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The wars were dominated by land campaigns in Hungary, including Transylvania (today in Romania) and Vojvodina (today in Serbia), Croatia, and central Serbia. By the 16th century, the Ottomans had become a serious threat to European powers, with Ottoman ships sweeping away Venetian possessions in the Aegean and Ionian seas and Ottoman-supported ...
Conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1453. After striking a blow to the weakened Byzantine Empire in 1356 (or in 1358 – disputable due to a change in the Byzantine calendar), (see Süleyman Pasha) which provided it with Gallipoli as a basis for operations in Europe, the Ottoman Empire started its westward expansion into the European continent in the middle of the 14th ...
The film Bram Stoker's Dracula begins in 1462 with the Ottoman invasion of Wallachia; a night battle (ostensibly this attack) takes place, ending with Vlad Țepeș's victory. The Big Finish Productions audio drama Son of the Dragon depicts the battle from the perspective of the Fifth Doctor and his companions.
Map showing the claims of Romania and Ukraine and the final decision done by the ICJ. After the fall of communism in Romania with the Romanian Revolution of December 1989, [45] Romania tried to regain the small Snake Island. [46] Since it is located on the Black Sea, it has access to the sea's continental shelf rich in petroleum and natural gas ...
Date Result Conquest of the island of Kalolimnos (present day İmralı Island) and the beginning of Ottoman presence in the Sea of Marmara Conquest of Gallipoli (Battle of Gallipoli (1312)) 1308 1312 Conquest of Mudanya by the Ottoman Emirate and the first Ottoman landings in Thrace, southeastern Europe 1321
For two days, starting on April 2, Romania host 2008 NATO summit. Legislative election are held on November 30. Emil Boc becomes the new Prime Minister following the elections. 2009: Badly affected by the Great Recession, the International Monetary Fund and other lenders agree to provide Romania a rescue package worth 20bn Euros. [167]
List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Battle map: Date: 21 September 1695: Location: Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Lugoj, modern-day Romania