{"slug": "mehmed-ii", "label": "Mehmed II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34503", "qid": "Q34503", "description": "seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)", "entries": 22, "years": 18, "span": [1432, 1481], "span_label": ["1432 CE", "1481 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 14}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "murad-ii", "label": "Murad II", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "ottoman-dynasty", "label": "Ottoman dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wallachia", "label": "Wallachia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vlad-the-impaler", "label": "Vlad the Impaler", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottoman-sultan", "label": "Ottoman Sultan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thebes-greece", "label": "Thebes, Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "acropolis", "label": "Acropolis", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1432, "year_label": "1432 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 30", "text": "March 30 – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998124#Births", "title": "1432", "revid": 1361998124, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1444, "year_label": "1444 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August", "text": "August – After making peace with the Karamanids, Ottoman Sultan Murad II abdicates in favor of his son Mehmed II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359067554#July–September", "title": "1444", "revid": 1359067554, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Murad II, who recently became the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire after his son Mehmed II was forced by the Janissaries to abdicate, invades Attica, forcing Constantine XI to return Thebes to the duchy of Athens, and remove the tribute imposed in 1444. Murad II imposes his own tribute.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#October–December", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – The Ottoman Empire Sultan Mehmed II marries Sittişah Hatun, daughter of Suleiman of Dulkadir, in an elaborate ceremony at Edirne, followed by three months of celebrations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#October–December", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1451, "year_label": "1451 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded (on February 18) by his son, Mehmed II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358547324#January–March", "title": "1451", "revid": 1358547324, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1454, "year_label": "1454 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Mehmed II, the Muslim Sultan of the Ottoman empire, restores the Christian Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, and appoints the Byzantine Greek theologian Gennadius Scholarius as the Patriarch Gennadius II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367365323#January–March", "title": "1454", "revid": 1367365323, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1456, "year_label": "1456 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – After Dorino II Gattilusio seizes ownership of the Greek mainland harbor of Ainos and the islands of Samothrace and Imbros, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II orders a blockade the port with 10 ships and leads a ground invasion. After the surrender off Ainos, Mehmed II sends his Admiral Mirza Yunus Beg commences the take control of Samothrace and Imbros.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371442849#January–March", "title": "1456", "revid": 1371442849, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1456, "year_label": "1456 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – At the Battle of Nándorfehérvár, the Hungarians under John Hunyadi rout the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II. The noon bell ordered by Pope Callixtus III commemorates the victory throughout the Christian world (and hence is still rung). Hunyadi dies two months later when a plague sweeps the Hungarian camp.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371442849#July–September", "title": "1456", "revid": 1371442849, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1458, "year_label": "1458 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – Isidore of Kiev is installed as the Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople, leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire, with the approval of the Muslim Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371245383#April–June", "title": "1458", "revid": 1371245383, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1458, "year_label": "1458 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Francesco II Acciaioli, last Duke of Athens, surrenders the city to the Ottoman Empire and Sultan Mehmed II enters peacefully in August. Ottoman authorities issue a decree to protect the Acropolis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371245383#April–June", "title": "1458", "revid": 1371245383, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1460, "year_label": "1460 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Demetrios Palaiologos, the ruler of the Byzantine despotate of Morea in southern Greece surrenders the capital, Mystras,to the Ottomans. The Ottoman sultan Mehmed II grants some islands in the Aegean Sea to Palaiologos, and he lives for several years in relative comfort.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371496065#April–June", "title": "1460", "revid": 1371496065, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1461, "year_label": "1461 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – The Empire of Trebizond, the last major Romano-Greek outpost, falls to the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II, after a 21-day siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256665#July–September", "title": "1461", "revid": 1365256665, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1462, "year_label": "1462 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – In the \"Night Attack at Târgoviște\", Vlad the Impaler (\"Dracula\") attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359849875#April–June", "title": "1462", "revid": 1359849875, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1462, "year_label": "1462 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquers the Greek island of Lesbos after a 14-day attack by sea and by land with over 20,000 troops, capturing the last fortress in the siege of Mytilene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359849875#July–September", "title": "1462", "revid": 1359849875, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – The siege of Jajce in Bosnia, a strategic fortress under the control of Hungary, is started by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II with 30,000 troops under his command.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#July–September", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1467, "year_label": "1467 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Third Siege of Krujë: A few months after the failure of the second siege, Mehmed II leads another unsuccessful Ottoman invasion of Albania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890331#Date_unknown", "title": "1467", "revid": 1352890331, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1473, "year_label": "1473 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – At the Battle of Otlukbeli, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens, led by Uzun Hasan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813739#July–September", "title": "1473", "revid": 1361813739, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1476, "year_label": "1476 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – At the Battle of Valea Albă, fought at what is now Războieni in Romania, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II defeats Stephen III of Moldavia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998162#July–September", "title": "1476", "revid": 1361998162, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1476, "year_label": "1476 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26 – Vlad the Impaler declares himself reigning Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia for the third and last time. He is killed on the march to Bucharest, probably before the end of December. His head is sent to his old enemy, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998162#October_–December", "title": "1476", "revid": 1361998162, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1479, "year_label": "1479 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – The surviving suspect in the Pazzi conspiracy and April 26, 1478, assassination of Giuliano de' Medici in the Republic of Florence, is executed after being returned to Florence by order of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. The conspirator, Bernardo Bandini dei Baroncelli, is hanged from a window of the Palazzo del Popolo, Florence's \"Palace of the People\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359855824#October–December", "title": "1479", "revid": 1359855824, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1480, "year_label": "1480 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – Mehmed II fails in his attempt to capture Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370179650#July–September", "title": "1480", "revid": 1370179650, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1481, "year_label": "1481 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son, Bayezid II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365936509#April–June", "title": "1481", "revid": 1365936509, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}