Timeline of Istanbul

Prior to 4th century

• 657 BCE – Byzantium founded by Greeks.
• 513 BCE – City taken by Persians under the rule of Darius I.
• 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.
• * Mese main street built.
• * Baths of Zeuxippus built.
• * Walls rebuilt.
• 267 – Captured by the Herules.

  4th–15th centuries

• 315 – Hagia Irene church built.
• 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.
• * Chora Church built.
• * Milion erected.
• 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.
• * Population: 150,000
• 378 – Battle of Constantinople : 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.
• 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.
• 421 – Cistern of Aetius built.
• 425 – 27 February: Pandidakterion school founded by emperor Theodosius II.
• 428 – Theodosius Cistern built.
• 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.
• 440 – Saint Andrew in Krisei built.
• 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.
• * 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.
• 478 – 25 September: Walls damaged by an earthquake.
• 498 – Riot by the Greens damages the Hippodrome and surrounding area.
• 500
• * Cistern of Mocius built.
• * Palace of Blachernae built.
• * Byzantine structure that would become the Balaban Aga Mosque built.
• 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.
• * Orphanage of Saint Paul founded.
• 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 by Avars, Slavs and Sassanian Persians.
• 674–678 – Siege of Constantinople.
• 680 – Third Council of Constantinople held.
• 690 – Hall of Justinianos built by emperor Justinian II.
• 692 – Quinisext Council held.
• 698 – Outbreak of plague.
• 717–718 – Siege of Constantinople.
• 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.
• 869 – A portion of the walls collapses in an earthquake.
• 870 – Fourth Council of Constantinople held.
• 880
• * Fourth Council of Constantinople held.
• * 1 May: Nea Ekklesia built.
• 907 – Siege of Constantinople.
• 908 – Lips Monastery built.
• 920 – Myrelaion built.
• 922 – Battle of Constantinople.
• 941 – Siege of Constantinople.
• 971 – Church of Christ of the Chalke built by emperor John I Tzimiskes.
• 1000 – Hagios Theodoros built.
• 1030 – Monastery of St. Mary Peribleptos built by emperor Romanos III Argyros.
• 1045 – Monastery of St. George of Mangana built.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 1203 – Siege of Constantinople 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 by the Fourth Crusade, in which the Byzantines were overwhelmed and the city thoroughly sacked.
• 1235 – Siege of Constantinople.
• 1260 – Siege of Constantinople.
• 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.
• 1422 – Siege of Constantinople.
• 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 in use.
• * Medrese predecessor of Istanbul University established.
• * Population: 40,000–50,000
• 1454
• * 18 April: Treaty of Constantinople
• * Imperial Arsenal established.
• * Phanar Greek Orthodox College founded.
• * Ağa hamamı built.
• 1458
• * Yedikule Fortress built.
• * Eyüp Sultan Mosque built.
• 1460 – Grand Bazaar built.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 1535 – French embassy established.
• 1539 – Haseki Sultan Complex built.
• 1541 – Tomb of Hayreddin Barbarossa built.
• 1542 – Defterdar Mosque built.
• 1548
• * Mihrimah Sultan Mosque 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 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 built.
• 1570 – Mihrimah Sultan Mosque built.
• 1571 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque built.
• 1572 – Kara Ahmed Pasha Mosque built.
• 1573 – Piyale Pasha Mosque built.
• 1577 – Observatory of Taqi al-Din built.
• 1578 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque built.
• 1580 – Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex built.
• 1581 – Şemsi Pasha Mosque built.
• 1583 – 26 March: First British ambassador to Constantinople arrives.
• 1584
• * Çemberlitaş Hamamı 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.
• * 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
• 1616 – Sultan Ahmed Mosque built.
• 1620 – Cossack raid on Istanbul
• 1624 – Cossack raids on Istanbul
• 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.
• 1710 – Yeni Valide Mosque built.
• 1728 – Fountain of Ahmed III built.
• 1729 – Fountain of Ahmed III built.
• 1730 – 20 September: Patrona Halil rebellion.
• 1732 – Tophane Fountain built.
• 1736 – 24 September: Treaty of Constantinople.
• 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.
• * 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.
• 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 railway station opened.
• ** Karaköy 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 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.
• * 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. 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
• * 13 April: Ottoman countercoup of 1909.
• * 24 April: 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
• * Airport opened in Yeşilköy.
• * Emek opened.
• 7 May: Cumhuriyet newspaper established.
• * 15 October: Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital founded.
• 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 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 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 restaurant founded.
• * Aşiyan Museum established.
• * Yıldırım Bosna S.K. founded.
• 1946
• * Cezmi Or Memorial established.
• * Modaspor 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 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.
• * Galatasaray Kalamış Facilities training center built.
• 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 company founded.
• * Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage opens.
• 1965
• * Population: 2,293,823.
• * 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.
• * 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 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.
• * Permak company 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.
• 1986 – 6 September: Neve Shalom Synagogue massacre. Gunmen kill 22 Jews in an attack orchestrated by Palestinian militant Abu Nidal.
• 1987 – 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.
• * Best Western Plus The President Hotel Istanbul established.
• * Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage in use.
• 1990 – İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. established.
• 1991 – Swissôtel The Bosphorus opened.
• 1992
• * 1 March: Neve Shalom Synagogue bomb attack. No casualties or damage.
• * 13 June: T1 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.
• 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.
• 1995 – 12–15 March: Gazi Quarter riots.
• 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 İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX, leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured in the region.
• * Changa established.

  21st century

• 2000
• * City expands to include districts of Avcılar, Bağcılar, Bahçelievler, Esenler, Güngören, Maltepe, Sultanbeyli, and Tuzla.
• * Population: 10,018,735.
• * Tekstilkent Plaza built.
• * 6 May: Istanbul Postal Museum established.
• * 26 August: Isbank Tower 1 built.
• * 16 September: M2 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 opened.
• * Şişli Plaza built.
• * Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy.
• 2008
• * Istanbul expands to include districts of Arnavutköy, Ataşehir, Başakşehir, Beylikdüzü, Çekmeköy, Esenyurt, Sancaktepe, and Sultangazi.
• * 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.
• * Voldemort Towers Istanbul built.
• * Baklahorani revived.
• 2011
• * 4 March: Istanbul Sapphire opened.
• * 18 March: Istanbul Shopping Fest inaugurated.
• * July: Istanbul Çağlayan Justice Palace built.
• * 6 October: Ora Arena opened.
• 2012
• * 26 February 2012 Istanbul rally to commemorate the Khojaly massacre held.
• * 17 August: M4 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 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.
• * Istanbul Half Marathon established.
• 2015
• * 6 January: 2015 Istanbul suicide bombing.
• * 19 April: M6 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 line opened.
• * 15 December: M5 line opened.
• * Population: 15,029,231.
• 2018
• * Saha Expo first held.
• * 20–23 September: Teknofest Istanbul held.
• * 29 October: Istanbul Airport opened.

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• Europe's Muslim Capital by Philip Mansel in the June 2003 issue of History Today