Timeline of Bursa

• 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]

• 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]

• 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]

• 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.
  • Borçelik headquarters building constructed.[6]

• 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]

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

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