Timeline of Istanbul


Timeline of Istanbul


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

Prior to 4th century

  • 1000 BCE - Thracian tribes founded the settlements of Lygos and Semistra.
  • 657 BCE – Byzantium founded by Greeks.
  • 513 BCE – City taken by Persians under the rule of Darius the Great.
  • 479 BCE – Spartans take control of Byzantium from the Persians following their victory at the Battle of Plataea.
  • 411 BCE – Captured by Sparta.
  • 408 BCE – Captured by Athens.
  • 340 BCE – Besieged unsuccessfully by the forces of Philip II of Macedon.
  • 317 BCE – Battle of Byzantium.
  • 193 CE
    • Besieged by Septimius Severus.
    • Population: 15,000
  • 196 – Captured by Septimius Severus. Walls demolished and city razed.
  • 203
    • Septimius Severus rebuilds the city.
    • Hippodrome built (approximate date).
    • Mese main street built.
    • Baths of Zeuxippus built (approximate date).
    • Walls rebuilt (approximate date).
  • 267 – Captured by the Herules.

4th–15th centuries

  • 315 – Hagia Irene church built (approximate date).
  • 324
    • 8 November: Constantine renames the city as Constantinoupolis and begins large-scale rebuilding.
    • Serpent Column relocated to Byzantium.
    • Hippodrome enlarged.
    • Population: 20,000
  • 328 – 4 November: Constantine dedicates Constantinople as capital.
  • 330
    • 11 May: Column of Constantine dedicated.
    • Church of the Holy Apostles built (approximate date).
    • Chora Church built (approximate date).
    • Milion erected (approximate date).
  • 332
    • 18 May: Free distribution of food to citizens. 80,000 rations a day from 117 distribution points.
  • 359 – First urban prefect appointed.
  • 360 – 15 February: Great Church of Holy Wisdom inaugurated.
  • 362 – Kontoskalion built.
  • 365 – City taken by forces of Procopius.
  • 368
    • Valens Aqueduct completed.
    • Magnaura palace built (approximate date).
    • Population: 150,000
  • 378 – Battle of Constantinople (378): Gothic attack on the city.
  • 381 – First Council of Constantinople held in the Hagia Irene church.
  • 382
    • Drought.
    • Second line added to the Valens Aqueduct.
  • 390 – Obelisk of Theodosius installed.
  • 393
    • Forum of Theodosius rebuilt.
    • Column of Theodosius erected.
    • Arch of Theodosius completed.
    • Population: 200,000
  • 395 – Earthquake (approximate date).
  • 400 – City occupied by the rebel forces of Gainas for several months.
  • 401 – Construction of the Column of Arcadius begins.
  • 403
    • Forum of Arcadius built.
    • Column of Aelia Eudoxia erected.
    • Earthquake.
  • 407 – 1 April: Earthquake.
  • 413 – Theodosian Walls built.
  • 415 – 10 October: Church of Theodosius II inaugurated.
  • 420 – Palace of Lausus built (approximate date).
  • 421 – Cistern of Aetius built.
  • 425 – 27 February: Pandidakterion school founded by emperor Theodosius II.
  • 428 – Theodosius Cistern built (approximate date).
  • 430 – Palace of Antiochos built.
  • 433 – August: Fire destroys buildings along the Golden Horn.
  • 437 – 25 September: Constantinian and Theodosian Walls damaged by an earthquake.
  • 439 – Boukoleon Palace built (approximate date).
  • 440 – Saint Andrew in Krisei built (approximate date).
  • 447
    • 26 January: Walls damaged by an earthquake.
    • Walls rebuilt in 60 days by 16,000 workers under praetorian prefect Constantinus.
    • 6 November: Constantinian and Theodosian Walls damaged by an earthquake.
  • 450
    • Column of Marcian erected (approximate date).
    • Church of St. Mary of Blachernae built.
  • 459
    • Construction of the Cistern of Aspar begins.
    • Augustaion rebuilt.
  • 462 – Monastery of Stoudios founded.
  • 464 – September: Fire begins in the dockyards of the Golden Horn and damages eight of the city's fourteen regions.
  • 473 – Imperial Library of Constantinople burned.
  • 476 – Basilica Cistern rebuilt (approximate date).
  • 478 – 25 September: Walls damaged by an earthquake.
  • 498 – Riot by the Greens damages the Hippodrome and surrounding area.
  • 500
    • Cistern of Mocius built (approximate date).
    • Palace of Blachernae built (approximate date).
    • Byzantine structure that would become the Balaban Aga Mosque built (approximate date).
  • 524 – Church of St. Polyeuctus built.
  • 527 – Construction of the Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus begins.
  • 532
    • January: Nika riots.
    • 23 February: Construction of the Hagia Sophia church begins.
