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Timeline of important events in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor), the empire grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. The Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end in 1922.
A map of the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1307 to 1683. This article provides a timeline of the Ottoman Empire. This timeline is incomplete; some important events may be missing. Please help add to it.
History of the Ottoman Empire. Timeline. Rise (1299–1453) Beylik of Osman. Interregnum (1402–1413) Fall of Constantinople. Classical Age (1453–1566) Sultanate of Women (1533–1656) Transformation (1566–1703) Köprülü Era (1656–1703) Old Regime (1703–1789)
Fall of Constantinople (1453) Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453 and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire. The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II cemented the status of the Empire as the preeminent power in southeastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.
Jul 13, 2019 · Decline and Collapse. Throughout the rest of the 1500s and into the 1600s and 1700s, the Ottoman Empire began a considerable decline in power after several military defeats. In the mid-1600s, the empire was restored for a short time after military victories in Persia and Venice.
Aug 24, 2020 · Egypt escaped direct Ottoman control as early as the 1830s and was eventually lost for good to the British Empire five decades later in the 1880s. France seized Algeria in 1830 and Tunis in 1881, and the last Ottoman-held African territory, Libya fell to Italy in 1911.
