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1683 BCE
The ottoman armies again fail.
They fail to capture Venna. -
1571 BCE
Ottoman fleet is defeated
The ottoman fleet is defeated at Lepanto, off the coast of western Greece. -
1520 BCE
The rule of Suuleiman
The rule of Suleiman 1 begins, lasting until his death in 1566. There is a period of expansion under his rule. -
1517 BCE
Ottoman win the military
The Ottomans win the military campaigns in Egypt and Persia. -
1453 BCE
Instanbul
The byzantine Empires capital of Constantinople falls to the Ottomans. The final Ottoman is called Istanbul. Mehmed orders the building of the Topkapi palace to home to the Sultans of the next 400 years. -
1451 BCE
Mehmed 2nd again rules the ottoman empire
– Mehmed 2nd again rules the Ottoman Empire. A major period of expansion begins. -
1444 BCE
Mehmed 2nd rules the Ottoman empire
Mehmed 2nd rules the Ottoman Empire. His father takes over in 1446. -
1402 BCE
Ottoman are defeated
The ottomans are defeated by the Turko-Mongol army. Bayzid 1 is captured and imprisoned. -
1396 BCE
Bazid 1 defeats Christians
Bayezid 1 defeats the Christian cursades. -
1389 BCE
Bayzid 1 becomes the sultan
Ottoman forces defeats the serbs at the battle of Kosovo. Bayzid 1 becomes the sultan of the Ottoman empire. -
1361 BCE
Adrianople
The Ottomans capture Adrianople. Turkey becomes there next Captial. -
1354 BCE
Dardeanelles
The Ottomans crossed the Dardeanelles and they captured the Gallipoli peninsula. Now they can expand -
1326 BCE
The city of Bursa
The city of Bursa in Anatolia becomes the first Ottoman capital. -
1299 BCE
Osman 1
Osman 1 declares independence from the Turkish tribes in Anatolia. His tribal group became known as the Osmanli Turks, or Ottomans in English.