    • Basilica Cistern rebuilt and enlarged.
  • 533 – Earthquake.
  • 536 – Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus finished.
  • 537
    • 26 December: Hagia Sophia completed.
    • Population: 300,000–500,000
  • 541 – Plague of Justinian kills 40% of the population.
  • 543 – Column of Justinian erected.
  • 545 – Wheat and wine shortage.
  • 548 – Hagia Irene rebuilt.
  • 550 – 28 June: Church of the Holy Apostles rebuilt.
  • 553 – Second Council of Constantinople held.
  • 554 – 16 August: 554 Anatolia earthquake.
  • 555 – May–July: Bread shortage.
  • 557 – 14 December: 557 Constantinople earthquake destroys large parts of the city.
  • 558 – February–July: Re-occurrence of the plague of Justinian.
  • 560 – Monastery of the Mother of God at the Spring built.
  • 562 – November: Drought.
  • 570
    • Chrysotriklinos built by emperor Justin II (approximate date).
    • Orphanage of Saint Paul founded (approximate date).
  • 573–574 – Re-occurrence of the plague of Justinian.
  • 575 – Kontoskalion harbor deepened and enlarged.
  • 576 – Valens Aqueduct repaired and expanded.
  • 582 – Famine.
  • 586 – Re-occurrence of the plague of Justinian.
  • 599 – Re-occurrence of the plague of Justinian.
  • 626 – Siege of Constantinople (626) by Avars, Slavs and Sassanian Persians.
  • 674–678 – Siege of Constantinople (674–78).
  • 680 – Third Council of Constantinople held.
  • 690 – Hall of Justinianos built by emperor Justinian II (approximate date).
  • 692 – Quinisext Council held.
  • 698 – Outbreak of plague.
  • 717–718 – Siege of Constantinople (717–18).
  • 740 – October 26: 740 Constantinople earthquake.
  • 747 – Outbreak of plague.
  • 753 – Hagia Irene rebuilt.
  • 758 – Drought.
  • 766 – Valens Aqueduct restored.
  • 769 – Church of the Virgin of the Pharos in existence.
  • 813 – City besieged by Bulgarian forces.
  • 821 – City besieged by forces of Thomas the Slav.
  • 860 – Siege of Constantinople (860).
  • 869 – A portion of the walls collapses in an earthquake.
  • 870 – Fourth Council of Constantinople (Catholic Church) held.
  • 880
    • Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox) held.
    • 1 May: Nea Ekklesia built.
  • 907 – Siege of Constantinople (907).
  • 908 – Lips Monastery built.
  • 920 – Myrelaion built.
  • 922 – Battle of Constantinople (922).
  • 941 – Siege of Constantinople (941).
  • 971 – Church of Christ of the Chalke built by emperor John I Tzimiskes.
  • 1000 – Hagios Theodoros built (approximate date).
  • 1030 – Monastery of St. Mary Peribleptos built by emperor Romanos III Argyros.
  • 1045 – Monastery of St. George of Mangana built (approximate date).
  • 1047 – September: Siege by rebels under Leo Tornikios.
  • 1049 — Theotokos Euergetis Monastery founded.
  • 1059 – Saint Thekla of the Palace of Blachernae built.
  • 1060 – Pammakaristos Church built (approximate date).
  • 1081 – Chora Church rebuilt.
  • 1087 – Monastery of Christ Pantepoptes built.
  • 1100
    • Paper in use.
    • Saint John the Forerunner by-the-Dome built.
  • 1110
    • Kecharitomene Monastery built.
    • Maiden's Tower built.
  • 1136 – Monastery of the Pantocrator completed.
  • 1147 – September: Battle of Constantinople (1147)
  • 1181 – 2 May: Uprising of Maria Komnene against the rule of Alexios Komnenos suppressed.
  • 1182 – April: Massacre of the Latins.
  • 1197 – 25 July: Fire destroys the Latin Quarter and other buildings.
  • 1200 – Theotokos Kyriotissa built (approximate date).
  • 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 – April: Siege of Constantinople (1204) by the Fourth Crusade, in which the Byzantines were overwhelmed and the city thoroughly sacked.
  • 1235 – Siege of Constantinople (1235).
  • 1260 – Siege of Constantinople (1260).
  • 1261
    • 25 July: Captured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos.
    • Population: 35,000
  • 1268 – Kyra Martha nunnery founded.
  • 1289 – June: Earthquake.
  • 1304 – South Church of Lips Monastery built.
  • 1307 – Monastery of Christ Philanthropos built.
  • 1325 – Church of San Domenico built.
  • 1332 – 17 January: Earthquake.
  • 1347
    • 14 October: Earthquake.
    • 18 October: Earthquake.
  • 1348
    • Galata Tower built.
    • Population: 80,000
  • 1351 – 28 May: Fifth Council of Constantinople completed.
  • 1376 – City besieged by forces of Andronikos IV Palaiologos.
  • 1394
    • Blockade of the city begun by Ottoman forces under Bayezid I.
    • Anadoluhisarı fortress built.

