Timeline of Bursa

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

Prior to 14th century

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• 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 - City besieged by forces of Sayf al-Dawla of Aleppo.^[2][3]
• 1097 - Seljuqs in power (approximate date).^[4][5]
• 1204
  • City besieged by French forces led by Pierre de Bracheux and Payen d'Orleans.^[2]
  • City becomes part of the Nicaean Empire.^[6]

14th-18th centuries

• 1326 - Siege of Bursa; city becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.
• 1331 - Traveller Ibn Battuta visits city.^[5]
• 1335 - Alaeddin Bey Mosque built.^[7]
• 1339 - Orhan Camii (mosque) built.^[1]
• 1395 - Bayezid I Mosque built in Yıldırım.^[8]
• 1399 - Ulu Cami (mosque) built.
• 1402 - City besieged by Timurids.^[3]
• 1413 - City besieged by Karaman forces.^[1]
• 1421 - Yesil Mosque and Yesil Türbe (mausoleum) built.
• 1424 - Madrasa built.^[5]
• 1426 - Muradiye Complex built.
• 1442 - Irgandi Bridge built near city.^[9]
• 1453 - Capital of Ottoman Empire relocates from Bursa to Istanbul.^[5]
• 1487 - Population: 40,000.^[10]
• 1490 - Koza Khan (caravansary) built.^[5]
• 16th century - Mayor Synagogue (Bursa) built (approximate date).
• 1512 - Ala ed-Din in power.^[3]
• 1552 - Yeni Kaplica (bath) built.^[5]
• 1607 - City besieged by Kalenderogli.^[3]
• 1674 - Inebey Madrasa built in Tahtakale.^[7]

19th century

• 1801 - Fire.^[11]
• 1802 - Fire.^[11]
• 1804 - Emir Sultan Mosque rebuilt.
• 1814 - Sultan Abdülmecid visits city.^[6]
• 1823 - Population: 60,000 (approximate).^[12]
• 1845 - Isiklar Military High School established.^[5]
• 1852
  • Brotte hotel in business.^[13]
  • Population: 73,000.^[14]
• 1855 - 28 February: Earthquake.
• 1864 - Gumuslu Kumbet (Silvered Tomb) rebuilt.^[15]
• 1869
  • Hamidiye Technical School opens.^[16]
  • Bursa newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1875 - Orphanage founded.^[11]
• 1879 - Ahmet Vefik Pasha Theater built.^[5]
• 1883 - Egyptians in power.^[3]
• 1891 - Mudania-Bursa railway begins operating.^[18]

20th century

• 1910 - Population: 75,000.^[3]
• 1920 - City taken by Greek forces.^[5]
• 1923 - City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Turkey.
• 1932 - Tayyare theatre opens.^[19]
• 1944 - Military airport established.
• 1945 - Ant newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1949 - Ormancı gazetesi newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1950 - Hakimiyet milletindir newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1951 - İşçi sesi newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1952 - Gece postası newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1953 - Milletyolu newspaper begins publication (approximate date).^[17]
• 1962 - International Bursa Festival begins.^[20]
• 1963 - Bursaspor football club formed.
• 1970 - Maarif Koleji (Education College) established.
• 1972 - Archaeological Museum of Bursa opens.^[21]
• 1973 - Atatürk Museum established.^[21]
• 1974 - Tofaş Sports Club formed.
• 1975
  • Bursa University established.
  • Turkish and Islamic Works Museum established in the Yesil complex.^[21]
• 1979 - Bursa Atatürk Stadium opens.
• 1996 - Population: 1,211,688.^[22]
• 1998
  • Bursa State Symphony Orchestra founded.
  • Bursa International Fair Building constructed.^[7]

21st century

• 2000
  • Yenisehir Airport begins operating civilian flights.
  • Borçelik headquarters building constructed.^[7]
• 2002
  • Bursaray metro transit begins operating.
  • Bursa Book Fair begins (approximate date).^[23]
• 2008 - Wholesale Grocer and Fish Market, and Merinos Cultural Centre built.^[7]
• 2010 - Bursa Technical University established.
• 2011 - Population: 1,704,441.
• 2016 - 2016 Bursa bombing

See also

• Timeline of Istanbul
• Timeline of Ankara

References

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

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• William Hunter (1803), "(Brusa)", Travels through France, Turkey, and Hungary, to Vienna, in 1792 (3rd ed.), London: J. White, OCLC 10321359 
• John Fuller (1830), "(Brusa)", Narrative of a Tour Through Some Parts of the Turkish Empire, John Murray, OCLC 15470157 
• John Macgregor (1844). "Trade of Brussa". Commercial Statistics. London: C. Knight and Co. 
• George Henry Townsend (1867), "Brusa", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co. 
• J.T. Bent (1889). "On the Slopes of Olympus". Gentleman's Magazine. 

Published in the 20th century

• H. Gerber (1976), "Guilds in Seventeenth Century Bursa", Asian and African Studies 
• Murat Çịzakça (1980). "A Short History of the Bursa Silk Industry (1500-1900)". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 23. 
• Haim Gerber (1980). "Social and Economic Position of Women in an Ottoman City, Bursa, 1600-1700". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 12. 
• Halil Sahillioğlu (1985). "Slaves in the social and economic life of Bursa in the late 15th and early 16th centuries". Turcica. 
• Haim Gerber (1988). Economy and Society in an Ottoman City: Bursa, 1600-1700. Jerusalem: Hebrew University. 
• "Turkey: Bursa", Middle East, Lonely Planet, 1994, p. 633+, OL 16516298W 
• "Northwestern Turkey: Bursa". Greece & Turkey. Let's Go. 1996. p. 453+. 

Published in the 21st century

• Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009). "Bursa". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bursa.

• Europeana. Items related to Bursa, various dates.
• "Bursa". Silk Road Seattle. USA: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. 

Coordinates: 40°11′00″N 29°03′00″E / 40.183333°N 29.05°E / 40.183333; 29.05

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