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Landings at Lepanto in Greece and Veneto in Italy 1477 1478 Conquest of Vonitsa, Lefkas, Cephalonia, and Zante [4] 1463 First siege and capture of Otranto: 1480 First siege of Rhodes. Conquest of Herzegovina. 1480 1481 1482 Ottoman conquest of Kilia (Kiliya) and Akkerman(Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) 1484 Landings at the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Pisa
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. The number of ...
This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
The Ottoman Empire initiates forced deportation of Armenians. 1915: April 25: The Gallipoli Campaign: Under the command of Mustafa Kemal, the Ottoman army successfully repels Britain invasion of the Dardanelles in Turkey. December 7 Siege of Kut. Ottoman defense just outside of Baghdad, leading to a major defeat for the British.
Military campaigns and theatres of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Military campaigns involving the Ottoman Empire" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Ottoman Empire was the first of the three Islamic Gunpowder Empires, followed by Safavid Persia and Mughal India. By the 14th century, the Ottomans had adopted gunpowder artillery. [2] By the time of Sultan Mehmed II, they had been drilled with firearms and became "perhaps the first standing infantry force equipped with firearms in the world."
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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This list may not reflect recent changes. List of Ottoman conquests, sieges and landings; O.