15th–18th centuries

  • 1402
    • Ottoman blockade lifted.
    • Earthquake.
  • 1410 – June: Battle of Kosmidion.
  • 1411 – Siege of Constantinople (1411).
  • 1422 – Siege of Constantinople (1422).
  • 1427 – Church of Saint Benoit built.
  • 1437
    • 4 September: Earthquake.
    • 25 November: Earthquake.
  • 1452 – Rumelihisarı fortress built.
  • 1453
    • 6 April-29 May: Final Siege of Constantinople; City besieged by Ottoman forces; Mehmed II in power.
    • Capital of the Ottoman Empire relocated to Constantinople from Edirne.
    • Hagia Sophia (converted from Orthodox cathedral to mosque) in use.
    • Medrese predecessor of Istanbul University established.
    • Population: 40,000–50,000
  • 1454
    • 18 April: Treaty of Constantinople (1454)
    • Imperial Arsenal established.
    • Phanar Greek Orthodox College founded.
    • Ağa hamamı built.
  • 1458
    • Yedikule Fortress built.
    • Eyüp Sultan Mosque built.
  • 1460 – Grand Bazaar built (approximate date).
  • 1465 – Topkapı Palace construction begins.
  • 1467 – Turkish State Mint established.
  • 1470
    • Fatih Mosque built.
    • Sahn-ı Seman Medrese established.
  • 1471 – Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1472 – Tiled Kiosk built.
  • 1478 – Galata Mosque in use.
  • 1479 – 25 January: Treaty of Constantinople (1479)
  • 1481 – Galatasaray High School established.
  • 1488 – Complex of Sultan Bayezid II built.
  • 1491 – Firuz Agha Mosque built in Fatih.
  • 1497 – Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1505 – İskender Pasha Mosque, Fatih built (approximate date).
  • 1506 – Bayezid II Mosque built.
  • 1509 – 1509 Constantinople earthquake.
  • 1512 – Vasat Atik Ali Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1520 – Suleiman the Magnificent becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1521 – Ibrahim Pasha Palace in use.
  • 1528 – Yavuz Selim Mosque built.
  • 1531 – Piri Mehmed Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1533 – 22 July: Treaty of Constantinople (1533).
  • 1535 – French embassy established.
  • 1539 – Haseki Sultan Complex built.
  • 1541 – Tomb of Hayreddin Barbarossa built.
  • 1542 – Defterdar Mosque built.
  • 1548
    • Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar) built.
    • Şehzade Mosque built.
  • 1550
    • Mosque with the Spiral Minaret built.
    • Yavuz Sultan Selim Madras built.
  • 1551 – Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1554 – Coffee house in business.
  • 1555 – November/December: Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul) built.
  • 1556 – Bath-house of Haseki Hurrem Sultan built.
  • 1557
    • Süleymaniye Mosque built.
    • Süleymaniye Hamam bath built.
  • 1559 – Caferağa Medresseh built.
  • 1560 – İskender Pasha Mosque, Kanlıca built.
  • 1563 – Rüstem Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1567 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Büyükçekmece) built.
  • 1570 – Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı) built.
  • 1571 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Kadırga) built.
  • 1572 – Kara Ahmed Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1573 – Piyale Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1577 – Observatory of Taqi al-Din built.
  • 1578 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Azapkapı) built.
  • 1580 – Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex built.
  • 1581 – Şemsi Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1583 – 26 March: First British ambassador to Constantinople arrives.
  • 1584
    • Çemberlitaş Hamamı (bath) built.
    • Molla Çelebi Mosque built.
    • Church of St. Mary Draperis, Istanbul established.
  • 1586
    • Atik Valide Mosque built.
    • Mesih Mehmed Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1590
    • 21 March: Treaty of Constantinople (1590).
    • Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque built.
  • 1604 – Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul built.
  • 1612 – 20 November: Treaty of Nasuh Pasha.
  • 1613 – Aynalıkavak Palace built.
  • 1615 – Cossack raid on Istanbul (1615)
  • 1616 – Sultan Ahmed Mosque built.
  • 1620 – Cossack raid on Istanbul (1620)
  • 1624 – Cossack raids on Istanbul (1624)
  • 1648 – Atmeydanı incident.
  • 1656 – 26 February: Çınar incident.
  • 1660
    • 24–26 July: Great Fire of 1660.
    • New Bazaar built.
  • 1665 – Valide Sultan Mosque built.
  • 1678 – Church of St. Mary Draperis rebuilt.
  • 1700 – 13 July: Treaty of Constantinople (1700).
  • 1710 – Yeni Valide Mosque built.
  • 1728 – Fountain of Ahmed III built.
  • 1729 – Fountain of Ahmed III (Üsküdar) built.
  • 1730 – 20 September: Patrona Halil rebellion.
  • 1732 – Tophane Fountain built.
  • 1736 – 24 September: Treaty of Constantinople (1736).
  • 1742 – 15 April: Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople established.
  • 1746 – Kalenderhane Mosque consecrated.
  • 1753 – Yedikule Hospital founded.
  • 1755 – Nuruosmaniye Mosque built.
  • 1758 – Şemsipaşa Primary School established.
  • 1763 – Laleli Mosque built.
  • 1766 – Earthquake.
  • 1769 – Zeynep Sultan Mosque built.
  • 1771 – Fatih Mosque rebuilt.
  • 1773 – Naval Engineering at Golden Horn Naval Shipyard college founded.
  • 1774 – Rami Barracks built.
  • 1781 – Emirgan Mosque built.
  • 1793 – Balıklı Greek Hospital rebuilt.
  • 1795
    • Imperial School of Military Engineering established.
    • Mühendishane-i Berri Hümayun printing house established.

