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  • Empire was Started
    Jan 1, 1300

    Empire was Started

    InfoOsman Empire displaces Seljuk Turks, and starts a new Empire named the Ottoman Empire.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Crooks Ottoman Empire

  • Bursa
    Jan 1, 1326

    Bursa

    Bursa was proclaimed the Ottoman Empire's new capital.
  • Osman dies
    Jan 1, 1326

    Osman dies

    Osman dies, so someone new must take over.
  • Orhan takes over
    Jan 1, 1326

    Orhan takes over

    When his father died, Orhan was trusted to take over, but he was not as great as his father and the Empire weakened.
  • Osman's sons fight for control.
    Jan 1, 1402

    Osman's sons fight for control.

    Mehmed takes over the Empire by fighting his brother and winning.
  • Jan 1, 1402

    Mehmed reunites the empire

    Orhan was not as great as his father, so Mehmed took over and fixed all of the problems.
  • Siege Byzantine
    Jan 1, 1453

    Siege Byzantine

    The Ottoman Empire sieges the Byzantine empire.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    Empire flourishes

    The Empire is doing well, so they start taxes for the Non-Muslims that are currently living there.
  • Suleyman the 1st reigns
    Jan 1, 1520

    Suleyman the 1st reigns

    Suleyman the 1st reigns.
  • Jan 1, 1566

    Decline in Empire

    The Empire starts to decline, and the government is unstable.
  • Fight with Persia

    The Ottoman empire begins to fight with Persia.
  • Can't conquer Venice

    Can't conquer Venice

    The Ottoman Empire attempts to conquer Venice, but they fail.
  • Greece revolts

    The Greeks revolt so that they can get Independence from the Ottoman Empire.
  • Balkan wars

    Balkan wars

    The Balkans and their allies defeat the main portion of the Ottoman Empire.
  • End of the empire

    The Ottoman Empire ended with the Treaty of Sevres.