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Osman, a faithful Muslim, leads an army of Ghazis, people who fight in the Muslim name across central Asia
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Osman and his Ghazis defeat the Byzantine empire, at Bursa, and they seize the city. This became a decisive win for the Ghazis, for they could now have the confidence that victory was achievable.
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Victory at Kosovo gives the Ottoman Turks control over Serbia, which becomes a vassal state
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Mehmed II, a dictator brings the Byzantine Empire to an end by conquering Constaninople, modern day Istanbul
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Christian boys, trained as slaves in the personal service of the Turkish sultan, acquire considerable power as the elite corps of janissaries
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The Turks complete the occupation of Greece, which remains within the Ottoman empire until the nineteenth century
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Sultan Suleyman I the Magnificent expanded the Ottoman Empire to its largest size yet. The boundries reach from Algiers to Bahrain and from Yemen to Hungrary. They also controlled the majority of the Mediterrean Sea's coast and the Black Sea
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The Ottoman Empire's navy is finaly defeated at the Greek port of Lepanto. They are defeated by Spanish, Venician, and Papal Italina states forces. Lepanto is located in modern-day Greece. More than 100 Ottoman Ships are seized.
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Ahmed succeeds Suleyman II, who had suceeded in repairing some of the damge caused to the Ottoman Empire by Mehmed. Ahmed rises to the throne at an era when European style was catching on with wealthy Ottomans and an overwhelming desire for tulips was established. His era is know as the Tulip era. However, some officials were slow to adopt the European Customs, as well as European weapons and technology, which the Russians had quickly adopted, and the Ottoman were technologicaly out-gunned.
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Orthodox Ottomans who were unhappy with the development of the of technology force Ottoman leaders to shut down their printing presses.
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A border incident at Balta, in the southern Ukraine, sparks a war between Russia and Turkey that will last six years
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Greece wins independence from the Turks, with the 17-year-old Otto of Bavaria as king
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In the 1870's, the Ottoman empire faced several uprisings against them, supported by the Russians, which allows Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania to become independant.
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After WWI the Ottoman Empire collapses and the moder-day nation Turkey emerges.