ottoman empire

  • Jan 24, 1200

    the ottomanempire begins

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  • Jan 24, 1299

    Osman defeats Byzantine force near Nicaea

  • Jan 24, 1326

    Siege of Bursa starts, death of Osman

  • Jan 24, 1337

    Orhan takes the title of Sultan

  • Jan 24, 1338

    Nicomedia is captured by the Ottoman Empire

  • Jan 24, 1351

    The Turks cross the Dardanelles into Europe for the first time.

  • Jan 31, 1390

    The Ottomans take Philadelphia, the last Byzantine enclave of any significance in Anatolia

  • Jan 31, 1396

    The Ottomans capture the Vidin Empire, the only remaining independent Bulgarian state

  • Jan 31, 1404

    Mehmed Celebi takesIsa Celeb's capital of Bursa

  • Jan 31, 1415

    Battle of Chaldiran, Safavid Empire defeated

  • Jan 31, 1444

    Battle of Nicopolis

    The Ottomans defeat a joint crusade by Hungary, France, the Holy Roman Empire, England and Wallacia, led by King Sigismund of Hungary. This is the last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages.
  • Jan 31, 1444

    Murad won the Battle of Varna against János Hunyadi but lost the Battle of Jalowaz and was forced to abdicate

  • Jan 31, 1453

    ottoman empire flirises

  • Jan 31, 1453

    Fall of ConstantinopleSiege of Belgrade

  • Period: Jan 31, 1509 to Jan 31, 1527

    Jews from Spain rescuedearthquake in Constantinople

  • Jan 31, 1529

    Suleyman I reigns