Timeline of Istanbul

The following is a timeline of the history of the town of Istanbul, Turkey.

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Prior to 4th century

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• 657 BC – Byzantium founded by Greeks.
• 196 – City taken by Septimius Severus.^[1]
• 203 – Hippodrome built (approximate date).

4th-15th centuries

• 330 – Constantine relocates seat of the Eastern Roman Empire to Byzantium; renames it "Constantinople".^[2]
• 365 – City taken by forces of Procopius.^[3]
• 381 – First Council of Constantinople held in Hagia Irene church.
• 390 – Obelisk of Theodosius installed.
• 413 – Theodosian Walls built.
• 476 – Basilica Cistern rebuilt (approximate date).
• 532 – Nika riots.
• 537 – Hagia Sophia church built.
• 543 – Column of Justinian erected.
• 626 – Siege of Constantinople (626) by Avars, Slavs and Sassanid Persians.
• 674 – Siege of Constantinople (674–78) begins.
• 717 – Siege of Constantinople (717–18).
• 813 – City besieged by Bulgarian forces.
• 821 – City besieged by forces of Thomas the Slav.
• 860 – Siege of Constantinople (860).
• 907 – Siege of Constantinople (907).
• 941 – Siege of Constantinople (941).
• 1203 – Siege of Constantinople (1203) by the Fourth Crusade, in which Alexius IV was able to usurp the throne after Alexius III fled to Thrace.
• 1204 – Siege of Constantinople (1204) by the Fourth Crusade, in which the Byzantines were overwhelmed and the city thoroughly sacked.
• 1348 – Galata Tower built.
• 1376 – City besieged by forces of Andronikos IV Palaiologos.

15th–19th centuries

• 1410 – June: Battle of Kosmidion.
• 1411 – Siege of Constantinople (1411).
• 1422 – Siege of Constantinople (1422).
• 1453
  • 6 April-29 May: City besieged by Ottoman forces; Mehmed II in power.
  • Capital of the Ottoman Empire relocated to Constantinople from Edirne.^[4]
  • Hagia Sophia (mosque) in use.^[5]
• 1460 – Grand Bazaar built (approximate date).^[6]
• 1459 – Topkapı Palace construction begins.
• 1478 – Galata Mosque in use.
• 1491 – Firuz Ağa Mosque built in Fatih.
• 1509 – 1509 Constantinople earthquake.^[5]
• 1520 – Suleiman the Magnificent becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1558 – Süleymaniye Mosque built.
• 1577 – Observatory of Taqi al-Din built.
• 1584 – Çemberlitaş Hamamı (bath) built.
• 1616 – Sultan Ahmed Mosque built.
• 1746 – Kalenderhane Mosque consecrated.
• 1766 – Earthquake.
• 1821 – Constantinople Massacre of 1821.
• 1844 – Naum Theatre opens.
• 1845 – Galata Bridge built.
• 1856 – Dolmabahçe Palace built in Beşiktaş.
• 1863 - First painting exhibition sponsored by Sultan Abdul Aziz
• 1870 - June 5: Fire in Pera.^[7]
• 1871 – American College for Girls established in Arnavutköy.^[5]
• 1880 – Yıldız Palace built.
• 1883
  • School of Economics established.^[5]
  • Orient Express (Paris–Istanbul) begins operating.
• 1890 – Kum Kapu demonstration.
• 1891 – Imperial Museum founded.
• 1894
  • 10 July: an earthquake in the Gulf of İzmit kills about 1,300^[2]
  • Pando's Creamery in business.^[8]

