# Timeline of Bursa

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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).