ottoman empire timeline
Ottoman Empire Timeline
I presume there are very few people who have not heard of the mighty Ottoman Empire. The following article on its timeline would enable you to closely trail this colossus Turkish empire's rise, conquests and fall.
Rise Of The Ottoman Empire | |
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Year | Event |
1299 | Ottoman Empire Founded, Osman I's reign begins. |
1389 | Battle of Kosovo resulting in the capture of a chunk of Serbia. |
1396 | Conquest of Bulgaria in the Battle of Nicopolis |
1444 | Crusade of Varna comes to an end on Ottoman victory of the Battle of Varna. |
Subsequent Growth Of The Ottoman Empire | |
Year | Event |
1453 | Constantinople captured by Mehmed II; Constantine (Christian emperor) dies during battle; Mehmed II claims the titles Caesar of Rome as the Roman Byzantine Empire finally yields to the Ottoman force. |
1460 | Morea conquered by Mehmed II |
1461 | Trabzon conquered by Mehmed II, putting an end to the Empire of Trebizond |
1463 | Conquest of Bosnia |
1473 | Mehmed II defeats Uzun Hassan of Akkoyunlu Turkmens in the Battle of Otlukbeli |
1475 | Caffa captured by Gedik Ahmet Pasha; Crimea declared vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. |
1478 | Conquest of Albania |
1480 | Otranto, the southeastern corner of Italy, is conquered by Gedik Ahmet Pasha as a strategic move to create a base for orchestrating further conquest of Italy. |
1481 | Death of Mehmed II and Bayezid II's ascension to the Ottoman Throne. |
1498 | Conquest of Montenegro |
1514 | Ismail I of Safavid Persia defeated by Selim I, bringing East Anatolia under the Turkish rule in the Battle of Chaldiran. |
1516 | Al-Ashraf Quansuh al-Ghawri of Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt) defeated by Selim I in the Battle of Marj Dabiq, bringing Palestine and Syria under control of Ottoman Empire. |
1517 | Tuman bay II of Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt) defeated by Selim I in the Battle of Ridaniya; Selim I assumes the title of Caliph. |
1519 | Conquest of Algeria |
1520 | Beginning of the reign of Suleiman I, also known as Suleiman the Magnificent. |
1521 | Belgrade captured by Suleiman I |
1522 | Rhodes captured by Suleiman I |
1526 | Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia defeated by Suleiman I in the Battle of Mohacs |
1529 | Siege of Vienna |
1533 | Turks take over Iraq |
1538 | A big part of Mediterranean Sea brought under Turkish control in the Sea Battle of Preveza. |
1550 -c.1650s | Sultanate of Women, when women of the Imperial Harem exercised considerable political influence over the affairs of the State. |
1551 | Conquest of Libya |
1541 | Budapest captured by Suleiman I, followed by conquest of a significant portion of Hungary. |
1547 | Hungary divided between Suleiman I and Ferdinand I of Austria by agreement. |
1566 | Suleiman I's reign comes to an end. |
1570 | Piyale Pasha conquers Cyprus. |
1574 | conquest of Tunisia |
1571 | Turks face defeat from the Spanish and the Venetians in the Battle of Lepanto. |
1578 | Conquest of Tbilisi and a good part of Georgia. |
1590 | Treaty of Istanbul |
Intermediate Period | |
Year | Event |
1610 | Jelali Revolts suppressed by Kuyucu Murat Pasha with great loss to Turkmens. |
1612 | Treaty of Nasuh Pasha |
1615 | Treaty of Serav |
1683 | Ottomans defeated in the Battle of Vienna |
1686 | Evacuation of Hungary |
1687 | Death of Mehmed IV |
1699 | Treaty of Karlowitz |
1718 | Treaty of Passarowitz |
1718 | Tulip Era begins |
1730 | Tulip Era ends with the revolt of Patrona Halil, resulting in the dethronement of Ahmet III. |
1739 | Treaty of Belgrade |
1774 | Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca |
1807 | Kabakçi rebellion resulting in dethronement of Selim III. |
1808 | Kabakçi rebellion suppressed by Alemdar Mustafa Pasha. Mahmut II succeeds Selim III as the new Sultan after the latter's demise. |
1813 | Second Serbian Uprising |
1821 | Beginning of the Greek War of Independence |
Gradual Decline Of The Ottoman Empire | |
Year | Event |
1830 | Algeria gradually surrendered to French rule |
1832 | Greek sovereignty officially established as a result of the Greek War of Independence |
1831-1833 | Egyptian-Ottoman War |
1853 | Crimean War |
1862 | Establishment of a consolidated autonomous state of Romania. |
1876 | Beginning of the Constantinople Conference. |
1877 | Russo-Turkish War |
1878 | Serbian independence acknowledged by the Treaty of San Stefano during the Russo-Turkish War and an autonomous Bulgarian principality is established under very limited Ottoman power. Bosnia occupied by Austria-Hungary and Britain takes over Cyprus. |
1881 | Tunisia converted to a French colony. |
1882 | Egypt included under the British aegis. |
1885 | Bulgaria takes Eastern Rumelia under its jurisdiction. |
1908 | Second Constitutional Era, Bulgarian Independence, Annexation of Bosnia to Austria-Hungary. |
1912 | 340 year old presence of the Ottoman empire brought to an end by Italy defeating the Ottomans and taking over Libya. Albania declared independent in the First Balkan War. |
1913 | Save for Istanbul and a small surrounding area, the Ottoman Empire is completely erased from the political map of Europe. |
1914 | The Ottoman Empire joins the World War I and sides with the Central Powers. Britain annexes Cyprus. |