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Even though The Ottomans claimed rule of all Albanian lands, most Albanian ethnic territories were still governed by medieval Albanian nobility who were free of Ottoman rule. The Sanjak of Albania was established in 1420 or 1430 controlling mostly central Albania, while Ottoman rule became more consolidated in 1481, after the fall of Shkodra ...
The Ottoman Sublime Porte divided Albanian-populated lands into the Ottoman-administered vilayets of Janina and Rumelia. 1848: Albanians rose up against the Tanzimat reforms. 1861: The first school known to use the Albanian language in modern times opened in Shkodër. 1877: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878): The war began. 1878
Reconquest of Albania, conquests of several coastal settlements in Morea 1423 Ottoman-Venetian War 1423–1430 Conquest of the strategic port of Sinop (Sinope) in the Black Sea 1424 Conquest of Smyrna from the Anatolian Beylik of that city 1426 Reconquest of Thessalonica: 1422–1430 Conquest of Ioannina [1] 1430 First siege of Belgrade
Attempts are made to ally the Albanian rebels with the Holy Roman Empire by Sigismund, however talks end when a fourth Ottoman invasion force subdues Albania in mid-1436, committing massacres against the civilian population and defeating the un-unified rebel forces. Albanian-Ottoman wars (1443–1479) 1443–44: Kastrioti Family Arianiti Family
The Ottoman Empire initiates forced deportation of Armenians. 1915: April 25: The Gallipoli Campaign: Under the command of Mustafa Kemal, the Ottoman army successfully repels Britain invasion of the Dardanelles in Turkey. December 7 Siege of Kut. Ottoman defense just outside of Baghdad, leading to a major defeat for the British.
The Ottoman conquest after the Albanian–Ottoman Wars decimated Albania's ability to mount a military threat to Ottoman rule overall. The local Albanian nobility either fled the country or adapted to the new conditions of Ottoman rule. A significant part of the population had also fled to Italy and Greece.
The Sanjak of Albania represents the first definition of Albania by the Ottoman Empire as a territorial unit, linking the Albanian language to a specific territory. [20] In 1431–32 the Ottoman governor Umur Bey compiled a defter (cadastral survey) in the sanjak, which stretched from Krujë in the north to the Kalamas river valley in the south ...
The mid-15th century saw the Serbian–Ottoman wars and the Albanian-Ottoman wars. Much of this period was characterized by the Ottoman expansion into the Balkans. The Ottoman Empire made further inroads into Central Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, culminating in the peak of Ottoman territorial claims in Europe. [1] [2]