Timeline of the Ottoman Empire

This article provides a timeline of the Ottoman Empire

See also Timeline of the Republic of Turkey, a chronology of the successor state to the Ottoman Empire.

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Rise (1299–1453)

Year	Date	Event
c. 1299		The reign of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire, began.
1302	July 27	Battle of Bapheus. The first war between the Ottomans and Byzantines.
1326		Orhan Gazi's accession to the throne.
1326		Siege of Bursa. The Ottomans conquered Bursa. After the conquest the city was the capital.
1329	June 10–11	Battle of Pelekanon. The Ottomans completed their conquest of Bythinia and the north-western corner of Anatolia.
1328-31		Siege of Nicaea. The Ottomans conquered Nicaea.
1362	March	Orhan Gazi's to death. Murad I accession to the throne.
1364		Battle of Sırp Sındığı. Bulgaria had to pay taxes, and the decline of the Bulgarian Empire.
1369		Edirne was conquered. From 1413 to 1458 the city was the capital.
1371	September 27	Battle of Maritsa. Serbia was forced to declare loyalty to the Ottoman Empire.
1385-87		Battle of Pločnik..
1389	June 15	Battle of Kosovo. Most of Serbia is conquered. Murad I lost their lives in this war.[1][2] Bayezid I accession to the throne.
1396	September 25	Battle of Nicopolis. Bulgaria was conquered.
1399		The Bursa great mosque was built by the Bayezid I. The first to be built by the Ottoman Darü'ş-şifa (worship and education center) Bayezid 1.
1402	July 20	Battle of Ankara. Ottomans entered the short-term period of stagnation. The battle is also significant in Ottoman history as being the only time a Sultan has been captured in person.[3]
1402-13		Ottoman Interregnum or Ottoman Civil War. This process Bayezid I 1402 at the Battle of Ankara, Turco-Mongol warlord Tamerlane defeated as a result of falling prisoner appeared. Crumbling Ottoman unity, the year in 1413 was restored by Mehmed I.
1413	July 5	Battle of Çamurlu. Mehmed I accession to the throne.
1422		Siege of Constantinople (1422). The first comprehensive siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans.
1427-28		Germiyanids was conquered by the Ottomans.
1432	March 30	Mehmed the Conqueror's birth.
1443-44		Crusade of Varna.
1444	November 10	Battle of Varna. Mora and Bulgaria was connected to the Ottoman State. It began to increase the authority of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans.
1448	October 17–20	Battle of Kosovo II. Balkans fully entered the Ottoman domination.

Classical Age (1453–1566)

Year	Date	Event
1453	May 29	Mehmed II (the Conqueror) captures Constantinople, and the final Byzantine emperor Constantine XI dies in the fighting.
1460		Mehmed II conquers Morea.
1461		Mehmed II conquers Trabzon thus ends Empire of Trebizond.
1461		Isfendiyarids joined the Ottoman lands.
1462		Mehmed II begins to build his Topkapi Palace.
1463		Bosnia was conquered.
1463-79		Ottoman–Venetian War
1473		Battle of Otlukbeli; Mehmed II defeats Uzun Hasan of Akkoyunlu Turkmens.
1475		Gedik Ahmet Pasha captures Caffa. Crimea becomes vassal of the Ottoman Empire.
1478		Albania is conquered.
1480		Gedik Ahmet Pasha captures Otranto, the southeast corner of Italy as a base for further attacks on Italy (only to evacuate after the death of Mehmet II).
1481	May 3	Mehmed II dies. Bayezid II ascended to the throne.
1481		Sultan Cem and Bayezid II has experienced a struggle for the throne between. This event is important for the Ottoman history. There has been standstill and internal conflicts.
1482		Herzegovina was conquered.
1485-91		Ottoman–Mamluk War.
1487		Karamanids was conquered.
1498		Montenegro was conquered.
1499-1503		Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)

