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.[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]

14th–18th centuries

19th century

  • 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]

20th century

  • 1902
  • 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
  • 2000

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Broadrup 1995.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Stanley 2008.
  4. ^ Black 1910.
  5. ^ a b "About Bursa: History". Bursa: Uludağ University. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e ArchNet. "Bursa". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
  7. ^ Grove 2009.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Faroqhi 2008.
  10. ^ a b c Murray 1907.
  11. ^ Morse 1823.
  12. ^ Cuinet 1894.
  13. ^ Kuran 1996.
  14. ^ "City Guide: Bursa". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  16. ^ Diplomatic and Consular Reports: Turkey. Great Britain, Foreign Office. 1892.
  17. ^ "About Bursa: Culture". Bursa: Uludağ University. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  18. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  19. ^ "International Bursa Festival". Gent, Belgium: European Festivals Association. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  20. ^ a b c "About Bursa: Museums". Bursa: Uludağ University. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  21. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  22. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. ^ Census, October 1996
  24. ^ "7th edition of Bursa Book Fair opens at weekend". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 February 2009.
  25. ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

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

Bibliography

Published in 19th century
  • William Hunter (1803), "(Brusa)", Travels through France, Turkey, and Hungary, to Vienna, in 1792 (3rd ed.), London: J. White, OCLC 10321359
  • Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Bursa", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  • 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.
  • Vital Cuinet (1894). Vilayet de Brousse. La Turquie d'Asie (in French). Paris: Ernest Leroux.
Published in 20th century
  • "Brusa". Guide to Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople, the Coasts of Asia Minor. London: Macmillan and Co. 1907.
  • "Brusa", Handbook for Travellers in Constantinople, Brusa, and the Troad, London: J. Murray, 1907 (+ 1854 ed.)
  • Demetrius Coufopoulos (1910), "Brusa", Guide to Constantinople (4th ed.), London: Adam and Charles Black
  • "Brusa" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 691.
  • 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
  • E. Broadrup (1995). "Bursa, Turkey". International Dictionary of Historic Places. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 105.
  • Aptullah Kuran (1996). "A Spatial Study of Three Ottoman Capitals: Bursa, Edirne, and Istanbul". Muqarnas. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • "Northwestern Turkey: Bursa". Greece & Turkey. Let's Go. 1996. p. 453+. ISBN 9780312135447.
Published in 21st century
  • Suraiya Faroqhi (2008). "At the Ottoman Empire's Industrious Core: the Story of Bursa". The City in the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 357+.
  • Bruce E. Stanley; Michael R.T. Dumper, eds. (2008), "Bursa", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 100
  • Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009). "Bursa". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
  • "Bursa". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. p. 317.

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