19th century

  • 1800 – Eyüp Sultan Mosque rebuilt.
  • 1801 – Big Selimiye Mosque built.
  • 1806 – Taksim Military Barracks built.
  • 1807 – 29 May: Coup of 1807.
  • 1808 – 28 July: Coup of 1808.
  • 1813 – Hidayet Mosque built.
  • 1814 – Sultan Mahmut Fountain built.
  • 1821 – Constantinople massacre of 1821.
  • 1825 – Pangaltı Mkhitaryan School established.
  • 1826
    • 15 June: Auspicious Incident.
    • Nusretiye Mosque built.
  • 1828
    • 6 February: Selimiye Barracks built.
    • Beyazıt Tower built.
  • 1831 – October: Takvim-i Vekayi newspaper established.
  • 1832
    • February: Treaty of Constantinople (1832).
    • Beylerbeyi Palace Tunnel built.
    • Davutpaşa Barracks built.
  • 1833 – 8 July: Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi.
  • 1834
    • Military Academy established.
    • 31 May: Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital opened.
  • 1836 – 3 September: Hayratiye Bridge built.
  • 1837 – Surp Agop Hospital opened.
  • 1843 – Church of SS Peter and Paul rebuilt.
  • 1844 – Naum Theatre opened.
  • 1845
    • Galata Bridge built.
    • 21 September: Mekteb-i Fünun-ı İdadiye military high school established.
  • 1846
    • Cathedral of the Holy Spirit built.
    • 1 July: Armenian Evangelical Church established.
    • 23 July: House of Multiple Sciences established (predecessor of Istanbul University).
  • 1848
    • Küçük Mecidiye Mosque built.
    • Nusretiye Clock Tower built.
    • Ottoman Military College established.
  • 1849 – 9 October: Bulgarian St. Stephen Church inaugurated.
  • 1850
    • 21 March: Istanbul Girls High School inaugurated.
    • 22 March: Cağaloğlu Anadolu Lisesi established.
  • 1851
    • Hırka-i Şerif Mosque built.
    • Emirgan Pier opened.
  • 1852
    • Taşkışla houses built.
    • Taksim German Hospital founded.
  • 1853 – Üsküdar Ferry Terminal opened.
  • 1854 – Teşvikiye Mosque built.
  • 1855
    • Ihlamur Palace built.
    • Dolmabahçe Mosque built.
  • 1856
    • 27 November: Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul established.
    • Dolmabahçe Palace built in Beşiktaş.
    • Ortaköy Mosque built.
    • Ottoman Bank founded.
    • Fenerbahçe Lighthouse built.
  • 1857
    • Küçüksu Palace built.
    • Ahırkapı Feneri lighthouse built.
  • 1859
    • 12 February: Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane college established.
    • Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery founded.
  • 1861
    • 14 April: Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople established.
    • Adile Sultan Palace built.
    • Al-Jawâ'ib begins publication.
    • Liceo Italiano di Istanbul founded.
  • 1862 – Tekel tobacco company founded.
  • 1863
    • 16 September: Robert College opened.
    • First painting exhibition sponsored by Sultan Abdülaziz.
  • 1865
    • Beylerbeyi Palace built.
    • Altunizade Mosque built.
  • 1866 – Gedikpaşa Tiyatrosu theatre established.
  • 1867 – Çırağan Palace built.
  • 1868
    • 1 April: Court of Cassation established.
    • 1 May: Deutsche Schule Istanbul founded.
    • Kandilli Observatory established.
    • Galatasaray Museum established.
  • 1870
    • June 5: Fire in Pera.
    • 24 November: Diyojen magazine founded.
    • Malta Kiosk built.
  • 1871
    • Feriye Palace built.
    • American College for Girls established in Arnavutköy.
  • 1872
    • Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque built.
    • Haydarpaşa railway station opened.
    • Pertevniyal High School founded.
    • El Tiempo Ladino-language newspaper founded.
    • 22 July:
      • Bakırköy railway station opened.
      • Küçükçekmece railway station opened.
    • 27 July: Sirkeci railway station opened.
    • 22 September:
      • Bostancı railway station opened.
      • Erenköy railway station opened.
      • Feneryolu railway station opened.
      • Kartal railway station opened.
      • Küçükyalı railway station opened.
  • 1873
    • 27 April: Fenerbahçe railway station opened.
    • Darüşşafaka High School founded.
  • 1874 – Population: 827,750
  • 1875
    • 17 January:
      • Beyoğlu (Tünel) railway station opened.
      • Karaköy (Tünel) railway station opened.
    • Esma Sultan Mansion built.
  • 1876
    • 3 January: Akhtar Persian-language magazine established.
    • Muharrir magazine established.
    • Üsküdar American Academy founded.
    • Göztepe railway station built.
  • 1877 – 18 December: Central Committee for Defending Albanian Rights formed.
  • 1878
    • 26 June: Tercüman-ı Hakikat newspaper first published.
    • Istanbul Bar Association established.
  • 1879
    • 12 October: Society for the Publication of Albanian Writings formed.
  • 1880
    • 14 September: Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church, Istanbul built.
    • Yıldız Palace built.
  • 1882
    • Palazzo Corpi built.
    • Ottoman Public Debt Administration building constructed.
    • School of Fine Arts established.
    • Numune-i Terakki school founded.
    • 14 January: Istanbul Chamber of Commerce established.
  • 1883
    • School of Economics established.
    • Orient Express (Paris–Istanbul) begins operating.
    • Drita Albanian magazine begins publishing.
  • 1886
    • 1 September: Getronagan Armenian High School established.
    • Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque built.
  • 1887
    • Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque built.
    • Hidayet Mosque rebuilt.
  • 1890
    • Yıldız Clock Tower built.
    • Kum Kapu demonstration.
    • Tekel Birası brewery established.
  • 1891 – 13 June: Imperial Museum founded.
  • 1892
    • Pera Palace Hotel built.
    • Mekteb-i Aşiret-i Humayun school established.
  • 1893 – Zografeion Lyceum inaugurated.
  • 1894
    • 10 July: an earthquake in the Gulf of İzmit kills about 1,349 people.
    • Pando's Creamery in business.
  • 1895
    • Dolmabahçe Clock Tower built.
    • Russian Archaeological Institute of Constantinople established.
    • Lycée Sainte-Euphémie established.
  • 1896
    • 1 January: Kurtuluş S.K. founded.
    • 26 August: Occupation of the Ottoman Bank.
  • 1897
    • Treaty of Constantinople (1897).
    • Istanbul Naval Museum established.
    • Tokatlıyan Hotels built.
  • 1899 – 20 April: Port of Haydarpaşa opened.

