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1299
1299 - Osman I founded the Ottoman Empire.
sman I, a leader of the Turkish tribes in Anatolia, founded the Ottoman Empire around 1299. The term “Ottoman” is derived from Osman's name, which was “Uthman” in Arabic. The Ottoman Turks set up a formal government and expanded their territory under the leadership of Osman I, Orhan, Murad I and Bayezid I. -
1389
(1389–1540) The Ottomans conquer most of Serbia.
The Battle of Kosovo (Serbian) took place on 15 June 1389[A] between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Murad I. -
1453
1453 Fall of Constantinople
1453 - Mehmed II captures Constantinople putting an end to the Byzantine Empire. -
1517
1517 Ottomans Empire, Egypt,
In 1517 the Ottoman sultan Selim I (1512-20), known as Selim the Grim . Ottomans conquer Egypt bringing Egypt into the empire. -
1520
1520 - Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman was not a “magnificent” ruler because his expansion of the Ottoman Empire was through aggressive warfare and conquering weaker regimes. ... The reforms instituted by Suleiman created a powerful, stable, and tolerant empire, making him a “magnificent” Ottoman leader. -
1529
1529 The Siege of Vienna
the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna, Austria. Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottomans, attacked the city with over 100,000 men, -
1533
1533 - The Ottomans conquer Iraq.
Ottoman Iraq refers to the period of the history of Iraq when the region was ruled by the Ottoman Empire -
1551
1551 - Ottoman Tripolitania
The coastal region of what is today Libya was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1551 to 1864, as the Eyalet of Tripolitania -
1566
1566 - Suleiman dies.
Turkish Süleyman Muhteşem or Kanuni, (born November 1494–April 1495—died September 5/6, 1566, near Szigetvár, Hungary), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 Süleyman was the only son of Sultan Selim I. . Under his administration, the Ottoman caliphate ruled over at least 25 million people. -
Great Fire of 1660
Two thirds of Constantinople (Istanbul) were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1660. The chronicler Abdi Paşa estimated that the fire destroyed 280,000 houses and burned for approximately forty-nine hours. -
1683 Battle of Vienna
1683 - The Ottomans are defeated at the Battle of Vienna. This signals the beginning of the decline of the empire.
