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.
• 1860 - Conquered by a detachment of 600 Russians from Vernoe in a 7-day assault.
• 1864 - Became an important Cossack base and a regular relay point for the imperial mail service.
• 1895 - The city elected its first mayor.
• 1926 - The city became capital of the Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic; Pishpek renamed "Frunze."
• 1925 - Batratskaya Pravda newspaper begins publication.
• 1938 - Botanical Garden founded.
• 1954 - Frunze Polytechnic Institute founded.
• 1965 - Population: 355,000.
• 1974 - Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper begins publication.
• 1975 - Manas Airport begins operating.
• 1976 - Ala Archa National Park established near city.
• 1979 - Population: 552,000.
• 1984 - Ala-Too Square laid out.
• 1985 - White House built.
• 1990 - Kyrgyz Television begins broadcasting.
• 1991 - City renamed "Bishkek."
• 1992 - Dordoy Bazaar in business.
• 1993
• * International University of Kyrgyzstan established.
• * Jumabek Ibraimov becomes mayor.
• 1995
• * Boris Silayev becomes mayor.
• * Population: 583,900.
• 1996 - International Atatürk-Alatoo University established.
• 1998
• * Felix Kulov becomes mayor.
• * "Church in Bishkek" founded.
• 1999 - The Times of Central Asia English-language newspaper begins publication.

  21st century

• 2001 - Manas Air Base of the United States military established outside city.
• 2005
• * 24 March: Protest against Akayev regime.
• * Arstanbek Nogoev becomes mayor.
• * Institute for Public Policy founded.
• 2006 - Protest against Bakiyev regime.
• 2007
• * Demonstration against Bakiyev regime.
• * Daniar Usenov becomes mayor.
• 2008 - Nariman Tuleyev becomes mayor.
• 2009 - Population: 846,256.
• 2010
• * 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots.
• * Isa Omurkulov becomes mayor.
• 2011 - TEDx Bishkek begins.
• 2016 - becomes mayor.
• 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.