20th century

  • 1900 – Port of Istanbul opened.
  • 1901
    • 27 January: German Fountain inaugurated.
    • Ulus Sephardi Jewish Cemetery established.
  • 1903
    • 4 March: Beşiktaş J.K. founded.
    • Moda F.C. founded.
  • 1904
    • Istanbul Football League established.
    • Elpis F.C. founded.
    • HMS Imogene F.C. founded.
  • 1905
    • 21 July: Yıldız assassination attempt.
    • 30 October: Galatasaray S.K. founded.
  • 1907
    • 3 May: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) founded.
    • Khedive Palace built.
    • Etfal Hospital Clock Tower built.
  • 1908
    • Istanbul declared a province with nine constituent districts.
    • Ottoman National Olympic Society founded.
    • Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium inaugurated.
    • Kabataş Erkek Lisesi established.
    • Karagöz magazine established.
    • Osmanischer Lloyd established.
    • Demet magazine established.
    • Jamanak Armenian-language newspaper established.
    • El Gugeton Ladino-language newspaper established.
    • Vefa S.K. founded.
    • Beykoz S.K.D. founded.
    • Üsküdar Anadolu S.K. founded.
    • Strugglers F.C. founded.
  • 1909
    • 31 March Incident
    • National Bank of Turkey established.
    • Scouting and Guiding Federation of Turkey predecessor formed.
    • Al-Muntada al-Adabi formed.
    • Shehbal magazine founded.
    • Altınordu İdman Yurdu S.K. founded.
  • 1910
    • Mısır Apartment built.
    • Suadiye railway station opened.
    • Hamevasser newspaper established.
    • Apikoğlu company founded.
    • 22 April: Hikmet magazine established.
  • 1911
    • Yıldız Technical University established.
    • Istanbul International Community School established.
    • Erenköy Girls High School established.
    • Marmnamarz sports magazine begins publishing.
    • Küçükçekmece S.K. founded.
    • Beylerbeyi S.K. founded.
    • Rumblers F.C. founded.
    • 11 June: Greek Byzantine Catholic Church established.
    • 23 July: Monument of Liberty, Istanbul completed.
  • 1912
    • İnterbank moves to Constantinople.
    • Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul built.
    • Gülhane Park opens.
    • Orfeon Records established.
    • Istanbul Friday League established.
    • Hilal S.K. founded.
    • Telefoncular F.C. founded.
    • 25 March: Turkish Hearths founded.
  • 1913
    • 23 January: 1913 Ottoman coup d'état.
    • 29 September: Treaty of Constantinople
    • Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum opens.
    • Bebek Mosque built.
    • Veliefendi Race Course opened.
    • Anadolu Hisarı İdman Yurdu S.K. founded.
  • 1914
    • Population: 1,125,000
    • 25 January: Electric tram line begins operating on the European side.
    • 11 February: Silahtarağa Power Station opened.
    • 28 June: Darülbedayi founded.
    • Metrohan Building built.
    • Darülbedayi theatre founded.
    • Istanbul Championship League established.
    • Beyoğlu S.K. established.
  • 1915
    • 24 April: Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915.
    • 15 June: The 20 Hunchakian gallows hanging occurs in Beyazıt Square.
    • Göztepe railway station rebuilt.
  • 1916
    • Aviation Martyrs' Monument completed.
    • Kandilli Anatolian High School for Girls established.
  • 1917 – Darülelhan conservatory established.
  • 1918
    • 13 November: Occupation of Constantinople by Allied forces begins, per Armistice of Mudros.
    • November: Karakol society founded against the occupation of Constantinople.
  • 1919
    • Sultanahmet demonstrations.
    • Sultanahmet Jail built.
    • Eyüpspor founded.
  • 1920 – 5 March: Green Crescent established.
  • 1921
    • 15 January: Kasımpaşa S.K. founded.
    • Taksim Stadium established.
    • Istanbul Men's Volleyball League established.
  • 1922 – Tayyare Apartments built.
  • 1923
    • 4 October: Allied occupation ends and the newly-formed Republic of Turkey takes control.
    • 13 October: Turkish capital relocated from Istanbul to Ankara.
    • Vatan newspaper established.
    • Istanbul Maltepespor founded.
  • 1924
    • 7 May: Cumhuriyet newspaper established.
    • 15 October: Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital founded.
    • Airport opened in Yeşilköy.
    • Emek (movie theater) opened.
  • 1925 – 12 July: Apoyevmatini Greek-language newspaper founded.
  • 1926
    • 4 January: İstanbulspor founded.
    • Istanbul 4th Vakıf Han built.
    • Fatih Karagümrük S.K. founded.
  • 1927
    • 6 March: Süreyya Opera House opened.
    • Istanbul Basketball League established.
    • Feriköy S.K. founded.
  • 1928
    • Electric tram line begins operating on the Asian side.
    • Paşakapısı Prison established.
  • 1929 – Istanbul Medical Chamber founded.
  • 1930
    • City renamed "Istanbul".
    • Istanbul Shield established.
  • 1931 – Italian Synagogue established.
  • 1932 – Fil Bridge built.
  • 1933
    • 1 August: Istanbul University established.