20th century

• 1905 – 21 July: Yıldız assassination attempt.
• 1908 – Istanbul declared a province with nine constituent districts.
• 1912 – Gülhane Park opens.
• 1914 – Darülbedayi theatre founded.
• 1915 – The 20 Hunchakian gallows hanging occurs in Beyazıt Square.
• 1918 – 13 November: Occupation of Constantinople by Allied forces begins, per Armistice of Mudros.^[9]
• 1919 – Sultanahmet demonstrations.
• 1923
  • City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Turkey.
  • Turkish capital relocated from Istanbul to Ankara.^[1]
• 1924 – Airport opens in Yeşilköy.
• 1930 – City renamed "Istanbul".^[10]
• 1933 – Istanbul University established.^[5]
• 1938 – 10 November: Death of Atatürk.
• 1940
  • Baghdad Railway begins operating.
  • Atatürk Bridge built.
  • Population: 789,346.^[1]
• 1947 – İnönü Stadium opens in Beşiktaş.
• 1950 – Population: 1,000,022.^[5]
• 1955 – 6–7 September: Istanbul pogrom.
• 1958 – Küçük Emek cinema opens.^[11]
• 1964 – Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage opens.
• 1965 – Population: 2,293,823 (districts of Adalar, Bakırköy, Beşiktaş, Beykoz, Beyoğlu, Çatalca, Eyüp, Fatih, Gaziosmanpaşa, Kadıköy, Kartal, Sarıyer, Silivri, Şile, Şişli, Üsküdar, Yalova, and Zeytinburnu).^[12]
• 1969 – Bloody Sunday (1969).
• 1973
  • Bosphorus Bridge built.
  • Istanbul Festival begins.
• 1975 – 30 January: Airplane crash
• 1977 – 1 May: Taksim Square massacre.
• 1979 – Istanbul Marathon begins.
• 1982 – International Istanbul Film Festival begins.
• 1984 – March 23: Municipality of Greater Istanbul established.
• 1988 – Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge built.
• 1989
  • Istanbul Metro begins operating.
  • Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage in use.
• 1994
  • Galata Bridge rebuilt.
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan becomes mayor of greater Istanbul.
• 1995 – 1995 Gazi Quarter riots.
• 1996 - United Nations Conference on Human Settlements held.
• 1999 – 1999 Istanbul bombings.

21st century

• 2000
  • City expands to include districts of Avcılar, Bağcılar, Bahçelievler, Esenler, Güngören, Maltepe, Sultanbeyli, and Tuzla (approximate date).
  • Population: 10,018,735.^[13]
• 2003
  • Istanbul Pride begins.
  • November: 2003 Istanbul bombings.^[10]
  • Miniatürk park opens.^[14]
• 2004
  • City boundaries become coterminous with those of Istanbul Province.
  • Kadir Topbaş becomes mayor of Greater Istanbul.
  • March 9, 2004 attack on Istanbul restaurant.
  • June: City hosts 2004 Istanbul summit.^[10]
• 2005 – Sabancı Performing Arts Center opens in Tuzla.
• 2007
  • April: Republic Protest.
  • Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy.
• 2008
  • Istanbul expands to include districts of Arnavutköy, Ataşehir, Başakşehir, Beylikdüzü, Çekmeköy, Esenyurt, Sancaktepe, and Sultangazi.^[15][16]
  • 1 February: 2008 Istanbul fireworks explosion in Davutpaşa.
  • July: 2008 Istanbul bombings.
  • Labour strike in Tuzla.
• 2009
  • City districts increased from 32 to 39.
  • Istanbul Congress Center built.
  • Depo art space founded.^[17]
• 2010
  • 31 October: 2010 Istanbul bomb blast.
  • Baklahorani (carnival) revived.
• 2012
  • 26 February 2012 Istanbul rally to commemorate the Khojaly massacre held.
  • Museum of Innocence opens.^[18]
  • Population: 13,854,740.
• 2013
  • 28 May: Gezi Park protests begin in Taksim Square.
  • 29 October: the first phase of the Marmaray project opened for public use.^[19]
• 2014
  • 29 November: Pope Francis visit to meet with Patriarch Bartholomew I and Muslim leaders.^[20]
  • Sancaklar Mosque built in Büyükçekmece.
• 2015

See also

• History of Istanbul
• List of mayors of Istanbul
• List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, 1450s-1920s

