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Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–90). When this war ended, the Ottomans reached the widest extent in the east. 1590: Treaty of İstanbul between Ottoman Empire and the Safavids; Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as western Iran under Ottoman rule. Reaching the widest border in the east of the Ottomans. 1593: June 22: Battle of Sisak.
Spanish-Ottoman War (1550–1560) Capture of Mahdia; Siege of Tripoli; Campaign of Tlemcen (1551) Capture of Béjaïa; Raid of the Balearic islands; Expedition to Mostaganem; Battle of Djerba; Part of German-Ottoman war 1550–1562, Spanish-Ottoman Wars of 1515–1577 and Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco Ottoman Empire ...
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.
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 ...
Accordingly, King Charles XII of Sweden was welcomed as an ally in the Ottoman Empire following his defeat by the Russians at the Battle of Poltava in 1709 (part of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721.) [39] Charles XII persuaded the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III to declare war on Russia, which resulted in the Ottoman victory at the Pruth River ...
The second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) The third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540) The fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) The fifth Ottoman–Venetian War or Cretan War (1645–1669) The sixth Ottoman–Venetian War or Morean War (1684–1699) The seventh and last Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)
In 1394, relations between the Byzantines and the Ottomans changed for the worse and the war between the two resumed when the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid (ruled 1389–1402) ordered the execution of Manuel II, [29] after the Emperor attempted to reconcile with his nephew John VII.
Ottoman Civil War (1509–1513) Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ottoman Empire casualties of war; Ottoman expeditions to Morocco; Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906) Ottoman wars in Africa; Ottoman wars in Asia; Ottoman wars in Europe; Ottoman-Ethiopian war (1557-1589) Ottoman–Hotaki War (1726–1727) Hungarian–Ottoman Wars