Istanbul

Ereignisse (15)

• 1695

  1/27 — Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.

• 1863

  9/16 — Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

• 1915

  4/24 — The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.

• 1923

  10/6 — The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.

• 1923

  10/13 — Ankara ersetzt Istanbul als Hauptstadt der Türkei.

• 1925

  1/30 — Die türkische Regierung setzte Patriarch Konstantin VI. aus Istanbul aus.

• 1955

  9/6 — Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.

• 1973

  10/30 — The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.

• 1977

  5/1 — Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.

• 1986

  9/6 — In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.

• 2000

  12/19 — Die Leninistische Guerilla-Einheiten der Türkischen Kommunistischen Arbeiterpartei/Leninistische attackieren ein Büro der Nationalistischen Bewegungspartei in Istanbul, Türkei, und töten einen Menschen sowie verletzen drei.

• 2003

  11/20 — After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.

• 2016

  3/19 — An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.

• 2016

  12/10 — Zwei Explosionen vor einem Fußballstadion in Istanbul, Türkei, töten 38 Menschen und verletzen 166 andere.

• 421

  6/7 — Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia. The wedding was celebrated at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).