Ottoman Empire

  • Osman Bey was born.
    May 3, 1281

    Osman Bey was born.

  • Nov 14, 1290

    The empire begins

  • The Capture of Bursa
    Nov 15, 1326

    The Capture of Bursa

    They made it their capital and started a functional political system with taxation
  • Murad I dies
    Jun 15, 1383

    Murad I dies

    And with his death, the Ottoman empire splits between his sons.
  • Period: 1400 to 1500

    Jannisaries

    The Ottomans recruited Christian children for military purposes, the children would recieve the best education and excelent physical training.
  • 1413

    Mehmet reunites the empire

  • Mehmet II conquers Constantinople
    May 29, 1453

    Mehmet II conquers Constantinople

    Consolidating the Ottoman empire and ending the Byzantine empire.
  • Suleiman was born
    Nov 6, 1494

    Suleiman was born

  • Long Apex period
    Aug 6, 1515

    Long Apex period

    Suleiman keeps conquering territory while he builds magnificent arquitecture. He gets his first son: Mustafa
  • Conquest of Belgrade
    Aug 29, 1521

    Conquest of Belgrade

    Strategic possition for the total conquest of western territory
  • Suleiman fails in Vienna
    Oct 12, 1529

    Suleiman fails in Vienna

    The falling of the Ottoman empire starts here because the defeat showed up the rest of the world that Ottomans weren´t invincible.
    Suleiman promises to return, but he never did.
  • Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana) becames wife and gets in the palace
    1534

    Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana) becames wife and gets in the palace

    This will be important because she Will try to rpotect the Sultan of any posible treath
  • Death of Ibrahim Pasha
    Mar 16, 1536

    Death of Ibrahim Pasha

    In Hurrem´s mind, Ibrahim was aquiring too much power and he could be a potential menace to the sultan, so she got rid of him after he dinned with the sultan. This Will start a period of tragedies in Suleiman´s life
  • Mustafa is executed
    Oct 6, 1553

    Mustafa is executed

    Suspected for treason, Suleiman ordered to execute his own son.
  • Hurrem (Roxelana) dies
    Apr 15, 1558

    Hurrem (Roxelana) dies

    This will make Suleiman feel destroyed
  • Suleiman dies
    Sep 6, 1566

    Suleiman dies

    Even if the battle of Szigetvár was succes for ottomans, they loosed their most important resource, their sultan.
  • Ottoman Empire falls

    Ottoman Empire falls

    After Suleiman, the empire kept getting smaller until the Turkish won their Independence in november 1st 1922