16th century

Year	Date	Event
1514		Battle of Chaldiran; Selim I defeats Ismail I of the Safavids; East Anatolia under Ottoman control.
1516		Battle of Marj Dabiq; Selim I defeats Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri of Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. Syria and Palestine under Ottoman rule.
1517		Battle of Ridaniya; Selim I defeats Tuman bay II of Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. Egypt under Ottoman rule.
1517		Piri Reis; presented the first world map of the Selim I.
1519		Hayreddin Barbarossa, ruler of much of Algeria, agrees to become a provincial governor under the Ottomans.
1519		Jelali revolts.
1520		The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (Suleiman I) begins.
1521		Suleiman I conquers Belgrade.
1522		Suleiman I captures Rhodes.
1526		Battle of Mohács. Suleiman I defeats Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia.
1529		Suleiman I besieges Vienna.
1534-6		Suleiman I leads the Two Iraqs campaign against the Safavids, annexing Baghdad.
1536		Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha was executed.
1538		The Holy League navy is defeated in the Batte of Preveza.
1541		Conquest of Buda and establishment of Ottoman rule over Hungary.
1551		Siege of Tripoli (1551). Tripoli is taken over.
1552	August	Capture of Muscat. Muscat in the management of the Portuguese Empire, Seized by the Ottomans.
1560		Battle of Djerba.
1565		Failed siege of Malta.

Transformation (1566-1700)

Year	Date	Event
1566		The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (Suleiman I) ends. Siege of Szigetvár.
1569		The great fire of Istanbul Burns.
1570-73		Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73). Conquest of Cyprus.
1571		Battle of Lepanto. The Holy League defeat the Ottomans.
1571		Fire of Moscow (1571). Crimean khan Devlet I Giray raided the city of Moscow.
1574		Conquest of Tunis. Selim II death. Murad III accession to the throne.
1575		Selimiye Mosque was built by architect Mimar Sinan between 1569 and 1575.
1578		Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–90). When this war ended, the Ottomans reached the widest extent in the east.
1590		Treaty of İstanbul between Ottoman Empire and the Safavids; Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as western Iran under Ottoman rule. Reaching the widest border in the east of the Ottomans.
1593	June 22	Battle of Sisak.
1593-1606		Long Turkish War. The series of wars that lasted 13 years, ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok.
1596	October 23–26	Battle of Keresztes.

17th century

Year	Date	Event
1603-18		Ottoman–Safavid War. The Ottomans lost the lands they won with the Ferhat Pasha Treaty.
1609		Kuyucu Murad Pasha suppresses the Jelali revolts.
1612		Treaty of Nasuh Pasha between Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia. Ottoman Empire gives up some gains of Treaty of Istanbul of 1590.
1615		Treaty of Serav ratifies Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
1622	May 20	Regicide of Osman II.
		Revolt of Abaza Mehmed Pasha.
1648		Deposition of Sultan Ibrahim, enthronement of Mehmed IV.
1651		Assassination of Kösem Sultan.
1656		Köprülü Mehmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier.
1658		Köprülü Mehmed carries out extensive purges of the imperial cavalry.
		Revolt of Abaza Hasan Pasha.
		Ottoman conquest of Ineu (Yanova).
1661		Death of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha. His son Fazıl Ahmed Pasha becomes Grand Vizier.
1663-64		Austro-Turkish War. War ended with the Peace of Vasvár.
1669		Ottoman conquest of Heraklion (Kandiye).
1672-76		Polish–Ottoman War. Ottoman conquest of Kamianets-Podilskyi (Kamaniçe). The war end of the Ottoman Empire reached its maximum size in europe.
1676		Death of Fazıl Ahmed Pasha. His brother-in-law Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha becomes Grand Vizier.
1683	September 12	Battle of Vienna. Ottoman defeat.
	December 25	Execution of Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha.
1686		Buda lost to the Austrian Habsburgs.
1687		Deposition of Mehmed IV.
1697	September 11	Battle of Zenta. Ottoman defeat. Grand Vizier was killed.
1699		Ottomans cede most of Hungary to Austria in the Treaty of Karlowitz.

Stagnation (1700–1827)

18th century

Year	Date	Event
1718		Treaty of Passarowitz signed.
1718		Beginning of Tulip era (up to 1730)
1729		First printing press in Turkish by Ibrahim Muteferrika
1730		Revolt of Patrona Halil. End of Tulip era. Ahmet III is dethroned.
1739		Treaty of Belgrade signed.
1774		Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca signed.

