Ottoman Empire

Osman I

Period: Jan 1, 1299 to Jan 1, 1326

Osman I was the founder of the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Dynasty. Between 1300 and 1326 he built a small state in Anatolia. This small state would eventually be expanded and turn into the Ottoman Empire.

Osman I builds a small state in Anatolia

Jan 1, 1300

From 1300 to 1326, Osman I the first ruler of the Ottoman Dynasty, builds a small state in Anatolia. This small state would later turn out to be the Ottoman Empire.

Orkhan I

Period: Dec 30, 1326 to Jan 1, 1362

Orkhan I was the first ruler of the Ottoman Empire to decalre himself a sultan meaning overlord or one with power. Orkhan captured Andrianople in 1361, and treated the conquered people, like all the other Ottoman sultans, nicely

The Ottomans capture Adrianopole

Jan 1, 1361

The Ottomans capture Anrianople, the second most important city in the Byzantine Empire, under the rule of Orkhan.

Delay of Ottoman Expansion

Jan 1, 1402

Timur the Lame defaets the Ottomans at the battle of Ankara, haulting the Ottoman Expansion

Mehmet I

Period: Jan 1, 1413 to Jan 1, 1421

Mehmet I defeated his brothers in a civil war caused by Timur the Lame, and became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Murad II

Period: Dec 1, 1421 to Jan 1, 1451

Murad II was Mehmet I's son. He returned the Ottoman military back to power by defeating the Venetians, invading Hungary, and overcoming an army of Italian crusaders in the Balkans

Ottomans take over Constantinople

May 1, 1443

Mehmet II gains acess to the Byzantine capital, Constantinople. Mehmet turns the Hagia Sophia, an important Christian church into a muslim mosque turn Constatinople into the Muslim city of Istanbul.

Low point in the Ottoman Empire

Jan 1, 1451

Constantinople, an Ottoman city, went from a population of one million to 50, 000. This shows an unsucessful period during the Ottoman Empire.

Mehmet II

Period: Dec 31, 1451 to Jan 1, 1481

Mehmet II or Mehmet the conqueror conqerored the Byzantine capital, Constantinople. Mehmet II truned the Hagia Sophia into a Christian mosque, and truned Constantinople into the Muslim city Istanbul.

Selim the Grim

Period: Jan 1, 1512 to Jan 1, 1520

Selim the Grim got his nickname after he overthrew his father and killed his brothers to become Sultan. Selim defeated the Safavlds of Persia at the battle of Chalorian. Selim also conquerored Syria, Palestine, North Africa, Mecca, Medina, adn Cario.

Battle of Chalarian

Jan 1, 1514

Selim the Grim defeats the Savids of Persia at the Battle of Chalarian

Selim conquers holy cities

Dec 30, 1514

Selim the Grim conquers Syria, Palestine, parts of North Africa, Mecca, Medina, and Cario

Suleiman the Lawgiver

Period: Dec 31, 1520 to Jan 1, 1564

The Ottoman Empire reached it's peak under Suleiman the Lawgiver. In 1525 Suleiman, son of Selim the Grim, conquered Hungary, throwing Europe in a panic, conquered Tripoli, and invaded Vienna. His siege on Vienna, however failed, marking the end of the Ottoman expansion. After his defeat at Vienna, Sulieman decided to focus more on internal affairs of the Ottoman Empire, and less on conqueroring other lands.

Ottomans conquer Belgrade

Jan 1, 1521

Suleiman the Lawgiver conquers the important city Belgrade

Ottomans conquer Hungary

Jan 1, 1525

Suleiman the Lawgiver conquers Hungary, throwing Europe into a panic, for fear of them being conquered.

Ottomans conquer Rhodes

Jan 1, 1526

Suleiman conquers Rhodes, an island in the Mediterranen. This marks the Ottomans dominating all of the eastern Mediterranean.

Battle of Monács

Jan 1, 1526

Battle of Monoacs fought between the Ottoman Empire, lead by Suleiman, and Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire.

Ottomans conquer North Africa

Jan 1, 1527

Ottomans conquer along the North African coast

Siege of Vienna Failed

Jan 1, 1529

Suleiman's siege of Vienna fails. This marks the end of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. After this, Suleiman decides more to focus on internal problems of the Ottoman empire, like corruption of the government, instead of conquering more land.

Selim II

Period: Jan 1, 1566 to Dec 31, 1574

Selim II was Suleiman the Lawgiver's third son. He was an incompatent ruler. His navy fleet was destroyed at the Battle of Lapanto. His leading caused corruption in the government and a stuggle for the throne and eventually the fall of the Ottoman empire.

Battle of Lepanto

Jan 1, 1571

Spain and Italy destroy the Ottoman's naval fleet lead by Selim II at the Battle of Lepanto.