Timeline of Bursa explained

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.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
  • Bursa newspaper begins publication.
• 1875 – Orphanage founded.
• 1879 – Ahmet Vefik Pasha Theater built.
• 1883 – Egyptians in power.
• 1891 – Mudania-Bursa railway begins operating.^[5]

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.^[6]
• 1944 – Military airport established.
• 1945 – Ant newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1949 – Ormancı gazetesi newspaper begins publication.
• 1950
  • Hakimiyet milletindir newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 103,812.^[8]
• 1951 – İşçi sesi newspaper begins publication.
• 1952 – Gece postası newspaper begins publication.
• 1953 – Milletyolu newspaper begins publication (approximate date).
• 1962 – International Bursa Festival begins.^[9]
• 1963 – Bursaspor football club formed.
• 1970 – Maarif Koleji (Education College) established.
• 1972 – Archaeological Museum of Bursa opens.^[10]
• 1973
  • Atatürk Museum established.
  • Population: 318,209 city; 426,567 urban agglomeration (approximate).^[11]
• 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).^[12]
• 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).^[13]
• 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

Published in 19th century

• • • • Book: Commercial Statistics . John Macgregor . C. Knight and Co. . London . 1844 . https://books.google.com/books?id=wnVPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA102 . Trade of Brussa.
  • On the Slopes of Olympus . Gentleman's Magazine . J.T. Bent . 1889 .
• Book: La Turquie d'Asie . Vilayet de Brousse . Vital Cuinet. Vital Cuinet . 1894 . Paris . Ernest Leroux . fr. .

Published in 20th century

• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=pYXVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA169 . Brusa . Macmillan and Co. . London . Guide to Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople, the Coasts of Asia Minor . 1907.
• (+ 1854 ed.)
  • Brusa . 4 . 691 . 1910 . . 1.
  • A Short History of the Bursa Silk Industry (1500–1900) . Murat Çịzakça . Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient . 23 . 1980.
• Social and Economic Position of Women in an Ottoman City, Bursa, 1600–1700 . Haim Gerber . International Journal of Middle East Studies . 12 . 1980.
• Halil Sahillioğlu . Slaves in the social and economic life of Bursa in the late 15th and early 16th centuries . Turcica . 1985.
• Book: Haim Gerber . Economy and Society in an Ottoman City: Bursa, 1600–1700 . Jerusalem . Hebrew University . 1988.
  • Book: Bursa, Turkey . E. Broadrup . International Dictionary of Historic Places . Fitzroy Dearborn . 1995 . Chicago . 105. .
• A Spatial Study of Three Ottoman Capitals: Bursa, Edirne, and Istanbul . Aptullah Kuran . Muqarnas . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 13 . 1996. .
• Book: Greece & Turkey . . 1996 . Northwestern Turkey: Bursa . https://archive.org/stream/letsgobudgetguid00lets#page/453/mode/1up . 453+. 9780312135447 .

Published in 21st century

• Book: Suraiya Faroqhi . At the Ottoman Empire's Industrious Core: the Story of Bursa . The City in the Islamic World. 357+ . Leiden . Koninklijke Brill . 2008 . .
  • Book: Gabor Agoston . Bruce Alan Masters . Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. 2009 . . 978-1-4381-1025-7 . Bursa . https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA105.
• Book: Bursa . Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture . 2009 . Oxford University Press . 317. .

External links

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

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Bursa . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009161346/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1566 . dead . 9 October 2012 . .
2. Web site: Bursa. Islamic Cultural Heritage Database. Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture . Istanbul . https://web.archive.org/web/20130516092953/http://www.islamicarchitecturedatabase.org/ircica/index2.php?page=Country&id=52 . dead . 16 May 2013 .
3. Web site: About Bursa: History . Uludağ University . Bursa . 5 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204181633/http://en.uludag.edu.tr/Icerik/index/konu/763 . 4 February 2013 . dmy-all .
4. Web site: City Guide: Bursa . Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism . 5 February 2013.
5. Book: Diplomatic and Consular Reports: Turkey . 1892 . Great Britain, Foreign Office .
6. Web site: About Bursa: Culture . Uludağ University . Bursa . 5 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204181800/http://en.uludag.edu.tr/Icerik/index/konu/779 . 4 February 2013 . dmy-all .
7. Web site: Global Resources Network . . Chicago, USA . 5 February 2013.
8. Web site: Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . . New York .
9. Web site: International Bursa Festival . Gent, Belgium . European Festivals Association . 5 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130119150034/http://www.efa-aef.eu/en/festivals/members/profile/890/International%20Bursa%20Festival/ . 19 January 2013 . dmy-all .
10. Web site: About Bursa: Museums . Uludağ University . Bursa . 5 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204181812/http://en.uludag.edu.tr/Icerik/index/konu/777 . 4 February 2013 . dmy-all .
11. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
12. Book: 1985 Demographic Yearbook . 1987 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 247–289 .
13. Web site: 7th edition of Bursa Book Fair opens at weekend . 28 February 2009 . Hürriyet Daily News .