The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novosibirsk, Russia.
Prior to 20th century
1893 – Novonikolayevsk settlement developed on former village site during building of Trans Siberian Railway. 30 April -- the first barge of railway workers landed on the right bank of the Ob river. 20 July -- the railway bridge was laid. 1894 20 March – Universalny Store opens in the settlement of bridge builders at the mouth of the Kamenka River.«Мега»-Новониколаевск. НГС.НОВОСТИ. November – Railway engineer Grigory Budagov opens a reading room in the settlement.Первая библиотека Новосибирска отмечает 125-летие. Московский Комсомолец. 1895 Resettlement Center established. The first school opens in the settlement.И вновь о будаговской школе. Библиотека сибирского краеведения. The first pharmacy established.Хроника Новосибирска 1893–1916. Музей Новосибирска. 1896 A branch of the Danish company Polizen was opened in the settlement, it was engaged in purchasing and export of butter.Сибирская столица на карте мира (международные связи Новониколаевска-Новосибирска). Библиотека сибирского краеведения. 12 August – Ilya Titlyanov becomes the first starosta of the settlement elected by the residents.Избрание первого старосты поселения Новониколаевского - Титлянова Ильи Григорьевича. Библиотека сибирского краеведения. 1897 21 January – Nikolay Litvinov opens the first bookstore.Газета началась с Литвинова. Вечерний Новосибирск.Музей Новосибирска. 27 Juny – Volunteer Fire Society established. Bridge built over Ob River. A branch of the Danish company Esmana was opened. 1898 – Church of the Prophet Daniel was consecrated near Ob Station.Прогулка с архитектором: тайны привокзальной Нахаловки, первые каменные дома и «неправильная» улица. Новосибирские новости. 1899 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built. Nikolay Litvinov opens an information office.Музей Новосибирска. 1900 – Typography of N. P. Litvinov opens.115 лет назад открылась первая типография в поселке Новониколаевский (1900). Центральная городская детская библиотека имени Аркадия Гайдара.
20th century 1901 – Church of the Protection of the Theotokos was consecrated.Церковь во имя Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы. Novosibdom.ru. 1902 – A. A. Pushkaryova opens a pay-library and a reading room in the settlement.1893–1916. Музей Новосибирска. 1903 – Military Rusk Plant began operating.Военно-сухарный завод. Novosibdom.ru. 1904 Novonikolayevsk became town (in 1903 according to the Julian calendar). 30 November -- establishment of urban public administration. Novonikolayevsk City Police Department formed (in 1903 according to the Julian calendar).Вместе с народом (правоохранительные органы Новосибирска). Библиотека сибирского краеведения. Infectious Diseases Hospital established. Trud Plant founded.Машзавод «Труд» ведет переговоры о поставке оборудования в ЮАР. РБК. 1905 20 May – A lying-in strike took place at the Novonikolayevsk pier, in which 340 dockworkers took part. They demanded wage increase and an 8-hour working day. All the conditions of the protesters were met late in the evening of the same day.Музей Новосибирска. Хроника. Juny – The strike of 500 workers of the Ob railway station for higher wages. The results of the action are unknown. Autumn – Society of Clerks established. The International Harvester Company opens its representative office in the city. 1906 May – South Altai Flour Milling Company in business. 29 May – Yasli orphanage opens for 100-120 children of both sexes.Музей Новосибирска. Хроника. 6 July – The first 17 kerosene lanterns for night lighting appeared in the city.Евгений Ларин. Однажды в Новосибирске: самолёты вместо сеялок, суп из крапивы и Авиаград. Новосибирские новости. First bank opens. Narodnaya Letopis newspaper begins publication.Первая газета нашего города — «Народная летопись». НДН.ИНФО. Telephone service was established at the initiative of the Volunteer Fire Society of Novonikolalayevsk. 1907 21 February – Old Believer community officially registered in the city. 1 March – Obskoy Rabochy illegal newspaper of the Ob group of the RSDLP begins publication. 1 April – Sibirskaya Rech newspaper begins publication. 16 May – Ob newspaper begins publication. June – Soldatsky Listok illegal newspaper begins publication. 15 July – Reading Room named after Anton Chekhov opens with free admission.Novosibirsk Museum. December – Novonikolayevsk Exchange Society opens. 1908 15 August – Fedot Makhotin opens the first stationary cinema.Этот день в истории Сибири (15 августа). Вести Новосибирск. 21 January – Zakamenskaya Church was consecrated.Богородице-Казанская (Закаменская) церковь. Novosibdom.ru. 1909 Novonikolayevsk Fire. Obskaya Zhizn newspaper begins publication.О чём писали первые газеты Новониколаевска? Вечерний Новосибирск. St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church was consecrated.Новониколаевский приход святого Казимира. Сибирская католическая газета. A branch of the Russian Bank for Foreign Trade opens.Здание Русского для внешней торговли банка. Красный проспект № 13. Novosibdom.ru. February — Novonikolayevsk Police caught a gang of counterfeiters.История полицмейстера. Библиотека сибирского краеведения. 21 February – The Novonikolayevsk branch of the Union of the Russian People formed. 1910 Sibirsky Kommersant newspaper begins publication.Хроника. Музей Новосибирска. Novonikolayevsk waterbus begins operating. 31 August – Pyotr Stolypin's visit to Novonikolayevsk where he visited a resettlement center, a voluntary firefighter society, a cholera barrack, a prison, a city hospital and a rural hospital.Зачем Столыпин приезжал в Сибирь? Вечерний Новосибирск. 