Ottoman Empire: 1350-1918

ca. 1243: Turkish nomads settle in Asia Minor

1299-1326: Osman I

1301: Osman declares himself sultan and establishes the Ottoman Empire

1345: Seljuk Turks first cross the Bosporus

1389: Ottomans defeat Serbs at Kosovo

1402: Tamerlane defeats Ottomans at Ankara

1451-1481: Mohammed the Conqueror

1453: Constantinople is conquered.

1520-1566: Sulayman II the Magnificent

1526: Battle of Mohacs

1529: First Siege of Vienna

1571: The Battle of Lepanto

1641-1687: Reign of Mohammad IV

The devsirme is abolished.

1656-1676: Reforms of the Korprulu viziers

1683: Second siege of Vienna

1703-1730: Cultural revival under Ahmed III

1774: Trety of Kucuk Kaynarca

1792: Treaty of Jassy

1793: Selim III proclaims the "New Order"

1798-1799: Napoleon attempts to conquer Egypt.

1804: First Serbian Uprising.

1815: Second Serbian Uprising.

1822-1830: Greek War of Independence

1826: Massacre of Janissaries; Ottoman fleet is sunk at Navarino

1829: Treaty of Adrinople

1839: Hatt-i Serif of Gulhane; the Tanzimat Period begins.

1841: The Straits Convention

1853-1856: The Crimean War

1876: The Ottoman Constitution is proclaimed.

1878: Congress of Berlin: Serbia and Montenegro are granted independence. Bulgaria is granted broad autonomy.

1908: The Comittee of Union and Progress (The Young Turks) is formed.

The Ottoman Constitution is restored.

Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina

1912-1913: The First Balkan War

1913: The Second Balkan War

1914: The Ottoman Empire enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.

1915: The Armenian Massacre

1919-1924: End of the Ottoman Empire

1919: Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) lands at Samsun

1923: The sultanate is abolished and Turkey is declared a republic

1924: The office of caliph is abolished

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Map of Ottoman Empire