Timeline of Bishkek

19th-20th centuries

1825 - Built as one of 35 fortresses built in the region by Khokand to extend control over the Chu valley.^{[citation needed]}
1860 - Conquered by a detachment of 600 Russians from Vernoe in a 7-day assault.^{[citation needed]}
1864 - Became an important Cossack base and a regular relay point for the imperial mail service.^{[citation needed]}
1895 - The city elected its first mayor.^{[citation needed]}
1926 - The city became capital of the Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic; Pishpek renamed "Frunze."
1925 - Batratskaya Pravda newspaper begins publication.^[1]
1938 - Botanical Garden founded.^[2]
1954 - Frunze Polytechnic Institute founded.
1965 - Population: 355,000.^[3]
1974 - Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper begins publication.
1975 - Manas Airport begins operating.
1976 - Ala Archa National Park established near city.
1979 - Population: 552,000.^[4]
1984 - Ala-Too Square laid out.
1985 - White House built.
1990 - Kyrgyz Television begins broadcasting.^{[citation needed]}
1991 - City renamed "Bishkek."
1992 - Dordoy Bazaar in business (approximate date).
1993
- International University of Kyrgyzstan established.
- Jumabek Ibraimov becomes mayor.
1995
- Boris Silayev becomes mayor.
- Population: 583,900 (estimate).^[5]
1996 - International Atatürk-Alatoo University established.
1998
- Felix Kulov becomes mayor.
- "Church in Bishkek" founded.^[6]
1999 - The Times of Central Asia English-language newspaper begins publication.

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21st century

2001 - Manas Air Base of the United States military established outside city.
2005
- 24 March: Protest against Akayev regime.^[7]
- Arstanbek Nogoev becomes mayor.
- Institute for Public Policy founded.^[8]
2006 - Protest against Bakiyev regime.^[7]
2007
- Demonstration against Bakiyev regime.^[7]
- Daniar Usenov becomes mayor.^[9]
2008 - Nariman Tuleyev becomes mayor.
2009 - Population: 846,256.^[10]
2010
- 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots.^[7]
- Isa Omurkulov becomes mayor (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
2011 - TEDx Bishkek begins.^[11]
2016 - Albek Ibraimov [ky] becomes mayor.^[12]
2017 - Turkish Airlines Flight 6491, a cargo flight with 4 crew members, crashes while attempting to land at Manas International Airport near Bishkek, killing the 4 crew members and another 34 on the ground, including 17 children, at Dacha-SU, a residential enclave near the airport.

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19th-20th centuries