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1683 BCE
1683
The Ottoman armies fail to capture Vienna. The Ottoman Empire ends. -
1520 BCE
1520
The rule of Suleiman I begins, lasting until his death in 1566. There is a period of expansion under his rule. The ottomans capture Belgrade in 1521 and Rhodes in 1522, and defeat the Hungarians in 1526, but they fail to capture Vienna in 1529. -
1517 BCE
1517
The Ottomans win military campaigns in Persia and Egypt. -
1444 BCE
1444
Aged 11, Mehmed II rules the Ottoman Empire, until his father tales over in 1446. -
1396 BCE
1396
Bayezid I defeats Christian crusaders t the battle of Kosovo. Bayezid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. -
1299 BCE
1299
Osman I declares independence from the Turkish tribes in Anatolia. -
1299 BCE
1299
Osman I declares independence from the Turkish tribes in Anatolia.