    • October: Güneş S.K. founded.
    • Istanbul Zoology Museum established.
  • 1934 – 26 September: Haydarpaşa High School established.
  • 1936 –
    • Istanbul University Observatory established.
    • Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi high school founded.
  • 1938 – 10 November: Death of Atatürk.
  • 1940
    • 31 August: Marmara (newspaper) Armenian-language newspaper begins publishing.
    • Berlin–Baghdad railway begins operating.
    • Atatürk Bridge built.
    • Sarıyer S.K. founded.
    • Taksim S.K. founded.
    • Population: 789,346.
  • 1942 –
    • VitrA (sanitaryware) company established.
    • Istanbul Football Cup established.
  • 1943 – Taksim Gezi Park built.
  • 1944
    • 22 February: Ülker company established.
    • Faculty of Arts and Sciences Building, Istanbul University built.
    • Yıldız Holding established.
  • 1945
    • Population: 860,558.
    • Ali Sami Yen Stadium built.
    • Beyti (Istanbul) restaurant founded.
    • Aşiyan Museum established.
    • Yıldırım Bosna S.K. founded.
  • 1946
    • Cezmi Or Memorial established.
    • Modaspor (basketball) founded.
  • 1947
    • 19 May: İnönü Stadium opens in Beşiktaş.
    • 9 August: Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre opened.
    • 29 October: Şalom begins publishing.
  • 1948
    • 1 May: Hürriyet newspaper begins publishing.
    • Bütün Dünya periodical begins publishing.
  • 1949
    • 3 June: Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center opened.
    • 18 August: Kartal S.K. founded.
    • Şişli Mosque built.
    • İstanbul newspaper begins publishing.
    • Bakırköyspor founded.
  • 1950
    • Population: 1,000,022.
    • 3 May: Milliyet begins publishing.
    • Hünkar (restaurant) established.
    • Pendikspor founded.
    • Paşabahçe S.K. founded.
    • Alibeyköy S.K. founded.
  • 1951
    • 25 March: Neve Shalom Synagogue inaugurated.
    • Ismet Baba Fish Restaurant established.
  • 1952
    • 9 March: ITU TV broadcast. First Turkish television broadcast.
    • Türk Ticaret Bankası relocated to Istanbul.
  • 1953
    • 1 March: ITU School of Mines established.
    • Tiled Kiosk opens as a museum.
    • Zeytinburnuspor founded.
  • 1954
    • Arçelik company established.
    • Alarko Holding company established.
    • Migros Türk company established.
    • İçmeler railway station opened.
    • Akbank moves to Istanbul.
    • Tuzlaspor founded.
  • 1955
    • 10 June: Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus opened.
    • 6–7 September: Istanbul pogrom.
    • 4 December:
      • Cankurtaran railway station opened.
      • Florya railway station opened.
      • Kazlıçeşme railway station opened.
      • Yenimahalle railway station opened.
      • Zeytinburnu railway station opened.
    • Beko company founded.
    • Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi founded.
    • Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul founded.
    • Küçükçekmece railway station rebuilt.
    • Istanbul Women's Volleyball League established.
  • 1956
    • Divan Istanbul built.
    • Demirören Group founded.
    • Tekfen Construction and Installation founded.
    • Tabanlıoğlu Architects founded.
    • Yeşilyurt Women's Volleyball Team founded.
  • 1957
    • Enka İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. company founded.
    • Pudding Shop restaurant opened.
  • 1958
    • Birleşik Fon Bankası founded.
    • Banks Association of Turkey founded.
    • Küçük Emek cinema opens.
  • 1959
    • Beşiktaş Anadolu Lisesi founded.
    • Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum opened.
    • Karaköy Pier opened.
    • Güzelyalı railway station opened.
    • Bayrampaşaspor founded.
  • 1960
    • Erler Film company founded.
    • Ekonomist magazine founded.
  • 1961
    • March: Hürriyet Daily News founded.
    • Yenibosna S.K. founded.
  • 1962
    • E.C.A. Elginkan Anadolu Lisesi founded.
    • Telsiz ve Radyo Amatörleri Cemiyeti founded.
  • 1963 – Gaziosmanpaşaspor founded.
  • 1964
    • Askam (trucks) company founded.
    • 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).
    • Yapı Merkezi company founded.
  • 1966 – İdealtepe railway station opened.
  • 1967
    • 15 June: Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey holds first meeting.
    • Kaynarca railway station opened.
    • Moğollar established.
  • 1968
    • Yedikule Anadolu Lisesi founded.
    • Küçükköyspor founded.
  • 1969
    • 17 January: Vehbi Koç Foundation established.
    • 16 February: Bloody Sunday (1969).
    • 12 April: Atatürk Cultural Center dedicated.
    • Efes Beverage Group established.
  • 1970
    • Eyüboğlu High School founded.
    • 22 April: Türkiye newspaper begins publishing.
  • 1971
    • 2 November: Beyoğlu station re-opened after reconstruction.
    • Turkish Industry and Business Association established.
    • Turkish Society for Electron Microscopy established.
