Timeline of Bursa
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bursa, Turkey.
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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 - 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
- 1855 - 28 February: Earthquake.
- 1864 - Gumuslu Kumbet (Silvered Tomb) rebuilt.[15]
- 1869
- 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
- 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
References
- 1 2 3 4 E. Broadrup (1995). "Bursa, Turkey". International Dictionary of Historic Places. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn.
- 1 2 Demetrius Coufopoulos (1910), "Brusa", Guide to Constantinople (4th ed.), London: Adam and Charles Black
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Brusa", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ "Brusa". Guide to Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople, the Coasts of Asia Minor. London: Macmillan and Co. 1907.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bruce Stanley (2008), "Bursa", in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO
- 1 2 "About Bursa: History". Bursa: Uludağ University. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 ArchNet. "Bursa". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
- ↑ "Bursa". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.
- ↑ "Bursa". Islamic Cultural Heritage Database. Istanbul: Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ Suraiya Faroqhi (2008). "At the Ottoman Empire's Industrious Core: the Story of Bursa". The City in the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill.
- 1 2 3 "Brusa", Handbook for Travellers in Constantinople, Brusa, and the Troad, London: J. Murray, 1907
- ↑ Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Bursa", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- ↑ Vital Cuinet (1894). Vilayet de Brousse. La Turquie d'Asie (in French). Paris: Ernest Leroux.
- ↑ "Brousa", A Handbook for Travellers in Turkey (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1854, OCLC 2145740
- ↑ Aptullah Kuran (1996). "A Spatial Study of Three Ottoman Capitals: Bursa, Edirne, and Istanbul". Muqarnas. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 13.
- ↑ "City Guide: Bursa". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ Diplomatic and Consular Reports: Turkey. Great Britain, Foreign Office. 1892.
- ↑ "About Bursa: Culture". Bursa: Uludağ University. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "International Bursa Festival". Gent, Belgium: European Festivals Association. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 "About Bursa: Museums". Bursa: Uludağ University. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ Census, October 1996
- ↑ "7th edition of Bursa Book Fair opens at weekend". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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.
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Coordinates: 40°11′00″N 29°03′00″E / 40.183333°N 29.05°E
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