19th century

Year	Date	Event
1807	May	Kabakçı Mustafa rebellion: Reformist sultan Selim III dethroned.
1808	July 21	Alemdar Mustafa Pasha suppresses the rebellion. But Selim III is dead and Mahmut II becomes the new sultan.
1813	April 23	Second Serbian Uprising: The Serbs revolt.
1821		Greek War of Independence: The Greek War of Independence begins.
1826	June 15	Auspicious Incident: centuries old Janissary corps forcibly disbanded after a rebellion against Mahmud II.

Decline (1828–1908)

Year	Date	Event
1830		Algeria is conquered by the French.
1832	July 21	Greek War of Independence: Greek sovereignty is formalized.
1831–1833		Egyptian–Ottoman War.
1853	October 4	Crimean War: The Crimean War with Russia begins, with Britain, France and Sardinia joining on the Ottoman side.
1860	October 21	First newspaper in Turkish published by Agah Efendi.(Tercümen'ı Ahval).
1862	February 5	A united Romanian autonomous state is established.
1876	December 23	Opened the 1876–1877 Constantinople Conference, which ends the Tanzimat reforms after they bankrupt the Empire.[4]
1877	April 24	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878): Another war with Russia, the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, begins.
1878	March 3	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878): The Treaty of San Stefano recognizes Romanian and Serbian independence, as well as the establishment of an autonomous Bulgarian principality under nominal Ottoman protection. Austria-Hungary occupies Bosnia by default.
	June 4	Cyprus is occupied by Britain.
1881		Tunisia becomes a French colony.
1882		Egypt goes under British protection.
1885	September 6	The province of Eastern Rumelia is transferred to Bulgarian jurisdiction.

Dissolution (1908–1923)

20th century

Year	Date	Event
1908	July 3	Second Constitutional Era (Young Turk revolution)
	October 5	Bulgaria obtains full independence.
	October 7	Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia by mere declaration.
1912		The Ottomans are defeated by Italy in a short war, with the Italians gaining Libya and ending the 340-year Ottoman presence in North Africa.
	November 28	First Balkan War: Albania declares independence
1913	May 17	First Balkan War: The Ottoman Empire is nearly wiped out from Europe, save for Istanbul and just enough land around to defend it.
1914	August 2	The Empire enters into World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Cyprus is annexed outright by Britain.
1915	April 24	The Ottoman Empire initiates forced deportation of Armenians.
1915	April 25	The Gallipoli Campaign: Britain unsuccessfully invades the Dardanelles in Turkey.
1920	August 10	Treaty of Sèvres. Rejected by Turkish nationalists and eventually leads to the abolition of the monarchy by the Government of the Grand National Assembly based in Ankara.
1922	November 1	Abolition of the Ottoman dynasty by Republic of Turkey.
1923	July 24	Treaty of Lausanne signed.
1924	March 3	Abolition of the Caliphate by Grand National Assembly of Turkey

See also

• List of Ottoman sieges and landings
• Timeline of Turks (500-1300)
• Timeline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
• List of Ottoman Empire territories
• List of cities conquered by the Ottoman Empire
• Timeline of Ottoman Syria history

Bibliography

• George Henry Townsend (1867), "Ottoman Empire", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
• Halil İnalcık and Donald Quataert, ed. (1994). "Chronology of Ottoman history, 1260-1914". An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-34315-2.Karen Armstrong (2001), "Chronology; Chapter 4: Islam Triumphant, The Ottoman Empire", Islam: A Short History, London: Phoenix Publishing

References

1. Helmolt, Ferdinand. The World's History, p.293. W. Heinemann, 1907.
2. Fine, John. The Late Medieval Balkans, p. 410. University of Michigan Press, 1994. ISBN 0-472-08260-4.
3. Marozzi, Justin, The Art of War: Great Commanders of the Ancient and Medieval World, Roberts, Andrew (ed.). Quercus Military History, 2008. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-84724-259-4
4. Armstrong, Karen (2001). Islam: A Short History. London: Phoenix. pp. xxvi. ISBN 1 84212 583 4.