1911 2 September – A document appeared in the journal of the Novonikolayevsk City Duma required city residents to plant deciduous trees near their households. Trees should be planted in one row on the streets of 10 sazhens wide (1½ sazhens from the building), in two rows on the streets of 15 (2 sazhens from the building for the first row, 3½ sazhens from the building for the second row) and 25 sazhens wide (9½ sazhens from the building for the first row, 11 sazhens from the buildings for the second row). Violation of the rules of this document, as well as damage to trees, entailed legal liability. The execution of the order was monitored by police officers.«Садили деревья под надзором полиции»: разбираем странный указ первого «мэра» Новониколаевска. Комсомольская правда. Novonikolayevsk Seminary opens. 1912 Distillery No.7 began operating.Алкогольные бунты в Сибири столетие тому назад: как и что тогда пили. VN.ru. Ekonomia Consumer Society in business.Событие. Потребительская кооперация Новосибирска и Новосибирской области. Новосибирский Краеведческий портал. Market Square opens in Zakamensky District after repeated requests from residents of this district to open it. 1913 Population: 62,967. Construction of Military Townlet was completed. Smallpox epidemic.Как Новониколаевск боролся с эпидемиями. Тайга.инфо. 20 January – Sibirskaya Nov newspaper begins publication. 6 May – Department of the Society for the Study of Siberia and the Improvement of Its Life opens.Хроника. Музей Новосибирска. 1914 6–9 March – The first exhibition of field, grass and garden seeds was organized in the city. 16 types of wheat, 11 types of oats, 3 types of barley and 2 types of rye as well as some types of field herbs were presented at the event.Что посеешь, то и пожнешь. Библиотека сибирского краеведения. 18–22 July – Milan Opera from Italy performs in Novonikolayevsk. Soloists, choir and orchestra under the direction of the Gonzalez brothers performed the operas Rural Honor, Troubadour, La Traviata, Faust and Carmen.Хронология Новосибирска 1893—1916. Музей Новосибирска. Commercial Assembly Building was constructed.С бала на митинг: история театра «Красный факел». Новосибирские новости. 1915 5 May – The City Duma sets the price level for bread and meat, which were forbidden to sell above the maximum allowed price. Chapel of St. Nicholas built. 1916 17 August – Golos Sibiri newspaper begins publication. The Union of Siberian Cooperative Unions (The Zakupsbyt) was founded.Областной «Союз сибирских кооперативных союзов «Закупсбыт» (1916—1923). Библиотека сибирского краеведения. Sugar Riot 1917 1 February – Novonikolayevsk City Public Bank opens.Городской банк. Самый первый. Библиотека сибирского краеведения. July – Znamya Svobody newspaper begins publication. December – Soviets in power. 1918 January – Novonikolayevsk Union of Worker Cooperation established. Soap Factory founded.Жировой комбинат (ОАО «Новосибирский жировой комбинат). Библиотека сибирского краеведения. Delo Revolyutsii newspaper begins publication. 1920 Spring – Novonikolayevsk City Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Army Deputies established.Новониколаевский (Новосибирский) городской Совет после Гражданской войны. Совет депутатов города Новосибирска. 5 August – Central Folk Museum of Novoniklolayevsk (future Novosibirsk Local History Museum) opens on Kommunisticheskaya Street 19.Новосибирский государственный краеведческий музей. Музеи России.Музей Новосибирска. Хроника. Scientific Medical Society founded. 1921 5 September – Professionalnoye Dvizhenie magazine begins publication. The city becomes seat of the Novonikolayevsk Governorate. Avtomat Sewing Factory established.Шьют 100 лет: новосибирцев пустят в старейшую швейную фабрику в центре города. НГС.НОВОСТИ. 1922 5 January – Day of Help for a Hungry Child was held in Novonikolayevsk.1917–1929. Novosibirsk Museum. 17 January – Felix Dzerzhinsky's visit. 1 March – 14 April – Martial law was introduced in the city due to a wave of banditry. 22 March – Sibirskiye Ogni literary magazine begins publication. 1 April – Radio communication established between Moscow and Novonikolayevsk. 1 May – Free lunches for children were organized in honor of the holiday. Monument to the Heroes of the Revolution unveiled. The first football team named Pechatnik appears in the city. It was organized by the proofreader A. L. Timiryayev and the former assistant commissar of the regiment A. Polsky. Since 1922, football matches have been held continuously. 1923 February – Usage of books becomes free in city libraries. 15 May – City-wide meeting and demonstration of protest against the ultimatum of Lord Curzon to the Soviet Government. July – Novosibirsk bus system begins operating. December Novonikolayevsk Dermatovenerologic Dispensary founded.Основание Новосибирского кожно-венерологического диспансера. Библиотека сибирского краеведения. The rise in armed robberies in the city. Criminal Investigation Department was able to catch several gangs operating at night. Macaroni Factory begins operating at Mill No.1. German Consulate established. 1924 January – Polish school opens on Irkutskaya Street.Музей Новосибирска. Хроника. 30 July – Uchyoba i Vospitanie military-political journal begins publication. 5 December – Yuny Leninets newspaper begins publication. Polish Consulate established. 1925 September – Sibir magazine begins publication. established. Lenin Building constructed on Krasny Prospekt. City becomes capital of the Siberian Krai. Novonikolayevsk Verification Chamber of Weights and Measures No. 12 founded.С мерой по жизни. Советская Сибирь. Okhotnik Altaya hunting and fishing magazine relocates to Novonikolayevsk.Охотник Сибири. Электронная библиотека Новосибирской государственной областной научной библиотеки. 1926 City renamed "Novosibirsk." Population: 120,128. Sibkraisoyuz, Sibrevcom and Textilsindikat buildings were constructed. Taisneiba Latgalian-language newspaper begins publication.Латыши и латгальцы. Библиотека сибирского краеведения. The first quarter of the year – the Criminal Investigation Department identified 140 brothels in the city that provided sex services and sold drugs.