{"slug": "sultan-of-the-ottoman-empire", "label": "Sultan of the Ottoman Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_of_the_Ottoman_Empire", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 10, "years": 7, "span": [1512, 1905], "span_label": ["1512 CE", "1905 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "suleiman-the-magnificent", "label": "Suleiman the Magnificent", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "abdul-hamid-ii", "label": "Abdul Hamid II", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "safavid-iran", "label": "Safavid Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "selim-ii", "label": "Selim II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bayezid-ii", "label": "Bayezid II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "selim-i", "label": "Selim I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ahmed-i", "label": "Ahmed I", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1512, "year_label": "1512 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – Selim I succeeds Bayezid II, as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323795843#April–June", "title": "1512", "revid": 1323795843, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire begins an invasion of Safavid Iran that will last for almost two years before he abandons it.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#April–June", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1566, "year_label": "1566 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – The siege of Szigetvár is begun by Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. This is the Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365562466#July–September", "title": "1566", "revid": 1365562466, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"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": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – Mustafa I succeeds Ahmed I, as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#October–December", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1–November 3 – Exposition Universelle, an international exhibition in Paris. Among the visitors is Abdülaziz, making the first visit of a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to Western Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#April", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1876, "year_label": "1876 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Abdülaziz is deposed by his nephew Murad V as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire on the grounds of mismanaging the economy; 6 days later, Abdülaziz is found dead at the Çırağan Palace in Istanbul and 93 days later Murad is deposed by Abdul Hamid II on the grounds of mental illness. For this reason, in Turkey 1876 is known as the 'Year of the Three Sultans'.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363589433#May", "title": "1876", "revid": 1363589433, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1876, "year_label": "1876 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Abdülaziz, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363589433#January–June", "title": "1876", "revid": 1363589433, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}, {"year": 1876, "year_label": "1876 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – Murad V, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363589433#August", "title": "1876", "revid": 1363589433, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – Abdul Hamid II, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire establishes the Ullah millet for the Aromanians of the empire. For this reason, the Aromanian National Day is sometimes celebrated on this day. The decision is publicly announced the next day, which is more commonly celebrated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#May", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › May"}}]}