Three Empires By ThisIsRidiculous Period: Jan 11, 1299 to Jan 11, 1326 O - Reign of Osman I O = Ottoman S = Safavid M = Mughal Jan 11, 1354 Ottomans defeat Venice Jan 11, 1363 Ottomans take Adrianople Jan 11, 1389 O - Battle of Kosovo Jan 11, 1402 O - Battle of Ankara Period: Jan 11, 1444 to Jan 11, 1446 O - Reign of Mehmet II, the Conqueror Jan 11, 1453 Ottomans take Constantinople Jan 11, 1458 Ottomans take Athens Jan 11, 1463 Ottomans take Bosnia Jan 11, 1492 Ottomans invade Hungary and Austria Jan 11, 1501 S- Shi'ism becomes Persian state religion Jan 11, 1502 Isma'il takes Persian and Founds Safavid dynasty Jan 11, 1504 M - Babur begins to rise to power Jan 11, 1509 S- Isma'il kills Sunnis in Baghdad Period: Jan 11, 1512 to Jan 11, 1520 O - Reign of Selim the Grim Jan 11, 1514 S- Battle of Chaldrian Jan 11, 1517 Ottomans take Egypt, Syria and Arabia Period: Jan 11, 1520 to Jan 11, 1566 Reign of Suleiman I Jan 11, 1521 Ottomans Capture Belgrade Jan 11, 1522 S- Isma'il dies, Tahmasp Succeeds Jan 11, 1526 Ottomans take Hungary and Budapest Jan 11, 1526 Babur takes Dehli and Founds the Mughal Empire Jan 11, 1526 M- Persecution of Hindus resumes Jan 11, 1529 Ottomans seige of Vienna fails Jan 11, 1530 M- Babur dies Jan 11, 1551 Ottomans take Tripoli Period: Jan 11, 1556 to Jan 11, 1605 M- Reign of Akbar the Great Jan 11, 1571 O - Battle of Lepanto Period: Jan 11, 1587 to Jan 11, 1629 S - Reign of Abbas the Great Jan 11, 1598 S - Isfahan becomes capital city Period: Jan 11, 1605 to Jan 11, 1627 M- Reign of Jahangir and Nur Jahan Jan 11, 1623 S- Abbas conquers Baghdad Period: Jan 11, 1623 to Jan 11, 1639 War between Safavids and Ottomans Period: Jan 11, 1627 to Jan 11, 1707 M- Reign of Shah Jahan Jan 11, 1638 Ottomans retake Baghdad Period: Jan 11, 1658 to Jan 11, 1707 M- Reign of Aurangzeb Jan 11, 1662 British begin trading at Bombay Jan 11, 1669 Ottomans seize Crete Jan 11, 1675 M- Portuguese take Goa Jan 11, 1683 Second Ottoman seige of Vienna fails Jan 11, 1684 M- Taj Mahal is built Jan 11, 1707 Mughal Empire declines Jan 11, 1722 Safavid Empire is defeated by the Ottomans and Afghans Jan 11, 1739 Delhi is sacked