Three Empires: A Time Line

  • Jan 12, 1259

    Reign of Osman 1

  • Jan 12, 1389

    Battle of Kosovo

  • Period: Jan 12, 1400 to

    Three Empires:A Time Line

  • Jan 12, 1402

    Battle of Ankara

  • Jan 12, 1403

    Ottomans take Adrianople

  • Jan 12, 1451

    Reign of Mehmet II the conquer

  • Jan 12, 1453

    Ottmans take Constantinople

  • Jan 12, 1463

    Ottomans take Bosnia

  • Jan 12, 1493

    Babur begins rise to power

  • Jan 12, 1499

    Ottomans defeat venice at Sapieneza

  • Jan 12, 1501

    Isma'il takes Persia founds Safavid dynasty

  • Jan 12, 1507

    Isma'il kills Sunnis in Baghdad

  • Jan 12, 1507

    Shi'ism becomes Persian state religion

  • Jan 12, 1510

    Portuguese take Goa

  • Jan 12, 1512

    Reign of Selim the Grim1514

  • Jan 12, 1514

    Battle of Chaldiran

  • Jan 12, 1517

    Ottomans take Egypt, Syria, Arabia

  • Jan 12, 1520

    Reign of Suleiman I

  • Jan 12, 1521

    Ottomans capture Belgrade

  • Jan 12, 1525

    Ottomans take Hungary, Budapest

  • Jan 12, 1526

    Babur Takes Delhi, founds Mughal dynasty

  • Jan 12, 1529

    Ottomans invade Hungary, Austria

  • Jan 12, 1529

    Ottoman siege of Vienna fails

  • Jan 12, 1530

    Babur dies

  • Jan 12, 1551

    Ottomans take Tripoli

  • Jan 12, 1556

    Reign of Akbar the Breat

  • Jan 12, 1571

    Battle of Lepanto

  • Jan 12, 1574

    Isma'il dies, Tahmasp suceeds

  • Jan 12, 1575

    Reign of Abbas the Great

  • Jan 12, 1580

    Isfahan becomes capital city

  • Reign Jahangirand Nur Jahan

  • War between Safavids, Ottomans

  • Reign of Shah Jahan

  • Abbas conquers Baghdad

  • Taj Mahal is built

  • Ottomans retake Baghdad

  • Ottomans seize Crete

  • Reign of Aurangzeb

  • British begin tading at Bombay

  • Second Ottoman seize of Vienna fails

  • Persecutions of Hindus resumes

  • Safavid Empire collapses, defeated by Afghans, Ottomans

  • Mughal Empire declines