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List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa.
This is a list of battles in World War I in which the Ottoman Empire fought. The Ottoman Empire fought on many fronts including the Eastern , Romanian and Macedonian fronts. Only battles in which the Ottoman Empire was one of the major belligerents are shown.
Large areas of North Albania rise up in revolt, with Shkodër besieged and the rebels defeat the Ottomans in battle. Albanian reinforcements to the Shkodrans are sent from Postribe, Kosovo, Malësia, Ulqin (now Ulcinj), Podgorica, Mirditë, Mat and Dibra. Ottoman forces are defeated in battle by the insurgents in July.
The Battle of Ankara or Angora (Ottoman Turkish: آنقره محاربهسی, romanized:Anḳara Muḥârebesi) was fought on 20 July 1402 at the Çubuk plain near Ankara, between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the emir of the Timurid Empire, Timur. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to the Ottoman Interregnum.
22 January 1517. Ridaniya [25] [26] Selim I. Mamluk Egypt. Tuman bay II . 29 August 1526. Mohacs [27] [28] Süleyman I. Kingdom of Hungary.
After the Ottoman victory in the Battle of Mohács in 1526, only the southwestern part of the Kingdom of Hungary was actually conquered. [23] The Ottoman campaign continued between 1526 and 1556 with small campaigns and major summer invasions – troops would return south of the Balkan Mountains before winter.
The Ottoman Empire was one of the Central Powers of World War I, allied with the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria. It entered the war on 29 October 1914 with a small surprise attack on the Black Sea coast of Russia, which prompted Russia to declare war on 2 November 1914. Ottoman forces fought the Entente in the Balkans and the ...
1352. First Ottoman landings in Attica, Morea and the Adriatic Sea. 1372. First conquests and acquisitions in North Macedonia (Battle of Maritsa, Mrnjavčević lands) 1371. 1373. Conquest of Moravian Serbia (Battle of Dubravnica) Siege and conquest of Sofia. Siege and conquest of Niš and Pirot (Battle of Pločnik)