Timeline of Sarajevo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Prior to 15th century

See also: Sarajevo in ancient times and Sarajevo during the Middle Ages

15th–18th centuries

See also: Early Ottoman Sarajevo and Late Ottoman Sarajevo

• 1457 - Emperor's Mosque built.
• 1463 - Settlements begin in Sarajevo.
• 1521 - Gazi Husrev-beg becomes sanjak-bey of Ottoman Bosnian Sanjak.
• 1530 - Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque built.
• 1531 - Madrasah of Sarajevo established.
• 1561 - Ali Pasha's Mosque built.
• 1697 - City sacked by Austrian forces.
• 1703 - Seat of Ottoman Bosnia Eyalet relocated from Sarajevo to Travnik.
• 1730 - Serbian Orthodox church rebuilt.
• 1739 - Fortress restored.
• 1766 - Magribija rebuilt.
• 1788 - Fire.
• 1791 - November: Flood.
• 1797 - Fire.
• 1798 - Latin Bridge rebuilt.

19th century

See also: Late Ottoman Sarajevo and Sarajevo in Austria-Hungary

• 1813 - Plague.
• 1850 - Seat of Ottoman Bosnia Eyalet relocated to Sarajevo from Travnik.
• 1851 - Population: 21,102.
• 1867 - City becomes capital of the Ottoman Bosnia Vilayet.
• 1868 - Serb Orthodox Cathedral built.
• 1869 - Orphanage founded.
• 1878 - City becomes part the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austria-Hungary.
• 1879 - Fire.
• 1885 - Population: 26,377.
• 1888 - National Museum established.
• 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.
• 1896 - Town Hall and National Library built.

20th century

See also: Sarajevo in Yugoslavia and History of modern Sarajevo

• 1902 - Sarajevo Synagogue built.
• 1906 - Novibazar-Sarajevo railway begins operating.
• 1910 - Population: 51,919.
• 1912 - Kino Apolo (cinema) opens.
• 1913 - National Museum built.
• 1914
  • 28 June: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
  • 28–29 June: Anti-Serb pogrom in Sarajevo.
• 1915 - Kino Imperijal (cinema) opens.
• 1918 - City becomes part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
• 1921 - Population: 60,087.
• 1923 - Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra active.
• 1929 - City becomes seat of the Drina Banovina (province) of Yugoslavia.
• 1930 - Art gallery established.
• 1935 - Kino Tesla (cinema) opens.
• 1941 - German occupation begins.
• 1943 - Oslobođenje newspaper begins publication.
• 1945
  • April: German occupation ends.
  • State School of Painting, and Association of Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina established.
• 1949 - University of Sarajevo and Museum of Sarajevo established.
• 1950 - Oriental Institute in Sarajevo established.
• 1953 - Population: 135,657.
• 1961 - Population: 213,092.
• 1969 - Skenderija (event centre) built.
• 1962 - June: Earthquake.
• 1972 - Academy of Arts opens.
• 1977 - Faculty of Islamic Theology established.
• 1981
  • Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo established.
  • Vraca Memorial Park opens.
  • Emerik Blum becomes mayor.
  • Population: 319,017.
• 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.
  • 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.
• 1996 - 29 February: Siege of Sarajevo ends.
• 1997 - Sarajevo Jazz Festival begins.
• 2000 - King Fahd Mosque inaugurated.

21st century

See also: History of modern Sarajevo

• 2001 - Istiqlal Mosque and Bosniak Institute established.
• 2002 - Population: 401,118.
• 2004
  • Center for Investigative Reporting headquartered in city.
  • Baitus Salam (mosque) built.
• 2005
  • Semiha Borovac becomes mayor (first female 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.
• 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.
• 2024
  • 29 November: Predrag Puharić becomes acting mayor.
• 2025
  • 16 July: Samir Avdić becomes mayor.

See also

• List of mayors of Sarajevo since 1878
• Other names of Sarajevo

References

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

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

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• (Sarajevo in the 18th century by contemporary Mulla Mustafa Basheski)

Published in the 21st century

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Sarajevo, various dates.