20 events with tag "Ottoman"
1402
ID: 4753
Battle of Ankara - Timur captures Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, saves Constantinople for 50 years
ID: 4753
1444
ID: 76
November 10, 1444
Battle of Varna - Ottoman victory, last major crusade defeated
ID: 76
1450
ID: 5688
Coffee cultivation begins in Yemen - Mocha becomes major coffee port, Ottoman Empire controls trade
ID: 5688
1453
ID: 5743
Ottomans capture Constantinople - spice prices triple in Europe, desperate search for alternative routes begins
ID: 5743
1453
ID: 77
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople - Constantine XI dies on walls, Byzantine Empire ends after 1,123 years
ID: 77
1456
ID: 5555
John Hunyadi defeats Ottomans at Siege of Belgrade, stopping Ottoman advance for 70 years
ID: 5555
1456
ID: 79
July 22, 1456
Siege of Belgrade - Hunyadi defeats Ottomans, bells ring at noon in perpetuity
ID: 79
1504
ID: 5768
Venice proposes Suez canal to Ottomans - desperate attempt to compete with Portuguese Cape route, Ottomans refuse
ID: 5768
1517
ID: 5767
Ottomans conquer Egypt - take over Mamluk spice monopoly, but Portuguese Cape route already destroying traditional trade
ID: 5767
1526
ID: 5557
August 29, 1526
Battle of Mohács - Ottomans annihilate Hungarian army, King Louis II drowns fleeing, kingdom partitioned
ID: 5557
1541
ID: 5558
Buda falls to Ottomans - Hungary divided into Ottoman Hungary, Royal Hungary (Habsburg), and Principality of Transylvania
ID: 5558
1552
ID: 5559
Siege of Eger - 2,000 defenders including women defeat 40,000 Ottomans, becoming national legend
ID: 5559
1569
ID: 5769
Ottoman Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed attempts Suez canal - gets few miles before abandoning, Portuguese already dominate
ID: 5769
1593
ID: 5560
Long Turkish War begins between Habsburgs and Ottomans over Hungary, lasts until 1606
ID: 5560
1669
ID: 5118
Fall of Crete to Ottomans - after 21-year siege of Candia, Venice loses major possession, maritime empire shrinking
ID: 5118
1686
ID: 5561
Buda liberated from Ottomans after 145 years by Habsburg-led Holy League forces
ID: 5561
1696
ID: 5986
Peter the Great captures Azov from Ottomans - Russia's first naval victory, gains access to Black Sea
ID: 5986
1717
ID: 481
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduces variolation (smallpox inoculation) from Ottoman Empire; 2-3% death rate
ID: 481
1768
ID: 5996
Russo-Turkish War begins - Catherine the Great seeks Black Sea access and protection of Orthodox Christians
ID: 5996
1774
ID: 5999
Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji - Catherine gains Crimean independence from Ottomans, Black Sea ports, protectorate over Orthodox
ID: 5999