{"slug": "murad-iii", "label": "Murad III", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murad_III", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159934", "qid": "Q159934", "description": "12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1574, 1603], "span_label": ["1574 CE", "1603 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "grand-vizier-of-the-ottoman-empire", "label": "Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rudolf-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Murad III, eldest son of Selim II, is formally enthroned as the Ottoman Sultan after eliminating his other brothers as rival claimants to the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#October–December", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1579, "year_label": "1579 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – Semiz Ahmed Pasha is appointed as the new Ottoman Grand Vizier by Sultan Murad III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362792771#October–December", "title": "1579", "revid": 1362792771, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1585, "year_label": "1585 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – Hadim Mesih Pasha is appointed the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Murad III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365931198#October–December", "title": "1585", "revid": 1365931198, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1589, "year_label": "1589 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – Jeremias II Tranos is appointed as the Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, by Ottoman Sultan Murad III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359971295#July–September", "title": "1589", "revid": 1359971295, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1590, "year_label": "1590 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – A truce is signed between representatives of the Holy Roman Empire (ruled by Emperor Rudolf II) and the Ottoman Empire (ruled by Sultan Murad III).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164716#October–December", "title": "1590", "revid": 1369164716, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Serdar Ferhad Pasha is appointed the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Murad III, replacing Koca Sinan Pasha following a revolt of the Janissaries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#July–September", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – Mehmed III succeeds Murad III, as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and begins a reign of almost nine years. Upon ascending the throne, Mehmed orders that all 19 of the other sons of Murad III are to be strangled to death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#January–March", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – Prince Şehzade Mahmud of the Ottoman Empire, the 16-year-old son of Sultan Murad III, is executed on orders of his father, on advice of the Grand Vizier, after being accused unjustly of an assassination plot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#April–June", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}