{"slug": "selim-ii", "label": "Selim II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selim_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161872", "qid": "Q161872", "description": "11th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1566–1574)", "entries": 9, "years": 6, "span": [1513, 1574], "span_label": ["1513 CE", "1574 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ottoman-sultan", "label": "Ottoman Sultan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venetian-republic", "label": "Venetian Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "suleiman-the-magnificent", "label": "Suleiman the Magnificent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sultan-of-the-ottoman-empire", "label": "Sultan of the Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edirne", "label": "Edirne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "murad-iii", "label": "Murad III", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – At Edirne, the Ottoman sultan Selim II confirms the renewal of peace treaties with Venice, under terms that are accepted by the Venetian government on December 3.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#October–December", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1524, "year_label": "1524 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368819061#Births", "title": "1524", "revid": 1368819061, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1566, "year_label": "1566 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Suleiman the Magnificent dies in his tent of natural causes aged 71 the day before the end of the siege of Szigetvár, and Selim II succeeds him as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365562466#July–September", "title": "1566", "revid": 1365562466, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – Ottoman pirate Kılıç Ali Pasha, formerly Italian farmer Giovanni Dionigi Galeni, is appointed as the Ottoman Beylerbey of Ottoman Algeria by the Sultan Selim II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#April–June", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1570, "year_label": "1570 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 – The ambassador of the Ottoman Sultan Selim II goes before the governing Council of the Venetian Republic and requests that Venice surrender the island of Cyprus. The Council rejects the demand and prepares to go to war with the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362475955#January–March", "title": "1570", "revid": 1362475955, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – Selim II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, launches the attempt to reclaim Tunis from control of the Holy Roman Empire with more than 250 warships and 100,000 troops, and to restore North Africa to Muslim control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#July–September", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#Deaths", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – Selim II, the 50-year-old Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is killed after becoming drunk, falling, and fracturing his skull on the floor of the Topkapi Palace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#October–December", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"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"}}]}