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1299 CE - 1326 CEReign of Osman I.
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1326 CEPrusa (Bursa) falls to Ottoman control shortly after Osman's death; it becomes the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
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1326 CE - 1362 CEReign of Orhan, as the second sovereign of the Ottoman Empire.
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1361 CEAdrianople (Edirne) falls to Prince Murad, the son of Orhan, later Murad I.
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1362 CE - 1389 CEMurad I rules as the sovereign of the Ottoman Empire and brands himself as a sultan.
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1389 CEMurad I defeats a European coalition army led by the Serbians at the Battle of Kosovo but dies at the climax of battle.
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1389 CE - 1402 CEBayezid I rules as the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
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25 Sep 1396 CEThe Battle of Nicopolis, aka the Nicopolis Crusade, where a western Christian army is defeated by the Ottoman Turks.
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1402 CEBayezid I is defeated by the forces of Timur at the Battle of Ankara and is captured.
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1402 CE - 1413 CEOttoman Interregnum; Mehmed I emerges victorious.
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1421 CE - 1451 CEReign of Murad II.
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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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29 May 1453 CEOttoman Sultan Mehmed II sacks Constantinople.
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1475 CE - 1783 CECrimean Tatars serve as vassals to the Ottomans.
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1481 CE - 1512 CEReign of Bayezid II.
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1512 CESelim I deposes his father Bayezid II.
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1512 CE - 1520 CEReign of Selim I; the Ottoman Empire doubles in size.
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1514 CEBattle of Chaldiron; Selim I defeats the army of the Safavid Shah Ismail I.
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1520 CE - 1566 CEReign of Suleiman the Magnificent.
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1521 CEBelgrade falls to the Ottomans.
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1523 CESuleiman conquers Rhodes.
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1526 CEBattle of Mohacs; Suleiman I defeats the Hungarian field army under Louis II.
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1529 CEOttomans fail to take Vienna.
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1566 CESuleiman I dies while campaigning in Hungary.
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1566 CE - 1574 CEReign of Selim II.
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1571 CEBattle of Lepanto; the Ottoman navy is defeated by the Holy League.
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1596 CE - 1609 CECelali revolts throughout Anatolia.
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1669 CECrete falls to the Ottoman Sultanate.
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1683 CEOttomans fail to take Vienna for the second time.
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1699 CETreaty of Karlowitz.
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1789 CE - 1807 CEReign of Selim III.
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1826 CEConservative Jannisary corps are disbanded.
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1839 CE - 1876 CETanzimat reforms are introduced.
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1876 CE - 1878 CEFirst Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire.
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1876 CE - 1909 CEReign of Abdul Hamid II.
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1908 CE - 1920 CESecond Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire.
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1909 CEAbdul Hamid II is deposed by the Young Turks party.
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1914 CE - 1923 CEArmenian population of Anatolia is subjected to genocide.
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1918 CEThe Ottoman Empire is defeated in World War I.
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1922 CE - 1924 CEAbdulmejid II serves the office of the Caliphate only, as a symbolic figure.
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1923 CEThe Republic of Turkey declares independence under Mustafa Kemal.
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1924 CEMustafa Kemal abolishes the institute of Caliphate.
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