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30 Mar 1432 CEMehmed II is born.
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1437 CEMehmed II is appointed governor of Amasya.
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1444 CEMehmed II inherits the throne after Sultan Murad II abdicates.
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10 Nov 1444 CEMurad II resumes defeats Crusader forces at the Battle of Varna.
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1451 CE - 1481 CEMehmed II rules as the Sultan.
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31 Aug 1452 CEConstruction of fortress Rumelihisari is complete.
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6 Apr 1453 CESiege of Constantinople begins.
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29 May 1453 CEOttoman Sultan Mehmed II sacks Constantinople.
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1454 CE - 1459 CEOttoman campaigns in Serbia.
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1456 CEOttoman forces besiege Trebizond.
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22 Jul 1456 CEMehmed II is dealt his first major defeat at the Siege of Belgrade.
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1461 CE
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1461 CEDavid Megas Komnenos, the last Emperor of Trebizond, is deposed by the Ottomans.
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c. 1463 CE - 1470 CEThe Mosque of the Conqueror is constructed in Constantinople.
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3 May 1481 CEMehmed II falls ill during a military expedition and subsequently dies, leading to the succession of his eldest son Bayezid II to the throne.
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