Timeline of Bursa

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).