{"slug": "mehmed-iv", "label": "Mehmed IV", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_IV", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170514", "qid": "Q170514", "description": "19th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648–1687)", "entries": 11, "years": 8, "span": [1648, 1687], "span_label": ["1648 CE", "1687 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "belgrade", "label": "Belgrade", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "grand-vizier-of-the-ottoman-empire", "label": "Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottoman-emperor", "label": "Ottoman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aleppo", "label": "Aleppo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "istanbul", "label": "Istanbul", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1648, "year_label": "1648 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648), as Ottoman Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346163846#July–September", "title": "1648", "revid": 1346163846, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1661, "year_label": "1661 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha is appointed as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire at the request of his late father, the Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, serving under the Sultan Mehmed IV for 15 years and continuing the Köprülü family dynasty whose members will serve as Viziers until 1711.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986603#October–December", "title": "1661", "revid": 1365986603, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1677, "year_label": "1677 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – During war between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, Russian troops led by Grigory Romodanovsky and Ukrainian Cossacks led by Ivan Samoylovych arrive at the besieged Ukrainian city of Chigirin (modern-day Chyhyryn) and inflict heavy casualties on the encamped Turkish and Tatar troops. Ibrahim Pasha, leader of the 45,000 member Ottoman force, retreats the next day and, by the time of the relief of Chigirin on September 5, the Ottoman Army has lost 20,000 men. Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV, outraged by the defeat, sends 200,000 troops the following year and destroys the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727449#July–September", "title": "1677", "revid": 1360727449, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1678, "year_label": "1678 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin is enthroned as the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church in Aleppo, after receiving recognition by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV and by Pope Innocent XI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368552109#April–June", "title": "1678", "revid": 1368552109, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – A treaty is concluded between the Dutch Republic and the Ottoman Empire for Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV and his subjects to apply Dutch law to Dutch visitors to Ottoman territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365997201#July–September", "title": "1680", "revid": 1365997201, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1682, "year_label": "1682 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – Sultan Mehmed IV departs Istanbul for Adrianople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560956#October–December", "title": "1682", "revid": 1369560956, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – Turhan, in the powerful role of the Valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1648 as the mother of Sultan Mehmed IV, dies at the age of 56, bringing an end to the era in Ottoman history known as the \"Sultanate of Women\". Upon the overthrow of Mehmed IV four years later, the role of the mother of the Ottoman Sultan is less powerful.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366000368#July–September", "title": "1683", "revid": 1366000368, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – Turhan Hatice Sultan, Ottoman Valide Sultan, married to Ibrahim and the mother of Sultan Mehmed IV (b. 1627)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366000368#Deaths", "title": "1683", "revid": 1366000368, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – Kara Mustafa Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire since 1676, is executed on orders of Sultan Mehmed IV after being blamed for the Ottoman loss of the Battle of Vienna on September 12. The execution is carried out in Belgrade as Kara Mustafa is strangled with a silk cord. The Sultan appoints Bayburtlu Kara Ibrahim Pasha as the new Grand Vizier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366000368#October–December", "title": "1683", "revid": 1366000368, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire enters Belgrade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366000368#April–June", "title": "1683", "revid": 1366000368, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1687, "year_label": "1687 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Suleiman II succeeds the deposed Mehmed IV, as Ottoman Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363302904#October–December", "title": "1687", "revid": 1363302904, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}