• Source: Timeline of Bursa

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.
76 BCE – Bithynia becomes part of Roman Empire.
730 CE – Hagios Stephanos (church) built.
947 CE – City besieged by forces of Sayf al-Dawla of Aleppo.
1097 – Seljuqs in power (approximate date).
1204
City besieged by French forces led by Pierre de Bracheux and Payen d'Orleans.
City becomes part of the Nicaean Empire.




14th–18th centuries


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




19th century


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




20th century


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




21st century


2002
Bursaray metro transit begins operating.
Bursa Book Fair begins (approximate date).
2008 – Wholesale Grocer and Fish Market, and Merinos Cultural Centre built.
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).




See also


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




References



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




Bibliography






External links



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

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