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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 the Ghazis seize the Anatolian city of Nicaea
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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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Osman captures and converts Bursa into his stronghold and capital, from the collapsing Byzantine Empire
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Ottomans defeat European forces sent from a concerned Europe. The Europeans were scared the Ottomans would conquer Europe. The European forces clashed with the Ottomans at Kosovo, modern day Yugoslovakia, and the Ottomans destroy the Europeans. This put the Ottomans as the most powerful Empire in the region.
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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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Timerlane, a nomadic raider, defeats the Ottoman empire in battle, which becomes a brief setback for the Ottomans
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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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After 1571, the Ottoman empire expansion slowed down, and therefore revenue slowed down. The Empire economy collapsed as a result of this and the fact that new trade routes had been developed by sea, around India.
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Sultan Mehmed IV suceeced his mentaly ill father who was murdered by guards when he was six. He was under the protection of his mother and Grandmother until he became ready for the throne. He was weak in power and the Empire was past its peak. Janissaries start to gain power.
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Sultan Mehmed fails to stop his Grand Vizier from launching an extremely risky campaign to conquer Hasburg dynasty in Austria and seize Vienna. The campaign comes to an unfortunate defeat for the Ottomans
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Polish and German troops led by Polish King John Sobieski, defeat the Ottomans as they attempted to siege Vienna. This weakened the Ottoman Empire drastically, and brought another defeat to an already terrible Campaign
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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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Egypt becomes a virtual independent Country, gaining its independance from the Ottoman Empire
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The Janissary corps ends as they mutinied against the Sultan. They were executed on the Sultan's command.
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Greece also gains virtual independance from the Ottoman Empire, becoming a country.
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The Russians fight the Ottomans for control of the Crimean Peninsula. Russia is defeated by Britian and France, who decided to support the Ottomans.
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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.
