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Jan 1, 1299
Declaring independence
Turkish leader, Osman, declared independence from the the Saljuq turks. Osman also launched a campaign to gain followers(which becam known as the Ottomans) to build a state by taking over the Byzantine empire. -
Jan 1, 1354
Fall of Gallipoli
The Ottomans take over the city of Gallipoli( at the time in the hands of Byzantine). The capture of the city marks the foothold the Ottoman turks have in the Balkan peninsula -
Jan 1, 1373
Ottomans gain political power
The Byzantine empire are force to follow Ottoman authority in their politial system beause Byzantine goverment was weak and the turk had large suport form the poor. -
Jun 15, 1389
Battle of Kosovo
The Ottomans led by Sultan Murad I vs. Serbian army led by Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović. The Ottomans defeat the Serbian aremy and added Kosovo to their growing empire and long-term strategic victory for the Ottomans. -
Jan 1, 1402
Defeat by Tamerlane
Tamerlane and his forces puts a hold to the Ottoman expansion in Byzantine realam. Tamerlane's forces capture sultan and the Ottoman state had to follow the authority of Tamerlane until his death 1405 -
Jan 16, 1451
Sultan Mehmed II
reigned 1451-1481. Mehmed II was devoted to strengthening the Ottoman Navy. During his reign, Mehmed had high tolrance for reigion and combined admintive techquies of Byzantine and Ottoman empires. -
May 29, 1453
The fall of Constantinople
After months of fighting, Sultan Mehmed II captured the capital of Byzantine, Constantinople. Mehmed the Conqueror renamed the city Istanbul and made the city his captil city, The capyure of the city mark the fall of the Byzantine empire.
