Timeline of Bursa

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bursa, Turkey.

Prior to 14th century

• 183 BCE – Prusa founded by Prusias I of Bithynia.^[1]
• 76 BCE – Bithynia becomes part of Roman Empire.^[1]
• 730 CE – Hagios Stephanos (church) built.
• 947 CE – City besieged by forces of Sayf al-Dawla of Aleppo.^[2]
• 1097 – Seljuqs in power (approximate date).^[3]
• 1204
  • City besieged by French forces led by Pierre de Bracheux and Payen d'Orleans.^[4]
  • City becomes part of the Nicaean Empire.^[5]

14th–18th centuries

• 1326 – Siege of Bursa; city becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.^[2]
• 1331 – Traveller Ibn Battuta visits city.^[3]
• 1335 – Alaeddin Bey Mosque built.^[6]
• 1339 – Orhan Camii (mosque) built.^[1]
• 1385 - Hüdavendigar Mosque completed.
• 1395 – Bayezid I Mosque built in Yıldırım.^[7]
• 1399 – Ulu Cami (mosque) built.
• 1402 – City besieged by Timurids.^[2]
• 1413 – City besieged by Karaman forces.^[1]
• 1421
  • Yesil Mosque and Yesil Türbe (mausoleum) built.
  • Green Mosque, Bursa built.
• 1424 – Madrasa built.^[3]
• 1426 – Muradiye Complex built.
• 1442 – Irgandi Bridge built near city.^[8]
• 1453 – Capital of Ottoman Empire relocates from Bursa to Istanbul.^[3]
• 1487 – Population: 40,000.^[9]
• 1490 – Koza Han (caravansary) built.^[3]
• 16th C. – Mayor Synagogue (Bursa) built (approximate date).
• 1512 – Ala ed-Din in power.^[2]
• 1552 – Yeni Kaplica (bath) built.^[3]
• 1607 – City besieged by Kalenderogli.^[2]
• 1674 – Inebey Madrasa built in Tahtakale.^[6]

19th century

• 1801 – Fire.^[10]
• 1802 – Fire.^[10]
• 1804 – Emir Sultan Mosque rebuilt.
• 1814 – Sultan Abdülmecid visits city.^[5]
• 1823 – Population: 60,000 (approximate).^[11]
• 1845 – Isiklar Military High School established.^[3]
• 1852 – Brotte hotel in business.^[12]
• 1855 – 28 February: Earthquake.
• 1864 – Gumuslu Kumbet (Silvered Tomb) rebuilt.^[13]
• 1869
  • Hamidiye Technical School opens.^[14]
  • Bursa newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 1875 – Orphanage founded.^[10]
• 1879 – Ahmet Vefik Pasha Theater built.^[3]
• 1883 – Egyptians in power.^[2]
• 1891 – Mudania-Bursa railway begins operating.^[16]

20th century

• 1902
  • Bursa Archaeological Museum established.
  • The export of silk in 1902 valued at £620,000.^[2]
• 1904 - Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art established.
• 1910 – Population: 75,000.^[2]
• 1920 – City taken by Greek forces.^[3]
• 1923 – City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Turkey.
• 1929 - Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art relocated.
• 1932 – Tayyare theatre opens.^[17]
• 1944 – Military airport established.
• 1945 – Ant newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 1949 – Ormancı gazetesi newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 1950
  • Hakimiyet milletindir newspaper begins publication.^[15]
  • Population: 103,812.^[18]
• 1951 – İşçi sesi newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 1952 – Gece postası newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 1953 – Milletyolu newspaper begins publication (approximate date).^[15]
• 1962 – International Bursa Festival begins.^[19]
• 1963 – Bursaspor football club formed.
• 1970 – Maarif Koleji (Education College) established.
• 1972 – Archaeological Museum of Bursa opens.^[20]
• 1973
  • Atatürk Museum established.^[20]
  • Population: 318,209 city; 426,567 urban agglomeration (approximate).^[21]
• 1974 – Tofaş Sports Club formed.
• 1975
  • Bursa University established.
  • Turkish and Islamic Works Museum established in the Yesil complex.^[20]
• 1979 – Bursa Atatürk Stadium opens.
• 1984 – Population: 535,500 (estimate).^[22]
• 1989 - Bursa Forestry Museum opened.
• 1996 – Population: 1,211,688.^[23]
• 1998
  • Bursa State Symphony Orchestra founded.
  • Bursa International Fair Building constructed.^[6]
• 2000
  • Yenisehir Airport begins operating civilian flights.^{[citation needed]}
  • Borçelik headquarters building constructed.^[6]

21st century

• 2002
  • Bursaray metro transit begins operating.
  • Bursa Book Fair begins (approximate date).^[24]
• 2008 – Wholesale Grocer and Fish Market, and Merinos Cultural Centre built.^[6]
• 2010 – Bursa Technical University established.
• 2011
  • Bursa Orhangazi University established.
  • Population: 1,704,441.
• 2012 - Bursa Energy Museum established.
• 2016 – 2016 Bursa bombing
• 2017 - Population: 2,936,803 (estimate, urban agglomeration).^[25]

See also

• Timelines of other cities in Turkey: Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and Turkish Wikipedia.

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