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The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [23] [24] was an imperial realm [l] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. [25] [26] [27]
This action provoked the Ottoman Empire into the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), during which, in January 1769, a 70-thousand Turkish-Tatar army led by the Crimean Khan Qırım Giray made one of the largest slave raids in the history, which was repulsed by the 6-thousand garrison of the Fortress of St. Elizabeth, which prevented Ottoman Empire ...
First Balkan War: The Ottoman Empire is nearly wiped out from Europe, save for Istanbul and just enough land around to defend it. 1914: August 2: The Empire enters into World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Cyprus is annexed outright by Britain. 1915: April 24: The Ottoman Empire initiates forced deportation of Armenians. 1915: April 25
Mehmet II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد الثانى Meḥmed-i sānī, Turkish: II.Mehmet), (also known as el-Fatih (الفاتح), "the Conqueror", in Ottoman Turkish), or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432, Edirne – May 3, 1481, Hünkârcayırı, near Gebze) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rûm until the conquest) for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and ...
The rise of the Ottoman Empire is a period of history that started with the emergence of the Ottoman principality (Turkish: Osmanlı Beyliği) in c. 1299, and ended c. 1453.
Foundation of the Wilsonian Principles Society by ex-Unionists and liberals alike. They request the United States to administer the Ottoman Empire as a Mandate the next day, to no avail. The organization shuts down in a couple months, but the mandate question in the Ottoman Empire continues 6 Dec 1918: British troops based in Syria occupy Kilis ...
Ottoman Empire: Independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire in 1444; annexation of Albania by the Ottoman Empire in 1479 1468–1500 Kazakh War of Independence: Kazakh Khanate: Uzbek Khanate: Kazakh Khanate retains independence 1480 Battle of the Ugra: Muscovy: Great Horde End of Tatar yoke in Russia: 1499 Swabian War Old Swiss Confederacy
Ottoman Empire Bulgaria: Under Ottoman vassalage until 1908. Restoration of independence after Ottoman rule, initial foundation in 681. November 29, 1898 Central America Nicaragua: Independence restored after the dissolution of the Greater Republic of Central America, initial independence in 1838. January 1, 1901 United Kingdom Australia