Other cities in Turkey

• Timeline of Ankara
• Timeline of Bursa

References

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

Further reading

Published in the 18th-19th century

• Petrus Gyllius; John Ball (1729). Antiquities of Constantinople. London. 
• William Hunter (1803), "(Constantinople)", Travels through France, Turkey, and Hungary, to Vienna, in 1792 (3rd ed.), London: J. White, OCLC 10321359 
• H.A.S. Dearborn (1819), "Constantinople", A Memoir on the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea, Boston: Wells & Lilly 
• Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Constantinople", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse 
• Josiah Conder (1830), "Constantinople", Turkey, The Modern Traveller 14, London: J.Duncan 
• John Fuller (1830), "Constantinople", Narrative of a Tour Through Some Parts of the Turkish Empire, John Murray, OCLC 15470157 
• David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Constantinople". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 7. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. 
• Evliya Çelebi (1834). "(Constantinople)". Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century 1. Translated by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. London: Oriental Translation Fund. 
• Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Constantinople". New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events. London: Thomas Kelly. 
• John Macgregor (1844). "Trade of Constantinople". Commercial Statistics. London: C. Knight and Co. 
• "Constantinople", Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople, London: J. Murray, 1845, OCLC 397597 
• Mrs. Edmund Hornby (1858), In and Around Stamboul, Philadelphia: J. Challen & Son 
• Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Constantinople". Geography. English Cyclopaedia 2. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. 
• "Constantinople", Appleton's European Guide Book, New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888 

Published in the 20th century

• William Holden Hutton (1900), Constantinople, Mediaeval Towns, London: J. M. Dent, OCLC 150311124 
• "Constantinople", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901 
• Handbook for Travellers in Constantinople, Brûsa, and the Troad, London: J. Murray, 1907 
• Guide to Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople, the Coasts of Asia Minor. London: Macmillan and Co. 1907. 
• "Constantinople", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 
• Demetrius Coufopoulos (1910), Guide to Constantinople (4th ed.), London: Adam and Charles Black 
• Robert Hichens (1913), The Near East: Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople, New York: Century Co., OCLC 1293222 
• Francis Whiting Halsey, ed. (1914). "Constantinople". Russia, Scandinavia, and the Southeast. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors 10. Funk & Wagnalls Company – via Hathi Trust. 
• William Harman Black (1920). "Turkey: Constantinople". The Real Europe Pocket Guide-Book. Black's Blue Books (10). New York: Brentano's. 
• Alt-Konstantinopel [Old Constantinople: 110 photographs of the city] (in German), München: Roland-Verlag, 1920 
• Glanville Downey (1960), Constantinople in the Age of Justinian, Centers of Civilization Series, USA: University of Oklahoma Press, OL 5800255M 
• Bernard Lewis (1963), Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire, USA: University of Oklahoma Press, OCLC 479098 
• "Istanbul, the City That Links Europe and Asia", National Geographic Magazine (Washington DC) 144, 1973 
• J. H. G. Lebon (1970). "Islamic City in the Near East: A Comparative Study of Cairo, Alexandria and Istanbul". Town Planning Review 41. JSTOR 40102697. 
• Colin Thubron (1978), Istanbul, Great Cities, Time-Life Books, OL 4178939M 
• Philip Mansel (1995), Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924, John Murray, ISBN 9780719550768 
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Istanbul". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650. 
• Edhem Eldem et al. (1999), The Ottoman City between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul, New York: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 052164304X  CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link)

Published in the 21st century

• Arzu Öztürkmen (2002). "From Constantinople to Istanbul: Two Sources on the Historical Folklore of a City". Asian Folklore Studies 61. JSTOR 1178974. 
• Europe's Muslim Capital by Philip Mansel in the June 2003 issue of History Today
• Amy Mills (2005). "Narratives in City Landscapes: Cultural Identity in Istanbul". Geographical Review 95. JSTOR 30034247. 
• Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Istanbul". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7. 
• C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Istanbul". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 180–218. ISBN 9004153888. 
• Bruce Stanley (2008), "Istanbul", in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 180–187, ISBN 9781576079195 
• Nebahat Avcioğlu (2008). "Istanbul: The Palimpsest City in Search of Its Architext". RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics (53/54). JSTOR 25608817. 
• Ebru Boyar (2010), A social history of Ottoman Istanbul, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521199551 
• Birge Yildirim (2012), Transformation Of Public Squares Of Istanbul Between 1938—1949 – via International Planning History Society 
• Gerhard Böwering, ed. (2013). "Istanbul". Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-13484-7. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Istanbul.

• Europeana. Items related to Istanbul, various dates.
• "Istanbul". 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. 
• ArchNet. "Istanbul". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. 

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