Ottoman Empire
1299 CE – 1922 CE
Six centuries from a frontier principality to a empire spanning three continents, until its dissolution after the First World War.
1101 events · 18 people · 2 eras
Key events
- Black Death1346 CE1346–1353 pandemic in Eurasia and North Africa
- Battle of Ankara1402 CEThe Battle of Ankara or Angora was fought on 28 July 1402, at the Çubuk plain near Ankara, between the forces of Timur and the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I. The battle was a major victory for Timur, leading to the Ottoman Interregnum.
- Battle of Varna1444 CEThe Battle of Varna took place on 10 November 1444 near Varna in what is today eastern Bulgaria. The Ottoman army under Sultan Murad II defeated the Crusaders commanded by King Władysław III of Poland and Hungary, John Hunyadi and Mircea II of Wallachia. It was the final battle of the unsuccessful Crusade of Varna, a last-ditch effort to prevent further Ottoman expansion into the Balkans.
- Fall of Constantinople1453 CE1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire
- Caucasian War1763 CE1763–1864 invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire
- Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca1774 CE1774 peace treaty ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74
- French invasion of Egypt and Syria1798 CE1798–1801 campaign during the War of the Second Coalition
- Battle of the Pyramids1798 CEThe Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was fought on 21 July 1798 during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. Occurring near the village of Embabeh, Ottoman Egypt, the battle was named by Napoleon after the distant Great Pyramid of Giza.
- Battle of the Nile1798 CEThe Battle of the Nile was fought between the Royal Navy and the French Navy at Aboukir Bay in Egypt between 1 and 3 August 1798. It was the climax of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, which had started three months earlier after a large French fleet sailed from Toulon to Alexandria carrying an expeditionary force under Napoleon. A British fleet, led by Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, decisively defeated a French fleet under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, which had escorted Napoleon's army to Egypt.
- Crimean War1853 CEmilitary conflict fought between October 1853 – March 1856
- Treaty of San Stefano1878 CEpeace treaty
- Treaty of Bucharest1913 CE1913 peace treaty in the Second Balkan War
Notable people
- Catherine II of Russia1729 CE – 1796 CE
- Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar1742 CE – 1797 CE
- Heraclius II of Georgia1720 CE – 1798 CE
- Teimuraz II of Kakheti1700 CE – 1762 CE
- Arpa Ke'un1400 CE – 1336 CE
- Javad Khan1748 CE – 1804 CE
- Solomon II of Imereti1772 CE – 1815 CE
- Musa1350 CE – 1337 CE
- Valerian Zubov1771 CE – 1804 CE
- Azad Khan Afghan1712 CE – 1781 CE
- Prince Ioane of Georgia1768 CE – 1830 CE
- Ghiyathu'd-Din ibn Rashid'ud-Din – 1336 CE
Eras spanning this view
Byzantine Empire330 CE – 1453 CEOttoman Empire1299 CE – 1922 CE
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