Timeline of Almaty

19th century

• 1854 – Fort Zailiyskoe erected and then renamed Fort Vernoe.
• 1867 – The settlement around the fortress officially renamed Verny.
• 1870s – Panfilov Park laid out.
• 1871 – Population: 12,000.
• 1884 – Synagogue established.
• 1887 – 9 June: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake affected the city with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X, destroying the city and fort. Brick construction was subsequently banned in favor of wood and adobe as more earthquake resistant.

20th century

• 1907 – Ascension Cathedral built.
• 1910 – Population: 24,798.
• 1911 – 3 January: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7–8.7 affected the city with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X–XI, causing 450 deaths, although the avoidance of brick in construction proved helpful.
• 1914 – Population: 36,000.
• 1918 – Soviets in power; city becomes part of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
• 1921 – Verny renamed Alma-Ata.
• 1927 – Capital of the Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic relocates to Alma-Ata from Kyzylorda.
• 1928 – Kazakh State Theatre relocates to Alma-Ata.
• 1930 – Turkestan-Siberia Railway begins operating.
• 1931 – Central State Museum of Kazakhstan and National Library of Kazakhstan established.
• 1934
• * Abay Opera House and Kazakh State University open.
• * Alma-Ata Documentary Film Studio established.
• * Uighur Music and Drama theatre group founded.
• 1935
• * Almaty Airport built.
• * National Art Gallery opens.
• 1936
• * City becomes capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
• * Almaty Zoo opens.
• 1939 – Population: 230,528.
• 1941 – Central United Film Studio established.
• 1944 – Alma-Ata Studio for Feature and Documentary Films established.
• 1946 – Kurmangazy Conservatory established.
• 1949 – Almaty District Library established.
• 1951 – Medeo skating rink opens.
• 1954 – Lokomotiv Almaty football club formed.
• 1958 – Almaty Central Stadium opens.
• 1960 – Republican Scientific-Technical Library established.
• 1963 – Korean Theatre relocates to Almaty.
• 1967 – Kok Tobe cable car begins operating.
• 1970 – Hotel Kazakhstan built.
• 1972 – Medeu Dam built.
• 1978
• * Republican Book Museum opens.
• * September: International Conference on Primary Health Care held.
• 1979 – Population: 975,000.
• 1980 – Kazakhstan National Museum of Instruments founded.
• 1983 – Almaty Tower built.
• 1985 – Population: 1,068,000.
• 1986 – December: Jeltoqsan protests against Soviet regime.
• 1989 – Voice of Asia lip synching contest begins.
• 1991
• * 21 December: Alma-Ata Protocol signed, establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
• * City becomes capital of independent Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 1992
• * Karavan begins publication.
• * Central State Archives of Recent History headquartered in city.
• * Akhmetzhan Yesimov becomes head of Alma-Ata regional government.
• 1993
• * Alma-Ata officially renamed Almaty.
• * Kazakh Interbank Currency Exchange headquartered in Almaty.
• * Kazakhskaya Pravda in publication.
• * Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies founded.
• * Population: 1,176,000.
• 1995 – Katelco established.
• 1997
• * Kazakh capital moved from Almaty to Astana.
• * Zamanbek Nurkadilov becomes governor of the Almaty region.
• 1998 – Mukhtar Auezov Museum-House built.
• 2000
• * Respublika (Kazakh newspaper) begins publication.
• * Football Club Tsesna formed.

21st century

• 2001 – Public Policy Research Center, and Center for Foreign Policy and Analysis founded.
• 2003 – International Institute for Modern Politics founded.
• 2006 – Protest.
• 2007 – Almaty Cup tennis tournament begins.
• 2008
• * Haileybury Almaty school founded.
• * Akhmetzhan Yessimov becomes mayor.
• 2009 – Population: 1,365,105.
• 2011
• * Almaty Metro begins operating.
• * 2011 Asian Winter Games held.
• 2012 – Population: 1,472,866.
• 2013
• * January: Airplane crash near city kills at least 20 people. No survivors reported.
• * City hosts P5+1-Iran meetings.
• 2014 – Economic protest.
• 2015 – Baibek Bauyrzhan becomes mayor.