  • 1972 – Desa company established.
  • 1973
    • 12 January: Millî Gazete begins publishing.
    • 19 April: Dostluk S.K. founded.
    • Bosphorus Bridge built.
    • Ömerli Dam built.
    • 50th Anniversary of the Republic Sculptures erected.
    • Istanbul International Music Festival begins.
    • Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts established.
  • 1974
    • 10 September: Haliç Bridge opened.
    • Derimod company founded.
  • 1975
    • 30 January: Turkish Airlines Flight 345 crash.
    • Çukurova (construction firm) established.
    • Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory founded.
  • 1976
    • Muhammad Maarifi Mosque built.
    • Çamlıca TRT Television Tower built.
    • Polin Waterparks company founded.
  • 1977
    • 1 May: Taksim Square massacre.
  • 1978 – December: Kadınca women's magazine begins publishing.
  • 1979 – Istanbul Marathon begins.
  • 1980
    • 14 October: Sadberk Hanım Museum opened.
    • Cengiz Holding established.
    • Bogazici University Sports Fest founded.
  • 1981
    • 2 March: Dünya founded.
    • Koçbank founded.
    • Can Yayınları publishing company founded.
    • Metris Prison established.
  • 1982
    • 19 February: Güneş founded.
    • International Istanbul Film Festival begins.
    • Istanbul Book Fair inaugurated.
    • Atatürk High School of Science, Istanbul established.
    • World Trade Center Istanbul established.
    • Timas Publishing Group established.
    • İletişim Yayınları publishing company established.
    • Kaynak Yayınları publishing company established.
    • Malta Kiosk restored and re-opened.
    • Ezginin Günlüğü band formed.
  • 1983
    • ITU Mustafa Inan Library opened.
    • Enka SK founded.
    • İstanbul Güngörenspor founded.
  • 1984
    • March: Hotel Yeşil Ev established.
    • March 23: Municipality of Greater Istanbul established.
    • Population: 2,951,000 (estimate).
  • 1986 – 6 September: Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre. Gunmen kill 22 Jews in an attack orchestrated by Palestinian militant Abu Nidal.
  • 1987
    • The districts of Büyükçekmece, Kağıthane, Küçükçekmece, Pendik and Ümraniye are created.
    • 1 October: Galleria Ataköy opened.
  • 1988
    • 9 May: TGC Press Media Museum established.
    • 3 July: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge built.
    • Koç School opened.
  • 1989
    • 3 September: Istanbul Metro begins operating.
    • Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage in use.
  • 1990
    • İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. established.
    • The district of Bayrampaşa is created.
  • 1991 – Swissôtel The Bosphorus opened.
  • 1992
    • 1 March: Neve Shalom Synagogue bomb attack. No casualties or damage.
    • The districts of Avcılar, Bağcılar, Bahçelievler, Güngören, Maltepe, Sultanbeyli, and Tuzla are created.
    • 13 June: T1 (Istanbul Tram) line opened.
    • Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield opened.
  • 1993
    • Sabancı Center built.
    • International Defence Industry Fair established.
    • Akbank Sanat opened.
    • Koç University opened.
    • 6–7 May: 2nd ECO Summit held.
    • 18 December: Akmerkez opened.
    • The district of Esenler is created.
  • 1994
    • 31 October: Istanbul Bilgi University established.
    • December: Galata Bridge rebuilt.
    • Esenler Coach Terminal built.
    • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan becomes mayor of greater Istanbul.
    • Population: 7,615,500 in city (approximate estimate).
  • 1995
    • 12–15 March: Gazi Quarter riots.
    • The district of Yalova is separated from Istanbul Province and Yalova Province is created.
  • 1996
    • United Nations Conference on Human Settlements held.
    • Üsküdar Belediyespor founded.
  • 1998 – Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall built.
  • 1999
    • 13–14 March: 1999 Istanbul bombings.
    • 26 July – 1 August: 1999 European Aquatics Championships held.
    • The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured in the region.
    • Changa (restaurant) established.
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  • 2000
    • Population: 10,018,735.
    • Tekstilkent Plaza built.
    • 6 May: Istanbul Postal Museum established.
    • 26 August: Isbank Tower 1 built.
    • 16 September: M2 (Istanbul Metro) opened.
  • 2001
    • Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport opened.
    • 21 September: Tepe Nautilus mall opened.
  • 2002
    • Tekfen Tower built.
    • Endem TV Tower built.
    • Sakıp Sabancı Museum opened.
  • 2003
    • Istanbul Pride begins.
    • 2 May: Miniatürk opened.
    • November: 2003 Istanbul bombings.
    • Miniatürk park opens.
  • 2004
    • City boundaries become coterminous with those of Istanbul Province.
    • Kadir Topbaş becomes mayor of Greater Istanbul.
    • March 9, 2004 attack on Istanbul restaurant.
    • 12 and 15 May: Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held.
