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First Balkan War: The Ottoman Empire is nearly wiped out from Europe, save for Istanbul and just enough land around to defend it. 1914: August 2: The Empire enters into World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Cyprus is annexed outright by Britain. 1915: April 24: The Ottoman Empire initiates forced deportation of Armenians. 1915: April 25
Timeline of important events in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor), the empire grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. The Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end in 1922.
Explore the timline of Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922 as an empire; 1922-1924 as caliphate only), also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as Osmanlı Devleti, was a Turkic imperial state that was conceived...
The Ottoman Empire was founded c. 1299 by Osman I as a small beylik in northwestern Asia Minor just south of the Byzantine capital Constantinople. In 1326, the Ottomans captured nearby Bursa, cutting off Asia Minor from Byzantine control.
The Ottoman Empire reached its greatest extent in Europe in 1683, under Sultan Mehmed IV and the Köprülü Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha.
Ottoman Empire Timeline and Facts | Image (top left to bottom right): Mosque of Süleyman, built in the mid-16th century, Istanbul; Coat of Arms of the Ottoman Empire, 1882-1922; Sultan Osman I (1254/55-1323/24); Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror’s entry into Constantinople; Battle of Mohács in 1526; and Sultan Mehmed I
Ottoman Empire, empire created by Turkish tribes that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its dynasty was founded by a prince (bey), Osman, after the Mongols defeated the Seljuqs at the end of the 13th century.
The Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922 as an empire; 1922-1924 as caliphate only), also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as Osmanlı Devleti, was a Turkic imperial state that was conceived by and named after Osman (l. 1258-1326), an Anatolian chieftain.
Timeline. 1299 - Osman I founded the Ottoman Empire. 1389 - The Ottomans conquer most of Serbia. 1453 - Mehmed II captures Constantinople putting an end to the Byzantine Empire. 1517 - Ottomans conquer Egypt bringing Egypt into the empire. 1520 - Suleiman the Magnificent becomes ruler of the Ottoman Empire. 1529 - The Siege of Vienna.
The Ottoman Empire, [k] also called the Turkish Empire, [25] [26] was an imperial realm [l] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.