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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
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
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 defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed. [13] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up.
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 World Cup is the most prestigious association football competition in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.57 billion, close to half of the global population, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] while the engagement with the 2022 World Cup was ...
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."
The first joint bid of the World Cup was approved, edging out Mexico. Results: South Korea/ Japan (joint bid, voted by acclamation) Mexico; The 2002 FIFA World Cup was co-hosted in Asia for the first time by South Korea and Japan (the opening match was held in South Korea and the final was held in Japan).