    • 28–29 June: City hosts 2004 Istanbul summit.
    • 11 December: İstanbul Modern museum of art opened.
  • 2005 – April: Sabancı Performing Arts Center opens in Tuzla.
  • 2006 – 6 June: Kanyon Shopping Mall opened.
  • 2007
    • 19 January: Assassination of Hrant Dink.
    • 29 April: Republic Protest.
    • 12 September: T4 (Istanbul Tram) opened.
    • Şişli Plaza built.
    • Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy.
  • 2008
    • The districts of Arnavutköy, Ataşehir, Başakşehir, Beylikdüzü, Çekmeköy, Esenyurt, Sancaktepe, and Sultangazi are created. The district Eminönü is abolished and merged into Fatih.
    • 1 February: Istanbul fireworks explosion in Davutpaşa.
    • 9 July: 2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack.
    • 21 July: 70 Million Steps Against Coups.
    • 27 July: 2008 Istanbul bombings.
    • Labour strike in Tuzla.
  • 2009
    • 7 May: Şakirin Mosque opened.
    • 17 October: Istanbul Congress Center opened
    • City districts increased from 32 to 39.
    • Istanbul Congress Center built.
    • Depo art space founded.
  • 2010
    • 14 January: Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage rebuilt.
    • 28 August – 12 September: 2010 FIBA World Championship held.
    • 31 October: 2010 Istanbul bombing.
    • Baklahorani (carnival) revived.
  • 2011
    • 4 March: Istanbul Sapphire opened.
    • 18 March: Istanbul Shopping Fest inaugurated.
    • July: Istanbul Justice Palace built.
    • 6 October: Ora Arena opened.
  • 2012
    • 26 February 2012 Istanbul rally to commemorate the Khojaly massacre held.
    • 17 August: M4 (Istanbul Metro) line opened.
    • Sancaklar Mosque built.
    • MEF University opened.
    • Forensic Science Institute of Turkey opened.
    • Museum of Innocence opens.
    • Population: 13,854,740.
  • 2013
    • 28 May: Gezi Park protests begin in Taksim Square.
    • 14 June: M3 (Istanbul Metro) line opened.
    • 10 October: Zorlu Center opened.
    • 29 October:
      • Marmaray Tunnel phase of the Marmaray project opened for public use.
      • Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station opened.
  • 2014
    • 15 February: Golden Horn Metro Bridge opened.
    • 1 September: Raffles Istanbul hotel opened.
    • 29 November: Pope Francis visit to meet with Patriarch Bartholomew I and Muslim leaders.
    • Sancaklar Mosque built in Büyükçekmece.[1]
    • Istanbul Half Marathon established.
  • 2015
    • 6 January: 2015 Istanbul suicide bombing.
    • 17 March: 2015 SAHA Istanbul, Defence, Aviation and Space Clustering Association established.
    • 19 April: M6 (Istanbul Metro) line opened.
    • 26 May: Mehmet Çakır Cultural and Sports Center opened.
    • 1 December: 2015 Istanbul metro bombing.
    • 23 December: 2015 Sabiha Gökçen Airport bombing.
  • 2016
    • 12 January: January 2016 Istanbul bombing.
    • 19 March: March 2016 Istanbul bombing.
    • 11 April: Vodafone Park opened.
    • 7 June: June 2016 Istanbul bombing.
    • 28 June: Istanbul Atatürk Airport attack.
    • 15–16 July: 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.
    • 20 August: Beykoz University established.
    • 23 August: Özgürlükçü Demokrasi launched.
    • 26 August: Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge opened.
    • 6 October: October 2016 Istanbul bombing.
    • 10 December: December 2016 Istanbul bombings.
    • 22 December: Eurasia Tunnel opened.
  • 2017
    • 1 January: 2017 Istanbul nightclub shooting.
    • 9 July: 2017 March for Justice.
    • 29 October: F3 (Istanbul Metro) line opened.
    • 15 December: M5 (Istanbul Metro) line opened.
    • Population: 15,029,231 (estimate, urban agglomeration).
  • 2018
    • Saha Expo first held.
    • 20–23 September: Teknofest Istanbul held.
    • 29 October: Istanbul Airport opened.
    • Prince MBS of Saudi Arabia sends a group of government agents to murder prominent critic, Jamal Khashoggi. His death is just a few days before his sixtieth birthday.
  • 2022
    • 13 November: an explosion on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district left at least six people dead and 81 injured.
  • 2024
    • 2024 Istanbul Palace of Justice attack: an armed attack on a police station took place near the Istanbul Justice Palace.

See also

  • History of Istanbul
  • List of mayors of Istanbul
  • List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, 1450s–1920s
  • Timelines of other cities in Turkey: Ankara, Bursa, İzmir

References

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

Bibliography

External links

  • 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.
  • Nil Tuzcu (ed.). "Istanbul Urban Database". Mapping platform ...that blends a wide range of historical data

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Timeline of Istanbul by Wikipedia (Historical)



 

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