Mehmed II Timeline

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30 Mar 1432 CE

Mehmed II is born.
1437 CE

Mehmed II is appointed governor of Amasya.
1444 CE

Mehmed II inherits the throne after Sultan Murad II abdicates.
10 Nov 1444 CE

Murad II resumes defeats Crusader forces at the Battle of Varna.
1451 CE - 1481 CE

Mehmed II rules as the Sultan.
5 Feb 1451 CE

Mehmed II succeeds Murad as sultan following his death.
31 Aug 1452 CE

Construction of fortress Rumelihisari is complete.
6 Apr 1453 CE

Siege of Constantinople begins.
29 May 1453 CE

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II sacks Constantinople.
1454 CE - 1459 CE

Ottoman campaigns in Serbia.
1456 CE

Ottoman forces besiege Trebizond.
22 Jul 1456 CE

Mehmed II is dealt his first major defeat at the Siege of Belgrade.
1461 CE

Ottoman forces under Sultan Mehmed II capture Trebizond, ending the Empire of Trebizond.
1461 CE

David Megas Komnenos, the last Emperor of Trebizond, is deposed by the Ottomans.
1463 CE - 1479 CE

The Ottomans fight a long war against the Venetians over their possessions in the Aegean.
c. 1463 CE - 1470 CE

The Mosque of the Conqueror is constructed in Constantinople.
1465 CE

Mehmed II oversees construction of Topkapi Palace, the new seat of his empire.
3 May 1481 CE

Mehmed II falls ill during a military expedition and subsequently dies, leading to the succession of his eldest son Bayezid II to the throne.