[4]
  • Population: 7,300.
• 1881 - Vladivostok Police directorate formed.^{[citation needed]}
• 1883
  • Resettlement administration established.^{[citation needed]}
  • Coat of arms tiger design adopted.
  • Vladivostok newspaper begins publication.^[5]
• 1884 - Society for the Study of the Amur Region established.^[6]
• 1887 - Public reading-hall opens.^{[citation needed]}
• 1888 - Oblast governor's residence related to Vladivostok from Khabarovsk.^{[citation needed]}
• 1890 - Amurskiy Regional Museum opens.^[7][8]
• 1891 - May: Nicholas II visits city.^[9]
• 1892 - Far East newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1894 - State Bank branch opens.^[6]
• 1897 - Population: 28,896.
• 1898 - Russo-Chinese Bank branch opens.^[6]
• 1899
  • Oriental Institute opens.^[10]
  • Advertiser newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1900
  • Population: 38,000.^[2]
  • Ceased to be a free port.^[2]

20th century

• 1902 - Vladivostok Sea School of Far Navigation founded.^[11]
• 1903 - Trans-Siberian Railway begins operating.
• 1906 - January: Armed revolt.
• 1907
  • Siberian Bank branch opens.^[12]
  • October: Armed revolt.
  • Winter: After a multitude of alleged paranormal incidents and multiple crew deaths, the Ivan Vassili is burned by drunken sailors.^[13]
• 1908 - Tram begins operating.
• 1909 - Population: 90,100.^[14]
• 1912
  • Train station built.^[8]
  • Theater and Music begins publication.^{[citation needed]}
• 1917 - December: Japanese military occupies railroad.^[15]
• 1918
  • Vladivostok Fortress finishes construction.
  • April 4: Three Japanese killed.^[16]
  • April 5: United States,^[4] Japanese, and British military stationed in city.
• 1920 - April: United States military withdraws from city.^[16]
• 1922 - October 25: Red Army in power.
• 1930s - Transit prisons established.
• 1930
  • Far Eastern Politechnical Institute established.
  • Moscow-Vladivostok automotive rally conducted.^[17]
• 1931 - Maxim Gorky Academic Theater founded.^{[citation needed]}
• 1932 - Airfield begins operating.
• 1942 - A Doolittle Raid B-25 makes an emergency landing in Vladivostok.
• 1954 - Krushchev visits city.^[18]
• 1957 - Dynamo Stadium opens.
• 1958
  • Vladivostok designated a closed city.^[18]
  • Vladivostok State Medical Institute established.
  • Football Club Luch formed.
• 1960 - Centennial Prospect (street) laid out.
• 1965 - Population: 367,000.^[19]
• 1967 - Far Eastern Technological Institute founded.^[20]
• 1974 - November: USA-USSR arms control summit held.
• 1985 - Population: 600,000.^[21]
• 1988 - City opens to Soviet citizens.^[4]
• 1990 - Vladimir Yefremov becomes mayor.
• 1991
  • Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.^[22]
  • Vladivostok's closed city status ends.^[18]
• 1992
  • Pacific Economic Development & Cooperation Center established.^[23]
  • August: Asia-Pacific Theatre Festival held.^[24]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}

21st century

• 2003 - Pacific Meridian film festival begins.
• 2004 - Vladimir Nikolayev elected mayor.^[25]
• 2005 - Czechoslovak Legions Graveyard renovated.
• 2006 - Vladivostok Times news site begins publication.
• 2008
  • Igor Pushkaryov becomes mayor.
  • December: Protest.^[26]
• 2009 - Protests.^[27]
• 2010
  • November: International Youth Tiger Summit held.^[28]
  • Population: 592,100.^[29]
• 2011 - Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline opens.
• 2012
  • Zolotoy Rog Bridge and Russky Bridge built.
  • September: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held on Russky Island.^[30]