Timeline of Sarajevo
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Prior to 15th century
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Ancient history Middle Ages (7th–15th centuries) Early Ottoman Era (15th–17th centuries) Late Ottoman Era (17th–19th centuries) Sarajevo in Austria-Hungary (1878–1918) Yugoslav Era (1918–1992) Modern and post-war (1992–present) |
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15th–18th centuries
[edit]- 1457 - Emperor's Mosque built.
- 1463 - Settlements begin in Sarajevo.
- 1521 - Gazi Husrev-beg becomes sanjak-bey of Ottoman Bosnian Sanjak.[1]
- 1530 - Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque built.[1]
- 1531 - Madrasah of Sarajevo established.
- 1561 - Ali Pasha's Mosque built.
- 1697 - City sacked by Austrian forces.[2]
- 1703 - Seat of Ottoman Bosnia Eyalet relocated from Sarajevo to Travnik.
- 1730 - Serbian Orthodox church rebuilt.[2]
- 1739 - Fortress restored.[2]
- 1766 - Magribija rebuilt.[2]
- 1788 - Fire.[2]
- 1791 - November: Flood.
- 1797 - Fire.[2]
- 1798 - Latin Bridge rebuilt.[citation needed]
19th century
[edit]- 1813 - Plague.[2]
- 1850 - Seat of Ottoman Bosnia Eyalet relocated to Sarajevo from Travnik.[2][3]
- 1851 - Population: 21,102.[2]
- 1867 - City becomes capital of the Ottoman Bosnia Vilayet.
- 1868 - Serb Orthodox Cathedral built.
- 1869 - Orphanage founded.[3]
- 1878 - City becomes part the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austria-Hungary.[1][3]
- 1879 - Fire.[2]
- 1885 - Population: 26,377.[2]
- 1888 - National Museum established.[4]
- 1889 - Sacred Heart Cathedral built.
- 1893 - Mehmed-beg Kapetanović Ljubušak becomes mayor.
- 1894 - National Museum buys Sephardic Haggadah for its collection.
- 1895 - Population: 37,713.[3]
- 1896 - Town Hall[4] and National Library built.[5]
20th century
[edit]- 1902 - Sarajevo Synagogue built.
- 1906 - Novibazar-Sarajevo railway begins operating.[3]
- 1910 - Population: 51,919.[2]
- 1912 - Kino Apolo (cinema) opens.[6]
- 1913 - National Museum built.[4]
- 1914
- 28 June: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.[7]
- 28–29 June: Anti-Serb pogrom in Sarajevo.
- 1915 - Kino Imperijal (cinema) opens.[6]
- 1918 - City becomes part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.[2]
- 1921 - Population: 60,087.[2]
- 1923 - Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra active.
- 1929 - City becomes seat of the Drina Banovina (province) of Yugoslavia.[2]
- 1930 - Art gallery established.[4]
- 1935 - Kino Tesla (cinema) opens.[6]
- 1941 - German occupation begins.[8]
- 1943 - Oslobođenje newspaper begins publication.[9][10]
- 1945
- 1949 - University of Sarajevo and Museum of Sarajevo[4] established.
- 1950 - Oriental Institute in Sarajevo established.[11]
- 1953 - Population: 135,657.[12]
- 1961 - Population: 213,092.[2]
- 1969 - Skenderija (event centre) built.
- 1962 - June: Earthquake.[13]
- 1972 - Academy of Arts opens.[4]
- 1977 - Faculty of Islamic Theology established.[2]
- 1981
- Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo established.
- Vraca Memorial Park opens.
- Emerik Blum becomes mayor.
- Population: 319,017.[14]
- 1984
- February: 1984 Winter Olympics.
- Sarajevo Winter Festival begins.
- 1991 - Population: 361,735; canton 527,049.
- 1992
- 5 April: Siege of Sarajevo begins.
- 2–3 May: 1992 Yugoslav People's Army column incident in Sarajevo.
- 17 May: Oriental Institute in Sarajevo destroyed.[15]
- Sarajevo War Theatre opens.
- BH Dani magazine begins publication.
- 1995
- Canton of Sarajevo established per Dayton Agreement.
- Dnevni avaz newspaper in publication.
- Sarajevo Film Festival begins.
- Mediacentar Sarajevo founded.[16]
- 1996 - 29 February: Siege of Sarajevo ends.
- 1997 - Sarajevo Jazz Festival begins.
- 2000 - King Fahd Mosque inaugurated.
21st century
[edit]- 2001 - Istiqlal Mosque and Bosniak Institute[11] established.
- 2002 - Population: 401,118.[17]
- 2004
- Center for Investigative Reporting headquartered in city.
- Baitus Salam (mosque) built.
- 2005
- Semiha Borovac becomes mayor.
- East West Theatre Company founded.
- 2008
- Avaz Twist Tower built.
- Sarajevo City Center (commercial space) construction begins.
- 2009
- Alija Behmen becomes mayor.
- BBI Centar shopping mall in business.
- 2013
- Ivo Komšić becomes mayor.
- Population: 369,534; metro 515,012.
- 2014 - Gazi Husrev-Begova Library opens.[11]
- 2014
- April 2014: Sarajevo City Center opened early
- April 2014: Miljacka River almost flooded the city
- 9 May: Sarajevo National Library reopens.
- 2017
- 6 February: Abdulah Skaka becomes mayor.
- 2019
- Summer 2019 - Sarajevo flooded by high amount of rain due to overwhelming humidity climate.
- November 2019 - Sarajevo faced 3 aftershocks of an Earthquake with its epicenter in Nevesinje, it is referred to as the Durrës Earthquake.
- 2020
- January 2020 - Sarajevo faces a dangerous air pollution similar to most Chinese urban cities
- March 2020 - COVID-19 impacts the education and movement in Sarajevo.
- 22 March 2020 - A weak aftershock occurred exactly at 6:25 AM (CET) from an earthquake in Zagreb.
- 29 December 2020 - Another weak aftershock occurred at 12:20 PM (CET) from an earthquake in Petrinja.
- 2021
- 8 April: Benjamina Karić becomes mayor.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Dzirolo 1996.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Popovic 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bosnia and Herzegovina". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 9780195309911.
- ^ ArchNet.org. "Sarajevo". Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
- ^ a b "Sarajevo", Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 1008, OL 5812502M
- ^ "Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ^ a b c Christopher Markiewicz; Nir Shafir (eds.). "Hazine: a Guide to Researching the Middle East and Beyond". Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- ^ "Quake Shakes Sarajevo; 7 in Yugoslav City Hurt", New York Times, 12 June 1962
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Riedlmayer, András (July 1995). "Erasing the Past: The Destruction of Libraries and Archives in Bosnia - Herzegovina" (PDF). Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 29. Middle East Studies Association of North America: 7–11. doi:10.1017/S0026318400030418. S2CID 164940150. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Members". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ Markowitz 2007.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and Serbian Wikipedia.
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- Published in the 20th century
- "Bosna-Serai", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (Published in Serbian?) - "Serajevo". Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. c. 1936.
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- Published in the 21st century
- Fran Markowitz (2007). "Census and Sensibilities in Sarajevo". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 49 (1): 40–73. doi:10.1017/S0010417507000400. JSTOR 4497682. S2CID 143939745.
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