Bursa: All Data
Bursa is a city in Turkey. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Bursa: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
72 BC
Mentioned in Event: Third Mithridatic War
1317 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Bursa
1335 AD
Capital of Ottoman Beylik
1404 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman Interregnum
1905 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Bursa, part of Ottoman Empire
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Occupation of strategic places in Turkey after WWI
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Greek Offensive (Greco-Turkish War)
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Turkish counter-attack (Greco-Turkish War)
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Bursa Province, part of Republic of Türkiye